Oklahoma Legislature Clears Pay Raise Impasse Ahead of June 8 Adjournment
Oklahoma House and Senate leaders announced a resolved pay raise plan after a meeting with Gov. David Boren. The agreement backs a one step raise for earners under 670 dollars monthly, merit raises for the higher paid, and state funding of the retirement cost. The leaders expect to form the joint appropriations committee soon and push bills to final passage by June 8, though it will be tight.
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Oklahoma City
House
Senate
Gene Howard
Bill Willis
David Boren
Joint Conference Committee On Appropriations
Howard
Willis
State Budget Office
Rep
John Miskelly
House Appropriations Committee
Budget Office
Weather Outlook Shows Chance of Rain Over Next Two Days
The forecast calls for variably cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of rain tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures will run cooler with highs in the mid 70s and tonight’s low around the upper 50s. Monday’s high reached 86 and the low was 64.
Solons Blast Social Security Measure
Washington lawmakers attacked President Carter's plan to shore up Social Security, calling it a gimmick and fiscal legerdemain. Rep. Joe Waggoner warned the move would turn Social Security into welfare, while Rep. Bill Archer labeled the presentation a magic show and warned of deficits and program cuts. Senate figures urged cautious steps, with no rush to changes beyond short-term financing.
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Washington
Carter
House
Joe Waggoner
D-La
Ways and Means
Bill Archer
Texas
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Treasury
Social Security Fund
Archer
Ways and Means Committee
al Ullman
Oregon
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Carter urges NATO to bolster strength amid Soviet buildup
President Carter addressed a NATO summit in London urging the 15 members to increase military muscle to counter what he called stronger Warsaw Pact forces. He proposed a defense ministers committee to study alliance capabilities and report next May in Washington, while vowing U.S. help in development and procurement.
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London
Carter
NATO
Western Europe
Soviet Bloc
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Washington
Soviet Union
Warsaw Pact
Europe
Mobile Meals volunteers praised as Lawton program grows
Effort Alive And Well Meals volunteers in Lawton are lauded as the Mobile Meals program serves nearly 100 home bound elderly and handicapped daily with hot nutritious meals. A 2 to 4 p m reception hosted by the Mobile Meals board celebrates about 500 volunteers at the McMahon Foundation.
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Sallie Barker
Lawton Mobile
Reather Fields
Raul Sanchez
197Th Military Police
Fort Sill
Lawton
McMahon Foundation
Mobile Meals Board
Vivian Becker
Wheat prices fall in Lawton area as harvest looms
Lawton area wheat drops to $2.05 per bushel the lowest in over five years amid expectations of further declines to around $1.90. Oklahoma Wheat Commission chair Rosston Lotspeich predicts costs could fall to $1.80 while harvest accelerates across the belt into Canada.
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Lawton
Jimmie Sexton
Sexton
Canada
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