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President Declares a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma due to severe storms and tornadoes [Disaster Declaration]
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President Declares a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma due to severe storms and tornadoes [Disaster Declaration]
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Digitized from Box 23 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 2, 1976
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
The President has declared a major disaster for the State of Oklahoma
as a result of severe storms and torhadoes beginning on March 26, which
caused extensive public, private, and agricultural damage. The President's
action will permit the use of Federal funds in relief and recovery efforts
in designated areas of the State.
Federal assistance from the President's Disaster Relief Fund will consist
primarily of temproary housing, disaster unemployment assistance payments
to those who lost their jobs as a result of the severe storms and tornadoes,
debris removal, and the repair or restoration of damaged or destroyed
streets, roads, bridges, and public facilities and utilities. Low-interest
rate disaster loans will be made available by the Small Business Adminis-
tration, and emergency loan assistance will be made available by the
Farmers Home Administration.
Federal relief activities in Oklahoma will be coordinated by the Federal
Disaster Assistance Administration, Department of Housing and Urban
Development, under the direction of Administrator Thomas P. Dunne.
Mr. Dunne will designate the specific areas within the State eligible for
Federal assistance, based upon Federal and State damage assessments.
Mr. Joe D. Winkle, Regional Director of the Federal Disaster Assistance
Administration, HUD Region VI, will be designated as the Federal
Coordinating Officer to work with the State in providing Federal disaster
assistance under the Disaster Relief Act of 1974, Public Law 93-288.
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