Lettuce Prices Surge Across Oklahoma as Markets React
Oklahoma consumers face lettuce at about 59 cents per head in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, up from 29 cents a year ago. Officials blame heavy California rains and higher labor costs, with supply expected to improve by mid June but prices unlikely to drop soon.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Safeway Stores, Inc
California
Jim Newman
Kimberling’s
Larry Locklin
Peee Ack Te Eee
Locklin
Sipes
Cox
Salinas
Calif
Bill Dorsett
Affiliated Food Stores, Inc
Dorsett
E. E. Humphheys
Two Die On Oklahoma Roads In Separate Crashes
An 80 year old Ardmore man and a 16 year old Kingfisher girl died in separate Oklahoma road crashes. Ann E. Gilmour of Kingfisher died when her car hit a combine driven by Frederick Bun ter of Arco Minnesota at a intersection in Kingfisher County. Shawnee Brown of Ardmore died after a pickup rolled on U S 77 six miles north of Marietta. Barbara Ann Gardner of Westville died from injuries suffered in a crash the day prior.
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Oklahoma
Ardmore
Kingfisher
Ann E. Gilmour
Oklahoma 33
Kingfisher County
Frederick Earl Bunter
Arco
Minn
Miss Gilmour
Bunter
Shawnee Brown
U.S. 77
Marietta
Highway Patrol
Brown
Barbara Ann Gardner
Westville
Cashiers Drop Polite Farewells at Retail Counters
Patrons report cashiers rarely say thank you to customers and staff note a lack of customary politeness. Observers speculate fatigue or training gaps may influence changes in manners across stores and service desks.
Sayre Youth Drowns at Farm Pond Near Cheyenne
A 16 year old Sayre youth Ronald Wayne Mosley drowned while swimming in Marshall's Lake a farm pond ten miles south of Cheyenne The incident occurred late Tuesday night with Mosley reported missing about 11 p m and body recovered around 2 45 a m Wednesday by Elk City Fire Department Roger Mills County deputies and the Highway Patrol
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Sayre
Cheyenne
Highway Patrol
Ronald Wayne Mosley
Marshall’s Lake
Mosley
Elk City Fire Department
Roger Mills County Sheriff's Deputies
Sun Oil Workers Decide Not to Affiliate in Tulsa
In Tulsa a 339 to 242 vote by Sun Oil Co. refinery workers rejects affiliation with the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union. Out of 606 eligible voters, 50 are paid at the west Tulsa facility. Starting wages range from 3.87 to 5.65 per hour, with an average around 5 dollars.
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Tulsa
Okla
Sun Oil Co. i
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Union
OCAW
Sun
Oklahoma
West Tulsa
Pierce Reynolds
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Terri Cox
THE
Associated Press
Sun Oil
Give Heart Fund
AAA Glass CO
Carpet City
Roscoe Spires
Ins
DuPont
Dacron
N. Sheridan
Burlington
Saxony
Milliken
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