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Pride Of Chickasha Band
Israelis Mount Air Strikes
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Storms, Floods Rip Wyoming Town
How Oklahoma
Representatives
Voted On Budget
WASHINGTON (UPI) -
The vote by which the House,
on a 309-119 roll call, Thursday
approved the compromise
budget resolution for 1986.
Voting for were 182 Demo*
crats and 127 Republicans.
Voting against were 67
Democrats and 52 Repub-
licans.
Democrats for:
McCurdy.
Democrats
The 1985 Pride of Chickasha
Marching Band will begin re-
hearsals at8:30a.m. Monday
The rehearsals will be Monday
through Friday with each prac-
tice lasting two hours. The band
will be working on music fund-
amentals, memorizing new
music, marching fundamentals
and putting together the show for
the first football game with
Marlow.
Due to the interest of students
who are wanting to join band,
there will be a beginners class in
the afternoon each day for high
school students wishing to
change instruments or begin
band for the first time. If
students are interested and need
an instrument, they should call
Joe Wayne Harper, CHS band
director, before Aug. 5.
Along with the daily re-
hearsals, activities are planned
for the students with an evening
movie, evening parties, a contest
and an all night skating adven-
it.
Senate passage swiftly fol-
lowed House approval, 309-119,
with 182 Democrats joining 127
Republicans to approve the
spending plan. Fifty two GOP
members and 67 Democrats op-
posed the budget.
higher.
But it still leaves a deficit of
$172 billion in 1966 and $113 bil-
lion in red ink projected by 1988
by the committee, though the
politically neutral Congressional
Budget Office predicted the defi
citfor 1968 at $161 billion.
Reagan won a small spending
increase for the Pentagon —
enough to keep up with inflation,
and with Democrats as unlikely
allies staved off a Senate GOP
effort to curb Social Security
payments.
Medicare, agriculture, trans-
portation and other programs
were cut.
Final Senate approval came
late Thursday, 67-32, with 37 Re-
OKLAHOMA
5 Democrats. 1 Republican
ture on Friday, Aug. 9.
The 1985 band will sport new
uniforms and will also have one
of the largest enrollments of rec-
ent bands at Chickasha High
School. Enrollment this year in
the band will be over 120 students
with 28 students coming from the
band auxiliary, 19 in the per
cussion section and 80 playing
cornets, clarinets, saxophones,
trombones, french horns, bari-
tones and tubas.
The music staff for the 1985-86
band will include Harper, high
school band director; Don New-
man, Middle School band direc-
tor; Kary Broadwick, working
with the percussion in the Chick-
asha Schools; and Helen Martin
who will be heading up the auxil-
iary of twirlers, rifles and flag
team.
The success the Pride of
Chickasha Band had in 1985 was
rewarding to the students. The
band won the state fair parade,
received a superior rating at the
Police and civil defense authorities said most of the victims ap-
peared to come from cars swept away by numerous walls of water
that crashed through main streets near two creeks that wind through
Cheyenne, the second largest city in Wyoming with just over 47,000
people.
Lightning struck numerous buildings during the violent night but
police said all of the fires started by the strikes were extinguished.
Police Sgt. Roger Alsop said the bodies of four people were found in
the debris of mud, cars and trees. Police officials this morning said at
least 10 people were known to be missing.
“We’re searching flooded areas, hoping there aren’t any bodies
there, but I’m suspecting there may be," Alsop said.
The storm moved into the city Thursday as daylight faded. The
National Weather Service said 6.06 inches of rain, a new record, fell
in approximately 3 % hours on ground already saturated by 10 days of
rainfall. The city’s previous record for rainfall in a 24-hour period
was 4.7 inches set on July 15,1896.
Officials who had monitored several dams in the area said they
expected all dams to hold.
Police Chief Byron Rookstool said a deputy sheriff was among the
missing. The officer, Rookstool said, had tied himself to a utility pole
and was handing people trapped in a car out to other rescue workers.
He said the deputy got two people out and was holding a little girl in
his arms when he and the girl were swept into the current.
Another missing person was an elderly woman on the northwest
side who told her family by telephone that she was going to her
basement because of the tornado warnings. When her relatives ar-
rived at her house this morning, the woman was missing and the
basement was full of 8-foot-deep water.
The Chickasha Express
Invites
Dale R. Glass
To the Southland Twin to see
FOLLOW THA TBIRD!
