New City Administration Begins With Swearing In
City moves to rehabilitate three parcels and set hearings for condemning five parcels. discuss alarm system charges, lease releases, and possible appellate action on a tavern license. consider time extension for condemned structure and traffic sign updates.
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Keith Carlton
Douglass
Carlton
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Andrews
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John Guy Erwin
William Lee Erwin
Patricia Ann Hanna
Sheridan Road
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Lee Boulevard
Bishop Road
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Benham-Blair & Affiliates
Drug abuse education program expands at Taliaferro Center
Dravenport notes drug groups teach opening up and sharing problems. Center offers confidential help for those struggling, emphasizes education and prevention rather to detox. Satellite teams in Altus Anadarko Duncan tailor programs to community needs and support statewide drug initiatives.
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Taliaferro Cener
Royce Means
Altus
Anadarko
Duncan
Lake Murray
Ardmore
Taliaferro Center
Charles Wright
State Drug Division
Cattle and Hog Prices Shift in Oklahoma City Markets
AP reports moderate trade on slaughter cattle with cows up to 30 higher, cutters topping at 31.70 for high dressing, bulls steady. hogs show no early sales and feeder pigs under 100 lb down 5 to 7 cents, over 100 lb steady. State prices list wheat 3.04 to 3.64 per bu and milo 4.00 to 4.70 per cwt, along with barley, soybeans and alfalfa hay quotes and live broilers at 21 percent.
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SANE Drives Liquor Reform Petitions With 65,000 Signatures
SANE circulates a liquor related petition to tighten beer sale restrictions and aims for about 65,000 signatures by mid May. If both petitions succeed, the measures may appear on the November ballot. Owens vows the questions will be kept from confusing voters if on the same ballot.
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SANE
Owens
Burns pushes small step to curb inflation next year
Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur F. Burns announced a plan to slow money supply growth in 1975, calling it a small prudent step unlikely to affect consumers immediately as inflation remains upward.
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Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Fed
Burns
State lawmakers face tight budgets for prisons and education
Willis argues the governor’s plan adds 70 million for schools but trims, with prison funding fixed after a 23 million construction program. Benton warns staffing needs require about 5 million more next year and faster prison buildout to meet constitutional space standards. He notes two men occupy 35 square feet at McAlester and Granite, while federal rulings demand 50 to 60 square feet per inmate.
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Annex Meeting Sets Hearing On Medicine Park Annex
Comanche County Commissioners set a public hearing for 11 a.m. on June 4 to consider annexing 255 acres northeast of Medicine Park after landowners requested inclusion. The area abuts Lawton city property near Lake Lawtonka. In other business, $4,000 was transferred to the sheriff's payroll account.
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Lake Lawtonka
U.S. grain outlook warns of higher supply
USDA projections expect bumper wheat and corn crops this year based on planted acreages and yields. If normal weather holds, the 1976 wheat harvest could be nearly as large as 1975's record, while corn output may exceed last fall's. Total U.S. grain supply could rise over the next 18 months despite Russia buying 16.2 million tons and new delivery agreements.
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Russia
U.S
USDA
Multiple Fatalities and Injuries in Oklahoma and Tennessee Crashes
The report details a four car crash near Chattanooga injuring Jerry Cunningham 17 and Robert Sorah 18 with hospitalizations and possible skull fracture for Cunningham. In Oklahoma, fatalities include Lowell Chappell Jr. 26 and Thomas Clay 26 in a truck wreck, Keith Long 17 in a separate crash near Gage, and Robbie Duffield 23 in Bartlesville after a second car collision.
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Jerry L. Cunningham
Chattanooga
Robert Gene Sorah
Faxon
Cunningham
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
Sarah
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
James Giacomo
Gilbert Hutchins
Gary L. Clapp
Second Street
Edmund S. Kenney
Clapp
Highway Patrol
Lowell W Chappell Jr
Wilmer
Tex
Thomas G. Clay
Hurst
Chappell
Keith Long
Gage
Oklahoma
Roy Cassie
Tahlequah
Lula May Beard
Porum
Robbie Dean Duffield
Bartlesville
Tip for the summer readers on vacation checks
A summer tip warns travelers not to ask for room prices at check in to avoid spoiling seaside vacations. The note suggests price discussions can sour the stay and encourages budgeting before arrival and asking about total costs after settling in.
Bargains Mark National Goodwill Week Observed
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Oklahoma marks National Goodwill Week from today through Saturday with a daily 16 percent discount on various items at thrift stores. President Donald C. Landrum states the group aids the handicapped through vocational testing counseling training work experience and job placement.
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Goodwill Industries
Oklahoma
Donald C. Landrum
Simon Sees Moderate Policy To Curb Inflation
Simon said the government should maintain moderate policies to bring inflation below 6 percent in 1976, despite forecasters predicting 6.5 percent. He argued the January unemployment projection of 7.7 percent is too high and expressed optimism about staying under 7 percent. He noted steel price hikes would have limited inflationary impact, and a Rhodesian chrome boycott could raise prices.
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Simon
U.S
United Nation
Henry A. Kissinger
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