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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1975
Page
4
President Ford vetoed a 45 billion dollar appropriation bill for Labor and Health Education and Welfare saying it would raise deficits and add 8 000 federal jobs. He noted 39 5 billion for HEW and 4 4 billion for Labor plus related funds.
Gov Dolph Briscoe held his first news conference in 65 days and backed his low profile with reporters. An AP check shows he spent at least 39 working days at his ranch in 10 months and avoids impromptu media contacts. He declined to discuss how he spends time on working days in Uvalde and will set future conference timing himself.
Representatives of 16 industrialized and 19 developing nations set four negotiating commissions to address energy, raw materials, development, and financial issues. Ministers agreed to abide by a prior accord and will begin meetings February 11 in Paris.
President Ford witnessed John Paul Stevens sworn in to the Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas. Stevens, a 7th Circuit judge in Chicago since 1970, took the oath from Chief Justice Warren E. Burger and was confirmed 98 to 0 by the Senate.
Washington AP reports the Civil Aeronautics Board granted Braniff Airways emergency authority to carry domestic passengers to Miami on its South America bound flights from New York and Washington through December 2. The move aims to sustain service amid ongoing travel disruptions.
United Airlines and striking ground service workers reach tentative wage agreement after all night talks with labor mediator W J Usery Jr. A union ratification vote is set for Sunday, as hundreds of thousands of holiday travelers faced cancellations through January 5. The IAM represents about 16,500 mechanics ramp and food service workers.
Actor James Cagney brightened 14 year old Keith Mitchell by calling his hospital room. Keith, now semicomatose and nonverbal, nodded when told who spoke. Cagney, briefed on the boy’s condition, talked for about 10 minutes and said it was his pleasure, sending Keith a hug.
The estate of Marvin Major sues Jerry Lee Lewis in Superior Court seeking 30000 for medical bills after Major was struck in the left eye by a microphone at a November 3, 1968 Atlanta performance. The suit notes the injury did not cause Major’s 1970 death.
Texas Gov Briscoe fights a Supreme Court ruling allowing about 130 campus construction projects to proceed without prior approval by the coordinating board. He plans to write to college heads, call a budget conference, and push for funds toward teaching over elaborate buildings while rejecting a special session to cover school district costs. He noted UT System resisted the veto, others submitted projects though.
In New York trading the Dow Jones average fell 3.38 to 848.71 as lenders hike rates and inflation lingers. First National City Bank boosted its prime rate from 7 to 7 1/4 percent. consumer prices rose at an 8.4 percent annual pace for November. Alcan Aluminum led turnover on the NYSE, and the composite index slipped to 47.02 while the AMEX market value index dropped to 82.68.
The FBI arrested ten Nashville area residents described as officers or employees of four corporations with 130 local workers and nationwide sales of 60,000 dollars daily. The scheme sold distributorships for bogus automobile tire sealants oil additives and a grass retardant.
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