Morning Markets dip as Dow slides amid rate worries
New York stocks fell broadly with the Dow off 4 07 to 743 19 at noon. Traders cited persistent rate concerns and a flat bank prime rate as dampers. Walt Disney dropped around 4 percent and Fairchild fell about 5/8 to 2/1/2, while the NYSE composite index slipped steeply.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Walt Disney Productions
Fairchild Camera & Instrument
NYSE
Social Security Office Visit Planned in Port Lavaca
A Social Security representative from Victoria Texas will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow in Courtroom B at Port Lavaca Court House to assist residents filing retirement survivor disability or medicare claims and to answer questions about the program.
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Social Security Office
Victoria
Texas
Port Lavaca
Chiang Kai-shek to be buried April 16 in Tsihu
Chiang Kai-shek will receive a Christian burial on April 16 in Tsihu, with a state funeral postponed indefinitely. Thousands mourned as bells and incense marked his death, while flags flew at half staff and condolences flowed from various governments and leaders.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Tsihu
Republic of China
Chiang
Mao Tse-tung
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U.S
Leonard Unger
Taiwan
Dredging permit filed for Cox Bay pipeline project
Alcoa proposes to place a 20 inch pipeline in Cox Bay near Huisache Cove two miles west of Point Comfort. Galveston District Corps of Engineers reviews permit with state and local approvals. Public comments due by April 11 as EIS not initially required. Plans available at Corpus Christi Area Office.
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Point Comfort Aluminum Company of America
Department of the Army
Galveston District Corps of Alcoa
Cox Bay
Huisache Cove
Point Comfort
Texas Water Quality Board
General Land Office of Texas
Alcoa
Calhoun County Navigation District
Corpus Christi
Jaycees Plan April Events with Installation Banquet
Port Lavaca Jaycees outline April schedule with two regular meetings and an installation banquet on April 18 at Shellfish Restaurant at 7 p.m. Banquet chair Frankie Tupa. meetings set for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and April 25 at First State Bank. Co sponsored women’s slo pitch May 23–25 and joint clean up campaign led by Moake Jones Roberts.
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Port Lavaca Jaycees
Shellfish
Frankie Tupa
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Port Lavaca Optimist Club
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Fred Jones
David Roberts
Baby Airlift Ends as 1700 Orphans Evacuated
The Baby Lift operation in Southeast Asia ends with about 1,700 children evacuated to the United States and other nations. Officials say future departures will be in smaller groups as 205 orphans left Saigon aboard two planes bound for the United States.
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Travis Air Force Base
California
Seattle
Calhoun County 4-H Food Show set for Saturday
The Calhoun County 4 H Food Show with 30 youth competing in junior and senior divisions adopts a Southwest Foods theme. Contestants will prepare main dishes sides breads desserts or snacks and beverages and demonstrate nutrition meal planning and service. Exhibits and county awards open 11 30 a m to 12 a m at the Agriculture Building for public viewing.
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Calhoun County
Southwest Foods
4-H
Jeanette Gray
Susan Ward
Sherri Mills
Margaret Levingston
James Zbikowski
Bucky Coleman
Jo Ellen Frazier
Nancy Maguire
Lisa Peterson
Laurie Braun
Elizabeth Vickery
Lauran Krause
Karen Hubenak
Laura Crober
Anna Pecena
Kim
Bentsen speaks out on Vietnam crisis in Kansas City
Senator Lloyd Bentsen addressing the Hebrew Academy awards dinner in Kansas City argued the South Vietnamese leadership is on trial amid the Southeast Asia crisis and warned against criticizing U S commitments. He criticized South Vietnamese soldiers for abandoning billions in U S supplied equipment and defended U S allies.
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United States
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Hebrew Academy of Kansas City
Bentsen
U.S
Sadat Says Israeli Ships Barred From Suez Passage
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat says Israeli ships will be barred from the Suez Canal upon its reopening in June while Israeli-bound cargo may pass under other flags, citing the 1888 Constantinople Treaty. Time Magazine reports.
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New York
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Suez Canal
Time Magazine
Time
Sadat
Cairo
LULAC Council Gathers For Monthly Meeting
The League of United Latin Americans Citizens council meets at 7 p.m. at the First State Bank Townhall. A final dance report and a scholarship committee update will be heard. The group recently installed officers and formed a Youth Council. by laws and constitution may be discussed.
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League of United Latin Americans Citizens Council
First State Bank
Lulac Council
Youth Council
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