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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1975
Page
8
Sen Frank Church says Gulf Oil chief will testify next week about who received 4 million in political gifts. Hearing set for May 16. Gulf Chairman Dorsey denied Venezuela and Ecuador involvement.
President Ford proposed ending education benefits for recruits joining after July 1 to help balance the Vietnam era drawdown. Military officials fear the cut may reduce enlistments in the volunteer army. In a separate matter, testimony suggests Social Security taxes may rise to fund solvency, but no cuts to benefits for current or near retirees are expected.
In Edgard Louisiana a special Mass was held for Rev J Alcide Clement 47 Sister Mary Patrick Harrington 43 and Leah Lejeune 58 slain during a church rectory robbery. Two robbers fled with 600 dollars after the deadly intrusion under Mississippi River area near New Orleans. Archbishop Hannan offered comforting remarks calling the days of birth and death gifts. Sheriff Miller reported the robbers escaped.
Two hundred years ago Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seized Fort Ticonderoga from the British on May 10, 1775. The bold raid boosted rebel spirits, supplied artillery for Boston, and shaped campaigns toward Canada and the Hudson Champlain waterway, influencing the war’s early stages.
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