Federal Grant Funds Vocational Training in Pontotoc County
The Economic Opportunity Act grant totaling 208830 supports Operation Coordination to aid up to 300 area youths in Pontotoc and five other Oklahoma counties. Vocational tech schools in Ardmore Wayne Shawnee Drumright will offer six week to six month courses in fields like diesel, welding, drafting, and health services with subsistence wages and tuition support plus counseling and placement services.
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Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
J. , Treas
Ada
Mit
Vodtech
Ardmore
Wayne
Shawnee
Drumright
Treas
Don Johnson Named Coordinator for Ada Learning Center Project
Don Johnson, former Citizens Bank of Ada vice president, named coordinator of the Chickasaw Learning Resources Center project for the I county Southern Oklahoma Development District. The center near Ardmore will pool education and library resources for a regional model, with East Central State College as administrator. Dr. Robert Garner says Johnson will coordinate needs assessments and financing plans with local and state officials, then help shape construction. Johnson, a Pontotoc County native, will base in Ardmore during the project and has served on advisory groups for wheelchair access and health care initiatives.
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Don Joanson
Citizens Bank of Ada
Chickasaw
I-county
Southern Oklahoma
Gast of
Ardmore
Robert Garner
East Central
Johnson
Dr. Garner
Johnon
Pontotoc County
Byng High School
Sondra
Ardmere
Ada College
ECSC
Valley View
Grape Growing Program Begins in Southern Oklahoma
The state Office of Economic Opportunity launches its grape growing pilot in southern Oklahoma. Families with incomes below the poverty guideline move onto 160 acre tracts southeast of Caney this week to participate, with three families already settled in trailers.
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State Office of Economic Opportunity
Oklahoma
Gulf Coast ticks threaten cattle in Oklahoma farms
An unusual outbreak of Gulf Coast ticks has been reported across 15 Oklahoma counties, alarming table owners with financial losses. Dr. Jackie Mair of the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station notes the tick’s rarity in the state and warns substantial weight loss and ear damage in infested cattle as researchers spray and survey affected areas.
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Stillwater
Ogla
Oklahoma
Jakie Mair
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Gulf Coast
Hair
Osage County
Kansas Line
Arkansas
Pilots Call Union Unity For Airline Boycott Action
Washington AP ALPA urged all union workers to join a boycott of airlines from nations that harbor hijackers and extortionists. The union arranged FBI training for its 46,000 members to toughen action against air criminals and sought international worker cooperation for effectiveness.
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Washington
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
FBI
Now
John J. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Hovycott
Space satellite may help farmers
A new U S space satellite named ERTSA will be launched from Vandenberg to aid remote sensing of soils water insect infestations and watershed patterns It will be used by USDA and other federal agencies to monitor crops yields soil moisture pollution and compliance with subsidy programs The program aims to survey the United States from about 550 miles up and may guide future agricultural policy.
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Payne Wal
New Jersey
Payne
OEO
Peace Corps
Nigeria
Washington
U.S
Agriculture Department
USDA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
ERTSA
Earth Resources Technology
United States
Quartz Mountain hosts 36th state 4-H conservation camp
County 4-H members from across Oklahoma attend a June 7 to 9 camp at Quartz Mountain State Park sponsored by Federal Cartridge Corp and run by Oklahoma State University Extension Service. Topics include weather modification water planning ecology pesticides forestry hunting safety and fish and game potential with experts from across the state plus field trips swimming and a visit to Altus Air Force Base.
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Alan Cowley
Roff
Dewayne Greenwood
Latta
Perry Faulkner
Quartz Mountain State Park
Oklahoma
Federal Cartridge Corp
Oklahoma State University Extension Service
Nolan Bullard
Pontotoc County
Altys Air Force Base
Bullard
John Netherton
Insects not serious threat this season
Insects pest activity reported across Oklahoma shows no major threats this season. Entomology surveys note alfalfa weevils, pea aphids, Hickory Shuck Worms, potato beetles, and various ticks affecting cattle and other livestock. Pigeons may spread chicken mite in a northcentral furniture store.
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State Department of Agriculture
Bob Owens
Lincoln
Love
Marshall
Payne County
Mayes
Rogers
Wagoner
Lone Star
Northcentral
Oklahoma
Man Surrenders Over 1935 Killing in Florida
Lonnie Cross, 66, limped into the Jacksonville sheriff’s office and confessed to killing a man in 1935. Police confirm the claim after reviewing files. The chain of events includes a January 2, 1936 first degree murder warrant for Lonnie Smith, who allegedly stabbed his common law wife and fatally stabbed a bystander during a scuffle.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lonnie Cross
Aman
Wiltam Beacham
Cross
Beacham
Lonnie Smith
Ed Bozier
Smith
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Deena Wheaton
Stonewall
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VISTA
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University of Missouri
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Tulsa
Dorothy
New Mexico A & M
Signal Corps
Ft. Monmouth
Jana
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House
Quartz Mountain
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