The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 59, No. 151, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981 Page: 2 of 18
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House removes tax
The House of Representatives
voted last week to remove the sales
tax on prescription drugs.
The bill would remove both state
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Blaine County Commissioner
State Senate leader Marvin York Orville Pratt was found guilty last
said he will try to stop the bill from week of trying to cheat Blaine
passing the Senate. York believes county. . .
they should wait until the 1982 he IS. the first county official
session to make a final decision. to be tried on charges that result
House Speaker Dan Draper says from an FBI and Internal Revenue
the state might lose as much as Service investigation into some
$6.4 million in revenue the first county governments.
year. Cities and towns could lose rratt was charged with taking
$5.5 million. 21,870 from a company in Midwest
If the bill passes, it will not go City. In exchange for the money
into effect until July 1,1982 nratt was to see that the county
did business with the Midwest City
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The three au Ueun hone descend
to Earth to confront the Men of Stevi
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The drouth in Oklahoma is not AI . , A,,
over according to Rick Smith, a "Kia noma heads SAC post
state Water Resources Board President Reagan picked a
official. former Oklahoma high school foot-
At the end of May Oklahoma ball star last week to head up the
was one of 20 states listed by the Strategic Air Command (SAC)
National Weather Service as still SAC is at Offutt Air Base near
in a serious drouth. Omaha, Neb.
If Oklahoma doesn’t get a lot of Lt. Gen. Bennie L. Davis, 53, will
rain during June, some areas of take charge August 1.
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naturalist program for ages his magnificent distribution
6-13. Meet in lodge lobby and ventured six hearts
11... nw1. . West passed, conventional
11 00 a.m -Outdoor activi- lv he thought, to show first
t: volleybail (sign up in round heart control
recreation office). East especially at rubber
2:00 p.m.-Naturalist hike. bridge should have taken out
3:00 p.m.-Lino block prin- some insurance and bid seven
ting. For this arts and crafts,
meet in the amphitheatre
4:00 p.m.-Get outdoors
with park naturalist on a
hike
7:30 p.m.-Live entertain-
ment in the amphitheatre.
8:30 p.m.--Fireworks
display can be viewed from
the lodge parking lot.
Sunday
1:00 p.m.-Outdoor activi-
ty: Putt away on putting
green
2.00 p.m -Hike with the
park naturalist. Meet in lob-
by
3:00 p.m.-Arts and crafts:
make pom-poms and
Kilroys
4:00 p m.-Naturalist hike.
doubled undoubtedly hoping FinEmAH NOWI 4 big WEEKS
Wildly distributional hands for an unusual i spade) lead L-EunF imm-
frequently lead to equally West led a club which was MAIINLE OAllY MON hr FRI «'i»
unusual auctions and results ruffed by declarer At trick Susn "" 1 5 "eb ’» ♦« Thon »
Today's hand does not come two South led a trump which
from a computer dealt out West won The contract could
tournament deal, but from a still be beaten, but West
Friday
2:00 p in.-Hike with
Naturalist Jeff Briley. Meet
at the lodge lobby.
3:00p.m -Outdoor games:
tennis, frisbee, horseshoes.
4 00 p.m.-Another hike, if
you missed the first one.
7:30 p.m.-Come to the am-
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8:30 p m -“Psycho” was normal He only had 11 nerable leap to six clubs must
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Will be shown for tree in the jump to six clubs was area shown up with two hearts__
banquet room. sonable gamble Consequently, declarer played • ■
Saturday South. of course, had no Fast for a spade void and wammszm
10:00 am.-Junior desire to defend six clubs with racked up his doubled slam QLrUS3D "' nut
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Twelvesearsago, Tomoka, Dr. Thomas McPherson The research team first
the National Zoos star Brown es the treatment of saw Tomoka in 1969
gorilla, was a bag ol bones at tetracycline and anti- Despairing of the standard
90 pounds, crippled with ai- inflammatory drugs on the treatment, zoo officials were
thritis, about to be put to gorillas and on arthritis- prepared to put Tomoka out
sleep to end his agony afflicted humans indicates of his misery
Today, Tomoka is a robust the disease may be preven- u. ■ .. ii
380 pounds, m l! .........I t bl, and perhaps curalle. Brown said the gorillas
life, bounding iboutlik - Brown,‛directororatam treated have responded well
teenager and . sen ........searchers based at the andare excellent subjects
specimen of a gorilla, says Arihriti Institute in Ari- because eyare con-
ndanonal 203 M.ke ' pinted • irlhti modervabi eon:
MDlSain diligS Monday to the
And thanks to the tests and quadrennial International
treatments on Tomoka and a Rheumatology Congress in in his presentation, Brown
dozen other arthritic gorillas Paris. said his conclusions were
in zoos around the world, a He said the disease is caus- based on a dozen years of
team of researchers believes ed by him coplasma- virus- work with gorillas and 35
medical science may have like microorganisms - and years of tests and
the potential of preventing testing •provides hope treatments on humans,
and curing the 2,000-year-old through early definitive safe Experts estimate 31
disease that afflicts an treatment lh.it (he era of million Americans suffer
estimated 400 million suf- preventive arthritis Will soon from all forms of arthritis.
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Gilmore, Robert K.; Hart, Sandra & Hale, Dave. The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 59, No. 151, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 24, 1981, newspaper, June 24, 1981; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2115686/m1/2/?q=Cadet+Nurse+Corps: accessed June 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.