Reinforced Steel Delay Slows Pontotoc Jail Project
Pontotoc County construction drags as reinforced steel for jail doors runs short. Old jail doors will be refinished for reuse in the new $165,000 facility. Expected completion shifted from October to about November, with air conditioning and capacity for 32 inmates across multiple cells and support spaces. Sheriff Burl Griffin notes the only flaw is the locking system.
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Clyde Haskins
Haskins
Todd Construction Co
Pontooc County
Burl Griffin
New Program Seeks To Hike Grain Flow
The Agriculture Department announced a 1974 program to raise harvests of corn and other feed grains by at least six percent. A target price mechanism sets guaranteed returns. corn 1.38 per bushel, sorghum 1.31, barley 1.13, with 89 million acres allotted for the three grains.
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Agriculture Department
Congress
Classes In Corral Building Offered by OSU Extension
The OSU Extension Service offers livestock classes for producers building expanding or rebuilding corrals. Frank Bates, livestock agent, leads the session at 7 30 p m Thursday Sept 6 at the Extension Center.
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Corral
World Wheat Stocks Hit 20 Year Low Says FAO
Rome AP reports the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization warns world wheat stocks are at their lowest in two decades and a serious shortage could follow if crops fail in broad regions. It forecasts a modest rebound in 1973-74 but prices for wheat and meat may stay high.
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U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
The
Food Organization
Principal Dies In Accident At Right Angle Curve
Roff Grade School principal Bill Dean Gerth age 39 was killed when a semi trailer rig driven by Gary D. Lesh slid into his car at a rain slick curve on Highway 112 near Roff. Gerth's wife and five sons were injured while a teacher and two students were treated for injuries at Valley View Hospital.
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Dennis Graves
Bill Dean Gerth
Roff
Gerth
Hickory
Loyce Ruth Gerth
Terry
Mitchell
Valley View Hospital
Gary D. Lesh
Ossian
Ind
Lesh
Ada
Dallas
Woody Jumper
Paul Roan
Pontotoc County
Gasoline supply improves easing labor day shutdown fears
The American Automobile Association reported an eighth straight week of improved gasoline supplies with 58 percent of stations operating normally. This follows 55 percent last week and 43 percent on June 28, the low point, as some planned a shutdown over Junior Day that became a protest without cause after a federal judge suspended Phase 4 controls.
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Washington
American Automobile Association
AAA
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