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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1975
Page
6
Ed and Mari Smith filed for divorce on July 9 after a staged postwedding party in Los Angeles where guests reopened champagne and the best man removed their wedding bands. Ed, 44, and Mari, 24, say they remain friends and cannot live together, with California final decree due in six months.
Gen Louis H Wilson new commandant of the Marine Corps vows to crack down on overweight Marines and lax enforcement by officers. He plans to send a special general to inspect how unit commanders enforce fitness standards while he maintains his own regimen running two miles daily.
Rioting and arson struck Rio Maior as crowds burned the local Communist party office amid rumors of a union take over. Catholics demonstrated in Aveiro over a church radio station issue, while regional tensions echoed in other capitals as Lebanon violence and Cuba embargo debates surfaced.
Space link CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP astronauts cosmonauts spaceships and rockets are ready for the joint U S Soviet mission beginning Tuesday with twin launchings on two continents. Countdown ticks away smoothly for Apollo and Soyuz spacecraft to orbit for a historic linkup on Thursday ending the space race that began 18 years ago with Sputnik.
London reports that police uncovered an IRA Provisional plan for another bomb campaign in Britain and for assassinations if the Northern Ireland cease-fire collapses. In Belfast, two Protestants and a Catholic were shot during Orange Order marches marking the 1690 Boyne victory, but no clashes with Catholics occurred.
Roger Bradfield presents Form 64p for the State of Texas as of June 30 19 in a consolidated condition report for Point Comfort business within the state.
The document lists asset categories including cash and due from banks, U.S. Treasury securities, government obligations, other securities, trading account securities, loans, premises and fixtures, real estate, investments in subsidiaries, and other assets. It also details reserves on loans and securities, capital accounts with notes and debentures, equity, surplus, undivided profits, contingencies reserves, and totals for liabilities, reserves, and capital. A memorandum section records averages of deposits and loans, unearned discount, standby letters of credit, and a signed attestation by Edwin A. Wagner.
Miss Bart holomew, Miss U S A and a Miss Universe contestant, is sick in San Salvador with a 102 fever. She says flu from sun and air conditioning caused the illness and plans to compete if she can crawl to preliminary judging starting Tuesday.
Galveston Convention and Visitors Bureau reports the island’s tourist industry remains strong and likely growing despite recession inflation and energy problems. Nearly 3.5 million visitors in 1974 spent over 37 million. indications point to surpassing 1974 totals in the current year.
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