Box 61: Agriculture (1967) - Defense (1967).
F 1: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Meat Inspection Act of 1967.
a. Correspondence: Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1967.
b. Resolution: improvement of federal and state meat inspection
F 2: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Newsletter
Washington farm letter from 1/6/67 to 5/26/67 and 10/27/67 published by farm reports 1967
F 3: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Peanuts.
a. Memo: aflatoxin in peanuts; two-price peanut program; price supports on peanuts; peanut advisory committee; raw peanuts in school lunch program
b. Correspondence: Southwestern Peanut Shellers Association; price increase for peanut growers - 1967; information on new roasting process; price support levels for 1967 crop peanuts; use of peanut/peanut products in school lunch program; bill to transfer peanut acreage allotments (H.R. 11565); two-price peanut program
c. Report: "Memo on Peanut Price Support"; "Peanuts-Five Program Projections"
F 4: Department of Transportation (1967). National Rural Electrification Administration
a. Correspondence: annual meeting of Rural Electric Systems in Region VIII; overseas electrical aid program; private ownership of electric co-op; cut in funds for electric and telephone co-ops
b. Report: Resolutions adopted by the National Rural Electric Co-operative Association Region VIII meeting ; "Summary of NRECA/Aid Program"
c. Bill: H.R. 1400 - a bill to provide additional sources of financing for the rural electrification and rural telephone programs
d. Newsletter: NRECA - Rural Electric Newsletter May 12, 1967; June 9, 1967; Sept. 22, 1967; April 21, 1967
e. Clipping: "Rural Power Co-Ops Balk at Tighter Rules Put in Electric Bank Bill on 2% REA Loans"; "Farm Where I Sit" an editorial by Clyde Ellis, General Manager NRECA; "Construction in Vietnam" from Electric Co-Ops Overseas
F 5: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Rural Electrification Grants.
Memo: REA loan notification for Chickasaw Telephone Co.; REA loan notification for Kiamichi Electric Coop, Inc.; REA loan notification for Cherokee Telephone Co.
F 6: Agriculture, Department of (1967). School Lunch Program.
a. Memo: workshop for luncheon cooks of the McAlester School System
b. Correspondence: sale of candy and soda pop in public schools; school lunch reimbursement checks to public schools
F 7: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil/Water Conservation District.
a. Correspondence: Little River soil and water conservation district; upstream flood control and soil conservation
b. Newsletter: the National Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts -Tuesday Letter; Jan. 31, 1967, Aug. 1, 1967, and Oct. 31 1967 editions
F 8: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil/Water Conservation Districts: Hughes Co.
a. Correspondence: transmittal of long-range program report
b. report: Hughes County soil and water conservation district long range program
F 9: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil and Water Conservation Districts: Jefferson/Stephen Co.
a. Correspondence: inclusion of Jefferson and Stephens Counties in the great plains program
b. Release: inclusion of Jefferson and Stephens Counties in the great plains program
c. Report: application of Stephens and Jefferson Counties to be admitted to the great plains program
F 10: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil Conservation Service:
a. Correspondence: transmittal of status report on 3rd district; transmittal of Soil Conservation Feb. 1967 issue; damage to Coalgate Dam due to flood; transmittal of Oklahoma State Soil Conservation Board report
b. Memo: Resource Conservation and Development program in Agriculture Appropriations Bill
c. Reports: statistics on watersheds in 3rd Congressional District OK (Oct. 1966); statistics on Watersheds in 3rd District OK - P.L. 566 and Washita (March 1967); Soil Conservation Service - What it is and What it Does; status of P.L. 566 Watershed Planning - OK; NACD (National Association of Conservation Districts) 1967 legislative resolutions; comparative table - soil conservation service appropriations; status of watershed work plans; P.L.-566 Watershed Activities in Southeastern Oklahoma map included
d. Clippings: "Don't Bow up the Resources House"; "City of Coalgate Got the Short End of the Stick"
e. Publications: Soil Conservation (Feb.1967); Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (March- April 1967); Oklahoma...(July 24, 1967) (Sept. 21, 1967)
F 11: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil Conservation Service: Deep Fork Watershed.
a. Correspondence: redistricting to include Deep Fork Watershed in District 3
b. Clippings: "Water Transportation Opens Gates"
c. Newsletter: Deep Fork Watershed Association monthly newsletter by Carney O. Dean, Secretary/Treasurer of Assoc.
