Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 281, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 6, 2001 Page: 2 of 10
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Aunis Times, Tuesday, Feb. 6,2001
THE NATION TOMORROW
STATE FORECAST
AUS From meeting set for Thursday
Vance workers end strike
Calendar
E-mail:
820-2900.
Info@dirksvanessen.com.
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Gamma Goldies will have a meeting at
noon Wednesday at La Hacienda.
learning classes, or in-
crease the salaries of hard
to find teachers such as
math and science instruc-
tors.
Keating also called for
Waurika, OK, Millington,
TN: Big Spring, Bonham,
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not lit the long term strate-
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pany.
grants.
Schools could apply for
extra state funds if they re-
duced their administrative
costs, enforced a 4x4 cur-
ric ulum and raised test
scores.
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Stover, 40 faces up to
life in prison, plus sub-
stantial fines, on the nar-
cotics charges. On the
firearms charges, Stover
faces a mandatory sen
tence of 30 years which
will run consecutively to
the drug sentences.
Parents of Altus High School Juniors
are encouraged to attend a meeting at 7
p.m. Thursday to discuss plans for theju-
nior/senior prom. The meeting will be
held at the high school cafeteria.
Gary Kincannon
Prearrangement Counselor
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Preneed Counselor
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about freezing today’s funeral cost with
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Funeral Director In Charge
ryetta,
the mulgee.
In Sunday’s edition, the
Altus Times incorrectly re-
potted that Blake Stover
was sentenced to 60 years
in prison on federal drug
and gun charges.
Stover was convicted
last week of two counts of
firearms charges and eight
drug charges.
Formal sentencing will
not take place until the
sorority member.
Altus Band Parents Association will
have their monthly meeting 7 p.m. Tues-
day in the band room.
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around Forsyth and Madi
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In announcing
Tonight will be cloudy with low temperatures near 40 de High temperature
grees Clouds will remain in our area tomorrow with a 20 to luoririoratoire
30 percent chance of showers Winds will be gusty and high P
temperatures will reach the middle 60s Precipitation
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Mostly cloudy skies are expected across the state tonight Philadelphia
Temperatures will range from the mid-30s in the panhandle St. LOUs
to the lower 50s in the southeast Wednesday, cloudy skies Washington D C
remain with a chance of rain in the central and west and on-
ly a slight chance of rain in the northeast **-****,ROWWIN
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threat, sign contract
ENID, Okla. (AP) — Technical votes to reject the original contract
workers at Vance Air Force Base have and to strike proved to be effective,
backed away from threats to strike "It was what we needed to do to gel
and instead signed a new contract the union together," employee Ed
with their new on-base employer. Carmon said.
A week after the local machinists in addition to DynCorp agreeing to
and aerospace union threatened to respect the workers seniority, the
strike against DynCorp Technical company also agreed to allow union
Services Inc., the union voted 539 to members to fall under one contract,
128 to accept a new contract, which will help in future negotiations,
Workers had threatened to strike union business manager Jerry Mc-
by Feb. 1, when DynCorp began over- Cune said.
seeing technical operations at the Meanwhile, 102 employees were
base. DynCorp replaced Northrop not rehired and continue to search for
Grumman Technical Services Inc., positions, McCune said. He said sev-
which had the contract at Vance the eral have found employment with
past 28 years. Cessna.
But after negotiations, union rep- DynCorp is required to fill any new
resentatives got DynCorp to abandon or empty positions at Vance with em-
a plan to downgrade 148 employees, ployees who lost their jobs at the
Workers said they were satisfied base.
with the new company's efforts to Marcy Berry, an inventory manage-
meet their requests. ment clerk on the base, said she is
"They addressed every one of our ready to continue Vance's mission of
issues, and we got resolutions on all training pilots and keeping them safe,
of them," local union president Rick "Hopefully everything will go back
Boardman said, to normal,” she said.
