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Alius
Dear Abby
Altus, Oklahoma, home of — Glen Winters,
light on teachers instead of students.
The commission complained of a failure to recruit the best and
(See "Reform back page)
OHP will keep
1130,000
$120,000
(See ‘Inhofe back page)
$110,000
$100,000
$98,000
$90,000
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
- Crossing the Red-
■■■■■■
reduced if some preventive mea-
sures are taken beforehand.
By RICK LOMENICK
Times Managing Editor
Christmas
Countdown
Inhofe addresses
several issues
during stopover
Etc... Page 15
Dinner Theatre set
eyes open for
drunk drivers
superintendent of the High Plains Area Vo-Tech and a commission
member.
"We are preparing by for the best teachers we've had in
Oklahoma," said Ken King, an Oklahoma State University education
professor and commission member. “This gives us the opportunity
to go beyond that and do even better in the next century."
Doing better has to start with recruiting, the commission said.
"If we are to dramatically improve the quality of education, we
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§ tatehouse focus
Education reform focus shifts to state teachers
Katy Estes
| ays it’s 14
days‘til
Christmas.
She is the
| 18-month-old
| Laughter of
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to boost weapons such as the
“Star Wars" antimissile system,
the B-2 stealth bomber and the
C-17 transport plane, at the ex-
pense of such Democratic fa-
vorites as defense conversion
and the Seawolf submarine.
“We realize we’re not going to
get large increases in defense
spending," said Sen. John
McCain, R-Ariz. "But what may
be in the cards is a significant
rearrangement of priorities."
The Republican "Contract
With America" proposed by in-
coming House Speaker Newt
Gingrich urges "restoration of
the essential parts of our na-
tional security funding." For the
short term, the document sug-
gests this can be accomplished
at no cost
"There’s not a dime's worth of
defense spending increase in
the contract" said Rep. Dick
Armey, R-Texas, soon to be
Republican majority leader.
Instead, the contract would
establish a commission to ex-
amine the nation's defense
spending needs and make rec-
ommendations in 1996.
Of immediate concern for
President Clinton is GOP criti-
cism of U.S. military deploy-
ments to Haiti and Rwanda, of
NATO's inability to improve the
situation in Bosnia, and of the
negotiated truce with North
Korea over the development of
nuclear weapons.
1 think the president should
know that the Republicans who
control the Congress have a
much different view on areas
like Haiti and Bosnia and North
(See ‘Defense back page)
OKLAHOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OKLAHOMA CITY OK 73105
UUI(CA)
By MARK GLENN
Times Staff Writer
Approximately 75 people
gathered at Altus Municipal
Airport Saturday morning to
greet U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe
who was at the midway point of
tour of the state.
Inhofe said he conducting 42
airport stops across the state In
a five-day period.
"I came here to thank you
guys," said Inhofe. "We did very
well in Altus and the
surrounding area. I know that a
lot of you worked very hard in
our campaign and I appreciate
it very much."
The subject of GATT came up
and Inhofe explained why he
voted against It. "We passed
legislation called the fast track
back in 1993 it was the
legislation by which was the
implementing bill to implement
GATT. The fast track provided U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe was at the Altus
Dinner Theatre today
Variety will be added to Altus High School’s Varsity Choir Dinner
Theatre by Devin Owen, left, and Mandy Schuster who will per-
form a dance duet to the music of "Philadelphia." Dinner Theatre
is scheduled for 1:15 p.m. today in the Clifford Peterson
Cafeteria. (Altus Schools photo)
Altus Metropolitan Area
Planning Commission will
conduct its regular meeting
7:30 p.m. Monday in the
council chambers.
G ladiolus Garden Club
will moot at 2 p.m. Tuesday
in the home of Eunice Talley,
204 Mockingbird South.
(See ‘Briefs back page)
Pause to pray
Dear Father, in the gift of
your son, you showed your
great love. Your word tells
us you ars love. Wo all need
love. May every day become
Christmas as we learn to live
out your love in all we do.
Around Town
Happy birthday wishes to
BILLIE HILL, MARSHA
JONES and GLEN WINTERS.
Belated birthday wishes to
CODY HUCKABY. Happy
anniversary to ROBERT and
LIZ BIBLE and to RED AND
GLENDA CLARK...
Weather
Altus vicinity — Sunday
Mostly sunny high in the
upper 40s.
