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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1976
Page
2
Washington faces broad concern over the fairness doctrine as lawmakers show little appetite for change this election year. FCC leaders defend the rule while noting frustrations from broadcasters and networks over equal time obligations and access provisions.
In Sydney AP reports farmers are culling thousands of cattle and the wheat crop, Australia’s top export, faces severe losses amid a drought of over three months. Officials warn continued drought could force export restrictions similar to those in 1974.
A late afternoon to early morning TV schedule lists programs across channels. Highlights include Lucy Show Mister Rogers Ben Cartwright era dramas and news programs, with specials like Future Cop and Grand Prix.
A scrambled TV grid lists programs from 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. including Tele-Lesson Farm News News Groovie Goalies Good Morning America Captain Kangaroo Price Is Right Password Hollywood Squares Love of Life Love Lucy Wheel of Fortune All My Children and more with multiple channel cues and parental notes.
A fragmented TV guide lists noon to five in a mix of soaps news talk and a film. Notable items include Ryan’s Hope Days of Our Lives General Hospital As the World Turns and the movie The Agony and the Ecstasy starring Charlton Heston with other programs such as Family Feud Break the Bank and Batman among varied shows and international entries.
Area churches announce vacation Bible schools through late July and into August. Point Comfort uses 9 to 11:30 a.m. sessions with joint youth programs while Port Lavaca hosts morning and evening programs across several churches.
In Memphis more than 400 Elvis Presley enthusiasts gathered at the Everett R. Cook Convention Center for the first Elvis Presley Convention. The event featured a motorcade down Elvis Presley Boulevard after a mayoral proclamation, with fans wearing buttons and hats and sharing stories of Presley’s influence.
Dallas AP: Texas Department of Corrections Director James Estell tells the State Board of Corrections about a proposed hospital diagnostic center and extra inmate housing at the Central Unit near Sugarland if lawmakers fund it in 1977. He will also brief on a new prison farm in West Texas to ease overcrowding.
Investigators work to determine the cause of a weekend fire that heavily damaged an old hotel building in Ardmore Oklahoma downtown. No damage estimate has been released.
Private First Class David J. Calzada, 19, son of Mr and Mrs John Calzada of Port Lavaca, completed a ten week basic food service course at Camp Lejeune NC. He trained in food prep, meat carving, serving, sanitation and related subjects after graduating Calhoun High School in 1975 and enlisting that December.
Those planning to attend Wharton County Junior College this fall may take the residual ACT test on Wednesday in room 102 of the J.R. Peace Building. An $8 fee is due at testing time and checks should be made payable to ACT.
Canadian American couple Murray Hiebert and his wife Linda report stark contrasts from a 500 mile motor tour of Vietnam. They describe harsh northern poverty and reconstruction efforts, versus southern Da Nang Hue life still tied to prewar American norms. They note aid work by Mennonite Central Committee, gendered labor in reconstruction, food shortages, and cautious hope for normalizing US relations while northern officials appear more open to rebuilding.
President Ford's troubleshooter arrives in Anchorage with 12 specialists to review alleged weld errors on the 7.7 billion Alaska pipeline. Deputy Secretary Barnum will meet state officials, inspectors, unions, and Alyeska representatives as he prepares to depart Wednesday after a federal review found missing and falsified weld records.
The U N Security Council opens a debate as Third World nations urge condemnation of Israel for the Uganda raid and Uganda's charges of barbaric aggression. The United States seeks a resolution condemning terrorism and possibly compensation to Uganda, but vetoes loom from the USSR and China and no consensus appears likely.
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