Retirees Face More Health Care Cuts At Fort Sill
Retirees and dependents face worsening medical care as Reynolds Army Hospital plans indicate reduced retiree services this summer. Col Thomas Birk warns of a bleak outlook as many military physicians depart by August and replacements arrive late, with OB GYN and chronic care affected.
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Awton
Fort Sill
Thomas Birk
Reynolds Army Hospital
Reynolds
Jack Wolfson
Cochairman
The
Joint Services Ad Hoc
Birk
Miners Weigh Binding Arbitration Amid Strike Talks
Washington sources report the coal industry urging voluntary binding arbitration to end the 79 day strike while United Mine Workers officials hint they will reject the plan. A three member board would hear the case, with Marshall mediating as talks resume between UMW and operators.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Labor
Ray Marshall
Carter Administration
White House
Marshall
Arnold Miller
Labor Department
John Leslie
Joseph P. Brennan
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Russians deploy fourth advanced ICBM SS-16 to hit United States
U S intelligence reports Moscow has begun deploying the SS-16, the latest of four new land based ICBMs, as they replace older missiles. The Minuteman III remains the only U S new ICBM in sight amid stalled MX program. Officials note possible mobile launches for SS-16 and SS-20 variants, while U S efforts seek missile curbs.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Defense
Harold Brown
Pentagon
William Perry
Russia
Fied
Senate Secret Session Shapes Panama Canal Treaties Debate
The Senate met behind guarded doors for nine hours and 50 minutes in its longest secret session, scrutinizing classified files on Panamanian officials in drug trafficking. Supporters hailed the session as useful while opponents derided it as a waste. reactions varied among Dole, McGovern, Percy, and Cranston as votes on the canal treaties loomed.
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Washington
Senate
Bob Dole
R-Kan
George McGovern
S.D
Charles Percy
R-Nl
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Dole
Weather outlook with warmer temps into Thursday
Fair to partly cloudy skies with rising temperatures through Thursday. High today in the lower 40s, tonight's low near 20, and Thursday's high around 50. Tuesday's high was 38 with an overnight low of 24.
Oklahoma lawmakers eye extra gas tax funds after court ruling
Senate leader estimates 12 million to 15 million more can be appropriated this session due to the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling upholding the natural gas conservation tax. Most extra funds would back schools and higher education. If a diesel tax loophole closes, transportation could gain 8 million to 10 million, preventing highway funds from dipping into gas tax revenue.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Supreme Court
Gene Howard
Tulsa
House
David Boren
Howard
Transportation Department
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Robert Simms
Guinness toasts long drinker’s 94th birthday in blizzard
In Greenwich Village, 93 year old Genovese Camlin visits the No-Name bar daily for a decade, drinks Guinness stout on a running $10,000 tab, and will have it torn up for her 94th birthday after braving the blizzard that blocked postal delivery.
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New York
Genovese Camlin
Postal Service
Miss Camlin
Greenwich Village
Lettieri
Hostage exchange offered in car theft standoff near Eaton
An armed bank robber holding Robert Herrmann and his two sons in a disabled Chevrolet Impala on U S 35 near the Ohio Indiana line agreed to trade the children for a new car and a 45 minute head start. FBI negotiators brokered the exchange while police surrounded the site.
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Eaton
Ohio
Ohio-Indiana Line
FBI
Citizens Band
U.S. 35
Robert Herrmann
Eldorado
Rob
Mike
New Stony Point School Vote Set
A new Stony Point dependent school board election is set for March 21 to rematch Ginger Warner and Jimmy Ray Caddo after a January 24 vote tied at 46 each and was ruled invalid due to two unregistered voters. Gov. David Boren ordered the new date. Chief District Judge Jack Brock declared the January result invalid on February 6.
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Stony Point Dependent School Board
Ginger Warner
Jimmy Ray Caddo
David Boren
Comanche County Election Board
Secretary of State
Jack Brock
Caddo
Warner
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By Jim Myers
of the Constitution Staff
AMIC
Jody Powell
Union
Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Lake Lawtonka Dam
Paul Brune
Charles Cochran
Lake Ellsworth
Ussr
Fred S. Hoffman
Danny Lettieri
Robber
Abby Etercses
Stony Point
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