Rodeo Fever Sweeps Athens for Sixth Annual Event
Athens Limestone County braces for the Aug. 8 10 rodeo at Veterans Fairgrounds with bulldogging bull riding and calf roping. Queen contestants include Sarah Kennedy Annette Frazier Geri Smith Charlotte Jenkins Kaye Holland Carolyn Webb and others. Local stars Billy Legg Patricia Black and more will compete in events while a street dance kicks off the festivities sponsored by the Athens Veterans Association.
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Athens
Limestone County
Alabama
Veterans Fairgrounds
Sarah Jean Kennedy
East Limestone High School
Dean Johnson
Annette Frazier
Peggy Romine
Geri Smith
Athens High School
Charlotte Jenkins
Clements High
Kaye Holland
Rogersville
West Athens High School
Carolyn Webb
Courthouse Square
Tenn
Athens Veterans Association
Dewitt Garrett
Billy Legg
Patricia Black
E. J. Adcock
Adcock
Lawrenceburg, Tenn
Farm Roundup Broiler Pains and Ponds in Focus
The AP report notes growing pains in the broiler and hatching egg sectors with possible price declines late 1963 into 1964 due to oversupply and reduced exports to Europe. It also reports Dr. George L Mehren’s probable appointment as assistant secretary of agriculture and details pond construction under conservation programs with 50 percent financial aid and free technical help.
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Ovid
A. Martin Washington
Washington
George L Mehren
Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
University of California At Berkeley
Mehren
Department
Civil Service Commission
John P. Duncan Jr
Georgia
The
Southern Railway
Agriculture Department
Horse Starts Trouble With Bees in Oregon Farm Incident
A horse toppled a hive triggering a swarm that led to more hive disturbances. Beekeeper Ely Swearingen was stung about 50 times, his wife over 75, and daughter Roberta more than 100. Duane V. Ogle and the horseman were shaken but not seriously hurt. firefighters aided as the animals recovered in hospital. One horse died from stings. authorities helped drive off the swarms.
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Corvallis
Ore
Duane V. Ogle
Ely Swearingen
Roberta
Ogle
Barracks To Replace City Quake Hit
Skopje plans a barracks city to house quake survivors while a new city is built. Dynamite and bulldozers continue leveling ruins six days after the quake. Over half of Skopje's 270,000 residents were moved out. Officials report about 1,000 bodies recovered and 700 missing or presumed dead. Banks expand tax exempt bond holdings to 12 billion dollars in 1962.
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Skopje
Yugoslavia
Skpje
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