Major Winter Crops To Be Down Slightly Over The ’68 Season
Government forecasts show 1970 winter crop production in Texas and Arizona at 131 thousand hundredweights, up 35 percent from last year for broccoli. Cabbage acreage down six percent may reduce harvests. New York upstate stocks down 27 percent. Lettuce up five percent nationally. carrots, escarole, and strawberries await next estimates with reduced acreage for Florida and California. Spinach forecast down four percent. cauliflower down 31 percent in Texas and Arizona due to cut acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
Arizona
New York
Florida
California
Area Bulls Lead at 56 Day Weight Test in Ardmore
At the Noble Foundation Ardmore test, twenty bulls posted 56 day average daily gains above 4.00 pounds with two at 5.18. Leaders include Geneva Corbin of Fittstown and Pauls Johnson of Mill Creek Oklahoma. Owners, breeds, and top performers from Hereford, Red Angus, Charolais, and Santa Gertrudis are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Foundation
Ardmore
Geneva Corbin
Fittstown
Pauls Johnson
Mill Creek
Oklahoma
Corbin
Johnson
Goddards Ranch
Red Plains Cattle Company
Guthrie
J. T. Pinkerton
Tyler
Tex
Burrell Ranch
Gainesville
C. T. Masterson
Purcell
Arthur Sweet
Tonkawa
D. E. Romines
Tupelo
Frank Bates
Ada
Glen Ferris
Robert Kerr
Guy Shipe
Gus Martin
Coalgate
H. D. Hall
Wheat export outlook brightens amid global surplus shifts
USDA grain expert Clancy V. Jean says U.S. wheat exports may improve despite drought threats and world production difficulties. He cites lower U.S. wheat acreage since 1948 and a shift from a Big Four to a Big Five with Europe becoming an aggressive exporter, narrowing U.S. dominance in remaining markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Clancy V. Jean
Foreign Agricultural Service
Jean
United States
Canada
Australia
Argentina
France
Winners Announced In Big Pecan Show
Winners announced from last week's Pecan Show sponsored by Ada Banks. List includes large natives Lewis Reed W O Jones Mike Carpenter. medium natives Stan Morgan Guy Binkley T P Daniels. small natives David Hill Nolen Dyer Gary LaCrone. Food show winners feature Pecan pie Divinity candy pecans and more with many names. Junior division also notes Pecan brownies pecan cake and other treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Banks
Lewis Reed
W. O. Jones
Mike Carpenter
Stan Morgan
Guy Binkley
T. P. Daniels
David Hill
Nolen Dyer
Gary LaCrone
Gray Tex
Mickey Daniel
Gray King
Williamson
George Johnson
Lewis W. Reed
Dorsey Myers
Jim Herndon
Burkett
Cheryl Hunt
T. P. Daniel
Mahan
John Skinner
Stuart
Marvin Mitchell
Schley
Gladys Farr
O. R. Wilfong
Toney Newcombe
Ralph Taylor
Wesley Brantley
John Brents
Geneva McCullar
Bill Hart
Ann Jones
Don Barrick
Carol Hyde
Bertha Huff
Frank Harper
Mary Brumley
Jerry Walker
Stephanie McCullar
Mary Bramley
Mary Jo Green
Pauline Bradley
U S Exports Seen Rising Into Next Fiscal Year
The Agriculture Department projects U S farm exports, led by soybeans, to rise through next year and into the next fiscal year. Overseas shipments should top 6 billion dollars for the year ending June 30, 6% above last year, with corn exports near 600 million bushels and soybeans again the main star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Raymond A. Ioanes
Foreign Agriculture Service
Japan
United States
U.S
Farm labor force falls in late November figures
The U S government reports the farm labor force at 4 257 000 in the last week of November, down 3 percent from a year earlier and 17 percent from October. It includes 3 296 000 operators and unpaid family members and 961 000 hired workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Phone dial tone to shift with Touch-Tone rollout
Clarke A. Bo district manager of Southwestern Bell says the dialing tone will be replaced Tuesday morning December 16 with a lower pitched hum due to Touch-Tone calling. The change affects all Ada telephones as the existing dial tone interferes with the new system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke A. Bo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Bonham
Southwestern Bell
Charges Are Dismissed In Burglary Case
Six of seven defendants in an attempted second degree burglary case were dismissed after a preliminary hearing in District Court. Gary Elwood VanZant remains held for trial. The alleged burglary occurred at the Panther Drive In in Latta. In other court action, VanZant pleaded innocent to burglary with preliminary hearing set for Jan 8. Additional pleas and fines were recorded in District and Municipal Courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Elwood VanZant
Panther Drive- In
Latta
Eldon Brandon
Ronald A. DeLamar
Elvern Horton
Danny Neil Wright
Charlie Clint Kirkley
Barbara Jo Melville
Stephen P. Rutledge
Billy Keef Jr
Thurman Lee Stephens
John Futischa
Michael E. Roberts
Jim Fowler
Richard W. Johnson
Carl L. Mayhall Jr
Michael K. Moore
Ing
Joseph N. Philpot
Richi“ T. Byrd
NAACP Sponsors Scout Groups in Hammond Heights
The Hammond Heights area invites boys and parents to an organizational meeting tonight at 7 30 p m in the Day Care Center. The local NAACP chapter will sponsor both Boy Scout and Cub Scout groups for the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond Heights
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Judge Halves McCarty Term in Prison
Oklahoma City AP report says federal Judge Luther Bohanon cut former House Speaker J D McCarty's three year tax conviction sentence to 18 months and rescinded a probation term. McCarty may be released to parole within months and plans to return to work on release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
J.D. McCarty
McCarty
Federal Reformatory
Texarkana
Tex
Reformatory
U.S. Dist
Luther Bohanon
Bohanon
John Moran
Moran
Judge Schedules Inquest Date in Kopechne Death
Judge James A Boyle announced the inquest into Miss Mary Joe Kopechne will begin January 5 in Edgartown Massachusetts. The scheduling follows a Pa judge’s denial of an autopsy request presented a day earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
Mary Joe Kopechne
Boyle
Wilkes-Barre
House Fight Shapes Up On Voting Rights Bill
Nixon administration faces first congressional test on civil rights as debate over a nationwide voting rights bill pits supporters and opponents. Rep. Emanuel Celler backs extending the 1965 act five years to govern elections in the Southern states, while Ford defends Nixon's broader proposal and others urge extending the existing law. McCulloch and others criticize the administration plan as weakening federal power over discriminatory voting laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House
Gerald R. Ford
Celler
Congress
Ford
William M. McCulloch
House Gop
Ford Pledges All-Out Fight Against Pollution
Henry Ford II announced Ford Motor Co will deploy 11,000 workers and allocate 31 million dollars in 1970 to combat air pollution from automobile exhausts. He spoke at the 10th annual year end news conference pledging an intensified effort to minimize pollution from products and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
BIG Berthas
Solo Cup
Hydro Conduit Corp
USDA
Shortes
Cheryl Nunez
Janice LaCrone
Vicky Stanford
Elayne Young
Lavonda Langley
Karen Enis
Cassie Duffer
Melissa Jo Green
Randy Floyd
Gan von Langley
Janie Netherton
Cindy Farrow
Julie Netherton
NAACP
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!