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...form of direct federal grants and loans to post-secondary school students. His own proposal, sponsored by Rhode Island Democrat Claiborne Pell, passed the Senate by a 68-to-28 count, barely 14 hours after the tax credit vote. After the Pell measure was okayed, Oklahoma Republican Henry Bellmon chided his colleagues, declaring: "I cannot imagine why we would pass two bills on two successive days to accomplish essentially the same objective." As it happens, the House-which approved its own $1.1 billion tax credit package June 1-has the President's proposal buried in committee. Its chances...
...later helped Democrat James Jones of Oklahoma put together a compromise version of Steiger's proposal, which the House Ways and Means Committee approved last week. It would cut the maximum capital gains...
Throughout the Great Plains, hordes of grasshoppers were on the move last week, threatening millions of acres of crops and rangeland in eastern Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. It was the worst infestation since 1958, when billions of the pests caused $60 million in losses to Colorado farmers alone. Agricultural experts were not yet able to estimate the current damage but reckoned that total losses would run into millions of dollars. Farmers reported that up to 20% of some crops had been destroyed. Said a Department of Agriculture spokesman: "The hoppers eat everything in sight. Already we're hearing...
...Oklahoma City, Okla...
...until last week did he fight back. At his press conference, he snapped, "I will not tolerate a plan that provides huge windfalls for millionaires and two bits for the average American." Nor, he said, would he accept a watered-down version of the amendment sponsored by Oklahoma Democrat James Jones...