California Governor weighs action on right to die bill
California Gov. Edmund Brown Jr. has 30 days to sign veto or let become law a bill permitting terminally ill patients to refuse life sustaining care. The measure aims to allow living wills so doctors stop life support when death is near, prompted by the Quinlan case and passed by the Assembly 43 to 25 amid debate over potential safeguards and dangers.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Edmund Brown Jr
Karen Ann Quinlan
New Jersey
Brown
Barry Keene
D-Eureka
Keene
Vincent Thomas
D-San Pedro
Middlemen blamed as beef prices lag farm price drop
Agriculture Department economist Don Paarlberg says cattle prices fell 26 percent in the past year while retail beef prices dropped only 14 percent, arguing middlemen profits and costs limit savings for consumers. Countering, National Association of Food Chains president Clarence Adams cites rising labor costs as a factor.
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Washington (Ap
Agriculture Department
Don Paarlberg
Department
Clarence G. Adams
National Association of Food Chains
Paarlberg
Gas Pipe Rupture Injures 2 Workers
In the Houston area two workers were injured when a six inch natural gas line near New Caney in Montgomery County ruptured during high pressure water testing. A liquefied petroleum gas line near Mont Belvieu also ruptured and burned, with a Gulf Oil unit identifying a faulty wire as the ignition source. The blaze involved two tank cars and local families were briefly evacuated.
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Houston
Earl F. Boyett
Esabel Reyna Garza
New Caney
Montgomery County
Mont Belvieu
Chambers County
Sammy Prestwood
Warren Petroleum Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Gulf
Minister and family die in Shamrock plane crash
A twin engine Cessna crashed into a muddy field four miles west of Shamrock Texas killing four aboard. Victims include Rev Charles Newton Vaden 42 pastor of Alice Avenue Baptist Church Phoenix Arizona his wife Gloria Maryann 40 and daughter Roxanne Slayte 20 of Roswell New Mexico. The fourth victim Steven Vaden 14 was initially unidentified. The plane struck a field terrace during a rainstorm while attempting an emergency landing. The Vadens were returning from Cleveland Ohio after visiting relatives and attending church seminars. The minister founded his Phoenix church in 1963 with 32 charter members. it now serves about 1000.
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Shamrock
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Charles Newton Vaden
Alice Avenue Baptist Church
Phoenix
Ariz
Gloria Maryann Vaden
Roxanne Slayte
Roswell
N.M
Steven Vaden
Roxanne Slayton
Interstate 40
Cleveland
Ohio
Calhoun County Calendar of Local Meetings and Events
Port Lavaca Housing Authority meets at City Hall Annex at 7 p.m. Today. Tomorrow at 1 p.m. Young Homemakers install at Whitecap. 2:30 p.m. Calhoun County Drainage District No. 11 at First State Bank. 7 p.m. Port Lavaca Little League at First State Bank. 8 p.m. Citizens Advisory Committee of '76 at Point Comfort school.
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Whitecap
Calhoun County
First State Bank
Port Lavaca
Willises welcome daughter born at Detar Hospital Victoria
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Willis of Port Lavaca announce the birth of a daughter, April DeLee, weighing 8 pounds, at 2:02 a.m. on August 26 at Detar Hospital in Victoria. Grandparents are Mrs. and Mrs. Charles M. Adams of Point Comfort and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bill McIlwain of Atlanta, Texas.
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Port Lavaca
April DeLee
Detar Hospital
Victoria
Charles M. Adams
Point Comfort
Joe Bill McIlwain
Atlanta
Tex
Cryptoquote puzzle clues and quotation sample
A cryptogram puzzle grid lists across and down clues with multiple definitions. It includes a quote about a man's real worth and notes on code letters mapping, plus a reference to yesterday's solution and author.
College Heads Defend Student Loan Program
College presidents urged the College Coordinating Board to shield borrowers from penalties for prior defaults and warned cuts to the Hinson-Hazlewood loan program could infringe constitutional rights. They cited 1965 bonds, 1970 federal insurance, and a 15.56 percent default rate triggering a 29 percent lending cut unless loans are limited to low-default institutions.
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Austin, Tex
College Coordinating Board
Hinson-Hazlewood
U. S. Office of Education
Federal Office
Kate Smith Suffering Sore Throat In Hospital Stay
Singer Kate Smith, 67, is in satisfactory condition at Boulevard Hospital with a sore throat. A hospital spokeswoman said she was admitted over the weekend and did not provide a release date.
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New York
Kate Smith
Boulevard Hospital
Miss Smith
Rhodes Will Return Military Pay
House Minority Leader John J Rhodes says he will not accept a military pension while in Congress and agrees with the National Taxpayers Union that members should not take federal pensions in addition to salaries. He is to begin a $500 monthly pension next month for Army colonel service but will return it.
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Washington
House
John J Rhodes
Congress
Arizona Republican
National Taxpayers Union
Rhodes
FBI Director Back at Work After Surgery
FBI Director Clarence Kelley has returned to work after surgery to relieve nerve pressure from a slipped vertebra. The operation, performed Aug. 16 in Kansas City, Missouri, exceeded his expectations and he resumed duties in his Washington office on Monday.
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Washington
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Kansas City
Family Members Together In San Diego
Charles Manson "family" members Susan Murphy and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme are roommates again in San Diego's Metropolitan Correctional Center after a prison escape from Terminal Island. Murphy, 34, and Diane Ellis, 33, were captured in Oregon and jailed for conspiracy and parole violations. Fromme, 27, serves a life term for trying to assassinate President Ford.
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San Diego
Charles Manson
Susan Murphy
Lynette
Squeaky’ Fromme
Miss Murphy
Diane Ellis
Oregon
Terminal Island Federal Prison
Los Angeles
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Miss Fromme
Ford
Sacramento
Calif
Miss Ellis
Building Named for Senator Hart in Honor of Long Service
AP reports Senate liberals and conservatives united to honor retiring Sen. Philip Hart by naming a new office building for him. Hart, a Michigan Democrat, is completing his third term while battling cancer. Senators Allen of Alabama and Hruska of Nebraska praised his kindness, dedication, and fairness.
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Washington
Senate
Philip Hart
Hart
Michigan
James Allen
D-Ala
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
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