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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1975
Page
6
American pilot Barry Meeker aged 33 recalled a daring rescue mission into Traunstein West Germany from a hospital bed. He described the gunfire that began immediately and the lack of warning during the operation.
SAN ANTONIO AP delegates to the General Assembly of the Christian Church faced heated debate on abortion civil liberties capital punishment and pornography among issues to be opened for discussion by more than 9000 attendees The two abortion resolutions opposed legislation based on religious opinion and condemned abortion as a practice while civil liberties urged limits on preventive detention privacy protections and protection for reporters sources The death penalty opposition and a program of sex education and family life improvement were also proposed Meanwhile resolutions supporting world hunger action and a United Farm Workers boycott passed amid controversy over iceberg lettuce served at a luncheon.
In Kingsville Texas A&I University hosts 30 Texas Longhorn cows and a bull from the TLBAA under a five year agreement to study reproductive efficiency through cross breeding. Dr. Gerald B Robins and Manuel Gustamente signed the accord guiding research in the College of Agriculture. The program aims to assess longhorn traits amid efforts to revive the breed for ranchers seeking hardy, pest resistant cattle on harsh ranges.
Dr David Crenshaw describes a longhorn crossbreeding project at A&I with 30 longhorns and a $4000 graduate assistant funding. Four groups test fertility and inheritance, with first calves due spring or summer 1976. Projects aim to improve fertility traits in South Texas cattle.
Washington AP reports federal judges will retire with full pay and automatic cost of living pension increases under the pay raise bill signed by President Ford. The measure ties raises to the consumer price index, potentially boosting judges pensions alongside active pay, with example figures showing a 5 percent livings rise could raise both active salaries and retired pensions.
A U S Department of Justice investigation opens into the Aug 7 firing of Dr Earl Stenger, director of the Southwest Mental Health Unit in San Antonio, amid claims he was ousted for testifying in a federal civil rights suit against Texas mental hospitals.
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