Quake Toll Tops 17000 as Guatemalan Relief Ramps Up
Guatemala City officials report 17 032 dead 54 825 injured 221 994 homes destroyed and 1 034 441 homeless after last week’s quake. Aid flows from many nations with U S government and private relief totaling over 14 million. Authorities deploy troops to control food distribution amid ongoing rescue efforts.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud
United States
Guillermo Echeveria
National Relief Committee
San Andres Itzapa
Laugerud
Teachers Win Suit For Maternity Pay
In Oklahoma City a federal judge ordered the city school board to pay 208126 in back salary to Judith Fabian and 56 teachers who were forced to take maternity leave without pay. The policy has since been revamped and the ruling comes three years after the class action was filed.
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Oklahoma City
City School Board
U.S. District Court
Luther Bohanon
Judith Fabian
Ford signs 112.3 billion defense bill amid Angola arms ban
President Ford reluctantly signs a large defense appropriation, denouncing a ban on arms aid to the Angola-backed faction and vowing to ignore a constitutional objection to how funds are released. Defense chief Rumsfeld warns cuts risk U S military inferiority amid a Soviet lead.
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Washington
Ford
Angola
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Congress
Pentagon
United States
Library of Congress
Soviet Union
U.S
John Culver
Iowa
House Panel Pushes FBI Reform and Media Limits
The House intelligence committee approved proposals to abolish the FBI internal security division and to bar intelligence work without criminal basis. It also backed court orders before infiltrating domestic groups and urged not to use media clergy or educational institutions for intelligence. The panel plans a final vote as it winds down.
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Washington
House Intelligence Committee
FBI
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
J.B.F. Oliphant
Recruits Arrive As Fort Sill Launches One Station Training
First recruits begin at Fort Sill Lawton in the new One Station Training program arriving in two groups from Amarillo Texas. They will be processed 72 hours at the reception station then assigned to A Battery 3rd Training Battalion and A Battery 4th Battalion for basic combat training. Fort Sill plans to process up to 400 recruits weekly to reach a 2,500 troop increase.
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Sill
Fort Sill
Lawton
Amarillo
Tex
City council declares hospital drainage a public nuisance
Cameron Lease OK'd drainage from Memorial Hospital flowing into streets and ordered abatement. Hospital officials warn remediating could reach 400000 dollars, while city attorneys cite cost and drainage system condition. Drainage runs from the 100 block of northwest 29th to 26th Streets, causes phosphates and algae, creates a health hazard and traffic risk in cold weather.
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Comanche County Memorial Hospital
John Coffey
Bob Schacher
County Health Department
Clyde Mason
Mason
David Derrico
Lawton
Coffey
Squaw Creek
Schacher
Mild Days to Linger as 80-Degree Highs Persist Across States
The Constitution Staff ECORD reports near record highs in Oklahoma and Texas Monday with Oklahoma City reaching 79 and Gage 85. Texas saw Wichita Falls hit 89 while Lawton posted 78, all seen as recent highs. Gusty winds and dust reduced visibility in the Panhandle, with continued dry conditions and little chance of rain. A Pacific front moving in is expected to cool temperatures to around the 60s by Saturday.
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Oklahoma
Texas
Oklahoma City
Gage
Wichita Falls
Lawton
Panhandle
Kansas
Oklahoma hearing backs bill to reform workmen's comp
At a state hearing in Oklahoma City a university professor urged support for a bill aimed at correcting abuses in the workmen's compensation law. The measure would require employer coverage and rehabilitation for injured workers and could cut benefits for those who refuse rehabilitation, while supporters argue it restores workers to useful life.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
Senate
Oklahoma
Frank Elkouri
Elkouri
Ed Berrong
Weatherford
Charley Morgan
Prague
State Insurance
Chris Sturm
State Insurance Fund
Berrong-Morgan
Bob Funston
Broken Arrow
Funston
Sturm
Bud Inhofe
Mid- Continent Casualty Insurance Co
Tulsa
Hearst Trial Prosecution Seeks Key Evidence in Hearst Case
Prosecutors begin presenting witnesses in a special hearing to introduce crucial evidence against Patricia Hearst. Testimony includes Anthony Shepard about gunfire after attempting to detain SLA member William Harris. Hearst admits involvement in a 1974 LA store shooting amid bank robbery charges.
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Hearst
AN Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Anthony E. Shepard
Ted
Los Angeles
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Miss Hearst
Thomas Dean Matthews
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