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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1973
Page
1
A gardener recalls trying wildflower gardening by seeding plots along a driveway and slopes. California poppies thrived self sowing, while larkspur and Indian paint brush failed to take. The author notes birds likely aided germination and laments flowers resisting tame care, ending with a childlike ditty.
The Agriculture Department reports farmers expect to plant about 15 million more acres of major crops in 1973, led by corn and soybeans, with potential record corn and soybean outputs if weather cooperates. Hired farm workers earned about 2.13 dollars per hour the week of Jan 7 13, up from 1.96 a year earlier.
Washington AP reports despite cattle hide price declines, officials expect near record leather exports in 1973, close to 18 million skins sold abroad. Hide prices peaked 46 cents per pound in Chicago last November, recently around 28 cents, still double levels from 18 months ago due to rising leather demand in developing countries.
Oklahoma Senate Revenue and Taxation panel backed SB 144 to raise hunting and fishing licenses but deferred passage pending an explanation of the Oklahoma Department of Conservation buying vehicles outside central purchasing. Senators Ferrell and Haden asked for details on bids and outside dealers as the department faces funding gaps for ongoing programs.
Washington AP reports USDA analysts track March 1 surveys showing farmers intend 71.6 million acres of corn and 54.8 million of soybeans, with signups for the 1973 feed grain program affecting set asides and total planted area. Enrollment through March 9 shows 872,176 farmers signed up, about 30 percent of eligible.
Frank B. Elliott, a retired Air Force general and former assistant secretary for administration, was named acting administrator of the Farmers Home Administration. Elliott, 56, will head FHA while remaining deputy secretary for administration, with prior roles noted and awards listed.
Twenty one Pontotoc County residents join 2,466 full time students at Oklahoma State Tech Okmulgee for the spring trimester. The post secondary vo tech college serves all Oklahoma counties and six foreign countries with 52 career courses and over 4,400 annual enrollments. Pontotoc County students listed include Glenn M Deavers Allen and Rebecca A Brown Allen among others from Ada and Stonewall.
Oklahoma education officials say hundreds of teachers will get dismissal notices within weeks as school boards wrestle with a conflict between a federal funding requirement and a state law. The issue was outlined in a newsletter from El Reno Superintendent Leslie F. Robiger to district staff.
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