Resignations and civic updates at Mexia churches and city hall
City beat notes Emmett Green resigns from Missionary Baptist Church on Titus Street. Commissioner Bill Goswick calls for a complete inventory of City of Mexia land, with Walter Van de Wege beginning the effort. Police praised for pool operation at Galilean service. Gibbs Memorial Library burglary under investigation with no suspects. Gibbs Memorial Library dedication set for June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett Green
Missionary Baptist Church
Titus Street
Bill Goswick
Mexia
Personville
Goswick
Walter van Deweghe
Gibbs Memorial Library
Gibbs Memorial
FBI seeks origin of letter bomb extortion attempt
The FBI probes a two hundred company extortion attempt after 13 bombs were mailed, twelve unused and one exploded harming four at Merrill Lynch in New York. Beatrice Foods received a $16 million demand with no clear revolutionary rhetoric and a jetter bomb. FBI Director Kelley cautioned the investigation as to whether a single person or an organization is responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Gentry
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
FBI
Merrill Lynch Inc
New York
Beatrice Foods Inc
Chicago
Mexico
Beatrice
Clarence Kelley
George Galasso
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Galasso
Sidney M. Wolfe
Ralph Nader
Stock Ticker Snaps Mixed Losses Across Major Firms
Market notes show AT&T at 54 14 off, Coca Cola 81 44 off 1%, Exxon 10 27 off percent, Gen Elec 54 percent off, Safeway 41 off 44 cents, Great Atlantic & Pacific 12 half, Sears 65, RCA 26, duPont 14 7 off a, Penney signed, Exxon and others moving with varied turns amid steady trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
At&t
All Rich
Coca Cola
duPont
Exxon
Gen Elec
Great A&p
PenneySi'n
RCA
Safeway
Sears
City Commission OKs Tyler Street project and rejects cable rate hike
City commissioners approved the Tyler Street project via a Texas DOT resolution and denied Warner Cable Television a 50 cent rise after a public hearing. The vote was 4 to 2 with Mayor Harrison and others opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Street
City Commission
City Hall
Warner Cable Television
Holloway Martin
W.L. Sewell
Bill Goswick
Hubert Harrison
Robert Keatts
Cecil Farris
John Fowler
Teague
Fairfield
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Eugene Forsythe
Joe Fortson
Bobby Reed
Limestone-Mexia
Roy Snyder
McNutt Steel Building Company of
Houston
Ralph
Swine Flu Immunization Plan Faces Legal Hurdles
Government officials consider the 215 million Americans vaccination program may stall due to legal obstacles. Merrell threatens to pull out without indemnity, while HEW and public health groups weigh liability rules and the scope of state and volunteer protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jown Stowell
Associated Press
Washington
Merrell
HEW
Bernard Feiner
Sma
Feiner
Meriwether
Theodore Cooper
Cooper
United States
Hong Kong
Canada
U.S
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City Beat
Bob Wright
van Deweghe
Carroll McMahon
Police Department
Galilean
First United Methodists
Fort Parker State Park
Elmer Thompson
Joe Lloyd
Allen Johnston
Richard Coney
Rotary Club
Randall Bryan
Coney
Baylor U
David Russ
Navarra Memorial Hospital
Corsicana
Russ
David
Bob, Wright
Kelley
Commission
T Hat
Simmons
Jack Oliver
Walter van de Wephe
Fannin and
Belknap Streets
Ald
Viv deWeghe
Leonard Tidwell
Fort Worth
Planning and Zoning Commission
Sewell
Fowler
Gibbs Library Board of
Lions Club
Hal Thacker
Mel Thetford
Dick Flatt
Don Corbitt
Robert Weathers
George Riddle
Larry Nelson
Bill McClellan
Ft. Dix
U.S. Public Health Service
Delano Meriwether
Merrell National Laboratories
Parke, Davis & Co
Wyeth Laboratories
Merck Sharp & Uohme
Federal Advisory Committee On
Congress
Advertising Council Inc
White House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hewoche
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