Easter Candy Prices Rise Amid Inflation Pressures
Stores report Easter candy costs up 10 to 20 percent from 1974 with 50 to 65 cent per pound chocolate used for bunnies this year. Bortz Chocolate Novelties notes contracts placed last spring but prices still jump 50 to 65 cents vs 1974. Cocoa prices surged since 1971, sugar dips aid some areas, and substitutes like corn may replace cocoa butter.
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Bortz Chocolate Novelties, Inc
Reading
National Candy Wholesalers Association
Wisconsin
Downtown parking funding plan faces council scrutiny
Lawton considers a 6.1 million HUD funded initiative to buy parking land for a covered downtown mall. The city may lease the land to a developer to recoup costs, with allocations for property acquisitions, street and utility work, housing and social services, and road improvements.
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Jack Jacobs
The
Lawton Parking Authority
Kenneth Easton
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Oklahoma City Tops State Population Figures in 1974 Report
The OESC reported statewide population changes with Lawton at 105 400 residents, 2 per cent above 1973. Oklahoma City at 385 900. Tulsa up 5.2 per cent to 347 600 from 330 350 in 1970. Norman, Midwest City, Enid, Muskogee, Stillwater and Shawnee show varying gains across 1970 to 1974.
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OESC
Lawton
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Broken Arrow
Norman
Midwest City
Enid
Commission
Muskogee
Stillwater
Shawnee
Bartlesville
del City
Ponca City
Altus
Bethany
Moore
Museum to lead four area archaeological surveys 1975 76
The Blaine County museum will conduct a four increments survey across Ward, Harper, Salt Creek and Blaine County areas from March 18, 1975 to March 18, 1976. Towana Spivey will be principal investigator with Dan Crouch as field supervisor.
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Harper Counties
Salt Creek
Blaine County
Wilson
Army Corps of Engineers
Fall of Kontum Pleiku and Ban Me Thuot Mark North Vietnamese Advance
Reported mass North Vietnamese buildup drives South Vietnamese collapse of Kontum Pleiku and Ban Me Thuot. Observers expect moves to the coast within days as major provincial capitals fall under northern control. Large areas in three provinces already under North Vietnamese control.
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Kontum
Pleiku
Ban Me Thuot
Liquor charges loom as city clubs raided by police
Nine waitresses from raided clubs face city liquor charges after undercover work by police uncovered mixed drinks. Two clubs avoided charges for lack of identifiable sellers. Officials list managers and venues including Christi's Club 1201 S 23rd and Sheridan Club 1025 SW 23rd among those named.
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Christine Harwood
Christi’s Club
Bill Ladasau
Crow's Nest
Montego Bay
E. Gore
Wilbur Prestage
Guys and Dolls
Doss C. Moates
Isle Club
Fort Sill Boulevard
Jo Ann Nielsen
Lion’s den
Holiday Inn
Cache Road
Mary F. Weyher
Martin's Dinner Club
W. Gore
Don Smith
Zodiac Club
Banks cut prime rates lowering to new industry low
AP reports Morgan Guaranty Trust Co lowers its prime rate to 7.50 percent, followed by Chemical Bank and Irving Trust Co at 7.75 percent. The move reflects broader reductions among major U.S. banks.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan
Chemical Bank
Irving Trust Co
House considers parole measures amid stalled bills
Three measures reached final House action with one sent to a Senate House conference committee. A parole time requirement gained only tentative approval. The Senate sent to the House a second mortgage loan bill opposed by Sen Ralph Graves and supported by Sen Jim Lane. Neal McCaleb secured House passage for expanding license free fishing and hunting for half blood Oklahoma Indians. The House also backed 2.3 million dollars in 1968 education bonds for OU Medical Center capital improvements.
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House
Senate
Ralph Graves
Dshawnee
Jim Lane
D-Idabel
Neal
McCaleb
Edmond
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma Medical Center
Oklahoma City
Bill Willis
Five Measures D Tahlequah Regulates Gas Trusts
Rep. E A Caldwell introduced a bill to grant the State Corporation Commission authority to regulate gas and steam systems operated by trusts in eastern Oklahoma. Willis sought to strike the title and amend to exempt the Northeast Oklahoma Public Utilities Authority serving his hometown. House members favored sending the measure to a conference committee to settle legal details.
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D-Tahlequah
State Corporation Commission
Willis
Northeast
Oklahoma Public Utilities Authority
Mem
Bers
House
E. A. Caldwell
D-Wilburton
Oklahoma
Elgin Man and Altus Residents Hurt In Two Area Crashes
A rural Elgin man and two Altus residents were injured in two crashes early today. Neal Nesbitt, 24, of Elgin, was airlifted to Saint Anthony's Hospital in Oklahoma City for neurological tests after his car traveled 435 feet and struck a tree near the Porter Hill intersection. In a separate crash on U.S. 62 near the Indiahoma cutoff, Jeffery W. McReynolds, 21, of Fort Sill, was in stable condition. Bruce Poolaw, 32, an Altus officer, and Anita Payne Glendenning, 19, Altus, were treated for injuries and transported for further care. The two crashes were reported by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol at 2:13 a.m. and 12:36 a.m. respectively.
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Elgin
Altus
Porter Hill
U.S. 62
Indiahoma
Ahi Neal Nesbitt
Fort Sill
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Oklahoma City
Nesbitt
U.S. 277
Jeffery W. McReynolds
225Th
Reynolds Army Hospital
Bruce Dean Poolaw
Jackson County Memorial Hospital
Anita Kathy Payne Glendenning
Jackson County Memorial
University Hospital
McReynolds
Rock Island misses ad valorem taxes amid track upgrade talk
Reid notes Rock Island Railroad fell behind on ad valorem taxes the first time, citing funds needed to improve Comanche County track. He recalls World War III era work on the local branch and diversion of the Texas Rocket for better Fort Sill passenger service. New signals at Rogers Lane and Gore Boulevard, costing 60 000 each, funded mainly by the federal government. About 1,400 Rock Island employees in Oklahoma, four locally. Bankruptcy history dates to 1933 with trustees keeping the line intact until wartime demand revived business.
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Rock Island
Reid
Comanche County
Texas Rocket
Fort Sill
Rogers Lane
Gore Boulevard
Oklahoma
Reno
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