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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1976
Page
4
Congress begins drafting a compromise on the $4 billion military foreign aid bill after declining to override Ford. The plan preserves a $9 billion yearly ceiling on U.S. military sales, but ends a provision lifting Ford’s Vietnam embargo.
Bolivian ambassador to France Gen. Joaquin Zenteno Anaya aged 53 was murdered in Paris near the Seine. He led forces that hunted Che Guevara in 1967 and had served as foreign minister and later as army chief. The killing follows similar ambassador assassinations in Europe since October, with competing witness accounts and no arrests reported.
The Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times publish afternoon issues Monday through Friday except Christmas Day. Wave Publishing Co. Inc. distributes local news from Port Lavaca Texas with AP news dispatches and subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery.
Belinda Dunlap, daughter of Mr and Mrs Daughty Dunlap of Port Lavaca, received a cum laude BS in computer science from Trinity University this past Saturday. She now lives and works in San Antonio for Kinard Data Services.
A county convention approved a resolution for a special session to discuss energy problems and selected seven delegates for the State Democratic Convention. Committed delegates include Walter Rosenbrock and Louis Starnes to Lloyd Bentsen, Alton Thormalen to Jimmy Carter, Howard Hartzog Jr. and George Fred Rhodes uncommitted, Wayne Wehmeyer delegate-at-large to Carter. Alternates are Jerry Halsey, Charlotte Manuel, Benn Harris, A.M. Padron uncommitted. John Burleson and Mary Pinett to Bentsen. The state convention is set for June 18 in Houston.
At the county convention in Port Lavaca Mr and Mrs Donald Grawe were chosen as delegates to the State Republican Convention while Mr and Mrs Leo Westerholm were named alternates. Four resolutions were passed urging a balanced federal budget ballot secrecy praising the president and Sen John Tower for Ford delegates work, and noting guest L Dean Holford candidate for Representative in the 14th District opposing John Young of Corpus Christi.
National Petroleum Refiners Association honored Union Carbide Corporation Seadrift plant with a safety plaque after it logged over 2 million man hours without a disabling injury. NPRA Board Chairman William S. MacConnor presented the award during the annual meeting in San Antonio.
Senate testimony exposed a rotten meat procurement system in which Army inspectors took bribes and prostitutes to avoid hassling packers. Edward Kehl testified that 3&G Packing Co. regularly substituted lower grade meat for Army orders, with knuckle replacing sirloin tip butts in about half of G&G shipments, potentially illegal profits up to 192000 dollars daily. The firm also routed knuckle meat to Blue Ribbon Frozen Foods to satisfy Army contracts.
The hospital hosts its monthly blood donor drive from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital. Sponsored by the hospital auxiliary, appointments can be made by calling 552-2066.
New York markets showed mixed action as profit taking cooled gains from the prior two sessions. The noon Dow slipped 0.24 to 1,007.24 while the NYSE composite edged up 0.02 to 54.92. Boeing led activity, rising 1 to 34. A swap talks report with Iran on oil for aircraft surfaced.
Funeral services are planned for Hermann T. Gray 60 formerly of Port Lavaca who died Monday in Victoria after a long illness. Services Thursday at Marshall Funeral Home Coleman burial in Burkett. Survived by wife Ernestine Gray two sons and several stepchildren and grandchildren joining other notices for Mrs. Sillar May Thompson 94 of Port Lavaca, Luciano Ramos 78 of Port O Connor, and Mrs. Carlos Smith of La Porte with services and burials noted in Mexia Port Lavaca area cemeteries.
The Associated Press reports storms faded near Texas southeast. mild conditions spread statewide. Fog formed across South Texas early. visibility dropped in places. A water spout was seen over Galveston Bay with minor tornadoes near the Brazoria Galveston line. No injuries reported. Rain totals up to 5 inches caused brief flash flooding around Orange and nearby areas. Dawn temperatures ranged from 50 in Amarillo to 96 at Presidio.
Sheriff officers report a Caterpillar starter stolen Monday from a machine parked at the east end of the Highway 35 causeway. Ray Vickers of H&K Construction in Linton reported the loss valued at 275 dollars. In Port Lavaca, a five and one half horsepower motor was taken from Wayne's Feed Store between Thursday night and Monday morning from a liquid feed dispenser.
Attorneys plan to take James Earl Ray's case to the Supreme Court arguing missed points in his bid to overturn his 1969 murder conviction for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The 6th Circuit rejected the plea as implausible and upheld Judge McRae's 1975 denial after a 1969 guilty plea.
Los Angeles AP Harris attorney Leonard Weinglass criticizes Deputy D A Mayerson decision to deny waiting two months for William and Emily Harris to be tried with Patricia Hearst. He argues the move creates two trials and at least $100,000 extra cost, while Hearst remains in custody for diagnostic tests in San Diego. Hearst and the Harrises face charges related to a 1974 kidnapping and related violence.
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