Lawton Lawmakers weigh budget plans amid revenue sharing
Oklahoma legislators debate a $22.9 million anticipated revenue sharing fund proposal with education priorities including a $700 raise for teachers and $15.4 million for higher education. Governors proposals cover coal gasification, election reform, and moving the OSBI to DPS, while many call for restraint and reserves.
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Senate
Jim Hamilton
D-Poteau
Hamilton
House
Bill Willis
Tahlequah
Lawton
Asl
University Hospital
Ponca City
Stillwater
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Department of Public Safety
Press Release Mixup Misleads New England Utilities
A misinterpreted press release led New England utilities to believe they would receive 4.5 million barrels of diverted oil, though officials say shipments would occur only during emergencies. The mixup followed a Dec. 27 statement from William E. Simon and affected utilities including Narragansett Electric, Boston Edison, and New England Electric System.
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Boston
New England
Federal Energy Office
Washington
Federal Energy
William E. Simon
New England Power Pool
Association of Electric Atilities
Frank Kelly
Ted
Charles Bragg
Northeast Utilities
Bragg
Simon
Energy Office
Narragansett Electric Co
Rhode Island
Boston Edison
New England Electric System
Three Doctors and Two Hospitals Face Million-Dollor Lawsuit
A Detroit suit accuses three doctors and two hospitals of conspiring to perform unneeded experimental brain surgery on John Chickensky in 1972 at Providence Hospital. The operation involved drilling frontal brain holes and destroying cells. he allegedly worsened, needing long-term confinement.
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Detroit
John Chickensky
Lawrence Charfoos
Chickensky
Providence Hospital
Charfoos
Ernst A. Rodin
Rodin
Epilepsy Center of
Michigan
Dance To Honor Sterling Girl At Apache Event
A birthday Indian dance at Apache Fairgrounds Building Saturday will honor Sterling girl Sally Kerchee, daughter of Mr and Mrs Melvin Kerchee Jr. The Ok lahoma Inter-tribal Club sponsors. Gourd dancing will precede war dancing with head dancers and singers named. Public is invited to begin at 6 30 p m.
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Sterling
Sally Kerchee
Melvin Kerchee Jr
Apache Fairgrounds
Oklahoma Inter-tribal Club
Wallace Coffey
Norman
Tammy Conklin
Oklahoma City
Carl Tahah
Lawton
Jo Jo Lane
Anadarko
Leon Motah
Court action hinges on oath for party ballot access
The Communist Party of Indiana questions an Indiana law that requires a new party to take an oath to gain a ballot spot. A three judge federal panel in Indiana upheld the oath portion. A Corsican historian cites a 30 year feud with 28 000 murders.
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High Court
Indiana
Communist Party of Indiana
Parliament Recalled To Debate Energy Crisis
London reports Parliament convened again to tackle Britain’s energy crisis amid labor disputes halting coal output. Prime Minister Heath created a new energy department with Lord Carrington as head, while miners' leaders push for a 161 percent pay rise and rail talks threaten a wider strike.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Edward Heath
Department of Energy
Defense
Lord Carrington
Labor
Carrington
Heath
William Whitelaw
Whitelaw
Railway Engineers’ Union
Rail Board
Delib
Pertamina Shares In New Indonesia Oil Field Discovery
Jakarta AP reports Pertamina will share oil with PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia after Caltex found a field in Riau central Sumatra, 25 miles north of the Bangkok field, capable of 3600 barrels per day under a contract.
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Indonesia
Pertamina
PT Caltex Pacific Indonesia
Riau
Sumatra
Bangkok
Caltex
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