Compromise tax cut bill sent to White House
The Senate approved a six month extension of this year’s tax cuts in a voice vote sending the measure to the White House. House action followed a voice vote amid calls for a veto override as Speaker Carl Albert and others discussed possible strategies to constrain or defeat the President’s plan.
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Congress
Altman
House
John B. Anderson
Illinois
Ford
Santa Claus
Anderson
Virginia
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Six In Tulsa Family Perish In House Blaze
A Tulsa family of six perished in a house fire reported around 12 45 a m by Mrs Orlene Miller who woke to screams and breaking windows The fire rapidly engulfed the home as firefighters arrived and found all six dead Officials said the family apparently could not escape noting the house and garage were completely consumed by flames and every room burned
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M nell-Douglas
Helen Jane Dickerson
Dean Dickerson
Bobby Joe
Tommy Dickerson
Scott Allen Dickerson
Orlene Miller
Carrol Griffith
Stanleyn Hawkins
Sentry to Open Watch Crystal Plant at Lawton Airport
Sentry Manufacturing of Chickasha plans a Lawton plant at the municipal airport with a 15 year lease and a 4,400 foot facility. Start of equipment by March 1976 and production by July next year expected, employing 25 initially rising to 114 with payrolls up to 1 million annually. The project uses 308 525 dollars in bond funds for equipment and a 115 000 dollar wiring and upgrade contract. Crystals will be made for radios and solid state watches, reducing moving parts in timepieces.
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Ward Byers
Comanche County
Sentry
Don Abel
Lawton
Lawton Municipal Airport Authority
LMAA
Bill Cox
Chickasha
Juarez
Mexico
Abel
Chickasha Head
Function' Of School Eyed Panel For Cameron Funding
A Cameron University funding row prompts a joint board panel to define Cameron's function and budget role. Cameron President Don Owen accuses Regents chancellor E P Dunlap of misleading statements and funding shortfalls. A&M Regents seek a January hearing with state regents to clarify Cameron's status and programs.
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State Regents For Higher Education
Cameron University
Don Owen
E. P. Dunlap
State Regents
Cameron
Lawton University
Board of Regents For
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Board of Regents
A&m
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Bob Barr
Dover
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Central State University
East Central Oklahoma State University
Northeastern Oklahoma State University
Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Council Pushes Forward On Proposed Bond Issue
City councilmen backed an $8 million bond to upgrade the fire fighting water system. City Manager John Thomson urged quick action, citing inadequate lines hydrants and a messy valve system. A Dec 30 council vote aims to place the issue before voters, with prior warnings dating to 1963.
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John Thomson
Thomson
Lawton Christmas mail cancellations fall 16.8 percent
Lawton Post Office reports total stamped mail cancellations down 16.8 percent from 1974 as inflation dampens seasonal card sending. Postmaster Kinley McClure notes higher local cancellation rates than Tulsa and Oklahoma City, with Dec 15 showing 175,600 letters canceled, a repeat of the 1974 total. Local mailings on track to peak this week and productivity up.
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Lawton
Kinley McClure
McClure
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Freezing Arctic Front Drops Lawton Temps to Single Digits
An Arctic cold front sweeps through Oklahoma driving Lawton temperatures to 23 with wind chills below zero. North winds 15 to 35 mph push the cold further. lows by morning range from 17 at Guymon to 3 at Ardmore. No precipitation reported.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Guymon
Ardmore
City considers massage parlor licensing to curb vice
City council reviewing proposed ordinance from the attorney’s office to license massage parlors. It would ban sexual activity on premises and set standards for masseurs, with council for further study after Don Aust’s request to curb prostitution fronts.
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E City
Don Aust
City to fingerprint masseurs under new license plan
Police Chief Al Hennessee urged fingerprinting and photographs for masseur license applicants to root out criminals. The plan also licenses parlor owners and operators, with city attorney Jerry Cade noting training standards would burden organizations like YMCA.
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Sage
al Hennessee
Hennessee
Jerry Cade
YMCA
Cade
Oklahoma City
Stevens Confirmed as High Court Justice
President Ford nominates Judge John Paul Stevens of Chicago to the Supreme Court, confirming him with Senate Judiciary Committee approval. Stevens, 55, fills the vacancy from Justice Douglas in ill health, and is seen strengthening the court toward a moderate conservative majority. The swearing in may occur this week as the high court prepares for its January term and major issues including death penalty and press freedom.
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Senate
Ford
John Paul Stevens
Chicago
Supreme Court
Stevens
William O. Douglas
Judiciary Committee
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard M. Nixon
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Skip Gibson
Adam Matthews
Council
By Lynn Callison
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Edward H. Levi
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