Conservation Plan Approved By County District Supervisors
Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation District met to approve plans for farms including W. P. Vaughn Ada Dan Marker Fitzhugh J. B. Smith Stonewall and others. The meeting noted pond projects on Jack Harden near Stratford and Willie Watts near Gaar Corner with costs around 1500 and 1200 dollars, and discussed lovegrass bermudagrass and erosion control as part of pasture development. F. E. Bateman west of Fitts Town is building feed ponds and rainbow trout runways on a .57 acre farm while local service crews provide engineering support.
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Pontotoc County
Ada
Dan Marker
J. B. Smith
Fitzhugh
Glen Fulton
Charles Russell
Tommy McNeill
Stonewall
M. C. Cox Jr
R. L. Pegg
Allen
James Crawford
W. D. Lucas
Roff
A. D. Scott
Soil Conservation Service
Jack Harden
Stratford
Jack
Harden
Willie Watts
Gaar Corner
Willie
Garvin County
Albert Pinley
Albert
Bill James
K.larsh Jr
Kings Ranch
F. E. Bateman
Fittstown
Byrds Mill Spring
FDA Action Vindicates Nelson Hearing on Pill Safety
Senator Gaylord Nelson calls FDA decision dramatic and historic as the agency requires warning inserts on birth control pills. The Small Business Committee hearings reviewed risks from The Pill, including cancer blood clots high blood pressure and mood effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gaylord Nelson
Food and Drug Administration
Wisconsin Democrat
FDA
Charles C. Edwards
Small Business Committee
Nelson
Sooner Peanut Growers To Get Marketing Aids
Oklahoma peanut growers will receive USDA marketing help for the record crop moving through trade channels. National Peanut Week runs March 4 14 1970 with Juli Copeland Oklahoma peanut princess promoting the drive. About 6 500 farms in 50 counties grow peanuts worth roughly 26.5 million dollars. officials say the program aims to boost demand and will include fact sheets POS materials for brokers dealers grocers and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Juli Copeland
Fort Cobb
South Texas
Bill Flanagan
Oklahoma Peanut Commission
J. R. Vestal
Dallas
Tex
USDA
Southwest
Vestal
Meat price increase fails to curb consumer meat demand
USDA findings show per capita red meat consumption rose in 1965 and remained near high levels in 1969 despite higher prices. Beef intake increased to 110.7 pounds per person in 1969, with income rising 10 percent boosting meat consumption 1.3 percent per person. Beef output climbed from 13.2 to 21 billion pounds over the period, signaling sustained demand barring recession. Dairy milk prices rose slightly in February with bottled milk at 6.92 dollars per hundredweight and retail whole milk at 57 cents per half gallon in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
New Oats Variety 'Nodaway 70' Released to Seed Growers
The Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station in Columbia and the Agriculture Department announce the release of Nodaway 70 an improved spring oat variety for the north central region. It targets Missouri and Kansas growers with certified seed.
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Washington
Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station
Columbia
Agriculture Department
North Central
Missouri
Kansas
Solar Eclipse Eye Safety Warning From Oklahoma Doctors
The Oklahoma Optometric Association warns that children should be indoors during the Saturday solar eclipse to avoid permanent eye damage. Viewing the sun directly can injure the retina, with risks even during a total eclipse. Safe viewing via indirect projection, such as a pinhole camera, is advised.
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Oklahoma Optometric Association
Save Your Vision
Don Q. Hewett
Oklahoma City
Association
Hewett
Utah
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Virginia
North America
Midwest
Ag Dept Warns Against Use Of Treated Seeds
The Agriculture Department warns farmers and seed dealers to follow strict guidelines for grain treated with pesticides to prevent exposure. Officials suspended use of a mercury compound after a case in New Mexico where three children were hospitalized from pork fed treated seed.
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Washington
The
Agriculture Department
New Mexico
Department
Harry W. Hays
Hart Extension Group Sponsors Cemetery Clean Up
The Hart Extension Home makers Group sponsored a cemetery clean up at Lightning Ridge Cemetery as their project. Attendees included many local residents from Stratford Yukon Oklahoma City Pixley Calif Roff and Vaness with numerous couples and individuals listed.
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Hart Extension Group
Hart Extension Homemakers Group
Lightning Ridge
Ercy Ownbey
Stratford
Aun McCullar
Stephenie
Anita
Clarence Davis
Vanessa
Bessie Rushing
Jeff Bailey
Ada
Winnie Austin
Pixley
Calif
Bessie Santin
Yukon
Ora Rodgers
Linnie Vaughn
Oklahoma City
Joe Summers
Pickett
Cletus Kelley
Larry Joe
Fitzhugh
Barney Hall
Roff
Mack Summers
Kenneth Stanfield
Marvin Hunt
May Johnson
Alvie Griffith
Arno Griffith
Laura Johnson
Frank Harber
Vaness
Kenneth Childers
Oklahoma Wildlife Dept Faces Service Cuts Without Revenue Increase
Inflation presses state wildlife operations as the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation seeks higher hunting and fishing license fees. Hatcheries in Medicine Park and Holdenville, plus the Fort Cobb area and Post Project staff, could be curtailed to balance the budget for the new fiscal year. Directeur Farrell Copelin warned that programs must be funded or cutbacks will follow.
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Oklahoma City
State Wildlife Department
Oklahoma
Medicine Park
Holdenville
Blaine
Grady
Beaver
Pushmataha
Cleveland
Kingfisher
Cimarron
Cho
Fort Cobb
Caddo County
Post Project
Farrell Copelin
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Copelin
Two Chickasha Candidates Clash Over City Government
Two defeated Chickasha city council candidates sparred in court arguing over a dispute tied to city government. One accuses the other of assault and battery as both men, defeated in Tuesday's election, refrain from commenting on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha, Okla
Chickasha
Unity in European Market Could Hurt U S Farm Exports
Kenneth D. Naden executive vice president of the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives warns that growing unity in the European Common Market and Britain’s bid for membership could worsen the trade climate for U S farm exports. He cautions Europe not to disrupt long established world trade relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
U.S
Kenneth D. Naden
Council
Great Britain
Naden
OSU President Speaks To East Central Teachers Meeting
East Central Oklahoma Education Association holds its 54th annual gathering with OSU President Dr Robert B Kamm delivering the main address at the Friday session. Dr Stanley P Wagner will speak at the Administrators Banquet and officers for EC are elected during the event with 22 departmental meetings on the program.
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East Central Oklahoma Education Association
Stanley P. Wagner
East Central
Robert B. Kamm
OSU
Glenn Wolfe
Holdenville
EC Alumni Association
Harvey Faust
T. L. Reid
Ada
Gertrude Jackson
Capitolin Moran
Seminole
Leo Motley
Tecumseh
E. Joe Sharp
Lindsay
Lawell Self
Peggy Nims
Virginia Biggers
Wewoka
James Sorrels
Mill Creek
Marjorie EF. Decker
Jeanne Shirley
Wynnewood
G. R. Burkhart
Shawnee
Karen Johnson
Phillip Briggs
Betty Woods
Don Johnson
Stonewall
Gid Cunningham
Charles Fryar
Pauls Valley
Jim Drake
William R. Lewis
Nena B. Andrews
Mabel Mann
Dorothy Milligan
Byng
Urel Lacy
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Latta
Mike Roberts
Joe Roberts
Ronnie
Mike
Calvin Agee
Sulphur
J. Chalmers Herman
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