Regents Seek State Aid Boost for Cameron College
Oklahoma Regents ask the Legislature to approve a 29.5 million statewide higher education budget increase with Cameron College getting a 1 million rise in state funds. Regents propose 164.2 million total for 20 institutions, 120.2 million from state appropriations, up from 90.7 million. Cameron’s share would reach about 1.1 million from campus revenues plus 1.0 million more in state funds, lifting its 1974 75 budget to roughly 4.24 million with a 1.01 million rise over last year.
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Defense Panel Endorses Funds for All-Volunteer Forces
A House panel approved a defense funding package amid strong criticism of the all-volunteer concept. It urged minimum mental education quotas, called for removing about 6 500 low performers, and backed a one year support for the program. The $74.5 billion appropriation falls $2.8 billion short of the Pentagon request and targets cuts in weapons procurement.
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Oklahoma officials back Nixon energy plan efforts
Oklahoma figures including Dean A. McGee of Kerr-McGee Oil, William Talley II, and Jim R. Cox voiced support for President Nixon's energy proposals. Governor Hall warned the measures may not fully solve the crisis yet urged cooperation to curb home heating oil usage and energy demand.
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Cutback on Christmas Display Lights Initiated
Downtown Lawton Inc executive committee voted to discontinue overhead decorations this year. The Lawton Home Builders Association will not sponsor the lighting and decoration contest. Displays will stay lit briefly on Christmas Eve and Day for residents to view. A similar directive affects Comanche.
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Council Weighs PVC Piping in City Water Mains
The council reviews allowing PVC pipe in water mains from four to 16 inches replacing or supplementing cast iron. City Manager Larry Fountaine notes PVC costs and compatibility with existing standards and cites a recent use at the Public Service Company power station.
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Weather outlook with showers through Tuesday persists
The forecast shows showers possible through Tuesday with a 40 percent chance on Tuesday. Cooler temperatures follow with highs in the mid-60s this afternoon, a low around the mid-40s tonight, and a Tuesday high near the mid-50s. Sunday topped at 55 with a 43 low.
Baptists Plan Georgian Colonial Church as New Sanctuary
Architects describe a Georgian Colonial style for a Baptist church to be built with a high steeple. Ted Horton calls the plan traditional while Bodenhamer notes the early American design aims to evoke classic sanctuary architecture. project details appear in Church coverage on Page 4.
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Dynamite Cache Found Near Ramada Inn
A city street department worker found a box of about 50 dynamite sticks hidden in a ravine east of the Ramada Inn and south of the highway interchange. Police sealed routes as the bomb squad removed the box, which had no blasting caps, and authorities sought its origin.
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Bill Davis
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Ferris Avenue
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Cease-fire talks and hijack news ripple across Middle East
Israeli and Egyptian generals met on the Suez cease-fire line inside Egypt to push a deadlock toward troop withdrawals while planning resumed talks. In Malta a Dutch jumbo jet hijacked by Palestinian guerrillas arrived from Libya with 247 passengers and 17 crew. Rose Mary Woods testified she listened to the missing 18 minute White House tape segment. Greece’s military rulers pulled tanks and troops from Athens as ousted President Papadopoulos remains under house arrest amid a bloodless coup that toppled him.
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Nixon pushes energy plan to curb fuel shortages
President Nixon urged voters at a Seafarers International Union AFL CIO convention to back a plan to make the United States energy self sufficent by 1980 and cut gasoline and home heating oil deliveries by 15 percent to stave off shortages. He described himself as ship captain staying at the helm until the vessel reaches port and tied the plan to strengthening the merchant marine.
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