Global news snippets touch on space, crime, politics and industry
A wide AP dump covers diverse items including a sperm bank deposit loss with Bloom family notes, a deadly Brazilian train derailment near a samba school, Apollo Soyuz crew dynamics and a leak probe, CIA mail interception criticism, Gujarat arrests under Indira Gandhi policy, US refugee resettlement expansion for Laotians and Cambodians, UN Security Council balance on Arab-Israeli issues, Ford Solzhenitsyn meeting dispute, and a Detroit suit by a retired Ford executive alleging alcoholism shaped his career.
Deadlock over future oil control bill stalls Congress
Congress and President Ford remain deadlocked as price controls near expiration. House action would extend controls to December 31 while rolling back some prices, with a Senate panel opposing Ford’s plan to raise ceilings. Key figures include Harley Staggers and Interior Committee members as lawmakers seek a compromise amid mounting political friction.
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Ford
Congress
Washington
House Commerce Committee
Harley O. Staggers
D-W.va
Staggers
House
Senate
Interior Committee
Commerce Committee
U.S
Ringo Starr granted divorce from Maureen in London
Former Beatle Ringo Starr real name Richard Starkey and wife Maureen were granted a divorce in London after Maureen cited adultery with Nancy Andrews. The three children Zak Jason and Lee are to have reasonable access. The couple did not attend the brief hearing. Rose Sirica faced an odd juror misidentification in Florida unrelated to the Starr affair.
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London
Ringo Starr
Maureen
Ringo
Nancy Andrews
Richard Starkey
Miss Andrews
Bery Cooper
Zak
Jason
Lee
Crossword by THOMAS JOSEPH
A compact puzzle item noting a THOMAS JOSEPH crossword with across and down clues, including theme hints and a cryptoquote sample. It lists several clue numbers and partial answers, plus a quoted quip about celery and a baker’s joke from Kin Hubbard.
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Nygme Osiup
Kin Hubbard
Morning Markets Pressure Grows as Banks Rate Jokers Fall
New York morning trading seen broad declines after higher bank prime rate moves. Dow Jones 30 industrials stood at 859.67, down 4.61 with more losers than gainers on the NYSE. American Stock Exchange index fell 0.36 to 95.34 while United Technologies tumbled after merger plans were dropped. Michigan Sugar rose 16 percent on strong quarterly earnings.
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New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Port Lavacan native earns UT Health degree in nuclear medicine
Irvin Frank Sabrsula Jr., son of Mr and Mrs Irvin Sabrsula of 1808 Leon Port Lavaca, has earned the master of science degree in nuclear medicine from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He wrote In-Vivo Dosimetry of 99m TC-SULFUR Colloid Liver Scanning Agent, conducted in the department of nuclear medicine at UT Medical School Houston. The degree was awarded at Hofheinz Pavilion during last month’s joint Houston Health Science Center commencement.
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Irvin Frank Sabrsula Jr
Irvin Sabrsula
Leon
Port Lavaca
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston
Sabrsula
Lamar University
Department of Nuclear Medicine
UT Medical School
Hofheinz Pavilion
Houston Health Science Center
Apollo Soyuz docking note from Houston to Moscow events
Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Donald Slayton met cosmonauts during the Apollo Soyuz docking 140 miles high. Leonov toured Apollo, signed an international flight certificate, and joined two halves of a plaque. Kubasov guided Brand on a TV tour of Russia, showing deserts and mountains and noting the landing area in central Russia.
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Leonov
Thomas P. Stafford
Donald K. Slayton
Stafford
Kubasov
Brand
Russia
Black Sea
Ural Mountains
Volga River
Soyuz
VEW Post Donates To Calhoun Youth Rodeo Association
VFW Post 4403 donated 100 dollars to the Calhoun County Youth Rodeo Association at its Tuesday meeting. Members were reminded of the District 24 meeting in Victoria on July 27, with a 2 p.m. start at Post 4146, 103 S. Glass St. The Post 4403 Ladies Auxiliary will host a covered dish supper on August 5 at 7 p.m. at the hall, as District 24 President Mary Hyak will inspect the Auxiliary.
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Calhoun County Youth Rodeo Association
VFW
Post
Victoria
S. Glass St
Dist
Mary Hyak
Deaths of Mrs Harry Madden 87 of Seadrift
Mrs Harry Madden, 87, Seadrift resident, died Thursday at 2 30 am in a Victoria nursing home. Born March 1, 1888 in Fulton Texas she was a Seadrift Baptist Church member. Funeral tomorrow at 2 pm from First Baptist Church Seadrift with Rev George Yarbrough officiating burial in Seadrift Cemetery. Survived by two sons Alvin A Madden and J H Madden Jr both of Seadrift and five daughters Irene Hales Marie Nichols both of Houston Chris rker Port Lavaca Fred Coward Seadrift Herschel Scales Harmon Calif and 25 grandchildren. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Harry Madden
Seadrift
Victoria
Fulton, Texas
Seadrift Baptist Church
First Baptist Church
Geroge Yarbrough
Alvin A. Madden
J.H. Madden, Jr
Irene Hales
Marie Nichols
Houston
Chris Rker
Port Lavaca
Fred Coward
Herschel Scales
Harmon
Calif
Pallbeareres
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Bloom
Linda
Chartered International Cryo-Bank
San Francisco
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
CIA
Justice Department
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Benjamin F. Bailor
William E. Colby
India
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Thailand
Saigon
Phnom Penh
United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
Council
U.N
New York
Egypt
Cairo
U.N. Peacekeeping Force
UNEF
Solikamsk
Serov
Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn
Solzhenitsyn
Henry A. Kissinger
Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Wayne County
John R. Brennan
Calhoun County
Don Gredernitz
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ward
Jim Wilson
Jerry Amason
Seadrift Chamber
Marshall Hooker
Port O'Connor Chamber
Mark Cameron
Point Comfort
Willis Jetton
John Finster
Null
Hawes
Vue
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Rose Sirica
Sirica
Glen Roderman
Thomas Joseph
Lesser Antilles
Gelderla City
Coral Island
la France
Ranchipur
Bar
Russian City
USNA
Tracy Underworld
Littlest
Ceylon
Longfellow
GMNPU
Sony
Nyse
Unitrade
Company
United Technologies
Michigan Sugar
Alcce
Rich OS
Aui
Bernst
Borden A
Brit Pet
Celanese
Carysier
Coca Cola
duPont
Eastman NG Idee
el Paso
Exeon
Elec
Gen Foods
Litton Ae
Marcor
Mobi Oiam
Monsanto
Port Lavacan
Apollo
Moscow
Iam
Slayton
Bob Blasingim
VEW Post
Neriwaetrsn
Rendon Memorial
Port Lavaca Funeral Home
Auto Parts
HI LO Auto Parts
Navarro Victoria
Wickes Lumber
Delmar Victoria
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