Consumer advocate urges action on food industry profits
Carole Foreman of Consumers F ed urging public awareness and government action to curb middleman profits and limit big non farm corporations in agriculture. She urged $10 million for FTC food industry investigation and vigorous antitrust prosecutions. William Bagley of the new Commodity Futures Trading Commission said consumers will have an equal voice and outlined plans for advisory panels and farmer education on hedging.
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Washington
Carole T. Foreman
Consumers Fedpe of America
Monay
Dustry
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Farm Editors of America
Congress
William T. Bagley
New Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Bagley
Commission
Commodity Exchange Authority
Agriculture Department
Senate
Agriculture Department to speed crop forecasts in 1975
The Agriculture Department will accelerate crop forecasting this season and plans to estimate 1975 corn production in July, a month earlier than before. The move aims to provide earlier guidance to farmers and markets.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department to donate peanut oil from surplus peanuts
The Agriculture Department moves forward with donating oil from 388000 tons of government surplus peanuts to needy countries and school cafeterias. Peanut crushers can bid through USDA in Kansas City as the program begins. About 100 million pounds will go to school lunch programs and 140 million to needy nations.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
USDA
Kansas City
U.S
Friday Fund Day At Ada Middle School Fun Event On Lawn
Ada Middle School hosts Fund Day on Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. on the lawn with games like dunking booth egg toss and tire toss. Prizes include stuffed animals while five Sheriffs run a make shift jail. a 2 p.m. basketball game rounds out the day.
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Ada Middle School
Jerry Snow
Snow
Local Legislative Forum Is Cancelled
The legislative forum scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Chamber of Commerce has been cancelled. No alternate date has been set, according to Ted Savage, executive director.
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Legislative Forum
Chamber of Commerce
Ted Savage
Savage
Wildlife Society backs proposed license fee hike in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Wildlife Society along with 66 sportsman groups endorses the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission plan to raise hunting and fishing licenses. President James Lewis cites funding needs to protect fish and game management, law enforcement, research, and education amid rising costs and planned hatchery and vehicle upgrades. The House trimmed the proposed increases to 5.0 5.0 9.0 dollars, totaling about 1.5 million in new revenue, while the original plan aimed for roughly 2.2 million.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
the Wildlife Society
Oklahoma _ Wildlife Conservation Commission
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Davie Boren
Oklahoma Wildlife Society
James Lewis
Commission
E. C
Sandy) Sanders
Senate Wildlife Committee
Holdenville
Matt) Standefer
Lewis
Wildlife Department
The
Wildlife Society
Game
Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission
Lawton
Tulsa
Antlers
Guymon
Tishomingo
Muskogee
Fairview
Department
FDA Advises Against X-Ray Examinations
FDA advisory panel urges avoiding routine mammography for women under 35 due to potential tumor risk from the procedure. Recommends more safety studies for ages 35 to 50 and advises pregnancy checks before abdominal X rays.
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FDA
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Bureau of Radiological Health
William S. Cole
Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
World grain reserve talks hinge on key questions
Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders outlined major issues for a proposed international grain reserve plan. Questions include which commodities to stockpile, target quantities, ownership of stocks, and enforcement. He noted possible U S wheat emphasis, private ownership, and uncertain Soviet and Chinese participation while Ford weighs a veto on the farm bill.
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Washington
State Department
Ford Administration
U.S
Thomas O. Enders
Enders
Newspaper
Farm Editors of America
Congress
Rome
Soviet Union
Moscow
People’s Republic of China
American Farm Bureau
Feder
Free Ride Ends With Tree Hit for Johannesburg Driver
Off duty bus driver Gert Venter started a stalled double decker to give friends a ride in Johannesburg. The bus struck a tree causing damage and costing 298 dollars. A Johannesburg court ordered installments to the City Council for repayment.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Gert Venter
Venter
Greenland: Source of Arctic Icebergs Largest in World
Greenland, the world’s largest island, provides the majority of the Arctic’s biggest icebergs, shaping sea routes and climate study.
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Greenland
World
Arctic
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