Editorial verdicts greet Boren budget and Jarman switch
Oklahoma editorial pages react to Gov. David Boren's budget proposals and John Jarman’s party switch. Voices from Daily Oklahoman Enid News McAlester News-Capital Novata Star Norman Transcript Tulsa Tribune offer varied takes on tax cuts governance and party realignment.
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Associated Press
David Boren
John Jarman
Oklahoma
Daily Oklahoman
Enid
Boren
Mcalester
Jarman
Norman Transcript
Oklahoma City
Tulsa Tribune
Richard Crisp
Crisp
Ford Boosts Budget Plan in Atlanta Visit
President Ford seeks backing for his economic proposals amid skepticism from Georgia leaders and Coretta Scott King who says the visit comes too late for jobless residents. About 700 Georgians attend a White House conference to discuss inflation, energy, and social program cuts, with Ford to speak after a day of sessions.
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Ford
Coretta Scott King
Mrs. King
Martin Luther King Jr
Gene Dyson
The
Georgia Business and Industry Association
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Regency Hyatt House
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Opportunities Industrial Centers of
Atlanta
Across 1 Bridge contract 5 Pa u lo 8 Ancient Greek coin
Across clues mix with names and terms including a bridge contract five Paulo and an ancient Greek coin. The puzzle uses plural forms and varied wordplay.
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Charles Lamb
Florida Derby At Gulfstream Park Stakes Preview
The Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park stands as a major prep for the Kentucky Derby. It is a $125,000 race run at one mile and a half? Wait. One mile and an eighth is the distance. The field and stakes position set the tone for spring racing.
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Gulfstream Park
Florida
Wichita Mountains Gold Rush Remembered in Wildlife Refuge
Editor note details colorful yet somber mining history of the Wichita Mountains where 2500 claims were filed during the Oklahoma gold rush era. It recalls early Spanish prospectors and 1886 shaft digging near Granite as buffalo and longhorns now graze on 59020 acres managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Wichita Mountains
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bob Rushing
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Wichitas
Oklahoma
Mining Boom in the Wichita Mountains Reveals Frontier Personalities
The Wichita Mountains Reserve saw a gold rush after 1901 with camps like Meers Camp Doris and Lightning Gulch sprouting amid protests by troops and Indian Police. Steve Wilson of the Museum of the Great Plains notes miners’ traits and seeks to piece together the lives of figures such as Andrew J. Meers and Amelia Meers to illuminate the era.
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U.S
Meers
Camp Doris
Golden Pass
Camp Hollis
Lightning Gulch
Wichita Refuge
Mt. Sheridan
Steve Wilson
The
Museum of the Great Plains
George W. Horne
William McDaniel
Sam Remer
W. O. Allen
Silas Ison
John Pearson
Ollie Wells
T. E. Cook
William ‘‘Dutch
Bill’ Larve
Fraternity Alums Choose Officers in Lawton Fort Sill
The Lawton Fort Sill Alumni Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha installed 1975 officers led by Lt. Col. Remus C. Rhodes as president and Lt. Col. Robert W. Salley as vice president. Major Eldridge W. McMillan Jr. became secretary and Capt Archer R McPhaul assistant secretary. Other posts included Lt. Floyd E. Rogers treasurer Lt. James Macon dean of pledges and Lt. Juan P. Gray editor to the sphinx. Awards honored Capt Lloyd N. Hill for local service and Rhodes for national participation.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Remus C. Rhodes
Robert W. Salley
Eldridge W. McMillan, Jr
Archer R McPhaul
Floyd E. Rogers
James Macon
Juan P. Gray
The
Sphinx
Lloyd N. Hill
Col. Rhodes
Priest Renews Thieu Attacks Over Corruption Charge
South Vietnamese priest Father Tran Huu Thanh renewed attacks on President Nguyen Van Thieu charging betrayal of the government army people and peace in a mass reading to about 500 worshippers. He accused Thieu of despotism and abusing anti-communism and said the army should be powerful and invincible, but was losing ground to the Communists due to high command corruption.
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Saigon
Tran Huu Thanh
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Father Thanh
Tan Chi Linh
Hue
Phuoc Binh
Phuoc Long
Thanh
Geronimo Gets New Park Grant
The Bureau of Outdoor Recreation approved a 3,465 dollar Land and Water Conservation Fund grant to the Town of Geronimo for Friendship Park development. Plans include restrooms, toilets, picnic tables, pavilion renovation, road and parking resurfacing, guard posts, water line extension, landscaping, and site prep.
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Washington
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Geronimo
Friendship Park
Deaf employees thrive at bank center experiment
The First National Bank of Arizona hired deaf workers in its noisy computing center on advice from the Phoenix Vocational Rehabilitation Department. The effort proved successful and led to further deaf hiring.
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First National Bank of Arizona
Phoenix
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