Recession Hits Black Businessmen Hard
The recession slows black entrepreneurship across the United States. Leaders like Richard Hayes and Earl Graves describe a depression rather than a mere downturn as inflation, loan barriers, and 13 percent black unemployment hit small firms, with 18 percent of black businesses failing previously and two thirds of firms being retailers.
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Associated Press
United States
Richard Hayes
Interracial Council of Businesses
Los Angeles
Black Economic Research Center
New York
U.S
Earl Graves
Earl Graves Ltd
Graves
Black Enterprise Magazine
Hayes
Vincent
Southeast
Wiley Messick
Small Business Administration
Food Stamp Benefits Up July 1 Across Income Levels
The Agriculture Department says food stamp benefits rise July 1 with a cost of living increase and higher allowed earnings. A four member family with $150 monthly net income will receive stamps worth $162 for $41, while higher incomes see varying price steps up to $540 monthly. About 9,800 higher income families may not benefit.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ford
Congress
Swimming Pool Course Offered for Operators and Managers
Richard Thompson announced a swimming pool training session at the Cochman County Health Department 1010 S Sheridan. Registration starts 8 30 a m with sessions on medical aspects pool operation tests and safety A voluntary testing program will be offered and certificates awarded at the end.
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Comanche County Health Department
S. Sheridan
Richard Thompson
Sanitarian
Gas-Guzzlers May Be Taxed Under Energy Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a fuel saving provision requiring average mileage of new cars to meet targets of 18 mpg in 1978 19 mpg in 1979 and 20 mpg thereafter. Manufacturers would face a tax based on the shortfall, with rates rising to 7 percent by 1980 for the worst performers.
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Ashington
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Joe D. Waggonner Jr
D-La
Waggoner
Energy Trust Fund
East Lawton considers junior high school despite costs
Lawton Board of Education hired Horacek & Smith to study feasibility of a possible East Lawton junior high as 1,200 students share MacArthur building. Eastside demand prompts call for cost estimates and financing options while west Lawton also faces needs for Eisenhower Junior High. The board set plans to review architectural options and bids for security systems, and approved salaries for girls athletic coaches amid a shift toward a 1975 76 program.
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Achitects Horacek & Smith
Lawton
East Lawton
Don van Meter
van Meter
Gary Wheatly
West Lawton
Eisen
Pat Conway
Horacek & Smith
Perry Horacek
Shoemaker Education Center
School System
Automatic Alarm Company
JRS Enterprises Inc
Southwest Security Systems
Hugh Bish
John Kitchens
MacArthur
Eileen Simpson
Willetta Walker
Jack Crabtree
N. L. Walden
Carol Etheridge
Paula Tate
Alton Charles
David Lucas
Education Board
Lawton High School
Eisenhower High School
Cameron University ROTC honors 30 cadets at awards day
Cameron University’s Military Science Department celebrated awards day naming 30 ROTC cadets for top achievements. The President’s Special Award saber went to Peter Dist erlic, with many class awards and individual honors to cadets across freshman through senior ranks.
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Cameron University
Military Science Department
Shepler Center
Cameron
Peter Disterlic
Don Owen
Department of the Army
Rebecca Fountaine
Michael Gray
James Waugh
Jimmy Pool
Cathy Barnes
Michael Hadley
J. D. Johnson
Manuel Nazario
Keith Winn
Sam Banks
Walter Hartlery
Ken Shelton
Richard McCrea
Ken Brown
Association of the United States Army
Charles Allen
American Legion
Eddie Hampton
Robert Boyles
Mike McGuffee
Gary Trede
Joanne Moore
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the USA
John Mantell
Daughters of the American Revolution
Victor Aguilar
Sons of the American Revolution
Cindy Fountaine
Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
National Sojourners
David Little
Steve McGuffin
American Veterans of World War II
Michael Ramirez
James Ballard
Thomas E. Campbell Association of the United States Army Company
Cameron University Ranger Company
Edward Hampton
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