This coupon good for two
tickets to see the above pic-
ture.
pen.
Some senators, disappointed
at defeat in trying to trim Social
Security and other programs,
criticized the budget for not go-
ing far enough. Others com-
plained it contained no taxes —
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (UPI) — Thunderstorms brought a record-
setting 6-inch deluge, lightning that started fires and knocked out
power, and floodwaters that inundated houses and businesses and
killed four people. Ten people were missing and 33 were injured.
Among the missing currents were a deputy who rescued two people
after tethering himself to a pole and a girl he was trying to save when
they became caught in the current.
The storm also brought 2 inches of hail that piled into icy drifts 3
feet deep. Snowplows were brought in to remove drifts of remaining
hail, mud and debris from downtown and a flood at a hospital forced
doctors to treat the injured in the cafeteria.
Police feared they would find more victims after searching flooded
basements, where many people went after tornado warnings were
issued.
Civil Defense officials said most of the deaths appeared to be in
stalled cars and flooded basements. A house to house search began
today and police feared they would find more bodies.
Work crews have reopened most roads and highways. The piles of
hail and mud gave the downtown area the appearance of a mid-
winter snowstorm.
Deputy Police Chief Larry Marsh said residents spontaneously
participated in rescue operations throughout the nighttime hours. He
said people formed human chains to pull those trapped in cars and
homes to high ground.
“There area lot of heroes in Cheyenne this morning,” Marsh said.
Power was lost to much of the city and there were reports of
tornadoes and funnel clouds outside the city limits but none of the
twisters caused any damage.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) —
Israel mounted air strikes
against two Lebanese militia
bases in the Bekaa valley today,
killing at least 15 people and
wounding 20, police and security
sources said.
Two Israeli warplanes carried
out the bomb and rocket attacks
on National Syrian Social Party
bases near Chtaura and the vil-
lage of Boureirij, a few miles to
the west.
Initial reports indicated at
least 15 people were killed and
more than 20 others wounded in
the raids, security sources said.
They said a number of victims
Harper commented that the
instrumental staff is excited
with the students who have en
rolled and are really looking
forward to another outstanding
year. Harper further said that
the excitement of the 1985 year is
really carrying over to this year.
The students are excited with the
opportunities that lie ahead in
not only band honors but indi-
vidual achievements. “The new
uniforms will be quite an honor
to wear but the quality of
students are trying to achieve is
even more exciting," Harper
said.
publicans joining 30 Democrats get “marks only a beginning, not
to pass the plan. Fifteen Repub- an end" and pledged to examine
licans and 17 Democrats opposed “each and every upcoming ap-
propriation bill line by line... and
I will not hesitate to use my veto
Eaiaee
Hse
Reagan does not have to sign another thing Reagan opposes,
the budget. But he does have a Senate Budget Committee
First Lutheran
Church Slates
Evening VBS
Vacation Bible School is being
offered for all ages, adults as
well as children, at the First Lu-
theran Church, Ninth and Min
nesota. “God’s People Pray”, is
the theme of the VBS which will
be held from 7-8:30 p.m. Wed-
nesdays, Aug. 7,14,21 and 28.
During the activities, the par-
ticipants will not be divided by
age groups. This will give each
participant an opportunity to
learn from and share with people
of different age groups.
“Our society too often divides
people by age groups and then
wonders why we don’t under-
stand each other,” says Pastor
Peter Dom. “In this Bible School
we are trying to bring people of
different ages together, build
communication and strengthen
families. Prayer can be a center
which a family can come
together.”
The public is invited to this
free Bible School. For more in-
formation or transportation call
224-1552 or 224-3918.
District Weather
Friday’s district weather
forecast was mostly cloudy and
cooler with a 30 percent chance
of thunderstorms. Highs in the
mid 80s will be followed tonight
with a low near 70. Saturday’s
outlook calls for partly cloudy
skies, warmer temperatures and
a high in the lower 90s. Friday’s
noon thermometer reading 85.
The Chickasha Express
Invites
Frank Bortell
To the Washita Theater to see
EUROPEAN VA CA TION
This coupon good for two
tickets to see the above pic-
ture.
English, Synar, Watkins.
Republican for: Ed-
\wards.3
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Con-
gress approved a budget for next
fiscal year that takes a small bite
out of the federal deficit, but
nearly everyone — from Presi-
dent Reagan on down—is saying
more must be done.
