Farmers Face Fertilizer Shortage Weighing on Midwest Crops
Kansas City AP reports a widespread fertilizer shortage threatens corn and soybeans as farmers race to plant. Suppliers Farmland Industries Phillips Petroleum and Cherokee Nitrogen face dwindling ammonia stocks and railcar shortages, with forecasts of late supplies into summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Midwest
Carvil Johnson
Farmers Cooperative Association
Fort Scott
Kan
Johnson
Johnson Hardware and Grain Co
Salina
Kenneth Johnson
Critial
Larry Murphy
Kansas State University
Farmland Industries Inc
Minnesota
Texas
Illinois
Phillips Petroleum
Bartlesville
Okla
Warren Dewlen
Farmland Industries
Chrokee Nitrogen Co
Pryor
Cherokee Nitrogen
New Mexico
Saskatchewan
Canada
Devlen
Mississippi
St. Louis
Cincinnati
R. J. Kenyon
Phillips
Enid
Oklo
Fisher
University of Missouri
Camp and Nigh Praise Girls State Education in Oklahoma
Congressman John N Happy Camp and Lt. Gov. George Nigh agree Girls State offers top education. Nigh attends annually since 1950, Camp since 1949, with 416 girls from across Oklahoma at East Central campus. Camp, a longtime supporter, calls Girls State the greatest state program and engages with delegates and the statehouse activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John N. Happy Camp
Oklahoma Girls State
George Nigh
Oklahoma Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
East Central
Oklahoma
Nigh
Happy Camp
United States
House of Representatives
Girls State
Tornado Kills Lexington Area Man Near Purcell Oklahoma
A tornado near Lexington Oklahoma killed 28 year old Douglas Elmer Taylor and injured four others. Four mobile homes on the Mel Hatley farm were destroyed in the early morning funnel. The Wises and Sherman plus Mrs Bradshaw were treated for injuries. Taylor died at Purcell Memorial Hospital.
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Lexington
Okla
Oklahoma
Highway Patrol
Mel Hatley
Purcell
John Rollings
Purcell Memorial Hospital
Douglas Elmer Taylor
Taylor
Floyd Butch” Wise
Cindy
Charles Sherman
Francis Bradshaw
Wises
Sherman
Mrs. Bradshaw
Mrs. Wise
Butch
Collie
Hatley
Jack Taylor
Doug
EPA Attacks Pesticides Used On Corn
Washington AP Two pesticides used on corn and other grains aldrin and dieldrin are challenged by the EPA as cancer causing agents in a dispute with Shell Chemical Co. Shell says there is no cancer threat and accuses EPA of withholding evidence of other health dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
Shell
EPA
Consignees
Champlin
John Dailey
Henson Oil Co
Gasoline Shortage Debate Grips Ada Distributors
Ada gas suppliers push caution amid rumors of shortages with June allocations and diesel tightness. Jim Martin of Phillips 66 warns of Friday shortages while Ed Lance of Skelly reports recent runouts. Townsend of Conoco and Kerr McGee’s L. E. Sanford project June strain and potential July cuts, with diesel demand rising.
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Ada News
Jim Martin
Phillips 66
Ada
Ed Lance
Skelly
Townsend
L. E. Sanford
Kerr-McGee
Wynnewood Kerr-McKee
Sanford
Lance
Heard Broadrick
Texaco
Broadrick
Young Conservatives push for national community service plan
London based Young Conservatives call for a year of community service for all school leavers and the creation of a new Government Department of Community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Department of Community
Greater London
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Colorado
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Hastings
Neb
Lawrence
Dodge City
Ted R. Gisher
University of Missouri College of Agriculture
Dewlen
Fertilizer Institute
Missouri
Mississippi River
Mentor
Assaria
Brookville
Smolan
Soviet Union
Red China
Bartow
Fla
State Capitol
Spain
Paris
Patricia Camp Rainey
Kay
Waukomis
Twister
Shell Chemical Co
Martin
Wynnewood
W. E. Townsend
Conoco
Haskell Floyd
Dx-Sun Oil Co
Floyd
Connerville
Asher
Matorr Pner
Brook Mobile Home Park
Roland Bushman
Mike Beller
Ada Fire Department
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