Early Families of Royal Shoreline Portraits at Lavaca Bay
A Calhoun County photo depicts the Marek family at their Lavaca Bay home in Six-Mile now, noting the house withstood coastal hurricanes since 1900. In a companion shot the Ed Lee family sits in their Six-Mile residence with children Viasta Lottie Lilly Clara and Edward.
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Royal
Six-Mile
Lavaca Bay
Frank Marek
Jr Crosby
Rudolph Marek
Ray Sodek
John Peters
Frank Geryk
Port Lavaca
Ed Lee
Viasta
Lottie
Lilly Clara
Edward
Calhoun County
Marketbasket shows few grocery price surprises
An Associated Press survey across 13 cities on March 1 1973 and rechecked monthly finds higher costs for butter eggs and sugar with a tentative drop in beef prices mainly in hamburger form. The market basket rose in 10 of 13 cities in August and generally tracked farm level trends with USDA projections for a 9 percent annual rise amid weather and grain factors.
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Associated Press
Crop Reporting Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Soviet Union
Man sought in slaying of Dallas woman Joni Barnes
Police hunt a man in his late thirties in the slaying of Joni Barnes aged 18 whose body was found under a wooden bridge on a rural Cooper Texas road about 80 miles northeast of Dallas. Barnes disappeared from a Dallas drive in booth after being ordered to leave by a man claiming to be a company executive. She had been shot once in the head and was last seen in a late model car with a neatly dressed man. Her friend received obscene calls prior to the disappearance.
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Dallas
Joni Barnes
Cooper
Tex
FTC rules merger of Fidel ity & Deposit lessens insurance competition
A federal judge ruled the 1969 American General Fidelity and Deposit merger may lessen competition in the fidelity and surety markets. The decision requires American General to divest Fidelity and Deposit stock and to refrain from further acquisitions in these lines for 10 years unless the FTC approves. The ruling cites market concentration and potential oligopoly risk in the $366 million surety and $177 million fidelity markets.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Fidelity
Montgomery K. Hun
American General Insurance Co
Houston
Tex
Fidelity & Deposit Co
Baltimore
FTC
American General
F&d
An Airlines Insurance Company
Canada
Europe
Fidelity and Surety
Hun
American General Group
Meany reaffirms AFLCIO grain embargo support
AFLCIO President George Meany pledges ongoing backing for the grain embargo against the Soviet Union. He denounces critics who cast maritime unions as farmers enemies and blames government inaction for rising food prices. He notes court orders allow continued loading while legal issues proceed and says the boycott will extend as harvests reach more ports.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Soviet Union
Meany
New Orleans
Texas
Great Lakes
Afl-Cio Seafarers International Union
Ford Administration
U.S
Afl-Cio
America
America’s Family Farmers.’ Meany
ILA
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Providence
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Rendon
Blasingim's Bargain Center
Lavaca
Seau
Consumer Insurance
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