Ford asks Congress for record deficit budget plan
President Ford urged Congress to approve a record peacetime budget deficit of 52 billion dollars for 1976 as part of a 349.4 billion dollar spending plan. The budget forecasts unemployment averaging 8.1, 7.9 and 6.9 percent through 1976 77 with a 11.3 percent increase in the cost of living and a 3.3 percent drop in GNP.
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Ford
Congress
Washington
Roy L. Ash
Uemp
Treasury
Heavy Rains Stow Work and Help Wheat in Oklahoma
Dripping rain across Southwest Oklahoma halted major public construction and altered farming conditions. Lawton recorded 43 inches of moisture in 24 hours at fire station 5, with February totals reaching 59 inches. Meers logged .50 inch, Lake Lawtonka .76 inch, and Grandfield .75 inch as forecasts call for fog and more rain or snow. Temperatures are expected in the 30s and 40s with ongoing moisture impacting Gore Boulevard projects.
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No. 5
53Rd
Gore
Lawton
Meers
Lake Lawtonka
Grandfield
Tilman County
Oklahoma
Gore Boulevard
Ford Budget Seeks Record 94 Billion Defense Spending
The Ford administration proposes a record 94 billion defense budget with an 8.7 billion rise due to inflation and volunteer army costs. No new programs, but modernization and replenishment of arms to offset Middle East losses are planned. The Air Force gains 600 million for 108 F15s, while the Navy expands patrol frigate construction and Trident missiles receive funding.
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Ashington
Middle East
Congress
Ford Administration
Air Force
Israel
Ford
Mideast
Family Grocery Bills Decrease In January
The Associated Press finds January 1975 saw lower family grocery bills across seven of thirteen cities surveyed. Sugar prices fell as refineries cut costs, with a 13 percent average drop on five pound sugar sacks and overall market basket costs easing about 1 percent for the month.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Los Angeles
Seattle
Fort Sill Men Sentenced to Death in Texas Slaying
Pvt Larry Ross 21 and Pfc Selwyn Gholson 20 of Fort Sill were sentenced to death after conviction for the capital murder of Texas DPS trooper Hollie Tull 48 near Temple. Jurors recommended death after 23 minutes of deliberation, despite defense pleas for life.
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Odessa
Tex
Larry Ross
Selwyn Gholson
Fort Sill
Texas Department of Public Safety
Dist
Don Busby
Ross
Gholson
Hollie Tull
Texas
Temple
Walburg
Tull
City Council Eyes Proposals Policy For Public Works
A policy to solicit engineering architectural proposals for city public works is to be discussed at Tuesday's council session after a committee of the whole endorsed tentative provisions. The plan requires firm experience, staff details, and liability insurance, with proposals sent by certified mail and a standard federal forms submission.
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CTION
City Public Works Department
Public Works
Engi
Stan
Dard
U.S
Submistee Council
Poge
You Don't Forget How Woman Delivers Baby Girl
Pauline Brown helped deliver a neighbor's daughter after the birth began at home Friday. She aided the mother until Kirk's Emergency Service arrived, then both mother and baby were taken to Reynolds Army Hospital in good condition. The six pound twelve ounce girl is the fourth daughter of 1st Sgt. and Mrs. Ewell A. Magby.
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Pauline Brown
Kirk
New Librarian Bernice Jackson Opens Lawton Post
Mrs Bernice Jackson begins duties as Lawton public librarian replacing Charles Grasmick who resigned last November. Jackson comes from San Patricio County Library system Lan ton Tex with 15 years in library science and administration. She will host a 4 pm Tuesday reception at the Lawton Public Library.
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Bernice Jackson
Lawton
Charles Grasmick
Jackson
Lawton Public Library
Labor Commissioner Wright Faces Conspiracy Charge
Oklahoma City AP Wilbur Wright and two former aides charged with 56 acts of conspiracy and fraud over travel voucher schemes between 1971 and 1973. James H. Sorrell and Jean Werner named with Wright. grand jury probe preceded the filing. Wright, who resigned in 1973 amid disclosures, was re elected in November and took office again January 13.
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Oklahoma City
Wilbur Wright
Oklahoma County
Wright
James H. Sorrell
Jean Werner
Harris
Naval Academy midshipmen implicated in marijuana seizure
In Annapolis the Naval Academy announced marijuana was seized in a house rented by midshipmen. Five to ten middies are believed to have used the drug and, per policy, a guilty finding could lead to dismissal. In Saigon the government closed five opposition papers and arrested 19 staff as Communist infiltrators in a harsh crackdown. In Denver a bank building blast injured two. a dynamite device exploded on the sixth floor near the SEC and an insurer. In Washington the White House urged sanctions on the Star-News for violating the Ford budget embargo while deferring action against others for early stories.
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Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Denver
Colo
Park Central Bank
Securities and Exchange Commission
Massachssetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
Washington (Ap
White House
Ron Nessen
Washington Star-News Today
Obscene Caller Pleads Guilty In Municipal Court
Dennis Lang reports 19 year old Albert Dorsey Fort Sill man pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor obscene phone calls charge in municipal court. He was ordered to serve 10 days in jail and pay a 100 dollar fine after a 2 week harassment spree against a city woman. Dorsey was wounded during a Saturday arrest attempt at Erwin Acres Shopping Center after allegedly striking Det. Chadwick and fleeing as Det. Shutts and Chadwick tried to stop him. The shooting occurred before authorities learned Dorsey was wounded.
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Fort Sillman
Albert Dorsey
HHB
Fifth Missile Battalion
Bill Hensley
Dorsey
Weeks
Erwin Acres
Jack Shutts
Shutts
Det
Gerald Chadwick
Chadwick
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