VFW District backs Propositions Five and Seven on Texas ballot
At a fall convention District 24 VFW urged support for Propositions Five and Seven on the New 4 ballot. Proposition Five would exempt non residential property used by qualifying veteran organizations and certain veteran owned or related properties from ad valorem taxes. Proposition Seven would allow bingo or raffles for non profits with all proceeds spent in Texas. District Auxiliary noted state flag respect efforts and announced Dist 34 is strong in membership. The Dist 4 spring convention will be in Cuero in April.
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Comdr
David Stein
Texas
United States
Armed Services of the
Armed Services of the United Station
Armed Services of the United
Stein
VFW
Bingo
Dist. Auxiliary
Archie Smith
Auxiliary
Dist
Cuero
Supreme Court weighs boundary line in Gulf dispute
The Supreme Court called for oral arguments between Louisiana and Texas over their offshore boundary in the Gulf of Mexico. It will review a March report by Robert Van Pelt and Ned Van Pelt, who proposed a line seaward from midway between Sabine River jetties, with Texas arguing not to count the jetties in shoreline measurement. Under the Submerged Lands Act Texas holds nine miles off shore. Louisiana holds three.
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Supreme Court
Louisiana
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Robert van Pelt
Lincoln, Ned
Drawing a line on business and clean air debated
Washington lawmakers weigh how much pollution is acceptable for industry under the 1970 Clean Air Act. House and Senate panels seek a middle ground with auto emission delays, new standards, and studies on aerosols fluorocarbons cancers. The bill includes warranty tweaks for emission devices and an inter agency task force on environmental cancer risks.
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Associated Press
Washington AP
Edmund Muskie
D-Maine
Leon Billings
Muskie
House
Ford Administration
Congress
Subcommittee
EPA
Paul Rogers
D-Fla
James W Symington
Dmo
Federal Trade Commission
French PQ shifts to referendum first in Quebec politics
Quebecs Parti Quebecois after two defeats scales back immediate independence, prioritizing defeating Premier Bourassa's Liberal government on current issues. A party statement says independence would follow a referendum, not accompany a win, with Montreal Olympics 1976 as timing context and voices like Claude Morin urging clearer strategy to avoid radical image.
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Quebec, Canada
Parti Quebecois
Quebec
Liberal Party
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Canada
Montreal
Rene Levesque
Ottawa
Claude Morin
Morin
Levesque
Judge Revokes Probated Term for Burglary Case
Dist. Judge Joe Keily revoked James raui onoer probation Friday. He had a six year probated sentence for burglary on December 8, 1974. Violations of probation led to a four year term in the Texas Department of Corrections.
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James Raui Onoer
Dist
Joe Keily
Snider
Texas Department of Corrections
Morning Markets Jump on GNP Boost in New York
The New York stock market rose broadly after the latest GNP report showing the largest third quarter increase in two decades. The noon Dow industrials gained 55 to 84.76, with gainers leading losers 31 to 1. Searle led activity on the Big Board with a notable block trade. The American Stock Exchange index advanced, and the NYSE composite rose to 7.92.
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American Stock Exchange
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Four-H Club Notes Corpus Event Honors County Gold Star
4-H Club notes cover the Gold Star luncheon in Corpus Christi honoring Calhoun County's Gold Star Girl Janet Benarden and Boy Alan Ramirez. The report lists attendees, trainers, and a series of upcoming 4-H sessions at the Texas 4-H Center including demonstrations, leader trainings, and horse sessions. It notes travel scholarships, limited funds, and sponsoring groups, plus a Junior Livestock Committee meeting on Oct 28.
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Alan Ramirez
Janet Benarden
Calhoun County
Corpus Christi
Chuck Reai
Asst
Alan
District 14
Texas
Calhoun County 4-H
Victoria County
New Hampshire Governor Declares UN Withdrawal Week
Gov Meldrim Thomson denounces the United Nations as an American based bastion of foreign spies and urges NH citizens to push for U.S. withdrawal. He notes US payments of four billion dollars to the UN and marks an UN anniversary with a proclamation calling for UN removal from the United States. He charges Russia with more spies in the U.S. than FBI members.
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New Hampshire
Meldrim Thomson
United Nations
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Thomson
Russia
FBI
Honors for Norway’s King Olav V at Pacific Lutheran University
In Tacoma Washington, King Olav V of Norway was named an honorary undergraduate at Pacific Lutheran University. He urged students to live up to their early ideals and remember roots as he toured Scandinavian communities before continuing his U S trip.
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Wash
Norway
Olav V
Pacific Lutheran University
Martha Miller
Poulsbo
Kitsap Peinsus
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Anchorage
Alaska
Hearst Mental Competence Hearing Likely Delayed
Patricia Hearst faces a postponed mental competence hearing as a third psychiatric report remains unfinished. Attorneys say evaluation delays could push trial timelines beyond year end and potentially hospitalize Hearst for months before any verdict. Her legal team argues brainwashing by the SLA amid charges stemming from a 1974 San Francisco bank robbery.
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Patricia Hearst
Albert Johnson
Boston
Flee Banly
Miss Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
SLA
Johnson
Hearst
Deaths Dr Austin T Powers Texarkana Funeral Services
Funeral services for Dr Austin T Powers of Texarkana were held Thursday at County Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. Dr M Glover officiating. Burial followed at East Memorial Garden. Powers died Oct 14 at 79. Survived by wife Idalee of Texarkana, five daughters Mildred Alder Richmond MO, Alice Vining Malvern AR, Austilene Porter Caracas Venezuela, Opal Powers Texarkana, Coy Green Greenville. sister Maude Rylander Port Lavaca. brother WS Powers Waco. 13 grandchildren, four great grandchildren.
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Austin T Powers
Texarkana
Maude Rylander
Port Lavaca
County Avenue Baptist Church
M. Glover
East Memorial Garden
Powers
Idalee Powers
Mildred Alder
Richmond
Alice Vining
Malvern
Ark
Austilene Porter
Caracas
Venezuela
Opal Powers
Coy Green
Greenville
WS Powers
Waco
Bell Suit Filed in Houston
Patterson, an electronics expert, seeks 6 million dollars in a federal suit alleging Southwestern Bell wiretapped his home line to learn about his appearance before a House subcommittee. Southwestern Bell denies the claim as ridiculous and says any employee involved would be fired. Patterson also faces earlier firearms and drug-related charges and helped probe alleged police wiretapping.
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Houston
Patterson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Southwestern Bell
House Subcommittee On Courts, Civil Liberties and Administration of Justice
Houston Police
Carroll Mlynn
Franco Improves After Heart Related Illness In Spain
Madrid Spain AP Generalissimo Francisco Franco developed a heart problem and influenza but specialists said his condition improved during the night informed sources reported Premier Carlos Arias Navarro visited at the Pardo Palace to check on his health Hospitals said Franco had an attack of endocarditis inflammation of the heart valves according to Europa Press announced by informed sources
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Spain
Francisco Franco
Carlos Arias Navarro
Pardo Palace
Europa Press
Franco
Civil suit filed over contract in district court
Federal Insurance Co sues Julio Calzado in district court claiming breach of contract seeking 3612 dollars. The action names Calzado as defendant and requests monetary relief.
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Federal Insurance Co
Julio Calzado
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