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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1972

Page

10

Battle Over Weather Modification In Oklahoma

A multi-group dispute in Oklahoma centers on whether to pursue cloud seeding and weather modification, who should conduct it, and which methods to use. Federal, state, local authorities, farmers, and private operators clash over drought relief and research, with local programs already operating and state OSU evaluating cost benefits.

Oklahoma Farmer- Stockman Farmer-Stockman Irving P. Krick OWMSC David Hall Drouth Panhandle Board of Regents of Oklahoma State University Ray Booker Weather Science Henry Bellman Congress Washington Federal Agency Weather Bureau National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA Great Plains National Norman Governor Hall Eugene Bollay Boulder Colo Environmental Research Laboratories Barth Southern Great Plains Ft. Supply Harper County William T. Hughes OSU Department of Electrical Engineering State Board of Agriculture Oklahoma City Ferdie J. Deering The Forrest Nelson Okla. Water Resources Board Billy Ray Gowdy Okla Board of Agriculture Ben R. Pettit Jr Oklahoma City Municipal Water Dept C. R. Holden Tulsa Municipal Water Dept Xj. D. Fleming Oklahoma Farmers Union xKen McFall Exec Oklahoma Farm Bureau Dave Foster Kingfisher Oklahoma State Grange Ellis Freeny Oklahoma Cattlemen's Assn

Maps Show First Reports On Lawton Project

A weather front entered West Texas on the 14th and a disturbance moved through southwestern Oklahoma early on the 15th. The generator at Tipton started the evening of the 14th with thunderstorm cells forming west of the project area and ran until the morning of the 15th. Rainfall was spotty with a notably wet pocket over the watersheds.

Texas Oklahoma Tipton Project New Mexico Texas-Oklahoma Panhandle Lawton

Lawton Oklahoma Considers Cloud Seeding for Water Runoff

Lawton officials discuss reinstating cloud seeding to improve Lake Lawtonka and Lake Ellsworth storage. Council authorized a contract on April 11 with one silver iodide unit active April 14 and operations from April 18 to 29 yielding enhanced rainfall and lake runoff.

Lawton Lake Lawtonka Lake Ellsworth Council Tipton South Dakota Oklahoma

Woodsy Owl Calls for Action Against Pollution

Woodsy Owl promotes a national campaign for a clean environment. He urges citizens to join the fight against smog, polluted lakes, litter, dying forests, and harming wildlife, urging public responsibility.

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Gov. Hall Bureau of Reclamation Division of Atmospheric Water Resources Management Denver Archie Kahan Clem Todd Altus Foss Mountain Park Weather Science, Inc Jim Kinder, Sr Cotton County Board of Directors Kinder Max Barth Harper County Weather Inc Charles Rhoades Oklahoma Wheat Commission Leonard Solomon Oklahoma Conservation Commission Earl Abernathy Oklahoma Wheat Growers Assn Willis DeSpain Enid Exec. Sect Okeene Rex Inman Dept. of Meteorology University of Okla William E. Hughes Stillwater Dept. of Elect Eng State Univ xEmmett Pybus TON, Okla Ational Log Lawton, Okla Gulf Plains Frederick Marlow Lawton, Oklo Crowell
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