Boren Seeks Lash Resignation Over Budget Problems
Oklahoma Governor David Boren asked Corrections Director Russell Lash to resign citing his inability to control the department budget. He plans to appoint an acting director, with Dr. Theodore S. Baumberger as a likely interim choice, and will interview other nominees for a permanent replacement.
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Lahoma City
David Boren
Russell Lash
Oklahoma Press Association
Lash
Rob Pron
Theodore S. Baumberger
High Welfare Department
Fred Turner
McAlester News Capital
Oklahoma
McAlester
Morton predicts gasoline price rise this summer
Interior Secretary Morton said Ford energy plan could push gasoline to 70 to 75 cents a gallon after July 1, based on a $2 per barrel oil tariff and other factors. He warned Congress may delay tariffs, and a tax cut would largely offset added oil costs.
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Miami
Ford
Rogers C. B. Morton Morton
Morton
Congress
Wholesale Prices Dip In January Led By Farm Goods
Prices in January show wholesale declines with farm products down 2.2 percent led by grains livestock and oilseed. The report notes broader relief from inflation as factory output falls sharply and the balance of payments gap widens due to reduced oil nation investments.
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Labor Department
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Department
U.S
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United States
Funeral Set For Retired State Leader Ray Fine
Ray Fine a longtime Oklahoma legislator and colorful orator died at 67 after a two year brain tumor battle. Funeral services will be 2 p m Saturday at Gore School with burial in Gore. Fine retired from the legislature two years ago after a 22 year Senate tenure and service in the House. He helped forge eastern Oklahoma political battles and popularized Aunt Minnie and Uncle John in state lore.
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Okla
Ray Fine
Oklahoma
Gore
Davidson Funeral Home
Webbers Falls
Fine
House
Senate
Appropriations and Budget Committee
J. Howard Edmondson
Edmondson
J. D. McCarty
Minnie
John
Kissinger in Middle East Talks as Brezhnev Demands Action
Kissinger wrapped up talks with Israeli leaders and met Golda Meir before headed to Jordan amid a Jerusalem bombing. Brezhnev criticized step by step settlement efforts and urged Geneva talks to resume swiftly. An Israeli official said Egypt seeks maximum territory with minimal concessions and warned of potential withdrawals to the Mitla and Gidi passes if a peace accord lacks force guarantees.
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Henry A. Kissinger
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Jordan
Kissinger
Jerusalem
Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Middle East
Geneva
Brezhnev
Yitzhak Rabin
Egypt
U.S
Israel
Yigal Allon
Mitla
Gidi
Abu Rudeis
Soviet Union
World Trade Center blaze injures sixteen firefighters
A three alarm fire in the north tower of the World Trade Center started on the 11th floor and spread through wiring ducts to six floors before control. Sixteen firefighters were treated for smoke inhalation. no serious injuries reported.
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New York
World Trade Center
Showers Possible Across Area Tonight and Saturday
Skies will be cloudy with a chance of showers late tonight and Saturday. A 20 percent precipitation chance tonight rising to 40 percent Saturday. Northerly winds diminish tonight with lows in the lower 30s and Saturday highs in the lower 40s. Temperatures Thursday ranged from 74 to 36.
Oklahoma Senate Approves Trooper Pay Increase and Equalization
The Oklahoma Senate approved a bill raising Highway Patrol trooper pay by 125 dollars a month and beginning pay by 150 dollars, and allowing women to serve as troopers by removing height and gender restrictions. The measure moves to the House while a separate action repealed a 1973 education resolution creating a classroom accountability program.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
House
Department of Education
L. H. Bergston Jr
Louisa Courthouse Gunman Held After Fatal Spree
Curtis Darnell Poindexter, 22, captured on his father’s farm near Louisa Virginia, faces murder felonious assault and sawed off shotgun charges for killing Judge S A Cunningham and wounding Sheriff’s deputies at a courthouse. He lies in satisfactory condition at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital with wounds to his left arm and side awaiting a hearing and possible no bond hold at the State Penitentiary in Richmond.
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Louisa County
Curtis Darnell Poindexter
Virginia
Commonwealth
John B. Gilmer
Poindex
Ter
Poindexter
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Richmond
Gilmer
State Penitentiary
Louisa
Louisa General District Court
S. A. Cunningham
Henry A. Kennon
Charles Rosensohn
Steve Harris
Holiday Romance Delights At Local Theaters
Movie lovers face valentines weekend with romantic titles at Lawton venues. The Blood Spattered Bride screens in technicolor at Mt. Scott Drive In, I Dismember Mama plays at Mt. Scott, and Abby The Devil is her Lover screens at Lawton Theatre, promising heartfelt dramas and lush settings.
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Lawton Theatre
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