Rain Fails To Stop Bicentennial Extravaganza
About 2,000 Calhoun County students and 3,000 residents carried on with a Bicentennial pageant despite rain. The show ran from colonial days to a space shot, ending with a fireworks finale as umbrellas dotted the packed stadium. Officials presented Bicentennial plaques and flags, flag ceremonies, and a history of the Liberty Bell before the program continued under intermittent showers.
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Calhoun County
United
Port Lavaca
Don Kasper
Shiner
Jetton
George Miller
Noonday
Lions Club
Marvin Kirkman
Kasper
Calhoun County Independent
Six Sessions Set to Study School Plants
Calhoun ISD trustees received a six meeting schedule for the Citizens Advisory Committee to study school improvement proposals. Superintendent Marvin Kirkman stated sessions are open to the public, set at campus locations from 8 to 9 30 p m, with buildings accessible 30 minutes before and after for facility review.
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Calhoun Independent School District
Citizens Advisory Committee
Marvin Kirkman
Food Leads Increase in Living Cost
Washington AP reports consumer prices rose four tenths of a percent in April led by a first rise in retail food costs in four months. Food prices gained six tenths, marking the first April increase after a December six tenths rise. beef prices declined six tenths despite a slower drop recently.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Labor Department
Kissinger Acknowledges Coordinating Policy With Ford
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said he coordinates all foreign policy with President Ford despite White House in-house mumbling. He cited briefing staff before an Africa trip and defended policy amid campaign attacks. NATO foreign ministers, at their semiannual meeting, reaffirmed commitment to deterrence and defense.
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Oslo
Norway
Henry A. Kissinger
Ford
White House
Kissinger
Africa
North Atlantic Alliance
Six Hijackers Force Landing In Mindanao Flight
Six men described as Moslem tribesmen hijacked a Philippine Airlines jet with over 100 people aboard and forced it to land at Zamboanga on Mindanao. They demanded 375000 dollars in ransom and a DC8 plane to fly them to Libya. Soldiers surrounded the aircraft and punctured its tires to prevent takeoff as officials negotiated with a hijacker holding a .45 pistol to the pilot.
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Manila
the Philippines
Philippines Airlines
PAL
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Libya
Bicentennial Tour Near End Giscard Leaves Texas
French President Valery Giscard dEstaing ended a six day U S tour in Texas then traveled to Louisiana. He spoke at a Houston dinner with about 1 000 guests and met Mrs Lyndon B Johnson. The leader praised France s modern progress and its energy sector while noting Texas vitality and future confidence.
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Houston
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Texas
Louisiana
United States
Giscard d’Estaing
Fred Hofheinz
Houston Intercontinental
White House
France
Giscard
Hofheinz
Mrs. Giscard
Frederic Remington
Remington
Californias Brown Anchors Demo Hopefuls In June Primary
Carter Udall and Church signal they will skip a major California debate and focus on New Jersey Ohio and smaller states ahead of the June 8 primary. Delegates will be allocated winner take all in New Jersey and Ohio and proportionally in California. Ford gains momentum as Rosenbaum urges uncommitted delegates in Albany to back him.
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Jimmy Carter
Morris Udall
Frank Church
California
Edmund G Brown Jr
Brown
Udall
Church
Los Angeles
Carter
New Jersey
Ohio
New York
Ford Ford
GOP
Richard Rosenbaum
Albany
Ford
Rosenbaum
Reagan
New York Daily News
Edward M. Kennedy
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George Dettman
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Kirkman
Seadrift
Madison, Jefferson and Harrison
Port O’connor
Garney B. Scott Jr
Alcoa
Demos Eye
Humphrey
Minnesota
Cherry Hill
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