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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1975
Page
4
Irish bombing in Belfast leaves at least four dead including a security guard and a woman and more than 40 injured. Ambulance crews warn that additional bodies may be found in rubble at the Bayardo Bar on Shankill Road. No group claimed responsibility.
Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific announced a joint plan to retire 149.9 miles of South Texas line and gain trackage rights for 197.3 miles of Missouri Pacific track between Harlingen and Placebo southeast of Victoria. The agreement has been filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. Officials said parallel duplicate routes are no longer needed.
Walter Scott, brother of activist Jack Scott, says he twice saw missing heiress Patty Hearst last summer in Las Vegas and New York City. He claims she was pregnant in Las Vegas and hints he may know where she is in the United States.
In Yorktown Heights Edgar Bronfman may pay a record 4.5 million dollars to ransom his missing son Samuel Bronfman 2nd after a tape of the 21 year old Seagram heir surfaced. The father heard the voice late Wednesday night confirming the possibility of his son being alive.
Houston councilman Larry McKaskle proposes a city ordinance to ban pay toilets in private and public buildings. Mayor Fred Hofheinz backs the move and supports related state legislation.
Federal energy officials say solar energy may supply about 7 percent of U.S. needs by 2000, equal to 3.5 million barrels of oil daily. That would approach the 4 million barrels per day the United States imported last month.
President Ford and Energy Administrator Frank G. Zarb meet to decide on appealing a lower court ruling that his $2 a barrel oil import tariff is illegal. They will also discuss inflation impacts from a veto of extending oil price controls beyond August 31.
Walter Scott brother of activist Jack Scott says he twice saw Patty Hearst last summer in Las Vegas and New York City. He claims he could locate her, and says he met with Randolph Hearst, leading to a reported fist fight. FBI kept him in protective custody as a witness.
The noon Dow Jones average fell 1.10 to 819.46 as declines outnumbered advances on the NYSE by about 3 to 1. The AMEX market value index dropped 0.16 to 85.90. Analysts linked Wednesday price hikes in steel, autos, lead, and certain resins to the market retreat and rising commodity trends.
A second delay in the Viking spacecraft project to Mars threatens the hoped for July 4 touchdown, with project manager James Martin noting many unknowns and the date still possibly within the realm of probability despite the setback.
General Dynamics figures show Fort Worth F-16 production will add about 450 million dollars in annual Dallas Fort Worth retail sales and create 7 000 additional Fort Worth jobs with a maximum for 12 000. U S Air Force has ordered 650 planes NATO partners 450 planes. Ed E Clark says nationwide program could yield 55 000 to 65 000 jobs as over half the components are subcontracted. Belgium Netherlands Norway Denmark and the Air Force will pay 4 point 5 million per plane. The plane features radar evasion. 15 000 pound load. infrared heat seeking missiles. multiple bomb clusters. and top speed twice the speed of sound reaching 60 000 feet.
San Antonio Airman Jeffery W. Roberts son of Mr and Mrs Clement L Roberts of Port Lavaca has finished basic training at Lackland AFB Texas He will stay at Lackland for specialized training Roberts is a 1974 Calhoun High School graduate who attended Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos Texas
The Rotary Club of Port Lavaca will meet at noon at Hatchbend Country Club to hear Robert A. Priesman of Houston discuss a complete view of a modern railroad. Olhausen arranged the talk covering operations in a 12 state, 12,000 square mile territory for Missouri Pacific.
Racine Wisconsin AP farmers show low preference for the metric system in a Wisconsin Agriculturalist poll conducted by the farm magazine. The survey highlights skepticism among farmers toward adopting metric measures in daily practice.
Post 4403 donated 100 to the Terry Bunch Cubs for the state teenage baseball tournament in Big Spring last week. The Ladies Auxiliary gave two hair dryers to Gulf Coast Nursing Home as part of Golden Age Month. Sam Sylvas won the bid to rework the hall parking lot. District 24 President Mary Hyak and Junior Vice-president Helen Schianni attended the covered dish supper. A benefit dance for Cancer Aid and Research is set for Aug 23 with the Blue Diamonds of Gonzales performing.
Mrs. R E Smart, 63, of Port Lavaca died last night at 7 45 in a Houston hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending at Richardson Funeral Home. Survivors include her husband, two daughters Mrs Dorothy Wells of Houston and Mrs Laverne Miller of Port Lavaca, a son Gary Smart of Houston, a sister Mrs Cleve Blaschke of Portland, Texas, five brothers, R W Wayne and Melvin Gillespie of Woodsboro, Boyce Gillespie of Refugio and Emmitt Gillespie of Victoria, and four grandchildren.
The University of Houston Victoria Center opens fall registration on August 19 and 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. New and former UH students may enroll after admission approval. Programs include Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Engineering and Mathematical Science. Admissions inquiries to 512 578 5211 or in person at the Admissions Office in the Technical Building on the Victoria College Campus.
The Jaycees meet at 7 30 p m at First State Bank to finalize plans for the Labor Day Fishing Festival August 29 30 31 and September 1. Prizes will be awarded daily for largest trout flounder redfish gafftop drum and crab with grand prizes for top overall catches and a special prize for the largest redfish caught by a woman. Entry is four dollars with booths planned at pier park playground area.
In a Washington lull during vacation, ordinary Americans drive the news through buying and selling decisions. Prices rise as forecasts shift, with droughts abroad affecting domestic food costs. Despite rising rates and mixed forecasts, the public remains wary yet hopeful about a gradual recovery.
Dr. Greg Nunn, 25, director at Read Mental Health Center, says controlled breathing and relaxation can erase 80 to 90 percent of stuttering in two hours. Since years of work with 70 patients aged 4 to 67, he reports 85 percent success on day one and 93 percent over four months. He credits altering breathing to the metronome technique that regulates speech and pauses at natural sentence points.
Cecil N. Cook, chairman of the board, states the South Texas College of Law is not considering a merger with any institution. The release counters rumors tied to a legislative rider on university contracts for legal education. The school reports growth in building, faculty, students, and high bar passage rates.
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