V F W sponsors scholars and convention details
VFW Post 4403 hosts the District 4 Fall Convention on Sunday Oct 19 with state leaders David L Stein from San Antonio and Mrs Jacque Smith from Fort Worth. Guest speaker will be Joe Wyatt. Also announced is an intensified Soil Fertility Short Course in Calhoun County starting Oct 16 at 7 30 p m in the Port Lavaca Agriculture Building.
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Calhoun County
Port Lavaca
Donald Wehmeyer
Carl Gray
Dale Pennington
Art Gerlow
Gary
Gerlow
Texas A&m
Pennington
Weslaco
Porter settles $1 million with Firestone over tire crash
Kenneth E. Porter, 34, who alleged a defective tire caused a wreck that left him unable to walk, agreed to a $1 million settlement with Firestone Tire & Rubber Co just before jurors were to be selected. Porter had testified a three month old tire on his specially equipped van blew out in April 1972, overturning on a freeway during a Marine Corps training accident in 1938.
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Houston
Kenneth E. Porter
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
Porter
John Compton
Marine Corp
Uncontrollables Plague Federal Spending Cuts Debate
The passage discusses a possible 423 billion dollar next year budget with a 28 billion cut, arguing such a reduction would touch not just controllable items but the entire budget. Rep Brock Adams calls it unrealistic, citing social security and railroad retirement as the largest uncontrollables, about a third of spending, with many smaller items like unemployment aid veterans benefits medicare medicaid housing aid and revenue sharing also contributing to rigidity.
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Ford
Brock Adams
D-Wash
House Budget Committee
Congress
Tax Foundation
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