More Beef Seen in Fall as Cattle in Feedlots Rise
The Agriculture Department reports cattle in feedlots on Aug 1 rose 18 percent from a year earlier to nearly 7.8 million head, led by Texas. Placements in July were up 8 percent, weights higher, and official data project heavier cattle and moderately larger fat cattle sales this fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Arizona
California
Kansas
Economic Research Service
Omaha
Annual American Indian Expo Opens in Anadarko
About 20 000 visitors attended Anadarko for the 41st annual American Indian Exposition opening with a downtown parade. The event features pageants, tribal dances, horse racing, and Friday war dance championships sponsored by 13 tribes including Osage Pawnee Ponca and Kiowa with notable honors for Victor Paddlety and Dr. George Blue Spruce.
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Anadarko
George Blue Spruce
Victor Paddlety
Chamber of Commerce
Paddlety
Allie Reynolds
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Five Lawton men sworn as patrolmen by judge
Four Lawton natives joined five new police officers sworn in by Special District Judge Roy Moore in a municipal courtroom ceremony. The group completed 120 hours of basic training and spent weeks at the University of Oklahoma and here on arrest procedures and crime scene investigation. The new Patrolmen are Alvin Gatlin Glen Clanton Steve Abla Andy Ferguson and James Snyder.
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Lawton
Roy Moore
University of Oklahoma
Alvin M. Gatlin
Glen B. Clanton
Steve Dale Abla
Andy A. Ferguson
James G. B. Snyder
Gatlin
Lawton High School
Air Force
Connors State Agricultural College
Warner
Clanton
American National Life Insurance Company
Lawton Eisenhower High
Abla
Cameron State College
Navy
Ferguson
Snyder
Washington, D.C
Army
Soviet Union Faces Restive Consumers Warn of Western Opportunities
Commerce Secretary Peter G. Peterson reports Soviet citizens consume far less than Americans with about one third to the level of U S goods and services. He notes limited durable goods, personal and health services, long waits for cars and furniture, and some items not produced in the USSR while tele recorders are sold. He adds Bombay may ban American movies.
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Washington
Peter G. Peterson
United States
Soviet Union
Peterson
U.S
Russia
U.S.S.R
Dizzy Dean Led NL With 195 Strikeouts In 1934
The pitcher Dizzy Dean topped the National League in strikeouts with 195 in the 1934 season, establishing himself as the league’s leading power at the plate.
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Dizzy Dean
Nixon Plan One Year In: Economic Controls Analyzed
One year after Nixon's price and wage controls, inflation has fallen to about 3.5 percent while joblessness sits near 5.5 percent. The economy shows expansion, housing booms, and corporate profits, though deficits and trade imbalances risk further dollar weakness. Forecasters predict continued GNP growth into 1973.
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John Cunniff
New York
Nixon
Tax Returns Show City Sales Tooars Under New Rate
City of Lawton received $245,446 in June sales tax refunds, up from $117,223 the prior year under a one percent rate. The current two percent rate has broadened tax bases statewide, with Oklahoma totaling $5,151,385,280 in June sales tax collections. Broken Arrow and Carnegie switched to two percent on August 1, making 19 municipalities with the higher rate.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Oklahoma
S. W. Hampton
Broken Arrow
Carnegie
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Bombay
Lawton Lumber Co
F Avenue
Dial
Cash and Carry Savings
Aneling Headquarters
REM
Ralph W. Currell
Jack Brittain
Mgr
American Statistical Association
Montreal
William Freund
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New York Stock Exchange
Zenith
Sha Eve
Curtis Jeffreys
Comanche County
Pol. Adv
Pol
Wade
Roy B. Hooper Jr
Ed Dewey
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