Congress on Hot Seat as Hays Denies Mistress Pay
Rep. Wayne L. Hays, 64, cancels a trip to England to receive a Magna Carta copy amid talk of a House payroll probe over accusations he kept a mistress on payroll. Elizabeth Ray, 27, alleges $14,000 yearly pay for office work she did not perform. Thompson signals a subcommittee review after her claims.
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CBS News
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City Council to discuss landfill site and city issues
Port Lavaca City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Annex to review the relationship with a county sanitary landfill, discuss garbage collection problems, and hear a use report on revenue sharing funds totaling 8288 for 1977. Also on the agenda are ordinance readings, protest by the Floreses, health agency support, a tax free housing project permit issue, drainage progress, and general problems.
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High Cost of Utilities Rapped by Schwartz in Port Lavaca
Sen A R Babe Schwartz of Galveston urged a special legislative session to act on high utility costs under the 1973 Public Utility Regulatory Act. He pressed to move the commission’s effective date to July 15 to extend regulatory power to gas utilities, criticizing gas cost disparities and lobbying that removed gas from regulation.
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Calhoun County
Chicano Bicentennial Event Planned for Calhoun County
Chavana announced a July 3-4 Chicano bicentennial celebration on a 40 acre tract off Whatley Road eight miles south of Port Lavaca. Bands from San Antonio Corpus Christi and locals to perform. Admission 8 dollars in advance 10 at site. Scholarships of 2000 each and a 1000 donation planned from ticket receipts. Judge Jetton set mass-gathering permit hearing for June 11.
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Big Foot Involved in Missing Hiker Case Near Eureka
A party of four Modoc County hikers reported that a large hairy beast grabbed Sherie Darvell and knocked Kathleen Bush down on a trail between Weitchpec and Orleans. A 50-person search launched by Humboldt County sheriff and U S Forest Service covers a mountainous area 40 miles north of Eureka as officials treat the report as possibly legitimate.
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Miss Bush
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Ed Bush
Jacqueline Bush
Fred Dutton
Modoc County
Weather Ahead Warm With Partial Clouds And Light Winds
A forecast shows warm weather through Tuesday with partly cloudy skies and variable winds 4 to 12 mph. Highs Monday and Tuesday near 90, lows Tuesday mid 60s, and marine conditions with southeast winds 10 to 18 knots. Seas 1 to 3 feet. Tides show Monday evening low and Tuesday morning high. Sunset Monday 8 17, sunrise Tuesday 6 32, pressure 20.0 inches.
Summer Class Registration at Calhoun High
Registration for summer classes at Calhoun High School opens Wednesday for students in grades nine through 12. Courses run June 1 to July 15 with two two hour classes daily Monday to Friday from 7 30 a m to 12 05 pm. Tuition is 36 dollars per one credit course and students may take up to three credits. Courses include English math history typing crafts physical science chemistry and biology.
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Supreme Court Allows Prescription Drug Price Ads
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that states may not ban advertising of prescription drug prices. The Virginia law restricting such ads was struck down, challenged by consumer groups arguing a right to price information in advertising under the freedom of the press.
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