Union representatives said earlier
Saturday Sunday
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CRRECTION Senate Pro Tempore
OKLAHOMA TOMORROW• LOCAL FORECAST □ ^ YESTERDAY'S ALMANAC T •
FUNERAL HOME
1100 E. Tamarack Your Trusted Servants 482-1233
planned sale, cnhi Presi-
Th dent and CEO Mike Reed
Stratton Taylor, D-Clare- ,,
. stated. Because our com-
more, said that Keating 11 . .
, . 1 pany is an overall acquirer
was less partisan than in I,
* .6. . of newspapers and not a
previous State of the State seller, the decision to part
speeches. . with these properties was
Taylor said Keating s tax .
, , ... very difficult. However, we
state agencies to reduce cut proposals would have feel that new owners who
Keating said adminis- budgets by 1.2 percent, a difficult time in the Sen can focus more directly on
trators could use the mon- The speech drew mixed ate., the needs of these newspa-
ey to give merit pay raises, reactions from lawmakers, “In a perfect world we pers their employees, and
1 ay for long distance generally down party lines, wouldn't have any taxes at customers will better serve
One Republican senator all. Obviously, everyone al these local communities,
said Keating gave a “plain ways wants to cut taxes. We hope that we will be
vanilla” speech. We want to cut taxes as able to use the proceeds
Sen. Robert Milachek, well, but we also have to be this sale to acquire
Continued from page 1 R-Waukomis, a former prudent when we look at noa newsnaners
Campos: Ward 3. Jake schoolteacher, said he is that Which mt er iin our
Barnes, 'incumbent: Ward struggling with Keating's Any new moneys that overall strategy and other
< < k steer education plan, may be available this year holdings
' Blair I Town Board of ‘ My problem is with the may be one time moneys After completion of this
- 0 administrative cuts, only because of the natur- , , which owns
Trustees Ward 2, Susan1< , - sale, cnhi, which owns
- i . Schools would get a dollar al gas price situation.11, granare
Armstrong, incumbent; , . -r 1 more daily newspapers
ward 4. Fred M. Arm- Monartney etninistrative raw Hobson. D than any other uS.
strong. incumbent. t 3 r:ny, will continue to operate
1 i The problem with that Lexington, said Keating S . , chanars with
E Idorado — 1 own Board 1 T i । i ' 00 daily nC wspapc i s with
. is it will probably work education plan, which 1000000
Trustees, (4-year term), P1.. over 1,000,000 daily circu-
3 DE very good for one year, but calls for a 4x4 curriculum t All 150
hi Winters and R.E. o, 1 1 lation as well as some 100
then you maYnot get those and an end to social pro , . ,
Thomason incumbent. J1,1. 1 other non daily and spe-
, moneys again. Milachek motions would meet with
1 civ.n L lerk/treasurer, said significant resistance,
year term), Ronda Stevens, 501 , c % 11
1 was looking for more if he is going to try and
incumbent.., . specifics on economic de- tie his failed education
Olustee — Town Board E. t1 ,6100
, ... . velopment. How to bring policies to that S100 mil
of Trustees 2 positions), u 7 r - C
. 1 people, who aren t just lion Im not going for that
Lorenzo Perez, incumbent., 1 * Haban
minimum wage, I kept relationship. Hobson
SUN/MOON DATA —
Sunrise s. ( @7
7:32 a.m.‘0
Sunset Full Lst Qtr New 1st Qtr
6:11 p.m. 2/8 2/14 2/23 3/3
completion of a pre-sen- drawing:
tenc e investigation by the 1-2-0
U.S. Probation Office. Fed-
eral officials said the sen-
tencing probably would be
held in about two months.
There will be a parents meeting for the Al- Chapter CM of PEO will meet at 1 p.m.
tus Schools tennis program at 6 p.m. Thursday in the home of Frances Hol-
Tuesday at the Altus Middle School Cafe- man.
teria. All parents of tennis players are en-1
- attend ' The Altus Lions Club continues its visual
comagcd to attend. glasses drive. People are asked to drop
Miss Altus Pageant Tickets may be re- the glasses in a container situated at the
served now by calling Becky Armstrong at front door of the Bunker Hill United Su-
477-0083 or any other Beta Sigma Phi permarket.
CNHI to sell certain non-strategic newspapers
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