New Medical Care Cutbacks Hit Dependents Of Active Duty Soldiers
Fort Sill officials announced further cutbacks in medical health care affecting dependents of active duty soldiers. The plan prioritizes orthopedic and ENT care with first cuts May 1, followed by ending new ENT and ophthalmology appointments by June and July 6 respectively. Obstetrics and gynecology will be curtailed with continued family practice support.
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ORT Sill
Jack Merritt
Merritt
Lawton
Fort Sill
Reynolds Army Hospital
Army
Thomas C. Birk
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Texas
Hart's arraignment set in Mayes County slayings case
Gene Leroy Hart faces arraignment in Mayes County for the Camp Scott Girl Scout killings near Locust Grove. Hart's Tulsa lawyer Larry Oliver and new defense attorneys Garvin Isaacs R L Wheeler and Gary Pitchlynn argue to limit police comment on past records and to obtain all interviews and statements. They seek names and addresses of all Girl Scouts and counsel at Camp Scott where the slayings occurred June 13 1977. Donations for defense costs are being sought in Mayes County.
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PRYOR
Okla
Gene Leroy Hart
Hart
Mayes County
Larry Oliver
Tulsa
Oliver
Garvin Isaacs
R.L. Wheeler
Gary Pitchlynn
Oklahoma City
Cherokee County
Isaacs
Wheeler
Pitchlynn
Camp Scott
Locust Grove
Locust Grove High School
President Carter unveils plan to curb inflation
President Carter seeks voluntary restraint from labor and industry to slow inflation without wage and price controls while warning Congress on energy bills. He proposes limiting federal salary increases to 5.9 percent in 1978 and hints at administrative action to curb oil imports if energy legislation stalls. He stresses oil imports and inflation as top economic threats and urges meaningful energy reform promptly.
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Washington
Carter
Congress
Asuit
House
Senate Conference Committee
White House
United States
Davis declares bid for House Speaker post
Oklahoma lawmaker Don Davis a 34 year old Democrat from Lawton filed his candidacy for speaker of the Oklahoma House for the 37th Legislature. As a four term veteran and Budget and Appropriations Committee chair he seeks a fiscal program to guide state government. He faces Jim Townsend and Dan Draper as top contenders to replace retiring Speaker Bill Willis with elections later this year. Davis emphasized sound fiscal policy as central to his bid.
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Don Davis
Lawton
Davis
Marvin McKee
Guyman
Jim Townsend
D-Shawnee
Dan Draper
Stillwater
Bill Willis
D-Tahlequah
House
Committee Moves To Cut Elementary Tuition Credits
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to delete tuition credits for elementary and secondary students from pending legislation. The bill would have offered up to 100 for lower levels and 250 for college tuition, phased in over three years, with credits 25 percent of tuition and projected cost at 1.4 billion in lost revenues. The Senate version differs by covering all levels and larger credits. President Carter opposes tax credits and favors expanding scholarships and loans.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Carter
Congress
Charles A. Vanik
Ohio
Weather forecast with mild warmth through Wednesday
Clear to partly cloudy skies give way to higher temperatures through Wednesday. Tonight’s low around the 40s. Wednesday’s high expected between 76 and 82 degrees. Monday’s high 58 with an overnight low of 38.
Farmers Send Stern Letter To Carter
In Washington AP report: Senate approves emergency one year farm aid for grain and cotton farmers amid protests by Consumers Federation of America with shopping carts on the Capitol steps. Carter vows veto. House Rules Committee and urban House debates to follow as supporters and opponents gear for votes. The bill would offer higher income supplements to idle portions of cropland. over 200 American Agriculture delegates attend the Senate vote. See FARM, Page 4.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Carter
American Agriculture Protest Group
Consumer Federation of America
House Rules Committee
House
American Agriculture
White House
Califano defends proposed anti smoking effort
HEW Secretary Joseph A Califano Jr defended a 30 million anti smoking campaign as a small investment to counter tobacco industry efforts aimed at youths. He cited health costs of smoking and productivity losses, noting 75 percent of smokers start before 21 and 100000 children 13 or younger smoke daily.
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Washington
HEW
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
American Society of Newspaper Editors
The
Tobacco Institute Inc
Walker Merryman
Tobacco Lobby
Congress
Bus Overturns Killing 3 Boys in Georgia Incident
A Michigan Boys Club bus carrying about 75 youths aged 11 to 17 from Ypsilanti skidded at an Interstate 75 rest area in Georgia, overturned, and killed three boys while injuring dozens. The bus reportedly lost brakes on a curve before plunging down a six foot embankment and into a tree. many injured were taken to Turner County Hospital in Ashburn. Authorities described the victims as young boys and said the crash occurred near Cordele.
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Maha, Ga
Michigan Boys Club
Disney World
State Patrol
Ypsilanti
Turner County Hospital
Ashburn
Terry Bates
Cordele Post
David Scarborough
Scarborough
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