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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1975
Page
8
In Mexico City delegates urged sweeping societal change to empower women and proposed a 1980 UN meeting to assess progress. They advocated redistribution of economic power from rich to poor nations to better women’s status.
Security forces hunted in Beirut four days after Col Ernest R. Morgan a 43 year old U S military aid mission officer was seized amid street clashes Morgan a Petersburg Virginia native was en route to Turkey from a Pakistan visit Palestinian groups denied involvement In Laos an armed Pathet Lao guard threatened to kill acting U S Information Service director Lawrence C Daks in Vientiane He retreated saying the threat seemed a personal reaction not ordered by Pathet Lao authorities
FBI continues a large scale search on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for 16 suspects in the killings of agents Ronald Williams and Jack Coler. No warrants issued. several arrests made including Hubert Horse, Teddy Pourier, and Herman Thunder Hawk. Joseph Stuntz found dead. body buried in a Oglala ceremony.
A Senate Consumer Affairs Subcommittee staff report says evidence shows Southwestern Bell Telephone Co manipulated accounting data to maximize profit at the consumer's expense but found no proof of two sets of books or deliberate falsification of essential facts. Rate expert George Hess aided the inquiry as the panel prepared for its second meeting. If the state utilities commission tightens regulation, Hess believes reforms may curb practices.
Secretary of State Kissinger heads to Geneva to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko with the Middle East crisis as the key topic. They will also resume SALT negotiations set for July 10 to 11 and discuss a potential 10 year treaty. Brezhnev may join Ford at an autumn summit as Helsinki aims to complete the 35 nation European security conference.
Delegates urge thorough reform of customs laws and attitudes to empower women as equal partners. A 10 year action plan calls for equal access to education health care and family planning while urging men to share childrearing chores. The US and Israel opposed the declaration which also condemns Zionism.
The Optimists urged stronger local interest before finalizing a plan to buy a bus to transport Port Lavaca students to Victoria College. Rolando Reyes called for participants to gauge potential rider numbers, which will set bus size.
Joseph Coors, conservative billionaire, says Reagan would be a good presidential cure and plans to work for him as a convention delegate if he announces. He favors Reagan over Ford and Rockefeller, cites budget balance and less bureaucracy, and notes potential backing away from Wallace if Ford and Rockefeller prevail.
In New Braunfels Texas burglars stole nearly 4000 in valuables from Jerry Wilton’s home. They left a wet reminder of their visit by closing doors and windows and turning on all taps. Damages totaled about 18000 dollars.
Spokane AP reports the decommissioned Navy tanker USS Nespelen bears a misspelled name for 29 years. The ship was named after a river on the Colville Indian Reservation in northeast Washington, according to Navy records.
Democratic leaders nationwide clash over George Wallace strength as they gauge delegate potential for the 1976 Democratic nominating convention. An Associated Press survey finds general agreement that Wallace is unlikely to win the nomination but could hold a pivotal delegate balance, with projections of about 720 delegates entering the convention. The forecast hinges on primary types and caucus conventions, and regional tests in states like Wisconsin Indiana Illinois Minnesota Nebraska. Wallace faces regional contrasts and potential competition from Sanford Bentsen Carter and Bumpers in southern races.
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