U S Farm Export Outlook Questioned By ERS Analyst
Agriculture Department analyst Donald Chrisler argues that the 1961 66 grain export boom was abnormally high and not a reliable long term benchmark. He notes world grain production rose since 1966 while exports declined, challenging gloomy trade forecasts and urging attention to longer term trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
U.S
Donald Chrisler
Economic Research Service
Chrisler
Addeke H. Boerma
Food and Agriculture Organization of
The
United Nations
Notre Dame University
Boerma
India
Guerrillas Attack New Lebanon Airport and Clash Near Rashaya
The Associated Press reports Arab guerrillas attacked Lebanon's Elayat military airport with rockets and artillery from Syria. Government forces repelled the assault after 30 minutes with heavy losses, while fighting continued around Rashaya and nearby Asha. Egyptian mediation moves toward peace talks with Yasser Arafat were noted.
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Associated Press
Lebanon
Elayat
Syria
Rashaya
Asha
Aiha
Cairo
Egypt
Yassir Arafat
Myers Named Conservationist Of Year In Pontotoc County
Escal Myers of a farm west of Ada is chosen as outstanding District Cooperator by the Pontotoc County Soil and Water Conservation Board. His bermuda pasture yields net returns of 40 to 75 dollars per acre yearly with legume inoculation. A district supervisor calls him the bermuda grass king of the county.
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Myers
Pontotoc County
Goodyear Company
Escal Myers
Seals Murder Trial Ends in Hung Jury
The Cecil H. Seals murder trial ended in a hung jury after deliberations from 11:25 a.m. to 3:23 p.m. Judge Lee R. West declared a mistrial. Two co-defendants changed pleas. Lawrence E. Johnson and Bill Rise faced separate sentences for bail jumping and bogus checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil H. Seals
Seals
James McClarty
Lee R. West
Lawrence E. Johnson
Bill Rise
Oklahoma City Garbage Strike Shocks City Council Leader Faces Felony Talk
Oklahoma City council member Ben Franklin says the key obstacle to ending the strike is re hiring of 12 leaders on probation a proposal the strikers reject. Franklin hints at possible felony charges against Dr A L Dowell as arrests widen and racial tensions flare amid limited garbage service.
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Oklahoma City
Ben Franklin
James Norick
Franklin
Norick
Rowe Cook
John Smith
Curtis Harris
A. L. Dowell
Dowell
Whitey
Southwest Depot
Atkins
Supervisors Attend Conservation Meet In McAlester
Pontotoc County district supervisors B M Stephens Vel Bumpers and Walter Woolley Jr attended the Southeastern Oklahoma Soil and Water Conservation Districts annual area meeting in McAlester on Thursday. Also present were Virginia Noe Kenneth Yoakum Escal Myers and Jim Miller who announced seed plans for spring 1970 and praised flood control works aiding county residents.
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B. M. Stephens
Vel Bumpers
Walter Woolley Jr
Pontotoc County
Goodyear Company
Myers
Goodyear
Ada
Escal
Jim Miller
Kings Ranch
Eric Kalmar
B. D. Denton
Jim Little
Cris Roberts
Miller
Car is stolen during burglary of Ada business
Detectives report a break in at Service Chevrolet in Ada with entry by window, money taken from cigarette machines, and a car stolen with keys left in it. Similar prior thefts at Ken Braddy Motor Co and Konawa were noted, with Braddy’s car recovered near Holdenville and a Konawa car found abandoned nearby.
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Chevrolet
Ken Braddy Motor Co
Clyde Nickell
Nickell
Braddy Motor
Braddy
Konawa
Service Chevrolet
Applications Sought For 4-H Teen Caravan To Europe
Oklahoma State University 4-H offers a summer Teen Caravan to Europe for 17 to 20 year olds. After a Netherlands visit last year participants lived with host families and worked and played. Nominees must contact the State 4-H Club Office at OSU Stillwater by December 1 for selection.
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Oklahoma State University
Europe
Nolan Bullard
Netherlands
Oklahoma
Jayuya Puerto Rico Town Blends Cultures and Faces Change
Jayuya, a 6000 resident mountain town 35 miles from San Juan, blends American village life with Puerto Rican flavor. The community’s Friday night scenes show curfew clashes and lively plaza activity, while long-time crops sugar cane and coffee face decline as land shifts to cattle ranching risking local jobs.
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Jayuya
Puerto Rico
Marcos Rodriguez
San Juan
Puerto Rico National Guard
Puerto Rico Telephone Company
Felipe Ortiz
Dates Set For 1970 Girls State
Girls State a eight day program in citizenship and government will be at East Central State College May 30 through June 6. Director Mrs Green Laughlin of Stillwater says the program, sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of the American Legion Auxiliary, invites girls who have completed their junior year in high school. This marks the third year on the East Central campus.
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Girls State
East Central State College
Green Laughlin
Stillwater
Oklahoma Department of the American Lenion Auxiliary
East Central
Sunshine Returns Across State As Front Clears
Cloudy skies gave way to bright sunshine today as a weak Pacific front eased across the state. Overnight lows ranged from 32 degrees at Gage to 51 at Ardmore with highs in the 50s and lows tonight from 30 in the Panhandle to 45 in the southeast. Friday’s readings expected in the 50s and lower 60s.
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Associated Press
Gage
Ardmore
Panhandle
Adan Launches New Fertilizer and Feed Supply
Ada opens The Triple R Farm and Ranch Supply at 331 East 9th owned by Robert D. Woolley. The 145 by 50 foot all steel facility offers bulk fertilizer blending, Superior feeds, plant and soil analysis, field research labs, agronomist consulting, and storage for 400 tons of raw materials.
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Triple R
East 9Th
Ada
Woolley
Plan for Closing Langston Studied
Oklahoma City AP report says Senate Majority Leader Terrill urged a study on converting Langston University into a diagnostic center or an alcoholic sanatorium or other public facility. He noted the Langston student protest over the president's firing may have been a catalyst.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
al Terrill
Langston University
Terrill
State Capitol
Langston
Divorces Granted for Pam Jacobs and Two Wederskis
Pam Jacobs, formerly Pam Harris, is granted divorce from Danny Jacobs. Ronald Wederski and Jo Ellen Wederski are each granted divorces from their spouses.
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Pam Jacobs
Danny Jacobs
Pam Harris
Ronald Wederski
Jo Ellen Wederski
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New Lebanon
Klayat
Tripoli
Negro Council
McAlester Thurs
Rae Thompson
Kenneth Yackum
Soil Conservation Service
SODA
Southern Oklahoma Deelopment Association
Tishomingo
Orlie Boehler
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Gether
Andy Anderson
Don Owens
James Treas
Sunshine
Adan
Robert D. Woolley
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