The Altus Times-Democrat (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 50, No. 217, Ed. 1 Friday, September 10, 1976 Page: 1 of 12
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Altus, Vernon Renew Red River Rivalry Tonight
The Altus TIMES-DEMOCRA’T
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1976
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On Improvements:
Monthly City
Partial list shows $1.8 million spent Revenue Told
upgrading, 245,000; Remodel Blue Room, 39,000
(See SPENDING Page 12)
Indian Plane Hijacked
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TOMORROW'S FLIGHTS
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the lake and those interested in
interested, just get a load of needed.
this intelligence.
The CSJ is brought to you by
asking
if all the fags (that’s slang for the makers of Fairmont Foods, be
1974 were laid end-to-end, a Jack Barnes, distributor.- ramps, but all aspects and all
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Sees Texas
AMERICAN/Grat‘Plains WEATHER
See Your Travel Agency or (all Toll Free 1-800-4 33-2330
the dancers are Debbie Bailey, Brenda Webb,
Valerie Wilson, Lisa Dickman, Susan Ray, Susan
Rodgers, Becky Truax and Donna Honeycutt.
ARRIVE 9:40 am
ARRIVF : 50p.m
ARRIV E 12:30 pm
All year long, Ford and his
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CHARLESTON DANCERS, all members of
That Altus Band, will perform again tonight at
half-time of the Altus-Vernon game. From left,
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community turn out for the
game here and when we go to
Vernon as they do for no other
during the year. This should be
the top game of the state
tonight."
There will be wide coverage
for the high school level
Oklahoma-Texas game as well.
For both teams winning the
contest is one of the highlights
of the season Altus and Vernon
have been playing football
since early in the century and
may be the longest time
the lake improvements.
Ottman said the group would
projects.
Miles Hall, city auditor, in a report prepared for the finance
committee in June, said the actual city sales tax collections for
TWO WHITE FEMALES entered the Friendship Store,
south of Navajo School, around 1 p.m today and stole about
$100. One woman was reportedly a blonde and the other,
dark-haired
They are reportedly driving a white Chevrolet headed
south Police and sheriff officials have set up road blocks
They are reportedly unarmed
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A BAKE SALE to raise money for the Mexican-American
Queen candidacy of Melba Rodriquez will be held from 10
a.m. to 5 pm Saturday at the Broadway United Super-
market
SERA ING HOURS FOR the Altus High School Junior (lass
hamburger supper will be from 5:30-7 30 pm. tonight. and
( lass members believe their plans will provide quick service
for all patrons
Tickets are $1 50 and may be purchased at the door or from
any junior class member A full menu will be served, in-
cluding hamburgers, a variety of "trimmings" from which to
select, potato chips, chocolate cake and a choice of pop, milk
or coffee
Altus vicinity - Clearing today with temperatures
remaining unseasonably cool. Highs in the upper 70s to
low Itos.
Weather readings - High Thursday 72. Overnight low
56 Noon today 72.
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they would undoubtely reach a This path would weigh two upgrading the outdoor facilities
substantial distance. billion pounds and would will attend the session.
But if it is the expanse of the require 43% billion square feet Dick Reber is chairman of
cigarette industry you are just to grow the tobacco the chamber’s action group for
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was $4,017,465, while the
$413 billion budget of federal
spending which they sait will
reduce employment. Left to right
Birthday greetings to ALIEN HOUSEHOLDER.an
unsigned letter was received by The ATD and we’ll run it if
the writer will come and sign it ROGER BRUMLEY does
a great job with an assignment....
Local fans are in for some great excitement at the opening
hat Altus Band show tonight coming from SHANNON
FEATHERSTONE and MARK CAIN, both junior drum
majors . RAY HOLSEY, CM STEWART and JIM
ABOUSSIE are hard to find. ..
Wonder if JOE i Petr ocelli) WATT has paid that Rotary bill
yet?....that’s not a clinker STEVE SUTTLE drives it’s an
antique car ..JOHN BUCK is reminded of an unpleasant
subject. ..BYRON PAUL greets visitors in a quiet manner ...
are House Speaker Carl Albert, (D
Okla.), Brock Adams (D Wash.)
and House Majority Leader
Thomas O'Neill.
the Altus Chamber
Commerce.
Chamber Manager
Ottman said today
WASHINGTON (UPI)
Democrats in Congress won the
great debate over the budget
hands down In fact, when it
came to the final moment,
there was almost no debate
The House, by a vote of 227 to
151 Thursday, approved $413 2
billion in spending by the
federal government for the
fiscal year beginning Oct. 1
The Senate, by a vote of 55 to j
23, approved $412.8 billion. g
A House-Senate conference I
committee planned to iron out |
relatively minor differences E
between the two proposed I
budgets and send the final 2
version back to both houses for I
final passage next week
Both the House and Senate I
version call for about $19 billion I
more in spending than Presi- I
dent Ford proposed in January ’
and some $14 billion more than
Ford’s budget revised at
midyear, which reflected some E
congressional decisions Ford I
had opposed 1
The House and Senate ver- E
sions include virtually all the I
money Ford requested for I
defense, more than he asked I
for jobs and other domestic 1
programs, and they reject $10 r
billion in new tax cuts he I
proposed.
