Port Lavaca Lions Club remembers charter members and San Francisco
The Port Lavaca Lions Club honors R E Key and Ernest Vela as charter members from 1945. The article recounts the Texas delegation's 1945 Lions International convention journey to San Francisco and the selection of Herb Petri as the first Texan Lions president. It notes the club's wartime beginnings and current civic focus on vision care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Lions International
M.O. Simon
Grady Hollingsworth
Henry Sassman
Bill Offer
Truman
San Francisco
Belcher
Richard Pritchard
Herb Petri
Carrizo Springs
R.E. Key
Port Lavaca
St. Francis Hotel
Port Lavaca Lions Club
R-E. Key
Ernest Vela
Key
Victoria
Houston
Oakland
Market Street
Cow Palace
Abilene
Young Lions Club
USO
Bayfront
Lions Club
Morning Markets Shows Mild Uptick In Quiet Trading
The noon Dow Jones average rose 3.60 to 820.64 as gainers led losers about 5 to 3 on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume for the first two hours was 4.70 million shares, one of the slowest mornings of the year. The American Stock Exchange value index gained .15 to 86.00 and the NYSE composite rose .20 to 45.84.
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New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
NYSE
Mixed US balance of payments shows small surplus and deficit
The Commerce Department reports a $1.2 billion April-June surplus in net liquidity balance, down from $2.9 billion in Q1, while official reserve transactions show a $1.6 billion deficit, improved from $3.3 billion in Q1. Both measures reflect older methods amid floating rates. The basic balance figures are due later this month.
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Commerce Department
U.S
Four gunmen kill two policemen in Mexico City
Four armed assailants in a car shot dead two police officers in Mexico City at an intersection near the market area where three police and three price inspectors were killed Tuesday. Authorities linked past attacks to the 23rd of September Communist League, an urban guerrilla group. No suspects named for today’s shooting.
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Mexico City
Red Cross
Communist League
Mexico
Stevens among UT Houston medical school admits
DeWayne L. Stevens of Port Lavaca is among 64 students admitted to the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. The UT system schools in four cities enrolled 594 medical students, with statewide total at 798. The entering class GPA ranges 3.5 to 4.0 and the average MCAT score is 586.
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DeWayne L. Stevens
Port Lavaca
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston
Medical Schools
San Antonio
Galveston
Dallas
Medical College
Gonzales Training in Hawaii with Army 25th Division
Army Sergeant Louis Gonzales Jr. son of Mrs. Stephane Z Salazar participated in a field training exercise at Pohakaloa Training Area Hawaii. The drill included airmobile operations and live fire exercises. He serves as a squad leader in the 25th Infantry Division.
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Louis Gonzales Jr
Stephane Z. Salazar
1603
Anaiqua
Victoria
Pohakaloa
Island of
Hawaii
Gonzales
25Th Infantry Division
Ford denies report of White House appointing Watergate figures
White House spokesman rejects columnist Jack Anderson’s claim that President Ford is considering three Watergate related misdemeanants for federal posts. Names cited include Richard G. Kleindienst Harry Dent Sr and Wendell Wyatt. Ford also designates Vail as a Bicentennial community and plays golf during a two week vacation.
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Anderson
White House
Kleindienst
Congress
Dent
Wyatt
Richard M. Nixon
Ford
Vail
John A. Dodson
EagleVail
Bob Wolfe
Deaths and Funerals Report from Local Hospitals
Obituaries note Mrs. R E Smart 63 died in a Houston hospital with funeral at Alamo Heights Baptist Church and burial at Green Lawn Cemetery. Infant Brain Keith Lynch son of Donald and unnamed mother, graveside services at Green Lawn Gardens. Three Rivers honors Martha H Goebel 78 with funeral at First United Methodist Church Oakville Cemetery burial. Goebel survived by four daughters and twelve grandchildren. memorials suggested to Heart and Lung Association or Alamo Heights Baptist Church.