F 12: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil Conservation Service - Fourche Maline Watershed.
Correspondence: protesting of assessment in connection with the Fourche Maline Conservancy District by Latimer Co. residents
F 13: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil Conservancy Service: Ouachita Mt. Project.
"Application for Assistance in Developing a Resource Conservation and Development Project Plan"
F 14: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soil Conservation Service: Upper Muddy Boggy.
Correspondence, instructions, telegrams: authorization of Soil Conservation Service to assist Upper Muddy Boggy Creed Watershed organization in preparing a work plan under the authority of Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act
F 15: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Soybeans.
Statement: "Reseal Loan Program and Sales Policy Announced for 1966-Crop Soybeans"
F 16: Agriculture, Department of (1967). Wheat.
a. Correspondence: proposed changes of the agriculture program; hard winter wheat exports under the P.L. 480 wheat export program; transmittal of speech by President of Great Plains Wheat, Inc.; transmittal of "Building Export Markets for U.S. Farm Products"; opposition to transfer of sale of wheat allotments; support of reduction in railway freight costs; opposition to REH Supplemental Financing Bill and support of wheat export tickets as proposed by the McGovern Bill; transmittal of resolution on cotton program adopted by National Farmers Union; transmittal of "Report from Washington";
b. Report: "The Nation's Farmers are Ready and Willing to Produce" -Farmer's Union legislative fly-in, Jan. 1967; "Building Export Markets for U.S. Farm Products" -Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA; "Resolution Adopted by Executive Committee -National Farmers Union" Aug. 10, 1967
c. Speech: Ralph Ball, President Great Plains Wheat, Inc.; Tony Dechant, President of National Farmers Union delivered to meeting of the Farmers Union Wheat Fly-In
F 17: Atomic Energy Commission (1967).
a. Correspondence: limited test ban treaty; transmittal of AEC report; location of atom smasher in a racially discriminating area of Illinois;
b. Report: "Fundamental Nuclear Energy Research" (1966) -U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
F 18: Bureau of the Budget (1967).
a. Correspondence: budget reductions; transmittal of "Myths of Federal Spending"; relationship between federal expenditures and the national economy; transmittal of resolution concerning President's Commission on budget concepts
b. Report: 1. statistics on "Estimated and Actual Deficits"; "Myths of Federal Spending" -U.S. Chamber of Commerce; "Statement on the Report of the President's Commission on Budget Concepts"
c. Clipping: "Debt Pyramiding Perilous Venture"
F 19: Central Intelligence Agency.
Correspondence: CIA funds used to subsidize National Student Association
F 20: Civil Aeronautics Board (1967).
a. Correspondence: extension of Central Airline's Service to Muskogee and McAlester; price increase for air express shipments of live animals; transpacific route investigation; transpacific air routes to the Far East from Southern states
b. Release: suspension of proposed increase in changes for carriage of live animals by air express; new route authority awarded to Braniff, Continental, Eastern, Frontier and Trans World Airlines
c. Report: Docket15459 - Pacific Northwest-Southwest Service investigation; analysis of Civil Aeronautics Board Docket 16242, transpacific route investigation; petition to intervene - Bought Aeronautics Division of the CTV Space Corporation
F 21: Civil Aeronautics Board (1967). Reports.
a. Correspondence: transmittal of CAB Chart Book of Airline Economic Trends; transmittal of Public Benefits Provided
b. Reports: CAB Chart Book of Airline Economic Trends - Civil Aeronautics Board; Public Benefits Provided by the Local Airline Industry -Association of Local Transport Airlines
F 22: Civil Service Commission (1967).
