Oklahoma Water Conference Battles Drought Floods At State Capitol
Oklahoma officials and experts clash over water woes at a state chamber conference in Oklahoma City. Governor David Boren and Sen Henry Bellman headlined a long program with panels on environment, agriculture, energy, finance and industry drawing leaders from the U S Bureau of Reclamation and Phillips Petroleum among others. The event drew more than 250 delegates despite rainy conditions as officials debated federal aid and regional water management.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Glenn Sullivan
Benham Blair
State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber
Warren Jensen
Continental Oil Co
Ponca City
U.S
Henry Bellman
David Boren
Col
Anthony Smith
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Tulsa
Joe Hall
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
Den
Youngsters praise OK Ranch visit in Edison Elementary notes
More than 100 second graders from Edison Elementary toured J Merle Oaks OK Ranch last Friday. They described barnyard smells, animals, and the ranch with fresh, imaginative thanks to Merle Oaks and teachers Nedra Kennedy, Jackie McNeal, Deola Gray, and Ellen Franklin.
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Paul McClung
Phillip
Edison Elementary
J. Merle Oaks
OK Ranch
Merle Oaks
Sonya Williamson
John Morgan
Debbie Powell
Nedra Kennedy
Jackie McNeal
Deola Gray
Ellen Franklin
Lori Dupler
Matt Stottmann
Kay Fowler
Listing Oklahoma As Home Affected State Income Tax Added
Fort Sill soldiers who list Oklahoma or 33 other states as home will have less take home pay starting July as the federal government begins withholding state taxes from military pay for residents of 34 states. Oklahoma allows a first 1500 of pay to be tax exempt. Officials expect increased state revenue but exact figures are unclear.
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Donna Evers
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Congress
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
ACIR
Independent Commission
General Accounting Office
GAO
State Income Tax Division
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Riot Quelled At Granite State Reformatory
Oklahoma State Reformatory inmates barricaded a dormitory. tear gas used to restore order. Two corrections officers injured by flying glass. 41 inmates involved, some raised on home made brew. Warden Sunderland said most complied after tear gas, 60 officers on scene. Disciplinary segregation and investigation follow.
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Granite State Reformatory
Oklahoma State Reformatory
Corrections Department
Bill George
Reformatory
Jerry Sunderland
George
Sunderland
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Rainfall and Temperatures in Lawton Forecast
Rainfall totaled .03 inch in downtown Lawton last night. The low was 61 and the high 70 Tuesday. Cloudy skies with scat tered thundershowers continue through Thursday with 60 percent rain tonight and 40 percent Thursday. Low tonight mid 30s, high Thursday around 70. Friday to Sunday looks for more scattered thundershowers with highs in the 80s.
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Lawton
Goodyear Water Line and 38th Street Upgrade OK'd by City Council
Lawton Oklahoma City Council approved two capital projects totaling about 2 million dollars. Plans authorize bids for rebuilding 38th Street from Gore Boulevard to Lee Boulevard and for a new water main to the Goodyear plant along Cache Road to 97th Street. Project costs estimate 1 million for the street and 1 million for the water line, with bidding contingent on right of way acquisitions.
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Lawton
38Th Street
Goodyear
Thirty-Eighth Street
Gore Boulevard
Lee Boulevard
Cache Road
97Th Street
67Th and
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Paul Risser
Ken McFall
Oklahoma Farm
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George Wint
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Leonard Selomon
Oklahoma Conservation Commission
Ted Mills
Stillwater
James Kemm
Oklahoma Petrole
Um Council
M. L. McKee
Phillips Petroleum Co
Bartlesville
James Parmley
Public Service Co
Disney, Okla
Earl C. Donaldson
Bartlesville Energy Research Center
W. W Dickinson
E. D. Curtis
Sun Petroleum Products
Duncan
Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
Tracy Kelly
American National Bank of Bristow
Julian J. Schaub
First National Bank of
Guymon
Bill Struck
Clinton
L. L. Males
Security State Bank of
Cheyenne
Scott Eubanks
Harry Birdwell
Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce
Jack Dreessen
Oklahoma Department of Industrial Development
Hunter Kemmet
Economic Development Adminstration
Sam Ard
Lawton Industrial Foundation
Bill Moyer
Oklahoma Municipal League
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Rebecca Moses
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