The budget that passed Con-
gress Thursday night and sent
lawmakers home for a month-
long vacation broke a seven-
week House-Senate conference
stalemate and capped a process
that started in January.
By latest estimate the $967.6
billion spending blueprint cuts
about 157 billion from the antici-
pated deficit of $220 billion. Ear-
lier estimates put the
deficit-reduction at $55 billion.
Some say its cuts could run
Farm Bill Shelved,
Lawmakers Recess
WASHINGTON (UPI) — Congressional agriculture committee
members, falling to send farm bills to the full Senate and House
before their August recess, say they will have to trim costs in
September
Until shortly before the beginning of the recess today, both
! committees had talked of finishing the most contentious parts of
farm legislation — commodity price supports. But both versions
surpass a congressional budget ceiling and budget realities sunk
in.
House Chairman Kika de la Garza, D-Texas, said Thursday his
committee would have to cut possibly $10 billion from the three-
i year costs of the bill.
Senate Agriculture Chairman Jesse Helms, R-N.C., estimated a
measure pending before his committee would cost $53.2 billion
over three years — $18.2 billion more over three years than the
congressional budget ceiling.
Lawmakers had talked of giving farmers, especially producers
of winter wheat who soon will plant 1966 crops, a good indication of
what to expect in the omnibus farm legislation.
“I’m afraid any definitive guidance for our farmers is simply
not going to be available for two or three months,” said Rep. Leon
Panetta, D-Calif., who moved the House committee adjourn and
send its bill to the floor no later than Sept. 10, a week after
Congress returns to Washington.
Senate Republican leader Robert Dole, after backing off a
threat to bypass the Senate panel to take a bill to the floor before
the recess, instead deplored high costs of the Senate bill in dis-
cussions on the floor.
Lawmakers were faced with a tough dilemma of blaming large
budget deficits for harsh economic conditions facing American
farmers, but supporting subsidies that add to the budget deficit to
offset loss of farm income.
At the White House, President Reagan met with his Cabinet
Council on Economic Policy, where he got an update on current
poor economic conditions in agriculture, the status of farm legis-
lation and a review of a deteriorating farm credit situation.
Dole, R-Kan., and Helms emphasized two issues — their desire
to aim subsidies at smaller farmers and opposition to a majority
on the Senate committee seeking a four-year freeze in cash sub-
sidies to wheat, feed grain, cotton and rice farmers instead of a
reduction in payments beginning in 1987.
“It would be cruel hoax on farmers and taxpayers alike to give
any indication that the four-year freeze being advanced has any
chance of becoming law,” Helms said. He also was critical of
^ senators talking about helping family farms.____________________)
Grace Baptist
Friday Singing
Is Set Tonight
The Grace Baptist Church,
1910 South 20th, will be holding
its monthly First Friday Night
Singing at7:30p.m. Friday.
There will be singers from
Marlow, Purcell and Oklahoma
City. Also, the Howard Taylor
Indian Family Singers from
Oklahoma City
There will also be con-
gregational, quartets, duets,
trios and solos
The event is open to the public
and everyone is invited.
We Saw
fom Morris, being smart at
the grocery store...Chickasha
Shadows Softball Team, leaving
for a regional tournament in
Enid...Mr. and Mrs. Jim Smith,
eating lunch Thursday...Jeanie
Bledsoe, in a telephone con-
versation...Bonnie Stover,
taking care of business... Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Byrd, enjoying a Thu-
rsday night out.
Melissa Tollison, visiting in
Chickasha... Sony a Sayles, visit-
ing the Daily Express...Shirley
Browning, in a telephone con-
versation. ..Tammi Tryon and
Shanon Pearcy, at the store...
Kristy Ryans, happy to get her
husband home...Clarence Davis,
working on a car...Jeanette
Barnett, putting gas in her car...
Charlie Drew, stopping by the
Daily Express this morning...
Pete Kadyk, busy at work Thu-
rsday afternoon.
remained trapped in the rubble.
Four Israeli jets provided air
cover while the two planes made
bombing and rocket runs.
One target was a two-story
villa on the Beirut-Damascus in
Chtaura that served as the pol-
itical headquarters for the
party’s activities in the Bekaa.
“The building has been flat-
tened and there are many casu-
alties. Some have been removed
but others are still under the
rubble,” a police spokesman
said.
“The militias have surrounded
the area and rescue work is in
progress, "he said.