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R.E. Smart
Houston
Alamo Heights Baptist Church
A.R. McGee
Victoria
Green Lawn Cemetery
Richardson Funeral Home
Norman Marshall
W.E. Tennison
Jimmy Desormeaux
George Craigen
Harold Evans
Red Jones
Eddie McKibbon
M.D
Brian Lynch
Brain Keith Lynch
Donald Lynch
Victoria Hospital
Green Lawn Gardens
George Yarborough
Seadrift Baptist Church
Tracy Lynn
Dorothy Lynch
Seadrift
J.P. Nunley
Port Lavaca
Martha H. Goebel
Three-Rivers
Oakville
William Hahn
First United Methodist Church
Three Rivers
Larry Bailey
Five Oak
R.N
Walter Goebel
Betty Waldean Woelfel
Alice Dunaway
Richardson
Dorothy Lindholm
Covington
Lydia Walther
Abel Maresh
Helen Hein
Caldwell
John Halliburton
Duncan
Okla
Oliver Kaltwasser
Somerville
Eugene Kaltwasser
Barrett
Erwin Kaltwasser
A.C. Kaltwasser
el Campo
Promotion for Ramona Hernandez to Army Specialist Four
Ramona Hernandez daughter of Mr and Mrs Tony Buckley 1403 Perryman Palacios promoted to Army specialist four while serving as a supply specialist and small arms repairman in the 937th Engineer Group here.
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Ramona Hernandez
Tony Buckley
Perryman, Palacios
937Th
Interim Sinai settlement reported agreed upon
Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem said Israel and Egypt reached agreement on major points of an interim Sinai settlement. Cairo reports Washington has begun talks with Syria on further separation of forces after Sinai pact. Kissinger may visit by midweek to address minor Sinai issues. The piece notes ongoing disengagement tensions and regional comments.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
Sinai
Cairo
Washington
Syria
Golan Heights
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mitla
Gidi
U.S
State Department
Ford
Congress
United Nations
Tel Aviv
Likud
Yitzhak Rabin
Middle East
Haifa
U.N
Golan
Beirut
Maximos Hakim
Hilarion Capudji
Capudji
North Yemen
An Nahar
San'a
Saudi Arabia
Arabian
Anwar Sadat
Libya
Sadat
Muammar
Khadafy
Five missing after tanker hits Gulf drilling platform
The Globtik Sun, a 734 foot British tanker with 46 crew and 14.7 million gallons of oil, hit an unmanned Gulf platform 100 miles south of Lake Charles. Five crewmen are missing. 41 were rescued, including Captain Noral E Strangeland. Coast Guard says no wells on platform owned by Chevron.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Lake Charles
Bahamas
Houston
Louisiana-Texas
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Crady Hollingsworth
Truman Belcher
New York
Occa Cola
duPont
Eastman
Paso
Uebaxon
Fairchild
Goodrich
Jon Man
Athor
Monsanto
Penn Centre
Penney Stott
Texaco
Woolworth
United States
Stevens
Rendon
Scandal Figure Report
Auto Parts
Gulf
SOS
Tex
Noral E. Strangeland
Somme
Norway
John Sealy Hospital
Strangeland
Chevron
Starnant Screen
Rome
Bob Blasingim
Calhoun
Calhoun County Courthouse & Annex
Donald Skaggs
Muellers
Port Lavaca Clinic
First National Bank
VFW
Marshall Pontiac Co
General Telephone Co
Cablecom
First State Bank
Ron
Terry Bunch Motors
Optimist Club
Wells-Wright, Inc. Concrete Products
Kingfisher Marine Service Inc
Houston Natural Gas
Calhoun County
Surf Motel
Larry Boysen
R.E. Clegg Trawlers, Inc
Miller
Cowan
Exxon
Marshall Chevrolet Co
Royal Insurance & Real Estate Co
Mary Ester
Sea Breeze, Inc
Rexco, Inc
Longhorn Packing Co
Dick Traylor
Afl-Cio
Point Comfort Employees Credit Union
Knights of Columbus
Coastal Motors
Viking Barber Shop
Jecker's Floor & Glass
el Capo Candy Co
Broadway Fish Market
Mid-Coast
Roy Fenner
Mike Fricke
K.G.A.L
White's Insurance
Buddy Winder Insurance
David Denham
Troy Hayes
AW. Kelton
R & R Printers
Larry Dio
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