a. Correspondence: disability retirement practices in federal government; executive assignment system; transmittal of Coordinator's Scoreboard; announcing conference for the House Committee on Post office and Civil Service
b. Report: disability retirement based on agency-filed claim; executive assignment system - prepared by Civil Service Commission
c. Release: U.S. Civil Service Examiners announcement of position - heavy duty equipment mechanic W-11; U.S. Civil Service Examiners announcement of post - cement finisher W-10; 3. U.S. Civil Service Examiners announcement of position - engineer - civil and agricultural GS-5 and GS-7; U.S. Civil Service Commission - OKC office announcement of position - resident youth worker GS-2; U.S. Civil Service Commission - Arkansas office announcement of position - Job Corp Work Super visor GS-5; U.S. Civil Service Examiners announcement of examination dates; U.S. Civil Service Commission announcement of positions for rural carrier examinations
F 23: Department of Commerce (1967).
a. Correspondence: transmittal of "Do You Know Your Economic ABC's?"; S.1314 pending before Senate Commerce Committee
b. Release: "Hardwood Conservation Hearing Scheduled"
c. Report: "Do You Know Your Economic ABC's?"; "Report to the president of the special committee on U.S. trade relations with East European countries and the Soviet Union
d. Publication: directory to liaison sources U.S. Dept. of Commerce
F 24: Department of Commerce (1967). Census.
a. Correspondence: population projection for OKC, The Village, Warr Acres; protests against attempt by OKC to take lands and coal in surrounding counties for its water supply
b. Clipping: "Okie City Asks 300,000 Acre Feet of Water"
c. Protest and request for continuance of hearing before the Oklahoma Water Resources Board: OKC water request
d. Reports: 1960 Census of Population - supplementary reports (12/30/66); geographic reports - Congressional District Identification of Counties and Selected Places; Congressional District Atlas
F 25: Department of Commerce (1967). Economic Development Administration
a. Memo: statement of Ed Edmondson before Jones Subcommittee of Committee on Public (statement attached)
b. Correspondence: federal assistance to companies participating in the President's pilot program of job development
c. Report: EDA: "Directory of Approved Projects"; EDA: "Qualified and Terminated Areas"; "Description of Federal Assistance Available to Companies Participating in Test Program of Job Development"
d. Statement: Ed Edmondson's statement before Subcommittee of Committee of Public Works; proposed statement on Economic Development Administration programs in Oklahoma
e. Copy of Public Law 89-136
F 26: Department of Commerce (1967). E.D.A. Center for Economic Development: Motivation Training
a. Prospectus: "A Proposal to Study the Economic Effectiveness of Achievement Motivation Training"
b. Report: Preliminary Review: "Community Selection Data Achievement Motivation Training"
F 27: Department of Commerce (1967). E.D.A. Center for Economic Development.
Monthly reports: Jan., Feb., April., May., August.,
F 28: Department of Commerce (1967). E.D.A. Monthly Status Report.
Monthly reports: 3/8/67; 3/3/67; 4/7/67; 6/28/67; 7/18/67; 9/22/67; 11/9/67
F 29: Department of Commerce (1967). EDA: Oklahoma Project.
a. Correspondence: transmittal of "Quarterly Progress Report"; high demand for EDA projects in Oklahoma; urging of action on E.D.A. project request; Red River Research, Inc. operating capitol guaranty application; Haskell County/Stigler request for multipurpose center in Stigler; proposed integrated broiler complex in LaFlore Co.; Heavner Chamber of Commerce E.D.A. loan application; annual review of areas eligible for E.D.A. assistance; selection of McAlester for inclusion in E.D.A.'s management assistant pilot program; much needed sewer system in Clayton, OK; Pittsburg program for business leaders; motivation classes in business leadership
b. Release: "Federal Funds Approved to Help Plan Economic Growth in Multi-County Oklahoma Area" -EDA; E.D.A. notifies 7 OK counties of grant approval, 1/10/67; "E.D.A. Approves Funds for Study of Industrial Warehouse Complex in South central Oklahoma" -EDA; "E.D.A Approves Funds for Oklahoma Economic Development Center" -EDA; "E.D.A. Approves Funds for Oklahoma Development District for Southeastern Oklahoma; "E.D.A. Approves Pilot Project for Training Businessmen" -EDA; grant approved for OK Center for Economic Development at Norman
c. Report: summary of the primary function of a multi-purpose center as proposed in Haskell, County
d. Clippings: "Course Attended by Several Businessmen"; "Motivation Classes Create Jobs?"