The second target, at Boueirij,
was a training camp — a cluster
of small buildings, the security
sources said.
The attacks apparently were
ordered in retaliation for a wave
of suicide attacks against Israeli
troops and their South Lebanon
Army allies in and near the se-
curity zone the Jewish state has
established in Lebanese ter-
ritory along its northern border.
The NSSP, a Lebanese militia
and political party aligned with
Syria and the Lebanese Moslem
militia camp, has claimed re-
sponsibility for six suicide car
bomb attacks. At least 30 people
have been killed in the car bom-
bings.
The latest suicide attack oc-
curred Wednesday in the south
Lebanon village of Arnoun when
a youth blew up his explosive-
laden car as an Israeli patrol
passed.
Jobless Rate Remain Steady
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The summer jobs were harder to find    The increase in employment
nation’s unemployment rate in   than usual. The rate for black   by 490,000 jobs, to 106.86 million,
July remained at 7.3 percent for   teenagers climbed to 41.3 per-   almost made up the similar-
the sixth consecutive month,   cent, the highest since March.      sized drop that surprised analy-
thanks to a surge in construction The total number of un- sts in June — a switch that now
and restaurant jobs, the Labor   employed workers, at 8.451   appears to have been a stat-
Department said today.            million, is just 40,000 people less istical problem more than an ac-
Despite the addition of about than it was a year ago.             tual decision by people to remain
500,000 new jobs in July, un- A particularly negative trend unemployed.
employment among black   in the latest report was an in-     The figures have also ben-
workers and teenagers in-   crease of 200,000 in the number of   efited in recent months by a
creased sharply and factory   the unemployed who were laid   slowdown in the growth of the
workers recovered none of the   off or fired. This was balanced   working age population so that
more than 200,000 jobs they have   somewhat, however, by the fact   the labor force expanded by only
lostso far this year ’                fewer people voluntarily chose to    1.3 million in the 12 months from
The unemployment rate has leave their jobs.                  July of last year compared to 2.1
actually changed very little for a Another negative was a   million from January to De
year and not at all after January,   12-minute shortening of the   cemberl984.
as industrial employment has average work week, which The jobless rate for adult men
been steadily eroded by import   translates into billions of dollars   improved slightly, moving from
competition but jobs in retailing,   in payroll income no longer   6.5 percent to 6.3 percent, and the
finance, insurance and con-   available to the economy. The   rate for adult women also
struction have improved.          length of the factory work week   changed very little, down to 6.6
The unemployment rate for   did not change, remaining at 40.4   percent from 6.7 percent.
black workers rose a full point to hours.                            The unemployment rate for
15 percent, wiping out what ap- An accompanying unemploy- black workers, at 15 percent,
peared to have been a sharp im-   ment rate, that includes the mili-   was more than twice the 6.4 per-
provementin June.               tary as employed workers,   cent for white workers. The rate
The unemployment rate for   remained at 7.2 percent and like   for Hispanic workers jumped to
teenagers rose slightly more   the overall rate, was unchanged   11.2 percent in July from June’s
than a point to 19.5 percent as   from February on.                 10.6 percent.
say on congressional money bills Chairman Pete Domenici,
and immediately vowed to have R-N.M , after listening to the
his “veto pen "ready.             criticism, said: “I can’t see how
In an official White House anyone around here can say it’s
statement released when the the greatest. But I also can’t see
favorable vote was assured. Re how $277 billion (in cuts over
agan said the compromise bud 1986-88) off the president’s bud-
get is an insignificant job. It’s
only the bigget budget cut in the
history of the Republic.”
House Budget Committee
Chairman William Gray, D-Pa.,
-- I                   _    _                                              called the budget a “major de-
Rehearsals Begin Monday
• better than nothing," added Sen.
district marching contest, get- Lawton Chiles, D-Fla.
ting the Outstanding Band Senate moves to eliminate
trophy in the Chickasha Christ- about a dozen programs failed,
mas Parade, receiving a supe and the only major program
rior rating in the Tri-State Music eliminated by the budget was
Festival field marching com- federal revenue sharing, and
petition, winning it’s class in the that not until 1987. The House
street competition in the Million was forced to agree to the
Dollar Parade and winning the Senate’s higher military spen-
Class BB Sweepstakes trophy at ding figure of $302.5 billion in fis-
the Tri-State Music Festival.       cal 1986.
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