County Seeks Extended Grazing Window For Wheat Farmers
Comanche County officials send an emergency extension request for grazing set-aside wheat acres to the state ASCS, seeking May 15 as the new deadline to help farmers recover from a harsh winter and drought. Local records show only 6.08 inches of rain since September, well below the 13.25 inch normal. The state office will review before routing to Washington, with Carter policy hopes shaping the aid plan and a proposed 50 cent per bushel livestock grazing payment for 1976 levels, up to 40 percent of 1976 acreage.
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ELIEF
Comanche County
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Dale S. Duke
ASCS
U.S. Department of Agricultural
Duke
Ter
Washington, D.C
Carter
White House
Carter meets Brazilian critics on human rights inRio
President Carter sat 45 minutes with Brazilian human rights critics including two cardinals and discussed reforms while signaling progress. Officials noted a U S Brazil difference over international versus domestic human rights, with Vance citing no concrete accord on nuclear technology but agreed to boost energy and agriculture cooperation and gasohol efforts.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Carter
United States
Nigeria
Black Africa
Supreme Court
Brasilia
Paulo Evaristo Ares
Sao Paulo
Robert Todman
National Security Council
Todman
Cyrus R. Vance
Vance
Steel price increases set off White House pressure
The Carter administration pressed steel firms to restrain price hikes after a $10.50-per-ton blowout. National Steel announced a $5.50 rise, while U.S. Steel and Wheeling-Pittsburgh had already moved. U.S. Steel discussed a rollback if asked, but gave no advance warning. George Stinson of National Steel cited higher coal costs as a factor.
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Pittsburgh
National Steel Corp
Tom Joyce
Council On
U.S. Steel
Wheeling- Pittsburgh
National Steel
David Roderick
Carter
George Stinson
National
U S Records Worst Trade Deficit Ever
United States posts a February record with a 4.5 billion dollar deficit as imports outpace exports. Commerce reports show exports at 9.9 billion and imports at 14.4 billion amid ongoing inflation and energy concerns. President Carter voices serious concern and cites coal strikes and weather as factors. He plans to press Congress on energy legislation upon return to Washington.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
U.S
Frankfurt
White House
Carter
Pentagon ends program of reading suspect mail
The Pentagon announces termination of the military suspect letter class referral program effective April 30 1978. Customs will still have authority to open mail suspected of containing illegal drugs, and about 445 letters per month were previously referred to military authorities for review.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Nathaniel R. Thompson
Transportation, Energy and
Customs Service
Department of Defense
Thompson
House
Rep
Richardson
Murray Named Vice President at Cameron University
Cameron University regents promote Dr Richard Murray to vice president without new duties and confer emeritus status on four long serving faculty members Charles Andrus Arthur Farrar Clark Lynn as Cameron faculty retires end of spring. The board also approves seating and carpeting bids for the Louise D McMahon Fine Arts Center auditorium.
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Eve Sandstrom
Constitution
Ean
Richard Murray
Cameron University
A&m
Stillwater
Rium
Louise D. McMahon Fine Arts Center
Murray
Charles Andrus
Cameron
Arthur Farrar
Clark Lynn
See Cameron
Pege 4A
Indicted ex congressman tied to Korean influence case
A federal grand jury indicted former Rep. Otto Passman of Louisiana on seven counts in a Korean influence buying scheme. He allegedly pressured Korea to buy U.S. rice, conspired with Tongsun Park to defraud the United States, and accepted tens of thousands in payments. Park, recently returned from Korea, awaits testimony. Passman, once wielding foreign aid veto power, faced election defeat in 1976 and is hospitalized for exhaustion.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Otto E. Passman
Passman
D-La
Tongsun Park
United States of America
Park
South Korea
House Subcommittee
Louisiana
Office of Supply
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Korea
House
Parks Division Chief Selected
A. Robert Thomson of Midland Texas was named to head Lawton's newly formed Parks and Recreation Department by City Manager Robert Metzinger. Thomson, 37, will start May 8 at a salary of 23594. He comes from the Texas community of 60,000 and has over 10 years in parks and recreation. The new department includes parks recreation city lakes museum buildings and grounds public library cemetery and could guide a major new public park at 38th. Thomson's appointment follows December 1977 council action reorganizing the old Recreation and Supply Department.
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A. Robert Thomson
Midland
Texas Parks and Recreation
Lawton
Parks and Recreation
Robert Metzinger
Thomson
Texas
City Seeks Chloride Project Meeting in Early April
Lawton leaders push a chloride control plan for Red River and Lake Texoma to supply Western Oklahoma water. The meeting with U S Army Corps of Engineers is sought with support from Senator Bellmon and Rep Steed, while Rep English opposes, citing salt disposal on farmland in Greer County.
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ITV
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Red River
Lake Texoma
Lawton
Wayne Gilley
State
Oklahoma
U.S
Henry Bellman
Tom Steed
Glenn English
Gilley
Texoma
Steed
English
Greer County
al Terrill
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Stillwa
West Cache Road
Southwestern Bell TelePhone Co
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Don Owen
Aarig Halen
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