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4 ■ THE OKLAHOMA DAILY ■ Saturday, September 15, 1990
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Mildren said the key to high-
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Mildren said he will be “an ad-
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that ll out of 13 OU senior foot- of governing only from
Mildren said he favors House
Bill 1017, the $223 million educa-
tion and tax measure.
“I think 1017 is only a start. 1
do think it is a positive start.
“Just from talking to the com-
nor would be to bring “quality"
jobs to Oklahoma.”
“It’s obvious that Oklahomans
3< of every 1Vl< of sales tax you pay sUys
right here in Norman to support...
Budget constraints also have
forced the FAA to furlough all its
workers at the Oklahoma City fa-
cility. The government employees
are currently taking two and one-
half days off without pay for every
two weeks of work.
Although he hopes to bring
back some of the workers, Kim-
mel said, “we won’t know any-
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States, Oklahoma has gained
some positive notoriety by the
very fact that it is trying some-
thing on the educational front,”
Mildren said.
Mildren said he has spent
$154,333 of $164,420 in campaign
top priority as lieutenant gover- funds.
“■ Mildren faces fellow Democrat
Jim Davis in the Sept. 18 runoff
election.
OU’s .
kicked off at 2 p.m. Friday when
campus representatives met to
discuss this year’s plans and goals.
OU has set a $67,500 goal while
the Norman community goal is campaign.
$750,000. Campus representatives whose ^ave bcen released because the
“OU is very important to the offices have 50 percent participa-
” tion or an increase in participa-
tion more than 10 percent from
grade point rule
By Tim Hoover just don’t make enough money,”
POLITICAL REPORTER he said. .
“Sure, we want to bring m
more jobs. Sure, we want busi-
nesses to grow in Oklahoma. But
cratic candidate for lieutenant the kind of growth we want to see
is not the minimum wage type
scenario,” Mildren said.
“We want to see the kind of job
growth that allows an Oklahoma
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United Way campaign,” said
Kathey Hopper, executive direc-
“Our needs are higher than our watches.
set goal, but we are hoping Jo ■pfierc arc 32 agencies in the
Norman area that are run by the
United Way.
This year’s United Way cam-
jgj OU workers lose
jobs in cutbacks
FAA has ended the program in
Oklahoma City and is decentral-
izing the training, Kimmel said
Other individuals in different
huvi vvni.uw* — ______ areas t*ie academy W’U be laid
Action Administration, recently off based primarily on their per-
’ i formance and secondly on their
seniority, he said.
- - . Kimmel hopes these will be the
decreased only cuts needed. ‘‘It all depends
the federal
on what the FAA budget
is. . . We augment the FAA
staff,” he said.
OU signed a new five-year
multi-million dollar contract to
provide instructors to the FAA
the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Aug. 3. The contract continued a
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agency.
“We can’t do anything with an
awful lot of certainty,” he said.
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Rep. Wes Watkins, D-Ada,
Senate has given final legislative wrote the House version of the
approval to a bill calling for a bill. The Senate essentially adopt-
i on preserving Route 66 and ed Watkins’ language for the bill
it passed late Thursday night, I
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we are hoping to
achieve over the set amount this
year,” she said.
The OU campaign comprises
donations from various offices on
Campaign kicks off
By Tracy Schlecht “Last year OU contributed
STAFF REPORTER over the set goal and this year we
—----—------------------ hope to be able to do the same,”
director and chair of the OU
United Way campaign.
The OU Alumni Association
donated two OU watches to the
By Erik Eek
administration reporter_______
Some OU employees, working
under contract to the Federal
(toed to walking papers in
the mail.
The FAA forced the staff cut-
back in response to c--------
funding from the federal
x government.
Rex Kimmel, director of na-
tional air traffic control training
K for OU, said a total of 34 OU
HUE workers at the FAA academy at
Center in Oklahoma City will be 20-year relationship between the
laid off.
The staff cuts will take place in
two stages. The first cuts will take
effect Sept. 28, the last working
day of the month, when 18 people
will be laid off, Kimmel said.
An additional 16 workers will
be laid off Oct. 19, the day after
the academy is scheduled to grad-
uate one of its classes, Kimmel
United Way campaign said Don Flegal, OU personnel said.
He said OU’s contract with the
FAA includes 10 separate tasks,
each of which is a minicontract.
All OU workers involved with the
Former OU AH-American
quarterback and current Demo-
governor Jack Mildren says he
prefers the term “student-ath-
lete” to “athlete-student.”
Mildren said he favors a 2.0 „
minimum grade point average for family to survive and prosper
students to participate in extra-
curricular activities, a proposal
put forth by the Oklahoma State paying jobs ,s
Regents for Higher Education.
“I’m for reasonable standards business in Oklahoma
that are fair to all. It is imperative cruiting
that our athletes move toward 1-------------
graduation,” he said. vocate for the people” by taking
Mildren said he takes pride government on t— ------
that 11 out of 13 OU senior foot- of governing only from the state
ball players graduated last year. Capitol.
“Sure, I wish it was 13 out of
13, but 11 out of 13 is a heck of an
achievement,” Mildren said.
Mildren, 40, who played in the
National Football League for
three years, said it is important to
emphasize graduation among col- panjes j know around the United
lege athletes since so few will play - — • • • • •
professionally.
“We need to make sure that
the phrase that’s used is student-
athlete, not athlete-student.”
Mildren lists his occupation as
oil and gas exploration and said a
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Schuldt, Scott. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 15, 1990, newspaper, September 15, 1990; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1819044/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.