Residents of Byng Seek Incorporation to Improve Services
Byng area residents propose forming a town of about 400 to gain access to FHA loans and grants for a sewer system and to lower fire insurance costs by creating a volunteer fire department. School superintendent Marvin Stokes notes grants could cover up to 75 percent of sewer costs, with revenue bonds funding the rest. He also highlights community pride and the ability to enter local competitions as benefits.
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Naomi Knickmeyer
Byng School
Marvin Stokes
Byng
Stokes
Tour Square Mile
Resi
Ada
Oklahoma water plan hinges on location, not quantity
Oklahoma faces water woes not from scarcity but from distribution. The Bureau of Reclamation and others detail a multi reservoir canal system across 510 miles to move water from Northeast and Southeast Oklahoma to thePanhandle and central regions. The plan envisions 117 reservoirs, 89 pumping plants, 580 miles of piping, and huge potential irrigation gains, at great cost and land impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Water Resources Board
U. S. Corps Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Oklahoma
U. S. Department of the Interior
Popullion
Bue Bureau
Howe
Bureau
Boise City
Panhandle
Union
Oklahoma City
Surroune
California State Water Project
Fort Gibson
Tahlequah Reservoir
Cherokee County
Arkansas
Red River
Grain deals with Soviets eyed as Nixon visit looms
Washington reports of severe Soviet winter damage to the 1972 wheat crop fuel speculation that President Nixon may push for a new U S grain agreement during his late May Moscow trip. An Economic Research Service note cites Canada’s 3.4 million ton wheat purchase with option for 4.5 million more and Soviet purchases of nearly 14 million tons of grain in nine months, including U S feed grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Union
Nixon
U.S
Moscow
Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Fletcher Pope Jr
Donald Christer
Europe
ERS
Farm Mech Show set for April in Oklahoma City
The Oklahoma Farm Mech Show, scheduled for April 7 to 9, will be the largest in eight years with about 150 exhibitors and nearly 300 exhibit spaces at Northwest 10th and Portland. The OSU Extension Center area expands to host more brands including tractors and irrigation equipment. Gates run 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, admission is free, and ample parking is provided, with many demonstrations and in-place testing of equipment.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Northwest 10Th
Portland
OSU Extension Center
John Wartchow Named to Angus Association
John Wartchow aged 12 of Fitzhugh was granted a junior membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri announced by Lloyd D. Miller executive secretary. Junior members may register purebred Angus and enjoy association privileges until age 21 when eligible for life membership. Ninety percent of the nation’s junior members were noted in last month’s totals, with 172 youths receiving junior memberships nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wartchow
Fitzhugh
American
Former Roff Man Wins Swine Honors at Houston Show
Joe Don Ray, formerly of Roff and now a Madill resident, bred Chester White hogs and captured top prizes at the Houston Livestock Show. His entries won grand champion gilt, reserve champion gilt, lead reserve champion boar, and his offerings earned the premier sire award for his line.
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Joe Don Ray
Houston
City to repaint parking slots as fight against tickets grows
Citizens criticized faint-hearted lines marking meter slots after receiving tickets for parking outside lanes. City launches campaign with bright new paint to fix the issue, hoping for lasting improvement. Motorists share the same hope.
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Jim Cook
Pennington Creek
Angus Association
Joe Sims
Homer
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