e. Memo: OKC drainboard feasibility study; City of Bokoshe request for sewer denied; City of Poteau application for funds to build auditorium;
F 30: Department of Commerce (1967). E.D.A.: Reports
Report: "State Participation and Planning"; EDA, Public Works, Technical Assistance, and Planning Grant; Mineral producers in Oklahoma 1967 - by OU, Oklahoma Geological Survey
F 31: Department of Commerce (1967). Ozarka Regional Development Association
a. Correspondence: administration of some government programs; Ozarka Regional Development Association Meeting; support for the Appalachian Bill, S.602; copy of resolution adopted by the Ozarka Regional Development Association
b. Memo: representation of Carl Albert at the Ozarka Regional Development Association meeting of 6/23/67
c. Release: "EDA Approves Funds for Road Study in Ozarks Region" -EDA
d. Clipping: "Ozarka Compact is Hailed by Connors"; "37 Counties Due Ozark Aid"; "Ozarka Projects Cost: $200 Million"; "Ozarka Convention June 23"
F 32: Department of Commerce (1967). Pollution
Report: "The Automobile and Air Pollution: A Program for Progress"
F 33: Department of Commerce (1967). Bureau of Public Roads.
Correspondence: rewriting of Oklahoma Highway Code; resolution to designate H.E. Bailey Turnpike and Red River Expressway as Interstate 44; proposed improvement of U.S. 259 in Oklahoma
F 34: Department of Commerce (1967). Weather Bureau.
a. Correspondence: Weather Bureau's unlisted number for use by Congress and cabinet members; transmittal of booklet from National Agriculture Weather Service
b. Report: Federal Plan for a National Agriculture Weather Service
F 35: Department of Defense (1967).
a. Correspondence: resolution adopted by Colorado House of Representatives concerning U.S. policy in Southeast Asia and Vietnam; transmittal of Seafarer's Log (1/6/67); nuclear weapons; test flights to be conducted in OK and Ark; U.N. calling armed services to Rhodesia of South Africa; granting of D.O.D. grants, contracts and agreements to universities; D.O.D.`s policy on armaments; defense surplus sales office in Ft. Worth, TX; transmittal of report concerning Navy Enlisted Scientific Education Program; transmittal of "The Changing Strategic Military Balance: U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R."; D.O.D. planning and policies; arms race and Vietnam War; training of military personnel from Middle East; Army's retraining programs for those who do not meet service requirements; Sec. McNamara's performance as Secretary of Defense;
b. Clipping: "Achievement Report" in the Seafarer's Log 1/67; "California's People Problem"; "Retraining the Rejects - An Army Success Story"
c. Release: "Joint Task Force Two...Plans Low Altitude Flying Test Over Parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas"; "American Security Council Study...`The Changing Strategic Military Balance'"
d. Report: "The Changing Strategic Military Balance: U.S.A. vs. U.S.S.R."
F 36: Department of Defense (1967). Air Force
a. Correspondence: B-58 supersonic training flights; proposed Tinker AFB hospital expansion program; shortage of skilled personnel in Tinker AFB area; pix of Carl Albert and Maj. Bernard Fisher, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor; relations between Midwest City and Tinker AFB; Additional on-base housing at Tinker; new crew training program for Altus AFB; proposed Aerospace Logistics Center at Tinker; wage-change survey - Oklahoma City Locality; insertion of remarks made by General McConell and Harold Brown, Secretary of the Air Force; comments by Lockheed Aircraft Corp. on developing a new commercial transport aircraft; preservation of the Clinton-Sherman AFB; the need for a new manned bomber
b. Release: supersonic training flights by Strategic Air Command
c. Resolution: efforts to retain the proposed Tinker AFB hospital expansion program in the FY 68 federal budget
d. Report: Maj. Bernard Fisher, recipient Congressional Medal of Honor; need for additional on-base housing for Tinker - letter from OKC Chamber of Commerce; 50th Anniversary of Langley AFB, Virginia
F 37: Department of Defense (1967). Air Force National Guard.
