3 Okla. congressmen ask for disaster declaration

 
By The Associated Press
Published: July 3, 2008

WASHINGTON - Three Oklahoma congressmen are asking the U.S. agriculture secretary for an agriculture disaster declaration for drought-stricken counties in northwestern Oklahoma and the Panhandle. Senators Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn and Rep. Frank Lucas sent a letter Thursday to Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer. The congressmen say a declaration is needed for Cimarron, Texas , Beaver, Harper, Woodward, Ellis,...

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