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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1975
Page
6
Justice Douglas, 76, hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital in a serious but stable condition after a stroke. He was stricken in Nassau while on vacation with his wife Cathy and returned to Washington aboard an Air Force evacuation plane.
Washington AP reports that young men delay registration for the standby draft. Selective Service Director Byron V. Pepitone cites tardiness but notes a March 12 draft lottery for 1956 birth year men who turn 19 that year. He describes expanded mail registration and 25,000 volunteer registrars at schools, courts, and armories to ease compliance.
Jay Patrick, 17, rolled away from his wheelchair at Redmond airport after returning from New York City where he had brain surgery two weeks earlier. He plans to rebuild balance for basketball and baseball this winter as Redmond residents raised 8200 for his travel and first operation in June.
In Gresham Wisconsin armed Menominee seize a 175 acre Alexian Brothers estate and hold the caretaker and five others while negotiating with the order. Officials say about 40 Indians were present with aims to use part of the land for a school or hospital and to pressure a lease.
A fragmented word puzzle grid presents clues and partial entries including names and terms like Brown, October, and swindlers. The lines show cross-reference style hints for a newspaper entertainment puzzle from a historic page.
The text describes a substitution cipher where A maps to L and X to O among others. It explains how to solve daily Cryptoquotes and notes yesterday's message wishing happiness and love year round.
The Associated Press reports heavy snow and ice across western Texas with up to four inches of new snow near El Paso area and Guadalupe Pass closed briefly. Amarillo and Dalhart accumulate fresh inches while many highways remain open though slick. more light rain expected elsewhere tonight and Friday. Temperature dips to the mid 20s in Panhandle towns, while coastal Galveston stays around 60s.
Fifty members including Lindsay Adrin of Warwick joined the Polar Bears on New Year’s Day to swim in the Atlantic at Easton’s Beach. The seven Aquidneck Island group hosts the annual event attracting spectators to Newport Rhode Island.
Former adviser to Kennedy and Johnson, Dr. Walter Heller, says President Ford will propose an income tax cut early this year. He suggests a 15 to 20 billion dollar reduction aimed at working and lower income groups, plus corporate investment credits. He believes the move could support wage restraint around eight percent.
Washington AP reports a new federal campaign finance law begins today limiting contributions in federal races and offering public financing for presidential contests while withholding funds for Senate and House races. The enforcement commission is not yet staffed, amid concerns raised by the Watergate era.
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