Correspondence: missions to Madrid, Spain; Bangkok, Thailand; Cam Rank Bay, Vietnam; Tachikawa, Japan; Oslo, Norway; Saigon; Kimpo, Korea; Rio De Janeiro; Johannesburg, South Africa; Santiago, Chile; Atlinai, Greece; Torrejon, Spain; Antigua, British West Indies; Udorn, Thailand; DaNang, Vietnam; Richmond, Australia; Howard AFB; Seoul, Korea; Frankfurt, Germany; Panama Canal Zone; Ascension Island; Sidney, Australia; Naples, Italy
F 38: Department of Defense (1967). Army.
a. Correspondence: transmittal of booklet containing resolutions adopted by Association of the U.S. Army; establishment of a national cemetery at Fort Reno
b. Release: retention of reserve officers on active duty without their consent; resolutions adopted by Association of the U.S. Army at their October 12th 1966 meeting; Army four-year ROTC scholarships; future of the national cemetery system; exhibit schedules for September 1967; Stanley Risor, Secretary of the Army; "Sooner Heads Corps" referring to Army's Medical Corps in Vietnam; "An Investment for Your Future - Army ROTC Scholarship Program; List of National Cemetery Installations Having Available Grave Space
c. House Resolution 7287 to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery in the State of Oklahoma
d. Court Cases: U.S. Court of Military Appeals, Case #19,942, U.S. vs. Thomas L. Abbott July 14, 1967; Appellate Court Third District Ottawa Case # 66-38, People of the State of Illinois vs. James F. Helm
e. Clipping: "Why the Dole Doesn't Work"; "Paupers in Uniform"; Pride in Oklahoma Week, Nov. 12-18 1967
f. Publication: the Officer -Dec. 1967
F 39: Department of Defense (1967). Army: National Guard.
a. Correspondence: Reserve and National Guard forces; maintaining the 45th Division's designation; transmittal of resolutions adopted by 45th Infantry Division Association; realignment of the Oklahoma National Guard troop structure
b. Release: excerpt from Secretary McNamara`s for Network Film Cameras; "Realignment of Army Reserve and National Guard Approved by Secretaries McNamara and Vance"
c. Report: Army National Guard - various statistics on present structure and proposed reorganization
d. Resolution: passed by 45th Infantry Division Association; resolution #1 - opposing Secretary of Defense proposal to eliminate the 45th infantry division; resolution #2 - commending Sen. Monroney and Rep. Edmundson success in having Camp Gruber included in 45th Infantry training; resolution #3 - expressing gratitude and appreciation to Msgt. Jack Clapp for loyalty and service to the 45th Division; resolution #4 - expressing appreciation to Colonel John Coffey, Jr. for his service as President of the 45th Infantry Division Association
F 40: Department of Defense (1967). Army National Guard - Ardmore.
a. Correspondence: reorganization of Army Reserve Components; support for retaining the 4003rd U.S. Army Garrison Unit
b. Release: information for Members of Congress "concerning reorganization plans for Army Reserve Components
F 41: Department of Defense (1967). Army: Corps of Engineers.
a. Correspondence: transmittal of "Water Resources Development by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Oklahoma" Jan. 1967 edition; transmittal of minutes from Mid-Arkansas Valley Development Association; telex: Webbers Falls Lock and Dam and proposed contract awards; institution of fee for use of water areas; telex: contract for construction of roads and parking for the Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam; transmittal of brochure featuring Tulsa District Corps of Engineers; transmittal of brochure: Southwestern Regional Conference of the Society of American Military Engineers; policy of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress
b. Reports: "Status Report for Pending Corps Projects in Tour Area"; "Robert S. Kerr Lock and Dam 15"; "Minutes of the Mid-Arkansas Development Association, Inc. Annual Membership Meeting"; "Southwest Regional Conference of the Society of American Military Engineers"
c. Release: "Texas Eyes Kiamichi Water"; "Army Engineers Initiate Graduate Fellowship Program"; "Fees for Floating Facilities to be Charged"
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