Protesters Arrested at Seabrook Nuclear Plant Site
About 170 demonstrators were arrested at the Public Service Co. of New Hampshire construction site in Seabrook during an antinuclear protest of the $1.6 billion plant. They faced arraignment on criminal trespass and contempt of court charges after a Superior Court injunction barred unauthorized entry. Demonstrators were carried or dragged onto 10 school buses by state troopers and held overnight at a National Guard armory in Portsmouth.
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Exeter
N.H
Public Service Co
New Hampshire
Seabrook
National Guard
Portsmouth
New England
New York State
Hampton Falls Common
Pier Park Improvements On Council Agenda Tonight
Port Lavaca City Council meets at 7 30 p m to consider approving pier park improvements and a leasing plan with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Also on the agenda is termination of a San Antonio firm lease, a carnival permit request for the Mexican Heritage Fiesta, and a Chamber of Commerce site use request. The discussion follows a Parks and Recreation Board vote Aug 9, but a quorum was lacking. Officials will authorize leasing documents and review park lease terms with state parks.
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Port Lavaca
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
City Hall
State Parks Department
Alamo Concrete Company of
San Antonio
Port Commission
Curtis Reece Jr
United Citizens League
Fishing Pier
League
Chamber of Commerce
Gift of service honored at hospital Candy Striper event
About 80 parents and friends attended a garden party at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital as 39 Candy Stripers were recognized for volunteer work. Barbara Litzler hosted with Ronald T. Clapp assisting. awards highlighted Sherron Geryk for 500 hours and Merri Martin for 200 and 300 hour guards. Embles, four year members, plus 50 and 100 hour awards were given amid a formal program.
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Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Barbara Litzler
Ronald T. Clapp
Sherron Geryk
Merri Martin
Barbara Maguire
Beth Haynes
Candy Striper Awards
Miss Martin
Miss Maguire
Patti
Mary Worsham
Parade Set For Annual Fiesta Here
The first annual Mexican Heritage Fiesta will sponsor a parade on Sept 16 to celebrate culture and heritage. Entry is open to all groups and individuals via Sheriff Maurice Wood parade chairman. Trophies awarded for best commercial civic and educational floats during a 4 PM procession starting at Fairway Shopping Center on Virginia Street.
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Maurice Wood
Fairway
Virginia Street
Main Street
Broadway
Sheriff's Office
Weather outlook with storms possible through Tuesday
Partly cloudy and warm with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers through Tuesday. Variable winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs in the low 90s, nights near the upper 60s. Boating winds southeast 5 to 12 knots, seas 3 feet or less. Localized higher winds and seas in thundershowers. Tides today at 9:53 p.m. and Tuesday 10:43 a.m.. high tides Tuesday at 5:18 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Barometric pressure at sea level 30.07.
Navy Task Force Approaches Korea Amid Tense Clash
A U S Navy force led by the carrier Midway moved toward Korea as North Korea warned of conflict. The five ship group, from Japan, followed a protest over the Panmunjom tree pruning incident that left two U S officers dead. South Korea held rallies denouncing Pyongyang while calling for strong measures.
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Seoul
South Korea
Midway
Korea
North Korea
Japan
U.S
Rodong Shinmoon
Communist Party
Pyongyang
U.S. Im
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
Kim Ilsung
Seven Gunmen Hijack Egyptian Airliner
Seven gunmen hijacked an Egyptair Boeing 737 with more than 90 aboard after takeoff from Cairo to Luxor. They threatened to blow the plane unless granted fuel to fly outside Egypt, later surrendering after day-long negotiations at Luxor airport.
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Cairo
Egypt
Interior Ministry
Luxor Arport
Luxor
Egyptair
Middle East
Benghazi
Libya
Carter Plans West Coast Speech To Outline Campaign Themes
Jimmy Carter prepared to outline the basic themes of his campaign in a Los Angeles speech and fundraiser in San Francisco, stressing restoring public faith and responsive leadership. Ronald Reagan said he would spend more time in Ohio and less in California after his presidential nomination bid. Ford prepared for strategy sessions in Colorado as Connally reportedly turned down a potential GOP job.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
California
Colorado
Ronald Reagan
Ohio
John Connally
Republican National Committee
Sunday
Dallas Times Herald
Texas
Connally
West
Reagan
Robert Dole
Kansas
Los Angeles Town Hall
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Man Held For Thefts In Port Lavaca and Bay City
Michael Pariseau also known as Bradley Charles Blackmore, 25, of Great Falls North Dakota, held in Brazoria County Jail on felony theft charges for a station wagon and three guitars taken from Richard Allen Alexander in Port Lavaca. The car was driven to West Columbia and involved in a three car crash before Pariseau was arrested in Bay City for driving while intoxicated and a traffic violation. One guitar was sold in Palacios and recovered.
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Michael Pariseau
Bradley Charles Blackmore
Great Falls
N.D
Brazoria County
Port Lavaca
Richard Allen Alexander
el Canino Real
West Columbia
Pariseau
Bay City
Palacios
Point Comfort to consider suit over telephone rate hike
General Telephone Co. rate increase case moves to Point Comfort board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss suing the telco. A 21.1 percent rise already took effect Aug. 16 and will appear on September bills. Port Lavaca office GM Ron Beck was in San Angelo. the request was initially made in August 1975 for 60.2 percent, later cut to 16.8 percent.
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General Telephone Co
Point Comfort
Expansion Loan Approved for La Ward Exchange
Sen Lloyd Bentsen announced from Washington that La Ward exchange in Jackson Calhoun counties will receive a 2 percent federal loan of 2 217 000 to expand service. The funds will connect 323 new customers, upgrade one party lines, build 82 miles of new line, and improve service for 635 existing customers. Larry Green serves as president and manager.
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Lo Ward Telephone Exchange
Jackson County
Jackson
Calhoun
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
la Ward Exchange
Larry Green
The
Exchange
Commissioners Set Landfill Bid Action
Commissioners authorize bidding for drainage ditch and dirt work at the county sanitary landfill and final papers for federal grants for airport repairs. They earlier approved purchase talks for the Langdon 175 acre site, with surface and mineral title options priced to $87,000 or surface only $70,000, and a preliminary offer of $61,225.50. The agenda includes a transfer pump purchase, easement for Permian Corp pipeline, relocation agreement, museum curator resignations and appointments, with an executive session on personnel, real estate, and attorney matters.
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Commissioners Court
U.S. 87
Robert Langdon
State Health Department
Langdon
Civil Defense
Sheriff's Office
Permian Corp
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Mary Reyes
Jack Hunt
Garney Scott
Alcoa
CCISD
Alcoa Foundation
Park
Clamshell Alliance
U.S. Navy
Chung Hee Park
Democratic-Republican Party
United States
Abdel Nasser
Mamdouh Salem
Forrest & Cotton Inc
Austin
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