Payne To Quit Top Road Post in Oklahoma
Charlie D Payne, chairman of the Oklahoma Highway Commission for nearly four years, will resign in January. He plans to submit his resignation after the next highway commission meeting and offered to help launch a new member. J C Kennedy of Lawton is among rumored successors, with Boren's confirmation by the Senate awaiting. Payne remarks on a rough but productive four years and the safety of local street projects.
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U S Business Slowing Down On Spending
U S business trims capacity expansion plans as Commerce Department data show slower growth in capital outlays for factories and equipment. Despite an 8.5 percent rise projected for the first half of next year, the rate trails the year’s expected 12.2 percent jump and inflation-adjusted volume may fall.
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New Coal Accord Predicted To Gain Union Acceptance
United Mine Workers members vote on a new contract with unofficial tallies showing a slim majority in favor as 120 000 members may approve. Miller predicts a small margin though early counts vary. If ratified mines could reopen soon, but industry layoffs linger amid the coal strike.
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Appalachia
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West Virginia
Federal Power Commission raises natural gas base rate
The FPC boosted interstate natural gas base rate from 42 to 50 cents per thousand cubic feet with a 1-cent annual escalation, retroactive to June 21, 1974. The decision targets gas from wells started since 1973 and aims for a 15 percent return, predicting regional price increases while keeping gas cheaper than other fuels. The plan faces industry lobbying and is not unanimous.
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PLO to try four hijack suspects in first guerrilla tribunal
A PLO source in Cairo says Tunisia will hand over four hijackers to the PLO for trial, a move that would mark the first guerrilla tribunal for hijackers. The report notes previous handovers to the PLO without trials.
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Airport Light Bid Approved for Taxiway Lighting
Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority approved a 131,060 bid from Electro-Craft Company for center line taxiway and ramp lighting as part of runway expansion. Authority will supply 45,000 with FAA funds covering the rest. project awaits FAA and City Council approval. If approved, lighting could be installed by April. Reflectors may be used temporarily to aid night landings.
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Center Work Continues Corpsmen Push Projects
The Treasure Lake Job Corps Center near In diahoma houses 183 young men from Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico. It costs the federal government about 6.90 per year per corpsman to run. The center funded by the Labor Department and run by the Fish and Wildlife Service focuses on construction and production work. Center director Royce Robinson says the program is offset by jobs corpsmen undertake. Recently workers completed a small building in the work compound at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge.
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Texas
New Mexico
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Job corpsmen advance center facilities at Wichita Mountains
Corpsmen from the See CORPSMEN article describe new center facilities at the Wichita Mountains including a dormitory a center dining hall and a future senior citizens community center in Cache The workers also built a Riverside Indian School building at Anadarke and are constructing a Medicine Park fish hatchery office building Their projects reflect ongoing community service under job corps supervision.
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Riverside Indian School
Anadarke
Medicine Park Fish Hatchery
Cache
Veterans Education Benefit Hike Gets Override Approval
Congress overrides President Ford to raise GI education benefits by 22.7 percent. About 1.5 million veterans will see higher checks retroactive to September with first increased payments in January. Rates rise from 220 to 270 for single, 261 to 321 with one dependent, 298 to 366 with two dependents.
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Public Service Bids For Jump In Rates
Public Service Company of Oklahoma asked the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for a 20.15 million dollar increase in electric rates. The request would raise overall revenue about 12.5 percent for 346 000 customers and reflects declining earnings projected for 1974 and 1975. The commission will review after public hearings.
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Public Service Company of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
John Winstead
Commission
PSO
Rain Expected Through Tonight in Southwest Area
A pleasant gathering is dampened by a 20 percent chance of rain this afternoon. Skies stay fair to partly cloudy with warmer temps tonight and increasing clouds Thursday. Southerly winds 8 to 15 mph tonight, with tonight's low in the upper 30s and Thursday’s high near 60. Tuesday temperatures ranged from 54 high to 28 low.
Lawton November Rainfall Trails 100-year Average
November 1974 rainfall in Lawton undershot the 100-year monthly average with 1.07 inches in downtown and 25.99 inches year to date. Totals lag the 11 month average and sit below recent years while western areas report higher amounts and lake levels drop. Fire Station Five reports 1.13 inches and lakes show around one inch for November.
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