New Year Editorials Preview Oklahoma Politics
Oklahoma editorials survey 1975 outlook with focus on tax changes under Gov elect Boren and Belt tightening. Daily Oklahoman cites tax bracket shifts while Sapulpa Herald notes pay restraint. Muskogee Phoenix and Tulsa Tribune offer optimism and critique of national and state policy. Cameron University gains status and funding, boosting enrollment and facilities.
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Sapulpa Herald
Paul Sharp
David Boren
Boren
Sharp
Robert Kamm
E. T. Dunlap
Ted Risenhoover
Tahlequah
Oklahoma City
Risenhoover
Eisenhoover
Tripoli
Araby
Lawton
Cameron Junior College
Export variety meats face slower year amid cutbacks and Europe demand
U S variety meat exports including beef tongues and pork livers could decline in 1975 due to reduced hog and sheep slaughter and tighter European markets. The Agriculture Department report notes total exports remain 9 to 11 percent of production while major buyers include France, Britain, Mexico, West Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan and Israel.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
U.S
France
Britain
Mexico
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Japan
Isreal
Ten Feared Dead In Tasmanian Bridge Ship Collision
Officials believe at least ten people died when the British ore freighter Lake Illawarra rammed the Tasman Bridge at Hobart Tas and pulled down a 240 foot section. Five of 42 crewmen were recovered and two more were missing while two to three cars plunged into the Derwent River. The ship sank shortly after the incident which occurred around 9 p.m. during a high tide. The four lane bridge linked Hobart’s business district with residential areas and the city is Tasmania’s capital.
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Tasman
Derwent River
Hobart
Tasmania
Obart
Tasman Bridge
Derwent
Lake Illawarra
Maurice Allan
Ice Age Study May Aid Predicting Future Food Supply
MIT meteorologist Reginald E. Newell argues that understanding ice ages could forecast climate shifts affecting world harvests. He links wheat and soybean prices to past atmospheric changes, notes possible long-range forecasting advances, and predicts the next ice age before 30 000 A.D. with significant energy impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Reginald E. Newell
Newell
Technology Review
MIT Journal of Science
Canada
Auto Makers Forecast Sharp December Sales Drop in 1974
ETROIT AP The nation’s auto makers report December and year end totals amid a deep industry slowdown. Analysts expect December deliveries to fall sharply from 1973, with 1974 domestic sales around 7.5 million, a 23 percent drop and the worst since 1970.
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Etroit
Harris calls for immediate tax cuts in Oklahoma stops
Presidential candidate Fred R. Harris spoke to groups in Oklahoma City and Tulsa urging swift large-scale tax cuts to curb a perceived downward spiral in the economy. He criticized Ford and Nixon in the context of national economic distress and promised strong working-class relief.
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Associated Press
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Harris
Ford
Nixon
Russia Could Be New Leaf Tobacco Market
An Agriculture Department expert sees latent potential for U S leaf tobacco in the Soviet Union as Russian smokers shift from hollow cigars to refined cigarettes. Despite prewar low imports, recent gains, and mainly U S cigarettes in tourist hotels, trade talks, and exchange programs could expand U S tobacco here if most favored nation terms are realized.
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Russia
Washington
Soviet Union
U.S
Agriculture Department
United States
Hugh C. Kiger
Department
Foreign Agricultural Service
Kiger
Sugar Prices May Fall With End of Federal Controls
William J. Kuhfuss of Mackinaw Illinois said sugar prices should drop now that government controls have ended, speaking at the American Farm Bureau Federation's 56th annual meeting in New Orleans. Louisiana cane growers caution price instability may rise without the Sugar Act. He urged letting prices find their natural market level rather than political fixing.
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New Orleans
American Farm Bureau Federation
William J. Kuhfuss
Mackinaw, Hil
Louisiana
James Graugnard
State Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
Kuhfuss
State Department
Agriculture Department
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Oklahoma
Daily
Oklahoman
al Terrill
Foreign Agriculture
Arthur F. Haussamann
Tasmanian
Allan
Gordon
Murraye Ling
Frank Manley
Manley
Sharon
Westgate
Melbourne
Sahel
Peru
New England
Ardmore
Okla
Carter County
Healdton
Robert Denney
Jimmy Kelly
University Hospital
A. Jay Chapman
Chapman
The
Highway Patrol
Arthur T. Morgret
Ermal Mae Morgret
Morgret
H. Dale Cook
Cook
U.S. District Court
Allen E. Barrow
Bill Exton Harris
Morton Harris
Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation
Rob Pyron
Jeanne Prejean
Dallas
Tex
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