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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
1
Washington reports Aug 1 feedlot cattle totaled about 7.8 million, up from 6.3 million a year earlier, with Texas as the leading producer. Placements in July rose nationwide, weights are higher, and officials expect heavier fed cattle as feed costs ease.
A Choctaw Labor Day gathering is set for September 4 in Antlers at the Southeast Methodist District Center and Bobb- Myers Church. The event, organized by Choctaw councils from Mar- Hugo, Oke, runs from 9 am to 5 pm or later with singing, a Miss Beauty Pageant for Choctaw and area youth, food, free pashafa, and discussions on tribal interests. Coordinator David Gardner, 110 Thompson Drive, Mootle, with phone 799-2504.
A 40-year-old Madill man died Wednesday after his pickup left Oklahoma 99 north of Tishomingo, overturned, and threw him from the vehicle. The fatality raised Oklahoma 1972 traffic toll to 506. Lindsay Redin died at a Tishomingo hospital hours after being injured in the crash.
A public meeting is scheduled at the Ada Chamber of Commerce building 300 W Main in Ada for 7 pm on August 24. It will discuss a long range total resource conservation program for Pontotoc County called by the Pontotoc County Conservation District board with support from the Oklahoma Censor Service. Contact the Pontotoc County district office at 103 N Center, phone 322-6815, for details.
Pontotec County 4-H Club will represent the county at the State Fair of Oklahoma this fall with four polled Hereford heifers one polled Hereford steer. Fair officials anticipate more entries than ever for the ten day event. The fair offers air conditioned exhibit buildings and arena with over 50 000 free parking spaces. Performances include Roy Rogers and Dale Evans with the Oklahoma City Symphony, Ice Capades, Grandstand racing, George Jones Tammy Wynette and Rick Nelson shows, and a Tournament of Thisis. Entrants compete for more than 152000 in premiums. Dates are Sept 22 through Oct 1 in Oklahoma City.
The National Research Council warns that uniform crop varieties raise systemic risks to the food supply. A 1970 corn epidemic from southern leaf blight illustrated how sameness invites widespread losses. similar uniformity now extends to sorghum, millet, sugar beets, onions, cotton, cantaloupes, and possibly wheat, amid calls for a diversified approach and improved monitoring under set aside programs. Government payment rules push set-aside land, affecting deductions and productivity, while wheat price increases boost grain loans and influence farmers to sell rather than use price support loans.
President Nixon vetoed a 30.5 million HEW package, citing reckless federal spending. Congress failed to muster the two thirds to override, with a 203 to 71 vote in the House and no Senate action. Democrats split, McGovern condemned the veto, Kennedy criticized priorities, while Mahon urged restraint as the bill’s funds would raise spending and taxes.
Pontotoc County breeder Ned Bille Ranch claimed seven of eighteen championships at the American Maturity Show in Lexington Kentucky. Biffle Emulous 992 won grand champion 1972 and 1971, with no breeder or bull achieving double grand titles in 25 years. Biffle Emulous 100 was reserve grand champion, and Emulous 871 led a two year seven bull fest program per American Breeders Service.
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