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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1975
Page
8
John B Connally goes to trial on charges he took $10,000 in bribes while serving as Treasury secretary under President Richard M. Nixon. Selection of 12 jurors and six alternates starts today in U S District Court before Judge George L Hart Jr. Trial expected to run three weeks with an open jury.
AP market basket survey shows groceries cost more than 2 percent less in March across many items. Duck and eggs rose somewhat offsetting declines, but the trend hints that grocery inflation may level off and 1975 increases could be below 1973 and 1974 peaks.
The Federal Energy Administration reports it has investigated nearly 90 000 cases in a year long probe into petroleum overcharging. With few cases finished, companies have repaid over 611 million dollars and remaining overcharges may total 50 to 250 million dollars. In Cambodia, Lon Nol leaves for Indonesia and the U S seeking peace talks with Khmer Rouge.
Washington AP reports private U.S. experts say there is no way to stop the Communist offensive in South Vietnam. Key questions center on timing and means, whether military or political action will prevail. In New York AP notices many American businessmen in Saigon face a worsening, days to weeks decline as evacuations occur for some dependents.
Victoria Bank and Trust president P K Stubblefield promotes a public information series to highlight Victoria Texas strong economy. He cites unemployment well below the national rate a 22.3 percent rise in the work force and high construction and bank deposits. The bank plans ads radio and billboards to tell the Victoria story and extend reach statewide as it marks 100 years of growth.
A global survey by The Associated Press warns water abuse threatens life, food, and peace. Conferences from April in Washington to a 1977 world meet push for solutions amid floods droughts and rising pollution. Experts cite irrigation and industry as major drains with political and economic barriers.
Prince Saud, newly named state minister for foreign affairs, told AP in Jeddah that Saudi foreign policy would not change after King Faisal's assassination and predicted no oil price cuts unless new factors arise. He noted a drastic oil price drop in real terms since price freezing.
Illinois Central Gulf officials say vandals tampered with a rail switch causing a derailment that wrecked seven storage cars near Slidell. Three men were injured including fireman George T. Sheridan who suffered three fractured ribs and lung damage. Damages to the train and equipment were estimated at 350000 dollars.
A leading Israeli newspaper calls for Israel to retreat its forces in the Sinai Desert by three miles following Egypts decision to reopen the Suez Canal. No Israeli leaders commented. Egyptian reopening and ongoing state of war means Israeli ships remain barred from the waterway.
Randy Carson, a 28-year-old unemployed veteran in Watsonville, hopes to sell an eye to raise money to remove his wife Rose, born in Vietnam, and their newborn son from Saigon area. He had met and married Rose a year earlier while employed by Northrop at Bien Hoa.
Ford's clemency program closed at midnight with about 18,000 applications. The military processed 5,284 deserters at Fort Benjamin Harrison, up from 5,253, while 33 were still pending. The Justice Department logged 603 signups, up from 589, among 4,400 unconvicted draft evaders. A Chicago resister called the program a miserable failure.
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