Show Me Recovery Mood Amid Mixed Economic Signs
The piece notes a tentative recovery with GNP up 11.2 percent in Q3 and rising employment by over 1.5 million since March, but consumer and business confidence remain cautious. Polls show uncertainty about big spending, with consumer sentiment worsening over six months and capital spending barely rising. Mortgage activity rose in September, yet new home building stayed weak as funds favored existing-home financing.
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John Cunniff
New York
Lionel D. Edie & Co
Merrill Lynch
Edie
US League of Savings Associations
Savings and Loan Associations
Toalem Aluminum Screens and Frame Rescreen Service
Toalem offers aluminum screens in any size and rescreens old frames. Also provides port remodel and repair service with contact dial 382-2 lane.
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Toalem
Guests Evacuated From Beirut Hotels Amid Street Fighting
Security forces in armored cars evacuated a dozen foreigners trapped in two Beirut hotels as Christian and Moslem gunmen battled nearby. Rockets and machine guns pounded the Holiday Inn and Phoenicia Hotel, with 91 killed and 115 wounded in the prior 24 hours. A Marine escorted an injured American, Caputo, from the war zone to safety, while several guests remained trapped or holed up in basements.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Phoenicia
Holiday Inn
Christian Phalange Party
Associated Press
Edward Cody
An Nahar
Paris
Jean Sauva
Two Grover cousins survive Houston plane crash
In dense fog near Houston Intercontinental Airport a Beechcraft Bonanza 35 crashed two miles west of the field just before 2 a.m. The pilot Henry Grotegut suffered superficial cuts and was listed in satisfactory condition. cousin Joseph Grotegut escaped serious injuries. The aircraft, en route to Hobby Airport, overshot the first approach for an instrument landing and disappeared from radar during a second attempt. Ground crews took nearly two hours to reach the wreckage.
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Houston
Intercontinental Airport
Houston Northwest Hospital
Henry Grotegut
Joseph Grotegut
Hobby Airport
Final Day For Voters To Change Registration
The final day for voters who have moved between precincts to change registration is Thursday. Voters should bring their registration cards to the county tax collector's office by 5 pm to vote in the November 4 election on the proposed new Texas Constitution. If the change is not made by then, the voter will not be permitted to vote.
Slay Promotion Cleared Despite North Vietnam Raid Protests
The Senate approved Maj Gen Alton Slay for lieutenant general and Air Force deputy chief of staff for research and development by a 49 to 43 vote. Protests claimed he knowingly directed unauthorized bombing raids on North Vietnam in 1972.
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Washington
Alton
Slay
Air Force
North Vietnam
Senate
Today In History October 29 1975 AP chronology
On this Oct 29, dates span 1929 stock market crash, 1918 Raleigh execution, 1682 Penn landing, 1918 Kiel mutiny, 1923 Turkish republic proclamation, 1940 draft draw, 1956 Israel Sinai attack, Amchitka nuclear test ten years ago, US-Soviet docking talks five years ago, Nixon critical list a year ago. Birthdays note cartoonist Bill Mauldin. thought quotes mark true friendship. bicentennial note recalls 200 years since armed ships sailed from Massachusetts seeking British arms and provisions.
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New York
Walter Raleigh
London
England
King James
William Penn
Chester
Kiel
Republic of Turkey
United States
Israel
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Amchitka Island
Aleutians
Soviet Union
Richard Nixon
Long Beach
Calif
Bill Mauldin
Bill Rigney
C C Colton
Massachusetts
Port Lavaca Wave Winners Named in Football Contest
Martha A Osina of 401 Sunnydale Port Lavaca won first by tiebreaker Brazoswood over Calhoun 28 to 0. Edwin Emerson of 2105 Larry Port Lavaca finished second with a 33 point tiebreaker and Daniel Darilik of 1204 W Austin St Port Lavaca placed third by predicting 38 to 0.
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Martha A. Osina
Sunnydale
Port Lavaca
Brazoswood
Calhoun
Dwin Emerson
Larry
Daniel Darilik
Darilik
W. Austin St
GOP Costs Threaten RNC Operations and Staff Pay
Washington AP reports the Republican National Committee may shut doors and furlough staff without pay in December unless about 1 million dollars above expected revenue is raised. Executive director Edward Mahe cites unprecedented conferences and 500000 dollars in expenditures supporting President Ford’s political efforts.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Edward Mahe
Mahe
Ford
Ford to testify on Fromme incident this week
President Ford will give a videotaped statement this week about what he saw and heard when Lynette Fromme allegedly tried to kill him in Sacramento. U S District Judge Thomas MacBride refused to throw out the order directing Ford to provide sworn testimony as a defense witness for Fromme. A Justice Department spokesman said the subpoena sets a precedent of concern but no appeal is planned.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ford
Lynette Fromme
Thomas MacBride
Miss Fromme
Justice Department
Washington
Public forum on proposed Texas Constitution provisions
Garner and Walleck presented general and amendment provisions of the proposed Constitution with pro and con quotes from literature. Attendees asked few questions, suggesting decision likely already made, and the event was sponsored by Calhoun County PTA Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce Calhoun County Agriculture and Beta Sigma Phi Exemplar.
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Constitution Forum
Public Forum
Texas
Calhoun County High School
Vernon Damstron
Don Lenitz
Tom Garner
Sylvester Walleck
Rudy Rendon
Calhoun County
PTA
Beta Sigma Phi
Port Lavaca
Garner
Walleck
Port Lavaca and
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Bicentennial Meeting Set Contained In City Actions
Comfort joined Friday at seven fifty to lobby in Washington for small town issues. The board approved mayoral negotiations for two leases in the city center, Behring and Behring rising to three forty five monthly, Center Beauty Shop staying at sixty. One year terms allow budgeting for next year’s inflation. Mayor authorized to rent city residence to Bobby Grasse for seventy five monthly. Texaco’s Walace plans to convert one tank to diesel to lure trucking business and did not seek approval for an above ground gasoline tank after prior denial. Board discussed liability insurance. bids may be sought on renewal, with costs up about nine percent last year.
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Walace
Texaco
Roberts
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