City considers staff and salary increases for Development Department
Community Development Director Reuben Brown asked city council for an additional post and higher salaries as workloads rise. The department now has nine posts, eight filled, and handles over 70 projects by July. Brown noted $10,000 saved this year due to vacancies, with a $43,000 salary-cost rise planned for next budget year pending council action.
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Reuben Brown
Brown
City Hall
SALT talks press on amid birthday pleasantries and stalled treaty
Secretary Vance and Soviet leaders extended greetings in Moscow as talks linger over SALT 2. Vance aimed for a comprehensive agreement by October, seeking reductions in missiles and bombers. Estimates place US about 2,320 and Soviet forces about 2,660 strategic weapons.
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Vance
Moscow
Carter
Ford
Vladivostok
United States
Doctors Use Defensive Medicine Widely in Survey
In Chicago the AP report notes that 75.7 percent of 111 responding physicians practicing defensive medicine by ordering extra tests to shield against malpractice suits. About 75.9 percent say patient bills rise, with many estimating increases from 1 to 25 percent.
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Chicago
American Medical News
American Medical Association
Nixon tapes release plans and Supreme Court actions
Warner Communications NBC ABC CBS PBS and RTNDA pursue releasing Nixon tapes with repro graphics and satire risks. Attorneys argue tapes could harm Mitchell Haldeman and Ehrlichman as appeals proceed. A proposal for tape case prices and full transcripts awaits Sirica and Supreme Court approval. Nuclear fuel and state tax rulings follow with reviews set on mixed oxide fuel and alien police eligibility.
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National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
CBS
Public Broadcasting Service
Radio Television News Directors Association
Warner
Nixon
Mitchell
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
U.S Distri
John J. Siriéa
National Archives
Sirica
High Court
White House
Supreme Court
Collision Says Miscommunication Led to Runway Pickoff
Longview Washington resident Brusco Jr. recounts that a Pan American plane was cleared to hold while a KLM jet crossed the runway. He says communications mixed up and the KLM began to take off as they left the offramp, causing panic. John Hackette says his fiancée Joan Jackson, a Pan Am stewardess, reported the other plane tried to avoid the collision but failed.
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Brusco Jr
Longview
Wash
KLM
Pan American
Brusco
Portland Oregonian
John Hackette
Nashville
Tenn
Joan Jackson
Pan Am
Regents Reject Regionalization Plan For Oklahoma Colleges
Oklahoma Regents oppose a proposal to regionalize most state colleges excluding the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University. The plan would coordinate courses to avoid duplication, with concerns about job security and preserved programs amid enrollment declines into the early 1980s.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Regents For Higher Education
Oklahoma
Regents
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
E. T. Dunlap
Dan Hobbs
Jack Patten
Norman
Eugene Swearingen
Tulsa
Fac
U.S. Holds Highest Average Wages in Global Survey
A Zurich based Union Bank of Switzerland survey finds the United States pays the world's highest average wages at about eight dollars per hour. New York Chicago and San Francisco are highlighted as top earning areas.
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United States
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Union Bank of Switzerland
Zurich
Taliaferro Official Gets State Honor
Lawton mental health professional Don Abbott received the Oklahoma Social Worker of the Year award from the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers in Oklahoma City. Abbott, chief of social services at Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center, began with a brief summer welfare job in Lawton in 1954 and later earned a master in social work at OU. He helped establish Miller Manor Helen Holiday Home and the Crisis program, but attributed his success to being in a good town.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
Don Abbott
Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center
National Association of Social Workers
Oklahoma City
Abbott
Central State University
State Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Mental Health Department
Miller Manor
Helen Holiday Home
Retirement Cost Burden Hits Older Americans in 1975
Medical bills for Americans 65 and older averaged 1360 dollars in 1975. While 71 percent of expenses were covered by government or employers, seniors still paid about 390 dollars out of pocket.
Sooner Tourists React After Island Incident
Lawton residents who toured the islands with classmates described the trip as worthwhile despite the incident. They recalled meeting Danes and Germans, enjoying Morocco, and expressed varied views on air travel safety. Some said they would return, others were undecided or reluctant to fly again.
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Gound
Denmark
Germany
Oldtimer Fades Away
Only eight of the 198 Ford Tri Motor planes built from 1926 to 1933 remain. The 15 seat model cost about $50000 and lifted off in 200 feet at 65 mph, reaching a top air speed of 135 mph.
Oklahoma City Market Prices Report State Grain and Produce
State Agriculture reports today prices across wheat barley milo soybeans alfalfa hay and live broilers and eggs. Wheat ranges 2.25 to 2.9114 per bushel with multiple towns listed. Barley 1.90 to 2.20 per bushel. Milo 3.45 to 4.39 cents per bushel. Soybeans 7.76 to 8.46 per bushel. Alfalfa hay 75 to 80 per ton. Broilers live 23 cents per pound eggs large 67 medium 58 small 5 cents.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture
Afton
Manchester
Muskogee
Ponca City
Medford
Beaver
Clinton
Eldorado
Kingfisher
Liberal
Okeene
Pauls Valley
Perryton
Watonga
Weatherford
Banner
el Reno
Geary
Yukon
Lawton
Temple
Hobart
Keyes
Houston
Bu.): Weatherford 7.76; Pauls Valley 7.89; Banner 7.86; Afton 7.91; Muskogee
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