Boren to seek education and highway funding boosts
Governor-elect David Boren plans to press for about 50 million dollars more for education and 5 million for highways, plus a 6 million shift in sales tax revenue away from welfare toward the next fiscal year. He aims for a 50 million education rise with 30 million for schools and 20 million for higher ed, plus a 25 million tax cut and 5 million highway supplement.
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Murder Charge Dropped But Man Still Not Free Yet
Tommy Claude King, once 12 when he killed his father, requests freedom as Ottawa County judges weigh his release from Eastern State Hospital. Diagnosed schizophrenic in nature, he shows no aggression and seeks to learn a trade with support from attorney W. Fred Phillips, amid limited state funding for further psychiatric evaluation.
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Grand Jury Probes Oklahoma Penitentiary Death
Federal grand jury in Muskogee continues witness testimony on the May 22 gassing death of Oklahoma City inmate Robert Forsythe. Testimony will include former Acting Warden Sam Johnston and others as jurors seek potential civil rights violations.
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