Oklahoma Senate Approves Revenue Shift and Welfare Reform
The Oklahoma Senate passed a bill to divert 5.4 million dollars in sales tax revenue from welfare to the general fund by a 41 to 1 vote. Senator Gene Stipe of McAlester opposed both this measure and a companion welfare bill, which requires dependent children aid recipients to register with the Employment Security Commission and accept suitable employment.
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Oklahoma City
David Boren
Senate
Gene Stipe
D McAlester
General Appropriations
Welfare Department
Boren
Stipe
House
McAlester
State Employment Security Commission
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
Bartlesville
Ohio
Phillips Petroleum Co
Securities and Exchange Commission
Phillips
Ford presses Cambodia aid as 1976 prospects loom
Ford urged rapid Congressional action to fund Cambodia as he defended vice president Nelson Rockefeller and argued for a broad Republican base. Analysts cited mixed Senate reactions with Humphrey calling aid prospects dim and Mansfield urging a peaceful end to the Cambodian war.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Ford
Cambodia
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Tornado injures four in south St Louis County
A tornado struck south St Louis County early today injuring four people and damaging several houses. One man was critically hurt after touching a fallen electrical wire, while three others suffered minor injuries.
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ST. Louis, Moe
South St. Louis County
Hall denies involvement as tapes link payments to fee split
Hall testified that Taylor should pay 100000 to be split with Mooney, termed a finder’s fee. He told Burkett he sought Ruth to probe long grand jury inquiries into his administration and current charges, while Ruth’s spokesman declined to comment.
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Hall
Taylor
Mooney
Burkett
Nine-week youth employment panel aimed at 760000 workers
The plan seeks nine weeks of employment for 760,000 youths with potential for additional jobs from stimulus. Additional funding includes 24 million for older workers 119.8 million for college work study 70 million for welfare-to-work child care and related aid and 10 million for Youth Conservation Corps programs.
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Page One
Youth Conservation Corps
Economic Development Administration
Appalachia
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Engineers
Small Business Administration
Interior Department
Forest Service
Soil Conservation Service
Veterans Administration
General Services Administration
Postal Service
Stock market gains after wholesale price drop signals inflation cooling
The Dow Jones closed up 8.99 to 761.81 after February wholesale prices fell eight-tenths of one percent, the largest drop in a December trend. Officials expect lower farm and grocery prices as inflation cools at the wholesale level.
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Dow Jones
Cast Members Sought for Lawton Easter Pageant Jubilee
The Wichita Mountains Easter Sunrise Service seeks about 75 cast members for crowd scenes during the fourth rehearsal at Holy City from 2 to 5 30 p m Sunday. The jubilee pageant marks its 3rd presentation with a chariot pulled by H C Heagerty’s team and a parade planned for March 22 in Downtown Lawton.
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Judy van
Wichita Mountains
Holy City
Wes Miller
Miller
H. C. Heagerty
Chattanooga
Lawton
Doris Ander
Security National Bank
Museum of the Great Plains
Lawton Public
State reports grain and produce prices across Oklahoma
The State Department of Agriculture released current prices for wheat barley Milo and soybeans with regional figures for towns such as Keyes Liberal Perryton Watonga Geary Kingfisher Pauls Valley and Muskogee. Egg prices are listed as large eggs 59 cents per dozen and mediums 53 cents per dozen.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Afton
Altus
Hobart
Manchester
Pauls Valley
Clinton
el Reno
Geary
Kingfisher
Medford
Okeene
Ponca City
Temple
Watonga
Weatherford
Yukon
Gulf
Banner
Muskogee
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Comanche County
al Terrill
Harrison King
Oscar Sanders
R. E. Glenn
Frank White
Don Whitaker
Don Davis
Butch Hooper
Rosa Hines
Sylvia Zumwalt
Sharon Bolt
Stoff
Washington
William T. Coleman
Transportation
Coleman
Philadelphia
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Rapid City
8.D
American Indian Movement
Russell Means
South Dakota
Pennington County
Jack Klauck
Martin Montileaux
Kyle
Gordon Strachan
H. R. Haldeman
White House
Strachan
Henry S. Ruth
U.S
Brussels
Belgium
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Kissinger
Egypt
Cyprus
Greece
Dimitrios Bitsios
Bangkok
Thailand
Social Justice
Thai Nation
Kukrit Pramoj
Seni Pramoj
Chartcai Choonhavan
AIR Force
Roy M. Rogers
Harold W. Shaver
Gore Blvd
Okla
Bilee Singers
Rotarians
Butch Faries
Karl K. Kobs
Mountain View
Southwest Oklahoma
Rotary International
Lawtonian
Kobs
Rotary Foundation
VY Price
DIAL
Raulston Furniture
Phillips-Aubrey
Gmac Financing
Sheridan Road
MIC Insurance
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