A Texan Lost in Texas Along the Rio Grande
An Associated Press correspondent travels the 175 miles from Harlingen to Laredo through the Rio Grande Valley. The piece blends landscape, local lore, and historical notes, including cactus and mesquite imagery, rest-area signs, and monuments for traffic victims. It recalls labor strife near Rio Grande City and scenes from Roma tied to Viva Zapata filming.
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Associated Press
U.S
Rio Grande
Laredo
Harlingen
Gary Garrison
Rio Grande City
Texas
Layoff benefits end hits Chrysler workers hard
Thousands of laid off Chrysler workers face sharp cuts as the SUB fund exhausts Friday. With Detroit officials warning of a $1.9 million weekly drop in disposable income, the city braces for retail weakness and possible job losses as SUB payments end amid the auto slump.
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Detroit
Billie Hewlett
Chrysler Corp
Harold Rands
Poplar Grove
Ill
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
Dan Taylor
Coleman Young
Vietnamese forces clash as Xuan Loc siege tests Saigon area
North Vietnamese troops pressed into Xuan Loc the Long Khanh capital 40 miles east of Saigon in the five week offensive first major city assault in the capital region. Street fighting around a church and bus station occurred before reports said most attackers were driven off.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Xuan Loc
Long Khanh
18Th Infantry Division
Mekong
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Battambang
Phnom Penh
Kompong Speu
Long Boret
Lon Nol
Bangkok
Lions Club light bulb sale set for April 15 16
The Evening Lions Club of Port Lavaca schedules its annual light bulb sale for April 15 and 16 with club members soliciting neighborhoods in Port Lavaca and Point Comfort. Chairman R R Rayburn urges generous purchases to support local projects aiding sight for Calhoun County children.
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Lions Club
Evening Lion's Club
Port Lavaca
R.R. Rayburn
Point Comfort
Rayburn
Lion’s Club
Calhoun
Bonorden Named Hearne School Superintendent
Dr Henry J Bonorden son of Port Lavaca couple was named superintendent of the Hearne Public School System by the Hearne School Board The educator with a long career in Hearne previously served as assistant superintendent and junior high principal He holds a PhD in Educational Administration and is married to Dee with two children Holly and Gay The Bonorden family resides near Port Lavaca on Victoria Highway
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Hearne
Texas
Henry J. Bonorden
A.E. Bonorden
Port Lavaca
Hearne Public
Bonorden
Calhoun High School
Benarden
Lamar Junior High School
Bryan
Texas Star Teachers Association
Dee
Holly
Gay
Victoria Highway
War orphans seek love as they face orphans syndrome
In San Francisco AP report describes Vietnamese children evacuated from Vietnam and arriving at Travis Air Force Base. Dr. Alex Stalcup notes the orphans suffer emotional deprivation and a need for love beyond food and water. More than 250 infants arrive, to be processed for adoption nationwide.
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San Francisco
Alex Stalcup
Stalcup
Presidio
Thuy
Star
Cup
Cmet
University of California Medical Center
Travis Air Force Base
U.S
Vietnam
Starcup
Galveston reelected mayor and council results noted
Galveston voters reelected Mayor R A Apffel with 6268 votes to 1313 for Herman Weiner. Top six council winners were E Douglas McLeod 4712, Davis Harris 4276, Joe Termini 3987, Edna Fuller 4461, John Unbehagen 3877, Norwood Ruiz and Abe Kelner close for runoff. Voters approved pay hikes for police and fire, library tax support, and shifting elections to align with school board dates.
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Apffel
Herman Weiner
E. Douglas McLeod
Davis Harris
Joe Termini
Edna Fuller
John Unbehagen
Norwood Ruiz
Abe Kelner
Paul Quintero
Steve Huffman
Mel Rourke
Mike A. Loomis Jr
Bruce A. Davis
Arthur McCrary
Margie R. Hulsey
Felix Foster
James H Lemire
Oil pact signed between Mexico and Ecuador
Mexico and Ecuador signed an oil technology agreement enabling 99 Ecuadorian engineers to be trained by the Mexican Oil Institute. The technicians will prepare for work at the Esmeraldas refinery in Ecuador, a project costing about $800 million, with signing officials Bruno Mascanzoni and Col. Rene Vargas Pazzos.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Ecuador
Petroleos Mexicanos
Mexican Oil Institute
Esmeraldas
Bruno Mascanzoni
Rene Vargas Pazzos
Ecuadorian State Oil Corporation
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Minnesota
South
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Falcon
Amistad
Texas Ap
la Casita Farms
Farm Workers’ Union
Roma
Viva Zapata
Marlon Brando
Emiliano Zapata
Pancho Villa
Guerra
Brando
Levis
UAW
General Motors
Frederick C. Weyand
U.S. Army
Washington
Congress
John G. Tower
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Administration Foreign Policy
Evening Lion’s Club
Howard F. Bonar
O.D
Kerrville
Betty Ford
Pearl Bailey
Kennedy Center
White House
Susan Ford
Dr. Bonorden
Texas A&m University
Hearne School System
Henry Bonarden
Galveston
Galveston, Tex
R. A. Apffel
Windberg
Baird
Milteea
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