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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1975
Page
8
In Mashpee Massachusetts an airborne attempt to solo cross the Atlantic shifted to a two person ascent as crew chief G Hadden Wood clung to a rope and rode the balloon into the gondola. Bob Sparks later reported both men aboard and safe as the flight continued.
Mayor Joseph L. Alioto announced an early proposed settlement in the strike by San Francisco police and firemen after marathon talks at a downtown hotel. He declined to detail the agreement but said negotiators reached a settlement after the police walked out Monday and firefighters joined Wednesday.
John Greacen head of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice says 15 percent of youths are dangerous and should be locked up. He predicts juvenile crime will stay high for at least 15 years as a new $25 million federal agency funds programs through year end.
In Cordoba Argentina guerrillas attacked the central police headquarters with bazookas and machine guns causing a battlefield scene. Seven people were killed and many wounded as heavy firing continued into the afternoon. In a separate dispatch Kissinger flew to Israel to push a new Sinai accord with Egypt to ease tensions and curb oil shocks. Israeli planes later raided a suspected Palestine guerrilla base in northeast Lebanon in retaliation for an earlier raid into northern Israel.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were seen traveling together in Switzerland after 14 months apart and a prior reconciliation. Burton said they might remarry in Israel. A spokesman, John Springer, quoted Burton saying this is a permanent reunion, not a trial reconciliation.
Washington report says Ford administration prepares evidence that grain exports will barely affect retail prices as critics warn shortages from Western drought and big Soviet purchases could raise food costs. Earl L. Butz and top economists set briefings for reporters and farm groups to defend policy.
First Lady Betty Ford says the White House practice of separate bedrooms is politics too far and she sleeps with her husband as often as possible. McCall s magazine quotes her after she received letters from across the country defending shared sleeping arrangements and criticizing the idea that a president should be a eunuch.
In Lisbon anti-Communist factions in the armed forces warned of a forced removal if President Costa Gomes does not dismiss Premier Vasco Goncalves. Goncalves backs a Soviet oriented brand of Communism while the president reportedly considers naming Gen. Carlos Fabiao army chief as premier. A Paris paper cited Fabiao saying the Goncalves regime has little time left.
Thomas Ryan, attorney for Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co, told a Federal Power Commission hearing that natural gas curtailments could reach about 40 percent for distributors this winter, versus 26 percent last winter, potentially affecting residential consumers and small businesses beyond industrial users.
Miami AP reports hurricane expert Neil Frank warns that six in ten residents along Atlantic and Gulf coasts have never faced a major hurricane. He cites population growth, evacuation limits, and the need for preparedness while noting core storm damage and a 12 hour lead time for warnings.
The Hogg Foundation awarded Calhoun County Day Care Center a second grant of 5,000 dollars via Gulf Bend Center. The executive committee cited quality work with children from low income families, expansion of services, and strong community support, noting 33 children helped in the past year and 30 mothers gaining or seeking employment. It also referenced economic strain from local base closures and Alcoa layoffs reducing contributions.
Ima Hogg, famed Houston philanthropist and cultural patron, dies at Westminster Hospital in London at age 93 after a fall led to hospitalization. She helped found the Houston Symphony, supported the Museum of Fine Arts, the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, and the Houston Child Guidance Center, earning the title first lady of Texas. Funeral arrangements were pending, with autopsy planned to determine cause.
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