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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
1
Landowners in southern Pontotoc County grow worried as aerial and tractor spray programs spread herbicides like 2 4 D and 2 4 5 T. Citizens cite damage to pecan trees and vegetables, urging hearings and tighter controls while experts warn wind drift and timing affect crop losses.
Ada area conservancy districts have built and planned detention structures with vegetative control over drainage areas. Across Upper Clear Boggy, Sandy Creek, and Leader Creek districts, $5.8 million has been spent or committed on 119 completed or planned structures covering about 324,000 acres.
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board will use computers to determine water use in Oklahoma. It is required by law to inventory surface and groundwater use annually. Water use survey cards are mailed to water right applicants for 1965, asking them to return the completed questionnaire in the postage paid envelope.
Oklahoma total employment rose to 927 300 with 16 000 more farm workers lifting May jobs. Manufacturing climbed to 110 200 while wage and salary jobs reached 672 000 and teen summer hiring drew attention from commission head A Francis Porta. Unemployment edged up to 33 700 with current rate 3.5 percent. Government payrolls rose to 168 100, mining at 42 100, construction 33 500, utilities 46.
Safety Commissioner Bob Lester announced May results from the Department of Public Safety road check. troopers and driver examiners inspected 134,811 vehicles with 37,885 flagged for repair, led by lighting defects in nearly 23,000 cars and 3,396 muffler failures.
The first generation of elm leaf beetles has hatched and is feeding on elms with heavy egg and larva numbers reported statewide. Eggs cluster 10 to 20 per leaf. striped larvae skeletonize leaves risking tree death. Insecticides like Sevin DDT and Toxaphene may control the beetle and protect trees and homes.
A group of 120 Upward Bound students from East Central State College toured Tulsa museums and libraries. Guides from Philbrook Art Gallery and Tulsa Civic Ballet accompanied them during visits to the new Tulsa library and Gilcrease Museum. A July field trip to Oklahoma City is planned.
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