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President Richard Nixon address Congress flanked by Gerald Ford (back left) and House Speaker Carl Albert (right). Ford would become Nixon’s second Vice President, after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. CARL ALBERT CENTER COLLECTION

President Richard Nixon address Congress flanked by Gerald Ford (back left) and House Speaker Carl Albert (right). Ford would become Nixon’s second Vice President, after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. CARL ALBERT CENTER COLLECTION

The hidden Watergate story

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Editor’s Note: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Watergate hearings conducted by both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. In acknowledgment of that anniversary, the Southwest Ledger presents this story.   OKLAHOMA CITY — This is a story about power and politics.
Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is visiting with Mark Nichols, a cotton grower from Altus, Oklahoma, about the National Cotton Council’s annual meeting, Oklahoma’s cotton industry, and the upcoming Denim Ball to be held this April in Oklahoma City. PHOTO PROVIDED

Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is visiting with Mark Nichols, a cotton grower from Altus, Oklahoma, about the National Cotton Council’s annual meeting, Oklahoma’s cotton industry, and the upcoming Denim Ball to be held this April in Oklahoma City. PHOTO PROVIDED

Mark Nichols talks cotton industry update and upcoming 2023 Denim Ball

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
By Reagan Calk | Oklahoma Farm Report   Farm Director, KC Sheperd, is visiting with Mark Nichols, a cotton grower from Altus, Oklahoma, about the National Cotton Council’s annual meeting, Oklahoma’s cotton industry, and the upcoming Denim Ball to be held this April in Oklahoma City.
Voter Turnout for School and Municipal Elections on Feb. 14

Voter Turnout for School and Municipal Elections on Feb. 14

Voters exhibited apathy in Feb. 14 elections

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
OKLAHOMA CITY — Voter turnout Feb. 14 for municipal and school elections across the state was, as expected, abysmal. Take Altus, for example. In a city of 18,700 residents, of whom 8,559 are registered voters, the election of a city council member running at large drew just 214 voters – 2.

Beef checkoff sees substantial improvements

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
By Reagan Calk | Oklahoma Farm Report   Ron Hays, senior farm and ranch broadcaster for the Oklahoma Farm Report, visited recently with Jennifer Nealson, senior vice president of global marketing and research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association about the Beef Checkoff’s digital...

Economist: Last major drought has lessons for today

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
By Reagan Calk | Oklahoma Farm Report   Around the time of the 2012 drought, the closure of a major beef processing facility in the Texas panhandle in 2013 made dramatic changes in the beef industry.

Extreme drought conditions improved by nearly 20 percent

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Tuesday, February 21, 2023
By Reagan Calk | Oklahoma Farm Report   After a few weeks consisting of several parts of the state receiving some decent moisture, the Oklahoma Drought Monitor recently saw some substantial improvements add up in the extreme drought or worse and severe drought or worse categories.
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