22 Jan 1971
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1971
Page
1
A state wide Rubella Sunday immunization drive on February 1 1970 vaccinated 207251 children aged 1 to 11 with rubella vaccine. By now clinics statewide have raised coverage to 61 percent for 1 to 11 year olds and 52 percent for ages 1 to 5, with continued efforts planned to reach near universal protection.
Mr Maloy explains REAP replaces ACP offering cost sharing for conservation. Funds will support water pollution reduction and practices such as dams ponds permanent grass cover waterways buffer strips and tree planting. Applications start after county ASC committee approval and 1971 REAP allocation is announced. Farmers should prepare costs and needed practices now.
U S Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma introduced a bill to establish the Robert S Kerr National Water Resources Library in Ada tied to the Kerr Water Research Center. The library would aid research on water conservation and memorialize Sen Kerr, leveraging Ada’s existing labs and East Central State College to build a research staff and resources. The senator urged swift passage.
Gene Mason, chair of the County ASC Committee, explains that the 1971 grain program lets producers set aside fixed cropland and plant the remainder to preferred crops. Sugar cane and quota crops are restricted. The plan aims to concentrate crops in optimal regions, boosting efficiency and lowering costs as farms modernize.
Leonard A. Solomon, a Pontotoc County native and former County Extension Director in Jackson County, was named Director of the State Soil Conservation Board by Chairman J. Claude Brannan. Solomon, an Oklahoma State University graduate, succeeds Marvin C. Emerson as he moves to First Assistant to Attorney General Larry Derryberry.
The 1971 Pontotoc County 4-H Senior Share the Fun Festival took place Monday at Latta School Auditorium drawing about 300. Twenty two acts performed and the top two group acts and one top solo will represent Pontotoc County at the Fun Festival on February 13 in Tishomingo.
Veterans Administration figures show Pontotoc County with 3,230 veterans and Oklahoma with 333,000 as of early 1970. Vietnam Era service numbers, Korean Conflict vets, World War II veterans, and other periods are broken down for Pontotoc and the state, with guidance to contact the Muskogee VA office for benefits and GI Bill training eligibility.
The Oklahoma Crop and Livestock Reporting Service says 1970 honey production reached 1,620,000 pounds, an 18 percent drop from 1969. Despite the same 60,000 colonies, lower yields and a hot dry summer reduced output. beekeepers foresee more supplemental feeding. Value dropped to 520,000 dollars with an average price of 32.1 cents per pound versus 30 cents in 1969.
Oklahoma crops and livestock reporters say the state's farm labor force rose by 1,000 in 1970 from 1969, ending a downtrend. The monthly average reached 125,000 workers, including 107,000 farm family members and 18,000 nonfamily workers, matching the 1968 total but 4,000 below 1967.
Washington AP William D. Ruckelshaus head of the EPA says current fines under the Refuse Act are inadequate against large polluters. He cites Chevron Oil Co penalties and urges higher daily fines up to 50 000 and injunctions to curb ongoing discharges.
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