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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1975
Page
8
About 300 youngsters attend the 17 year old school in Sudbury learning colonial life with quill pens hornbooks and slate lessons. The tiny building lacks electricity heat and blackboards with lessons written on slates.
Thousands of Socialists braved rain outside Republica offices after Communist printers seized the paper. Paratroopers moved in as leftist authorities blocked entry, while Socialist leader Mario Soares threatened to quit the cabinet if control was not returned. The Lisbon daily remains the sole paper not Communist-controlled.
In Tampa Florida a 39 year old Taiwanese seaman believed to be Tu-Mei Hu hanged himself in his jail cell after eight months in a Florida swamp. Deputies said an interpreter noted the man did not understand why he could not go free. He had been chased by a posse after a trail of half eaten wild animal carcasses led to his capture in the sawgrass jungle.
In Vienna Kissinger and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko resumed discussions focusing on the pace of SALT talks in Geneva for a new strategic arms treaty. A brief general review of the Middle East was planned before Kissinger heads to Bonn, following his warning against Russia exploiting U S Indochina setbacks.
Violent storms, hail, and heavy rains caused extensive crop damage across central Texas last week, with at least 10,000 acres ruined in Williamson County. Western areas saw planting halted but moisture should aid crops. harvests of small grains, flax, and vegetables increased, while cattle and pasture conditions improve overall except in the Panhandle and deep South Texas.
Clarence Catfish Gray, a self taught healer living in a basement near Glenwood on the Ohio River, attracts dozens monthly with remedies of ginseng bloodroot and pipsissawa. He offers a cancer medicine from a refrigerated jar, herbs in bags, and sassafras tea as locals seek relief where doctors have failed.
Wyoming Mineral Corp announces a proposed production plant near Bruni southeast of Laredo to produce 250000 pounds of uranium concentrates yearly. The firm will seek Texas Water Quality Board approval for a new solution mining process. Geoffrey Hunkin said Texas uranium mining could supplement oil in South Texas as the company operates a pilot near Bruni since 1973.
The Supreme Court ruled a federal court has jurisdiction to hear a suit challenging a Dallas loitering ordinance. Civil liberties groups warn the ruling could affect nationwide challenges to local public order laws. The case involves Tom E Love Ellis and Robert D Love arrested Jan 18 1972 for walking about aimlessly and fined $10, with ACLU arguing the ordinance is unconstitutional.
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