Oklahoma Legislature Ends Record 90 Day Session
The 1976 Oklahoma legislature adjourned at 9 p.m. beating the deadline by three hours after a long spending session. A budget topped 671 million dollars with a school aid package of 278.6 million and 800 dollar teacher raises. The session featured a compromise on Industrial Court judges pay and a pork barrel bill, and freshman lawmakers Wiseman Floyd and Wiseman influenced key outcomes including bond and prison plans.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
House
Senate
David Boren
Gene Howard
Bill Willis
Boren
Howard
Hominy
Lexington
Glenn Floyd
Tulsa
William Wiseman
Wiseman
State Supreme Court
Larry Derryberry
Jane
Wheat Harvest Pressures Rail Lines In Southwestern Oklahoma
Temple Milling Company and area farmers face railroad car shortages amid two derailments this week. Hale expects to buy 1.1 million bushels of wheat as crews work long hours to keep up. Extension officials report high activity with custom combines and variable harvest progress across Tillman Jackson Kiowa counties.
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N. B. Thomas
Oklahoma State University Extension Service
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Thomas
Tillman County
Jackson County
Vernon McKinley
Kiowa County
Kiowa
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The
Lawton Constitution
Purchase Order Study Scheduled in Comanche County
Seven Comanche County officials will travel to Oklahoma City Friday for a study session on a state devised purchase order system to standardize buying in all 77 counties. The group includes Frank White Oscar Sanders and W F Griswold with others to learn how the orders show current county balances and guard against overspending.
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Comanche County
Oklahoma City
Frank White
Oscar Sanders
W. F
Bill) Griswold
Jean Riddle
Rosa Hines
Sandi Warren
Virginia Griswold
State Examiner and Inspector’s Office
Oklahoma
Examiner
Comanche
Examiner and Inspector's Office
White
Truce Monitored as Arab Peacekeepers Discuss Lebanon Role
Lebanon observers report a truce under review with a moratorium on the Syrian advance and a plan to form an Arab peacekeeping force. A Cairo emergency conference endorsed a truce commission and multi nation troops, while confusion over force size and landing sites persists. Israel says it has no final stance on the force.
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County Grand Jury Action Nears In Courthouse
The grand jury begins a countywide review in the courthouse with duties including inspecting jails and investigating public official misconduct. It may subpoena witnesses and convene as many days as needed, with indictments requiring nine jurors and a July 25 start deadline set ahead of the August 24 statewide primary.
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Kermit Denham
Oklahoma City
Jethro Currie
Clyde Williams
Williams
Alford Hennessee
Hennessee
Dist. Atty
Don Beauchamp
Pris
Grand Jury
Lawton Gains Pay In State Funding Bill And Tax Reform
Lawton schools receive state funding boosts including $800 salary hikes for teachers and 8 percent raises for support staff raising daily attendance payments to $290 elementary and $348 secondary. The measure adds $25,000 for the Great Plains Museum and $16,000 for the Mattie Beal home. Five year tax exemption on trust property aids downtown redevelopment while amendments loosen airport sale prohibitions and allow retail facilities on trust land.
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Boren
Legislative Conference Committee
Davis
Vo-tech
Lawton
Great Plains Museum
Mattie Beal
David Boren
House
Senate
Oklahoma City Market Report Cattle Prices Rise Feeder Steers Lead
Markets show open, active cattle trade with feeder steers 0.50 to 1.00 higher and heifers up 0.50 to 1.00. Price ranges cover 404 to 993 pound lots with values from roughly 27 to 48.75 per hundredweight. Hogs rise 0.25 to 0.50, sow prices steady, feeder pigs steady at 39.25 to 65.00.
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Oklahoma City
Court Says Federal Forum Not Proper for Agency Personnel Decisions
A federal court refusal to review a broad set of personnel decisions is upheld, with the majority stating the forum is inappropriate for evaluating daily decisions by public agencies amid a discharge suit by a bishop.
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Bishop
Contamination Break Blamed On Line Faults And Weather
Officials said the contamination stemmed from a possible break near Snyder or a service connection during recent rains. East Cache lines were shut Friday while the main pump, struck by lightning, was out for days until Tuesday. The western line requires hours to days more to restore as chlorine flushing continues and parts are awaited.
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Cache
Mason
Cadet Review at Fort Sill Honors 274 JROTC Cadets
Two hundred seventy four JROTC cadets from Lawton Guthrie Amarillo Birdville Dallas Duncanville Irving and Mesquite will pass in review for Maj. Gen. David Ott at Fort Sill Friday at 10 am. The Fort Sill 77th Army Band will provide music during the ceremony.
Lawton Participants Push Western Oklahoma Growth at Chamber Caucus
Lawton officials urged energy-efficient planning and rail transport for wheat producers while highlighting Lawton as an arts hub. The caucus at Phillips University featured Dr. Pat Choate as keynote and drew a large Lawton delegation led by Clark Carpenter to advocate city interests.
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Kennedy
Lawton
Nancy Davies
University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Oklahoma
Pat Choate
Office of Economic Research
Washington, D.C
Chamber of Commerce
Great Plains Airlines
Clark Carpenter
Lawton Chamber
Carpenter
Muskogee
David Boren
Oklahoma Chamber of Commerce
Gantz
Phillips University
Alan Page
State Chamber
Enid
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