Officials Optimistic About Rural Redevelopment Gains
Washington officials say rural development has picked up substantially in the past year. The USDA report cites 4 301 man-years spent on rural development last year, with nearly $2.6 billion in spending. The 1972 73 USDA rural development budget is projected at about $3.2 billion, not counting potential adds from the Rural Development Act.
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Washington
Nixon
Agriculture Department
Congress
USDA
Department
Farmers Home Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Tasaday Birth Marks New Era in Stone Age People
A Tasaday woman Etut gave birth in a cave as outsiders approached the tribe in Mindanao Philippines. The child, a boy, signals potential access to metal tools and outside goods as Panamin guides manage contact. The event highlights a shift in a largely hunter gathering culture under development programs. The Tasaday, long isolated, may face gradual change amid rural development plans. Separately, Alaska began its salmon canning era in 1878, shaping a major industry still dominant in the state.
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Tasaday Caves
Philippines
Taladay
Tasaday
Panamin
Prospects For Milo Prices Look Bright
Sorghum grain known as milo should see strong demand in the coming fall and winter as feed production declines from 1971 and livestock feeding rises. Placed mainly in the plains states and California, sorghum exports have been solid though 1972 crop shipments remain uncertain. The Economic Research Service reports a brighter price outlook for sorghum in the new marketing year starting Oct 1.
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Washington
Agriulture Department
Plains States
California
Economic Research Service
U.S
Fish Killed by Freak Cold Spell in Stillwater
The head of John Zinc Fisheries in Stillwater reports an August freak cold spell wiped out 180,000 fish in an experimental lake. A rapid temperature drop caused lake water to circulate, rendering oxygen production impossible and leaving about 20 tons buried while 40 tons deteriorated in the lake with Health Department approval.
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Stillwater (Ap
John
Stillwater
Jim E. Russell
Russell
State Health Department
Steed Urges Water Plan as Oklahoma Debates Canals
US Representative Tom Steed attacked environmentalists as the disaster lobby while backing a proposed water transfer system. Oklahoma Water Inc. directors approved a plan to move surplus eastern waters to drier western regions via canals and recommended creating a state Oklahoma Water Commission to finance and operate the project. They say Oklahoma loses about 33 million acre feet of surplus water annually to the Gulf of Mexico, with a canal system diverting about 7 million acre feet at an estimated cost of about $5...
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ALTUS
Okla
Tom Steed
D-Okla
Oklahoma Water, Inc
Steed
Congress
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Oklahoma Water Inc
Robert S. Kerr Jr
Oklahoma Water Commission
Kerr
Gulf of Mexico
Enrollment Soars at Atoka High School in 1972
Atoka High School reports a 42 student rise to 412 pupils this year, per Supt. Wilson McDonald, a likely area record. The Atoka district total reaches 1,177 students, up 17 from the prior year.
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Atoka
Atoka High School
Wilson McDonald
Oklahoma Reports 350 Screwworm Cases In Livestock
State veterinarian Dr J H Brashear says screwworm infestations cover an area south of a line from McCurtain County to Cimarron County with the parasite moving north from Mexico. USDA supervised aerial releases of sterile males aim to prevent spread into the southeast and into Oklahoma until frost. cooperation with Mexico and the United States targets eradicating flies to Panama over five to six years.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
J. H. Brashear
McCurtain County
Cimmarron County
Panhandle
U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Billy Ray Gowdy
State Board of Agriculture
United States
Brashear Said
Mexico
Panama
Brashear
Texas
Financial Crunch Forces Julia Child From The Kitchen
Famed TV chef Julia Child may stop public broadcasts as WGBH needs about 85000 dollars to fund the fall season. The Boston station says only enough is on hand to tape four episodes through October, with reruns through December. Polaroid Corp sponsor funds couldn't be renewed this year.
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WGBH
Polaroid Corp
Retired Persons To Have Picnic
Pontotoc County AARP chapter plans a Saturday evening picnic at Wintersmith Park starting at 6 00 p m If rain occurs the gathering moves to the Aldridge Building Members should bring a covered dish and their own table service Iced tea will be provided
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Pontotoc County
The
American Association of Retired Persons
Wintersmith Park
Aldridge Building
Ready For The Fair In Pontotoc County
Exhibitors across Pontotoc County prepare for the 1972 Free Fair with hundreds entering in more than 600 categories. Mrs. Bertha Price, last year’s dollmaking champ, displays an afghan, needlework and a Raggedy Ann doll as she competes this week through Saturday.
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Pontotoc County
Bertha Price
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