High Frldey 43. High
Saturday 49.
News
Briefs
It's the holiday season. A time "What we strongly encourage
of tinsel, presents, and getting people to do is use a designated
together with friends and family, driver if they go out to party and
Unfortunately it’s a time when always wear their seatbelt,"
drinking and driving reports in- Alexander said.
crease and with that comes an December has been pro
increase in accidents with re- claimed National Drunk and
suits of injury or even death. Drugged Driving Prevention
In order the cutdown on the Month. And as part of the obser-
number of drinking drivers as vance, Friday has been desig-
well as other traffic violators, nated as "Lights on for Life" in
the Oklahoma Highway Patrol remembrance of persons killed
will be making a concentrated and injured in alcohol-related
effort to find the perpetrators crashes and serves as a re
and get them off the roads. minder of law enforcement's
"As always, this time of year watchful eye on drunk drivers.
accidents always pickup," said Annually, health care costs
two things. One was the bill Municipal Saturday morning as part Of Lt. Larry Alexander from Troop from motor vehicle injuries cost
would be printed at least 45 " eeernins - M headquarters in Altus. "And the American society over $14
days before you were asked to a five-day tour across Oklahoma. The new with all the parties, drinking million. For each serious injury
vote on it. Number two there Republican senator spoke on numerous Is- drivers pickup as well."
would be nothing in the sues. (Staff photo by Lana Webster) These could be dramatically (See ‘OHP back page)
Implementing bill that didn't
directly affect the trade in this bill. will spend 75 percent of their GOP: Defense
agreement. First they violated Thirdly why were we in such a lifetime income just to service
the 45 days. Secondly I started rush to do it that we had to call a the national debt. That's not spending hikes
looking at this and there are special session? going to happen and we re going •
D several hundred million dollars Inhofe cited 11 new to make that change now. We're may be difficult
no cross 8 locomobile that would be used in balling out Republican senators in the going to get a balanced budget *
will from 12 noon to 6 p.m. the Washington Post and the Senate "There just really amendment probably one that WASHINGTON (AP) -
Tuesday at the Prince of Atlanta Constitution from an outstanding people," said will be phased in over five or six Congressional Republicans are
Peace Catholic Church, obligation they had to the Inhofe. Inhofe who was elected years. We're actually going to get anxious to boost defense
There will be a free federal government, the president of freshman class it through- spending with their new major-
cholesterol screening for Then we found out about of senators outlined seven (2) Change the tax structure ity power, but admit that their
donors. property rights I have a very projects he said the 11 senators to be more family friendly — agenda of cutting taxes and
strong feeling about what's want to become a reality. All How .many people are aware eliminating the deficit might
MacDowell Club will meet happening to property rights in comments are Inhofe's. than under the Clinton tax make that impossible.
7 p.m. Tuesday In the home this country. Not just real (1) Balanced Budget changes we have a family of four At ascot, the Republicans may
of Mary Lou Cossey, 304 property but in this case Amendment — The deficit in this with an annual income of reshuffle White House priorities
Cardinal Circle South, intellectual property. The patent country is a moral issue. I have $25,000. If they divorce and co-
system. The Japanese have two grandchildren 18 and 19 habitate each one become a
A itus Board of been trying to get us drop that months old. If we don't change head of a household, they will
Adjustment will meet 5 pm. 17-year barrier for decades and the trend that is current I would
Wednesday In the council we hadn't done it It is now done say during their lifetime they
chambers.
By JUDY GIBBS get before entering the classroom and during their careers.
Associated Press Writer "Without fundamentally addressing the quality of teaching in our
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Education reform took a dramatic turn classrooms, all other reform efforts are doomed to failure," ex-
last week when a state commission released a report shining the plained state Rep. Don McCorkell, D-Tulsa. commission chairman.
1994-95
United Way
progress chart
5135,531
Until now, Oklahoma's education reform efforts have focused on brightest students into teaching careers, a failure to help new
students: What they should learn, how they should be tested and teachers learn the ropes and a failure to keep teachers up to date in
how to improve their performance on those tests, a rapidly changing world.
But the report released Tuesday by the Oklahoma Commission There were paeans to Oklahoma's current teachers:
for Teacher Preparation focuses on teachers and the training they "We're not fixing something that's totally broken," said Don Dale.
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