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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1975
Page
8
AP dispatch reports Postmaster General Bailor says first class stamps rise from 10 to 12 or 13 cents by year end due to rising costs and deficits. The note appears amid a string of national political and foreign affairs items across Washington and beyond.
Sen Edward M Kennedy and his son Teddy Jr 13 shared a family weekend in Stockbridge Massachusetts. Teddy Jr who lost a leg to cancer navigated the slopes using outrigger poles while Kennedy said I am enormously proud. The gathering included charades a filet luncheon and reflections on the past.
The 35 member AFL-CIO executive council begins a follow up meeting in Miami Beach to push Congress for a higher minimum wage as part of an economic program. The session builds on proposals adopted by the union's general board last month and focuses on helping workers cope with inflation.
A compilation of Ann Landers columns addressing issues from healthy six sons to marital honesty and secrets. Readers complain about gender expectations, gossip, and the impact of deceit in relationships, with Landers offering blunt guidance and resources.
The USDA Soil Conservation Service outlines using soil surveys to plan and maintain parks camps and resorts. It notes thousands of soil types with properties like flooding and slope influencing suitability. Texas covers over 70 percent of land surveyed, with copies available from SCS offices and GPO.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John C White says felony charges are being prepared in the AGC Plainview case and will be filed within days by the district attorney. Investigators found a single transaction at a West Texas storage elevator involving an AGC employee amid bookkeeping errors and 2.5 million pounds of grain sorghum reported missing as moisture. White notes charges are unrelated to the missing grain and bond rules reflect AGC’s large elevator system while Morris Jaffe defends his role in Estes assets.
Cambodian forces report Khmer Rouge capture of Mong Russei in northwest Cambodia after a siege, taking 125000 sacks of unhusked rice or about 2000 tons milled. Lossing rice does not affect Phnom Penh supply as Batambang-Phnom Penh routes are cut. Government seeks Mekong convoy resupply amid heavy fighting and mines.
Calhoun County students William R. Butler and Hubert A Hermes earned the Distinguished Student ranking at Texas A&M University announced by Registrar Robert A. Lacey. Both mechanical engineering juniors from Point Comfort meet the 3.25 GPA threshold and join the top ten percent of undergraduates.
Governor Robert Bennett labeled Southwestern Bell Telephone Co guilty of gross stupidity at a Independence luncheon. He criticized reports that Kansas Corporation Commission members received toll free cards from the company and said he deplored the gratuity, though it likely occurred for 40 years.
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