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Show l Beaver County Asks 'Drought Emergency Area' Designation The Beaver County Board of County Commissioners has directed di-rected a letter to Gov. J. Bracken Brack-en Lee, requesting him to declare de-clare Beaver County a drought emergency area. The governor has appointed a state drought committee to investigate differ-rent differ-rent "dry" areas of the state, and determine if aid is needed by farmers and livestock men of the area. In "drought emergency areas" the farmers and livestock men become eligible for federal assistance, as-sistance, which usually is a re duction in the price of grain. |