Copelin resigns as wildlife head to join National Park Service
Oklahoma City. Farrell Copelin, director of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation since 1968, announced his resignation effective June 14 and will start July 3 as an environmental specialist for the National Park Service with duties in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. He praised the roughly $5 million budget approved by the Wildlife Commission, pending a Supreme Court settlement on Latimer County land, and noted merit raises for the third year running.
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Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
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National Park Service
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Colorado
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Latimer County
Wildlife Research Center
Oklahoma State University
Gulf Coast ticks menace Oklahoma cattle profits
An unusual Gulf Coast tick outbreak threatens cattle operations in Oklahoma with ticks found in 15 counties. OSU entomologists spray herds, study control methods, and urge cattlemen to report infestations to extension directors or contact Dr. Jakie Hair for guidance.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Gulf Coast
Jakie Hair
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Hair
Paul Semmer
OSU
OSA
Semmer
Newton Flora
Flora
Sem‘ner
Washington County
Oklahoma State
Wind Damages Farm Buildings South of Ada
High winds and heavy rain damaged barns carports and outbuildings south of Ada. Roy Foster suffered major losses including a car port two barns and a utility shed. Other nearby homes also reported damage to a barn shop garage hay barn and outbuildings. Trees were uprooted and rainfall totals varied across the area as a weather system spread across western to eastern Oklahoma.
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Roy Foster
Esho Ranch
Foster
John Rhynes
R. J. Poss
Glen Sherrell
Rhynes
Sherrell
Sheriff's Deputies
Civil Defense
Hayden Haynes
Associated Press
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Gulf of Mexico
Okarche
Pontotoc
Waponer
Antlers
Vinita
Red Rock
Mulhall
Muskogee
Gage
Paden
Enid
Oklahora
Don Cook
Sooner wheat shows record quality in harvest
Oklahoma Wheat Commission reports exceptionally high protein and test weights across the state. Joe McDonald of Honorbilt Mills cites samples reaching 67 to 68 pounds per bushel, with some tests near 17.2 percent protein. As harvest moves northward, protein declines and moisture runs unusually low around 8.5 percent despite stress indicators in many fields.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Wheat Commission
Joe McDonald
Honorbilt Mills
Mangum
Herman Hayek
R. H. Conrad
McDonald
Union Equity Cooperative
Beef exports to Soviets possible says department
An Agriculture Department report says the United States could export grains feedstuffs and breeding stock to the Soviet Union in the short run, alongside current shipments of hides skins and almonds. It notes plans to raise Soviet meat and fish intake and livestock output by 1975, with demand for better breeding stock grain and protein feeds, and that the U.S. could supply extra corn and grains if needed.
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Agriculture Department
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
United States
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