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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1975
Page
4
New York stocks closed lower in slow trading as unemployment eased to 8.4 percent from 8.6. The Dow fell 2.90 to 28.61 as losers outpaced gainers about 5 to 3. Natomas slumped 2 percent to 25. American Stock Exchange values dropped with the market index down 32 to 84.64 and the composite down 19 to 47.33.
Roger Garaudy, French scholar and longtime Communist, declares he is now also a Christian after engaging in Marxist Christian dialogues. He states his faith deepened through study of theologians, while maintaining his revolutionary activist life.
Cadet Jack V. J. Day of Victoria is at Fort Riley Kansas for six weeks of field exercises with the Army ROTC. At program end he will be commissioned a second lieutenant. Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. Day, attends the University of Houston Victoria. He quotes Lenin and discusses Garaudy’s view of transcendence and the primacy of human purpose over science.
Ward opposes a 29 mile plan to convert the area around the island into a national wildlife refuge with a central road for few visitors. He warns sand dunes must remain intact and questions the refuge’s benefit to Port Lavaca, arguing funds could aid people instead.
Marine Sergeant Clarence L. Parson of Port Lavaca has been promoted to the present rank while serving at the Marine Barracks, Naval Center, Great Lakes. A 1971 Calhoun High School graduate, he joined the Marines in December 1971.
Syracuse based Rev Betty Schiess one of six women irregularly ordained in the Episcopal Church says she will present her case to the state Human Rights Commission. She argues the church does not recognize her as a priest discriminates against her in hiring by barring priestly work.
AP reporting New York observers react to June inflation at 9.6 percent warning that continued price rises threaten the economy. AFL-CIO and Ford administration voices cite risks of deeper recession and political fallout while grains and oil pricing policies draw scrutiny. Major firms move to raise flour prices, and economists speculate on antitrust action and_vendor retaliation against big suppliers.
The University of Houston Victoria Center opens early signup for current and former UH students on August 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. New student registration follows on August 19 and 20. For details call (512) 578-5211 or visit the Office of Admissions and Records in the Technical Building at Victoria College.
Tuberculosis skin tests are slated for all school employees on August 18 in the Calhoun High School auditorium foyer. The 50 cent test applies to staff by campus, with designated times for each group, and readings set for August 20 at each campus or central location. Positive reactors require an X-ray at the individual’s expense, with doctors on site for X-ray approval forms.
AP reports three Apollo astronauts Thomas Stafford Donald Slayton and Vance Brand are in good health and begin light exercise after leaving Tripler Army Hospital to stay in beach cottages on a Marine base for 10 days of semi isolation. Families join them during a period of briefings medical exams and rest.
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