New Farm Group Demands 100 Percent Parity Movement Grows Nationwide
The National Farm Organization calls for 100 percent parity for all farm commodities as immediate relief, opposing the 90 percent parity cap and urging actions like buying up hogs and cattle. Led by Oren Staley, the group has grown from Carl Iowa protests to 101,216 members across 10 states with plans to expand to Minnesota and Oklahoma.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Senate Farm Bill
National Farm Organization
NFO
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Jay Loghry
Corning
NFC
Oren Staley
Rea
Staley
Washington
Carl
Midwest
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Montana
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Lawton Fort Sill Coming Events Calendar 1956
Lawton Fort Sill Recreation Council lists city wide events from February to March 1956. Activities include district farm bureau meetings, Bankers Association convention, 4-H festival, community concerts, Easter pageant rehearsal, high school and college performances, antique show, Red Barn Players plays, and Junior Fat Stock show among others at Hotel Lawtonian, Cameron College, and local venues.
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Lawton-Fort Sill Recreation Council
Okla
Brotherhood
Holy City
Lawton High School
LHS Fieldhouse
American Legion
Lawtonian
Lowery-Whitehead Post
First Baptist Church
National Gallery of Art
Washington
D.C
Fort Sill
American Business Club
Constitution Press
Weatherford
Comanche County Home Demonstration Club Council
Cameron College
14Th and Bell
United States Air Force Band
Washington, D. c
Delta Kappa Gamma
Art Dept
Lawton Woman’s Forum
Lawton and
Cameron
Wichita Mountains
Funeral Rites for Alva I Worthen Held in Lawton
Funeral services for Alva I Worthen 51 of 705 Gore Lawton druggist since 1939 were held Friday at First Methodist Church with Rev J J Stowe Jr officiating Burial followed at Highland Cemetery with Lawton Funeral Home in charge Worthen died Wednesday night in a Lawton hospital after a heart attack He was a member of First Methodist Mt Scott Masonic Lodge No 40 India Temple Shrine Oklahoma City Scottish Rite and other groups Druggists and Masons attended in groups Pallbearers named include Val Frakes Spurgeon Morrison Ned Hawkins Clift Andrus Durward Mathes Marshall Looney Pat Patterson and Wesley Haerd
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alva. I. Worthen
Gore
Lawton
First Methodist Church
J. J. Stowe Jr
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Mt. Scott Masonic Lodge
Val Frakes
Spurgeon Morrison
Ned Hawkins
Clift Andrus
Durward Mathes
Marshall Looney
Pat Patterson
Wesley Haerd
Worthen
Lawton Mt. Scott
Students Climb In Window To Visit German Professor
In Carbondale Illinois Feb 25 students routinely visit German Prof Hellmut A Hartwig through the window of his office. A door from the office opens to a classroom so Hartwig says he does not mind as students drop in during class. He even uses the window himself at times.
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Carbondale
Ill
Hellmut A. Hartwig
Southern Illinois University
Hartwig
Marriage status of U S males in 1900
In 1900 forty two point four percent of all males over fourteen were never married compared with forty two point eight percent married and the remaining were widowed or divorced according to census data.
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United States
Texas Sized Grass Finds New Home in Texas
Scientists unveiled elephant grass, reaching up to 15 feet and suited for lands unusable for cotton, citrus, and vegetables. In the Rio Grande Valley it boosted livestock focus, tolerates salty soils, and yields over 121000 pounds per acre annually, far higher than alfalfa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
Southwest Foundation For Research and Education
Rio Grande Valley
Georgia
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New Farm Group
The
Farm Bureau Organization
Hotel Lawtonian
Oklahoma Bankers Assn
Group I
Convention
Lola Montes
McMahon
Langston University
Douglass School
Red Barn
Ismet Sanli
Hotel Lawtonian Ballroom
Camp Fire Professional Workers
Kiwanis International
Comanche County
Comanche County Free Fairgrounds
Paganine String Quartet
McMahon Auditorium
Alva I. Worthen
Seely Bee Realtors
Seiss Nai
A L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D. Ave. Pho
National Guard Armory
Fraternal Order of Police
Sume
Lawton School
Will Rogers School
United Spanish American War Veterans Convention
Knife and Fork Club
Sidney R. Montague
Credit Women’s Breakfast Club
Bosses’ Breakfast
Jaycee
Lawton Public Schools
Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Assn
College
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control Co
de Arts
D Avenue
Orville D. Pope Insurance
Lawton Municipal
Eugene L. Bowman
S. 6Th
Graham Pest Control & Fogging Service
Lawton, Okla
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