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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1975
Page
5
Three terrorists shot and killed two U S Air Force officers in Tehran as they were driven to work. The Iranian driver was unharmed and the killers fled. Iran called them Marxist guerrillas and vowed justice. The U S Embassy waits to notify next of kin before identifying victims. The officers were part of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Iran.
Florida doctors expect guaranteed insurance coverage and fewer patient lawsuits after Gov. Reubin Askew signed the reform act. Sponsors say it is the first comprehensive national approach to the malpractice problem. California weighs similar bills amid protests and hospital surgery curbs.
Kissinger met Bonn officials and German leaders on a West Berlin stop to warn the Communists not to misread U.S. actions after Vietnam. In Stuttgart, Baader Meinhof gang leaders go on trial over 1971 72 bombings and robberies, with several deaths and injuries. Ford aims to reassure NATO at Brussels summit as Middle East and Indochina setbacks loom. oil cartel eyed to push a 10 15 percent price rise by summer. Congress delays energy bill until after Memorial Day recess. Women cadets could enroll at all three military academies if the House Senate vote ends the sex barrier, approved 303 96.
Ford uses bicentennial persona to appeal to diverse audiences in Philadelphia and Charlotte as part of an early campaign strategy. In Homewood, Ill., a family faces a kidney transplant with 12 year old Carol Searing donating to her twin sister Barbara despite medical concerns.
Dorothy Rice heads Franksville Specialty Co. in Wisconsin making giant brassieres for dairy cows. The brown udder supports aim to improve comfort and milk yield and protect sagging udders. Last year the company sold 5,000 udder supports at about $31 each.
Houston AP report details detective William Bess testimony from the trial of Ronald C. O’Bryan, accused of poisoning his son Timothy with cyanide in a Halloween incident. Witnesses describe O’Bryan handling Pixy Stix candies and the boy’s rapid decline after ingestion.
The piece notes falling rates and slower price rises in 1975 but warns unemployment near 8.9 percent, weak confidence, and a cautious outlook. It cites concerns about capital shortages, the need to create 10 million jobs by 1980, and the risk of higher deficits driving inflation and rate ceilings, with no real celebration in Washington or industry.
General manager Charles Herring testified that LCRA plans to recover and credit any funds from a 22.5 million lawsuit against Coastal States Gas Producing Co to wholesale customers on a pro rata basis. Coastal States argues a contract was assigned to LaVaca Gathering Co. and prices rose per Railroad Commission policy.
The 3rd Court of Civil Appeals overruled Texas Atty. Gen. John Hill's rehearing and stay motions in Southwestern Bell Telephone Co's proposed $45 million intrastate rate increase. The court gave no opinion, and Hill plans to appeal to the Texas Supreme Court. Bell moves to implement new rates immediately.
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