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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1975
Page
7
U S auto sales rose in June to the strongest pace in 11 months, beating May by about 7 to 8 percent while still below year-ago levels by over 10 percent. Importers topped 19 percent of the market, a June record, aided by a stock of 1974 models and fuel economy.
Several thousand people packed lunches and headed to Liberty Hill for the third annual Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic. Nelson, a leader of progressive western music fans, was to host the open air concert with performers including the Pointer Sisters Rita Coolidge Kris Kristofferson Billy Swan and others.
NASA reports the Apollo Soyuz mission remains on track for a July 15 launch from Cape Canaveral despite a leak in astronaut Vance Brand's suit found during a dress rehearsal. The joint mission aims for in-space docking with Soviet cosmonauts Leonov and Kubasov from Baikonur.
Funeral services for Mrs Margie Lee Birmingham of Port Lavaca will be at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church at 10 15 a m tomorrow with burial at Green Lawn Cemetery Pallbearers include Ernest Vela Orlan Haughboldt Robert Grantland Floyd Birmingham Leonard Buran and Enos Birmingham Rosary is at Richardson Funeral Home this evening Mrs Birmingham died Wednesday after a brief illness age 51 Survivors include a daughter Mrs Bobby Blankenship of Port Lavaca a son Dempsey Lee Birmingham of Junction City Kansas her parents Mr and Mrs Preston Miller of Freeport three sisters Mrs Marilyn Domingues of Freeport Mrs Joyce Neely of Kenner La and Mrs Sherry Lang of Albany Ga and four grandchildren
Cincinnati based I T Verdin Co with 144 years in business basks in bicentennial demand. They offer exact Liberty Bell copies at 2450 and full size bells, carillons, tone rods, and bell concert cartridges while noting markets may swing toward refurbishment and future tricentennial timing.
Mrs. Carmichael died Thursday in Victoria at age 67. Funeral will be tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Port Lavaca with burial at Green Lawn Cemetery. Survived by husband Troy and daughter Mrs. Edwin Emerson, both of Port Lavaca. Burial details follow.
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