Army Officials Deny Knowledge Of Payoffs
Army officials testified before a Senate subcommittee denying knowledge of payoffs to military meal inspectors at two New England packing houses. Pentagon actions to tighten the food inspection process were discussed as Capt. James Flom admitted limited supervision and morale problems in the Boston unit.
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Apicena
New England
Charles Elia
Army Veterinary Corps
Senate
Mittee
Subcommittee
Elia
Pentagon
New England Merit-Packing
Defense Department
James O. Flom
Boston
Inspection Corps
Boston Post
Flom
County Leaders Keep Marie Detty Center Under Juvenile Bureau
Comanche County commissioners yielded to juvenile bureau supporters and kept control of the Marie Detty Youth Services Center with District Judge Chad Bledsoe and the bureau. They will sign a state aid contract while maintaining current management, enabling a total Marie Detty budget of about 195000 for the next fiscal year and placing funds in the county treasury for centralized oversight.
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Comanche County
Juvenile Bureau
Marie Detty Youth Services Center
Dist
Chad Bledsoe
State Welfare Department
Cen
Marie Detty
State Department of Institutions, Social and Rehabilitative Services
DISRS
Thunderstorms Linger Over Oklahoma With Severe Weather
A cold front into Oklahoma brings scattered showers and a few severe thunderstorms. The National Weather Service warns storms continue tonight and Thursday with clearing Friday. Rain chances about 56 percent, northerly winds, and mid 70s highs with lower 50s nights. An intense storm southeast of Alva triggered a severe thunderstorm warning for Woods and Major Counties. The outlook through Saturday predicts fair to partly cloudy skies and no precipitation.
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Oklahoma
National Weather Service
Alva
Woods
Budget clash as OK senator seeks prison funding boost
Oklahoma City AP report notes the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a substitute bill adding 4 million to the Department of Corrections budget to hire 271 more employees and strengthen prison staffing amid Gov. David Boren’s push for prison construction funding. The measure targets 23.3 million in corrections spending to cover new hires and operation needs.
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Oklahoma City
Senate Appropriations Committee
David Boren
Department of Corrections
Herschal Crow
D-Altus
Boren
Jim Hamilton
D-Poteau
Hamilton
Poteau
Reagan and Ford win big as Nebraska confers swing in primary
Reagan scores a Nebraska victory with 54 percent of the vote as Ford trails. Ford wins West Virginia decisively, while Frank Church shocks in Nebraska by defeating Carter in the Democratic primary. Carter narrowly tops Udall in Connecticut. Byrd cruises West Virginia in the Democratic contest.
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Onald Reagan
Ford
Frank Church
Reagan
Nebraska
West Virginia
Church
Landslides Isolate Towns After New Italian Quakes
Strong tremors rocked northeastern Italy adding damage to quake ravaged towns. Four people reported missing under rubble. Gemona suffered palace destruction while rescuers pulled a trapped police captain and civilian alive. Hospitals and jails faced heightened distress as aftershocks continued.
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Udine
Italy
Rome
Gemona
Eastern Alps
IRS seeks two million to claim $400 windfall in earned income credit
The IRS says over two million Americans may be eligible for a $400 windfall under the earned income credit for 1975 but only about 300,000 have filed to receive it. Up to $1.5 billion is set aside to pay claimed credits, which may refund taxes or reduce amounts owed. IRS notes many potential recipients have not claimed the credit and continues outreach ahead of the filing deadline.
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Ashington
IRS
Internal Revenue Service
Fence Across Road Sparks Trash Dump Protest North of MacArthur High
County official Oscar Sanders says no immediate problem with a fence built by Larry Cabelka across a county road north of MacArthur High School to stop illegal trash dumping. Sheriff Coy Rogers notes the barrier, a four strand barbed wire fence, may be hard to see at night and urges clearer marking. The fence, about a half mile north of Cache Road near Fort Sill East Range, may remain until future road needs arise.
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OUNTY
Oscar Sanders
MacArthur High School
Larry Cabelka
45Th Street
Cache Road
Coy Rogers
Cabelka
Rogers
Fort Sill East Range
Sanders
MacArthur Park
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Associated Press
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Greek Islands
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