Senate Agriculture Panel Advances House Farm Bill Amid Controversy
The Senate Agriculture Committee quickly approved a House based farm bill raising dairy and cotton support and extending it to three years. The measure would lift milk prices by about 6 cents per gallon and butter 15 cents per pound, with estimated consumer costs reaching 495 million next year. The bill boosts target prices and loan levels for cotton corn grains wheat and soybeans and faces possible veto by President Ford.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Ford
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Sen
Hubert Humphrey
D.-Minn
South Viets Lose District Capital City
Communist forces overran a South Vietnamese district capital and captured a base near Saigon while rocket attacks hit Phnom Penh airport, killing Cambodians handling U.S. airlift cargo. The fall of Kien Duc threatens Quang Duc province as Lon Nol contemplates departure and a new cabinet forms. Refugees flood Hue and refugees stream toward Da Nang as U.S. airlift expectations extend.
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South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
U.S
Kien Duc
Quang Duc
Lon
Washington
Lon Nol
Leng Boret
Radio Hanoi
Ban Me Thuot
Central Highlands
Dariac
Hue
da Nang
Lee
Indochina
Senate approves 30 billion tax cut with aid package
The Senate backed a 30 billion tax cut bill with 200 million in emergency benefits for hard core unemployed and a child care tax break for working parents. An 13 week extended unemployment provision was approved and a limited corporate relief package favored Chrysler Corp. Passage aimed for a final House Senate conference before a Ford White House submission.
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Senate
Federal
Treasury
Finance Committee
Chrysler Corp
Lockheed
Pan American World Airways
Senate House
Ford
Nelsen
Nine Spring Weekends In Southwest Oklahoma T: Nine spring weekends in Southwest Oklahoma offer outdoor adventures including Wichita Mountains Refuge Holy City of the Wichitas Quartz Mountain and historic sites
The piece lists nine sunny getaways within roughly 75 miles of home. Highlights include Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge with Mt Scott views and wildlife, Holy City of the Wichitas Easter service, Quartz Mountain State Park for walleye fishing, and a chance to tour Altus Air Force Base C 5. It notes historic Quanah Parker Star House and other sites at Eagle Park.
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Sill
Buffalo
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Charons Gardens
Mt. Scott
Holy City of the Wichitas
Holy City
Quartz Mountain State Park
Altus
New Museum of the Western Prairie
Altus Air Force Base
Cache Isa
Quanah Parker
Star
Texas
Eagle Park
Frank James
Fletcher
First Wildlife Refuge
Fort Sill
First Day of Spring Brings Warm Weather and Fire Alerts
Fair weather held across the region as spring arrived with highs in the low 80s for two days. Oklahoma issued grassland and forest fire warnings with very high to extreme fire danger amid strong winds and low humidity.
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Mercury
Oklahoma
New York Doctors End Strike and Return to Work
Settlement ends the first major doctors strike in the United States as physicians resume duties at 22 private and city hospitals in New York. In Vancouver BC, 95 percent of Vancouver General Hospital residents and interns join walkouts at six teaching hospitals over pay and hours, with an 18 percent raise offer plus a 10 percent cost of living increase on the table.
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EW York
Vancouver
B.C
Vancouver General Hospital
Professional Association of Residents
British Columbia Health Association
New York
League of Voluntary Hospitals
Kissinger Optimistic Over Sinai Pact Prospects
Secretary of State Kissinger returned from Egypt with four major Sinai pact elements nearly settled but key issues remain over how far Israel will withdraw and concessions on passes and oil fields. Officials warned the talks could still deadlock, with UN forces to control most of the land Israel cedes.
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Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Sinai
U.S
Israel
Mitia
Gidi
Abu Rudeis
Kissinger
Aswan
United Nations
U.S. Air Force
Officials Seek To Speed Processing Of Damage Loans
The Small Business Administration opens an office in Southwest Oklahoma to grant five percent interest loans for storm damage. Offices will expand to Altus Duncan and Lindsay in days with eligibility in Garvin Jackson Stephens Kiowa and potentially Comanche counties. Loans cover home auto and business repairs with speedy 10 minute intake and 15 day check dispatch. FDAA denial to state aid does not affect SBA loans for private citizens.
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HE Small Business Administration
SBA
Oklahoma
D. Porter
Altus
Duncan
Lindsay
Garvin
Jackson
Stephens
Kiowa
Porter
Comanche County
Dallas
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
FDAA
David Boren
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