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NEW DELHI, India UPI > — earlier reported there were 83 only that the information came second tune an Indian aircraft operating budget is incomplete
opponents in the inter-state A Ione hijacker Friday com- persons aboard. from our sources has been hijacked to Pakistan Of the $511,480 revenue for
football records. mandeered an Indian Airlines A spokesman for the domes- The Indian news agency said since the two nations became the month of August, $418,598 38
Head Coach David Brown jetliner carrying 84 persons on be airlines said the hijacker the plane lost contact with the ndependent in August, 1947 was derived from the sale of
thinks both teams will be up for a flight from New Delhi to appeared to be acting alone. New Delhi control tower shortly Two Kashmiri Moslems hi- utilities On Sept 2, the clerk s
the game. 'Vernon is the most Bombay and forced it to land in but he had no information on after takeoff. jacked a commercial plane on office reported the amount of
physical team we may meet Lahore, Pakistan. Airline offi- the motive, possible demands it said the twin-engine plane a flight from Srinagar to utility billings to be $4,36.921 01
this year. They will be ready to dals said the hijacker appar- or a weapon, saying officials landed safely at Lahore airport Pakistan in February, 1971 and Revenue items of more than
play ball and so will we Much ently wanted to fly to I j by a were unable to place a call to at 839 a m. 1139 pm. EDT blew it up after all passengers $1 000 were Sales Tax,
depends upon which team The officials said the Boeing Lahore to speak to the captain Thursday i and crew had been evacuated $55.518 01; interest income,
wants to win the most.” 737 earned 77 passengers and a of the plane. Lahore, Pakistan’s second Last July 24, India and $5,377 50, court fines $4,800;
Vernon Band will present the crew of seven, one of them a "We have information that argest city, is 200 miles Pakistan re-established di- water taps, $2,328 71 and land
first portion of the half-time stewardess trainee. India’s na- (the plane) might go to Libya," orthwest of New Delhi plomatic relations, which were rent, $1,080
ARRIVE iw P.m. show as the guests of the tional news agency Samacher the spokesman said. He said The hijacking marked the broken during their 1971 war.
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The total revenue for the
City officials today provided a partial list of the capital im- 1971 through 1975 were $2,418,101. month of August for the Citv of
provement projects financed from the city general fund since The total of the list of capital improvement projects that Altus was s51 1,480 39 the ity
1971. The dollar amount does include materials and not labor, follows is $1,863,385 and were all financed from the general fund, clerk treasurer’s office said
officials said.u officials say. Thursday on Sept 2, the city
Other projects completed but not included are the purchase of The projects and the costs are as follows council approved monthly
easements on West Broadway, surfacing of South Park lane and New Signal lights, 40,000; Sewer Lines in Inds Area, 5,000; claims for $502 546 25 The
portions of East Cypress, Bradford, North Hudson and Corbin .Airport taxiway, 50.000, Police Communications, 2,500; Sewer difference is $8 934 14 for the
Officials say the sales tax revenue, which has been collected Upgrade, 33,000; S E Jr High Sidewalk, 8,000; Concrete drainage month according to unofficial
since 1971 and deposited in the general fund, has financed the ditch from Maple St. to E. Broadway, 12,000; Electrical line calculations
For the first two months of
the fiscal year, city revenue
was $947,758 26, while expenses
were $882,322.89 Revenue in
excess of expenses for the first
two months was $65,435 37
The legal municipal budget,
approved by the excise board.
Invasion
Approximately 300 Vernon
students will be on the field at
Hightower Stadium tonight as
members of its Lions football
squad, the 120-piece Vernon
marching band, the drill team
and pep squads.
We always can expect
splendid response from the
Vernon community and
school," John Buck, Altus High
School principal said. Our
students in return and
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discussion.
THE BIG BLUE machineof AHS tonight at Hightower Stadium.
Bulldogs will meet long time (CARTOON by JIM ATKINSON)
rivals, the Vernon Lions at 8
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improvements to Lake Altus
facilities will be the topic of
discussion at a Monday
meeting with Abe Hesser,
director of State Parks and
Tourism in a 3 p.m. session at
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For Tuesday
Dusty Martin, legislative
liaison representing Gov
David Boren, has been named
guest speaker for the Jackson
County Farm Bureau annual
meeting and steak fry
The meeting is scheduled for
6:30p.m. Tuesday, at the Altus
Sirloin Stockade meeting room
At 25, Martin is the youngest
member of Gov Boren’s staff
He was vice-president of the
student union at Southeastern
State University in Durant
when he started his career with
the governor He was also
named Outstanding Athlete,
and was both All-State and .All-
Conference football player
while at Southeastern
He graduated from
Southeastern in 1974 with
honors
Martin is the son of rancher-
dairyman Dick Martin of near
Checotah The elder Martin is
also president of the McIntosh
County Farm Bureau.
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Meet Sept. 22
An informational meeting on
the Local Public Works Capital
Development and Investment
Program, commonly referred
to as the Jobs Bill, will be held
in the South Western Oklahoma
Development Authority
(SW( DA) conference room at 2
p m on Sept 22.
The meeting, which is being
hosted by SWODA, is directed
to providing information about
this new legislation.
Clark T McWhorter,
executive director, reports that
R Hunter Kemmet, state
economic development
representative of the Economic
Development Administration,
will be at the meeting to discuss
eligibility and procedures for
applications
Any city, town, county, or
other political sub ■ division
including general purpose and
special purpose units of
government, local school
districts and Indian tribes are
eligible applicants
SWODA is located in Building
400, on the main road west of
the entrance to Clinton-
Sherman Industrial Air Park.
Burns Flat
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