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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1976
Page
4
UTSA sociology students find over half of witnessed shoplifting cases in San Antonio go unreported. Women more likely to report than men. older shoppers report more than younger. Sloppily dressed shoplifters more often noticed in small stores. whites report more often than blacks or Mexican Americans.
A federal judge ruled University of Houston policy of handbag and package checks at Hofheinz Pavilion and Jeppesen Stadium unconstitutional. Judge Carl O. Bue Jr said searches without warrant or probable cause give officers impermissibly broad powers though safety is valid. The ruling followed a civil suit by a UH student whose purse was searched at a rock concert.
The National Center for Health Statistics reports that American youths have stopped growing taller on average. An 18-year-old boy now stands 5 feet 9.2 inches and weighs over 150 pounds, similar to 20 years ago. Girls average 5 feet 4.2 inches and 123 pounds. Growth rates peaked mid-20th century due to diet and disease reduction, and may reflect genetic limits. Researchers based findings on over 20,000 children and updated growth charts after four decades.
Houston AP report details a court pathn contract showing actress Jean Peters will receive 70 000 a year from Howard Hughes estate for 20 years or until death, with cost of living adjustments. Executors Annette Gano Lummis and William R. Lummis asked for 168 602 in estate bills including Hughes funeral and a Mexico stay. Peters relinquished all marital and property rights.
Washington AP reports the Justice Department is probing allegations that Postmaster General Bailor received a cut rate stamp deal in exchange for $7 million in postal contracts. A House subcommittee staff director says prior inquiries found no evidence, while Taub denies any payoff and offers a lie detector test.
James A. Farley elder Democratic statesman and former national chairman dies at 88 after a heart attack in his Waldorf Towers suite. He helped Roosevelt rise to the presidency, later split with FDR over a third term, and led Coca Cola International after leaving active politics. Farley was born May 30, 1888 in Grassy Point and survived by wife Elizabeth Finnegan and three children.
Braniff Airlines 747 returned to Dallas-Fort Worth after an engine malfunction aborted the Hawaii flight 501. No injuries among 300 aboard as the jet landed with emergency vehicles on scene. The No 3 engine fire warning light appeared due to a faulty hydraulic pump and the crew shut it down midflight. Passengers, told to brace for a crash landing, cheered as the plane touched down safely.
Progressive country star Willie Nelson and drummer Paul English spent five minutes before a federal grand jury probing North Texas narcotics traffic. Nelson refused to discuss the probe or whether he answered questions, saying he did not know what it was about. The investigation began years ago after a Miami drug seizure and a $1 million cocaine haul case.
SAN ANTONIO AP The Air Force says a pure and simple accident caused the gassing of 17 basic trainees at Lackland AFB last month during a barracks cleanup. An Lt Col James B Fackenthal led an investigation finding both trainees and instructors responsible for mixing cleaning agents that released a chlorine type gas.
In Houston a man charged with murder for the May 14 Texas sailboat killings of Will Graeber and Gerda Graeber has been deemed incompetent to stand trial by a Houston psychiatrist. Fulton Schmidt, 31, is held on 500000 dollars bond in Brazoria County jail as a grand jury decision is delayed.
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