Gas Curbs Urged as Arklas Gas Lines Lose Pressure
Extreme cold and high demand for natural gas hit Lawton areas. Arkla Gas asked industrial and commercial users to cut back to minimum operation to conserve supply for homes and schools. Public lines jammed. Memorial Hospital reduced boiler and laundry to maintain pressure. few weather-related electrical issues reported. Weather forecast calls for continued cold with improving visibility later today.
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Lawton
Arkla Gas Co
Memorial Hospital
Southwestern Hospital
Jim Noury
Arkla
Oklahoma
Public Service Co
Council Seeks Additional Funds For Creek Work
City council approved an application to seek extra federal funds for the Squaw Creek Project. Model Cities would add 45 923 dollars to the 400 000 available as bids exceeded the estimate. Atlas Tuck Concrete led at 440 715 with Freeman at 499 253 85. West area runs between 17th and 11th Streets. east area north of Lee Boulevard and west of Second Street.
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Squaw Creek
Model Cities
Atlas- Tuck Concrete Co
Freeman Construction Co
Gene Walker
Department of Housingn Urban Development
17Th
11Th Streets
Lee Boulevard
Second Street
Woody Wolverton
Dave Cagle
Cagle
Texas Braces for Severe Winter Weather Across the State
Snow sleet and freezing drizzle covered much of Texas causing school closures and traffic chaos. A bus carrying 60 passengers overturned injuring 13 with one seriously hurt pregnant woman. Roads iced over from Dallas to west Texas while panhandle winds up to 30 mph spread snow and warnings extended into New Mexico.
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Texas
Acci
Panhandle
Department of Public Safety
Amarillo
Abilene
Lubbock
el Paso
Pecos
New Mexico
South Plains
Highway Patrol
Oklahoma Governor advocates road program and education boosts
Gov. David Hall proposed a $250 million road building program to be funded by the legislature and urged voters to study its feasibility. He also backed a $4.6 million raise for common schools and a $2.3 million bump for higher education amid a lean general revenue budget of $319.7 million. He described the year as a bite-the-bullet session with most agencies receiving little.
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Oklahoma City
David Hall
Hall
House
Senate
Prime Rate Cut by Major New York Banks
Four leading New York banks Chase Manhattan Bank Bankers Trust Co Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co and Chemical Bank lowered the prime lending rate to 5 percent effective immediately matching Irving Trust Co which cut last Friday The move reduces the cost for top borrowers and marks the lowest level since March 1966 reflecting easing money market rates.
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NEW York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Bankers Trust Co
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Chemical Bank
Irving Trust Co
Pay Board expected to order first wage rollback today
The Pay Board anticipated issuing a first rollback to reduce aerospace workers pay raises from 12 percent to around 8 percent or less. The panel debated applying its 7 percent ceiling in new contracts, while some members favored stricter adherence and overnight meetings dispersed among labor and business members.
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Ashington
Virgil Day
General Electric Co
Carson Sentenced 18 Months For Bribe Conspiracy
Former Honolulu Stock Exchange president Robert T. Carson, 65, once an aide to Hawaii senator Hiram L. Fong, received an 18 month jail term and a $5000 fine in a U S District Court bribe conspiracy case decided last November. Judge Marvin E Frankel noted the defendant’s visible distress during sentencing.
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Ert T. Carson
Hiram L. Fong
Hawaii
Vember. Carson
Honolulu Stock Exchange
Marvin E. Frankel
Take-Home Pay To Be Reduced This Month
Washington ap news service reports that starting after January 16 many Americans will see smaller take home pay due to higher income tax withholding. Congress raised withholding rates to better match yearly tax liability, reducing under withholding that troubled taxpayers for years. For 1972 and beyond fewer middle and upper income taxpayers will owe quarterly estimates or large lump sums when filing. Married couples with both spouses working faced under withholding in 1971. Old tables gave extra allowances leading to bigger April payments.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
City Eyes Foreign Industries For Lawton Growth
Robert Head of the Lawton Industrial Development Service notes that an advertising push in Wall Street Journal eastern editions has yielded three prospects for new industry. With dollar devaluation, the service considers Japanese and Western European advertising to attract production into Lawton, aiming to identify suitable industries.
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Coy Hobbs
Lawton
Okla
Robert Head
Lawton Industrial Development Service
Industrial Service
Wall Street Journal
Head
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