Computers Replace Pencils Mapmaking Process Now Sophisticated
The U S Geological Survey embraces aerial photography and automated tools at four centers in Reston Rolla Denver and Menlo Park replacing much hand drafting. Annual output reaches about 6000 maps with 95 million copies in inventory for hikers campers and open air enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S. Geological Survey
Charles D. Zeigler
Survey
Reston
Geological Survey
Rolla
Denver
Menlo Park
Calif
Five Lawton Women Named to Alpha Lambda Delta Honor
Five freshmen from Lawton were selected for the Oklahoma State University chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta. Members include Leda Gunkel Robin Middleton Yvonne Myles Stephanie Parks and Debbie Smith for earning a 3.5 or higher GPA in their first semester.
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Lawton
Oklahoma State University
Alpha Lambda Delta Honorary Society
Leda Gunkel
Robin Middleton
Yvonne Myles
Stephanie Parks
Debbie Smith
Machine Harvest Expands Across Crops in Modern Farming
Mechanical harvesting of food is expanding rapidly for carrots tomatoes onions celery prunes nuts and some peaches and apples along with grapes for wine and raisins.
Ghost town Dietrich Camp shows Alaska pipeline decline
In Dietrich Camp Alaska once home to 900 pipeline workers now a silent outpost with wolves and caribou as neighbors. Security guards work split shifts amid silent buildings as the project winds down and bids to sell or dismantle the camp circulate.
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Dietrich Camp
Alaska
Arctic
Prudhoe Bay
Fairbanks
Dietrich
Anderson Martin
Frank Halstead
Elgin Residents and Cow Theft Case Continued Until May 31
A preliminary hearing for Elgin residents David Stelter Veda Stelter and Jeffrey Stuart on larceny charges for the theft and slaughter of a cow was continued Monday until May 31. The animal was butchered in a field near Elgin after deputies arrested the trio.
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Elgin
David Stelter
Veda Stelter
Jeffrey Stuart
Sheriff's Deputies
Wheat farmers push bills to sway price supports
Garden City Kansas farmer Jerry Brown says farmers in Kansas Oklahoma and possibly other states are gathering farm sale bills to protest Carter administration plans for wheat price supports. He cites a campaign of calls to the White House and Congress urging higher supports and warns many farmers face ruin without stronger guarantees.
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Washington
Kan
Carter Administration
Jerry Brown
Kansas
Oklahoma
White House
Congress
Brown
Garden City
Senate
House
USDA
Agriculture
Bob Bergland
Department
Charles Schultze
Council of Economic Advisors
Bergland
Windmills considered to augment hydroelectric power in Medicine Bow
The U S Bureau of Reclamation weighs a 77 8 million pilot project using 49 wind turbines on Medicine Bow Wyoming to feed the existing Colorado River Storage Project. Each turbine would produce two megawatts, offset oil use by 799 000 barrels yearly, and store energy with reservoir water while wind is low.
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Medicine Bow
Wyo
United States
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Congress
Abner Watts
Denver
Bureau
Wyoming
Colorado River
Guadalupe Pass
Tex
Livingston
Watts
Flooding Hits Avondale Area After Pueblo Rainstorms
In Pueblo County heavy raindriven floods filled Avondale with three to four feet of water. Eight families evacuated to an elementary school as Marble hail and debris blocked U S 50. No injuries reported and damage estimates were not available.
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Pueblo
Colo
Pueblo County
Ed Yaklich Jr
Avondale
Yaklich
Ed Sr
Dan Tihonovich
Tihonovich
U.S. 50
Vineland
Bessemer Ditch
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LURA
Lawton Urban Renewal Authority
Ed Warmack
Warmack
By Randolph E. Schmid
Zeigler
USGS
National Geodetic Survey
National Cartographic Information Center
Martin
Camp Dietrich
Halstead
Administration
Colorado
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