Postal Plan Triggers Carrier Backlash Says Bailar
AP reports the Postal Service plans to implement the Kokomo Plan a computerized system aimed at boosting efficiency by about 20 percent drawing fierce opposition from about 200000 letter carriers per the National Association of Letter Carriers. Bailar reportedly informed Rademacher an official announcement would come today. The item notes union leaders warning of job and speed concerns amid the proposed modernization.
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Washington
James H. Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
Benjamin F Bailar
Postal Service
Rademacher
Bailar
Portugal seeks cabinet deal amid anti Communists push
Portugal's military president and premier designate press civilian leaders to return to the cabinet after Gen Vasco Goncalves was ousted. Costa Gomes and Pinheiro de Azevedo hope for agreement with Socialists and Popular Democrats by Tuesday, but anti Communist holdouts may force them to proceed without them. In Beirut the PLO urged Arab nationalists to shoot American technicians in Sinai, accusing U S forces of imperialist presence in Arab land.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vasco Goncalves
Francisco da Costa Gomes
Adm
Jose Pinheiro de Azevedo
Popular Democrats
Costa Gomes
Pinheiro de Azevedo
Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sinai Desert
Sinai
PLO
al Thawra
Republicans choose Kansas City for 1976 nominating convention
AP reports the Republican national convention will be held in Kansas City due to housing issues in Cleveland. Delegates may stay as far as Topeka and St Joseph, reflecting a midwestern setting and logistical sacrifices. In a separate Lebanon note, fighting in northern Lebanon leaves 15 dead with sectarian clashes in Tripoli and a bus attack killing 12.
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Washington
Kansas City
Manhattan
Cleveland
Topeka
Kan
St. Joseph
Beirut
Lebanon
Tripoli
Tremors Persist as Turkish Earthquake Toll Surges
In Lice worries rise as aftershocks keep residents fearful two days after a quake devastates eastern Turkey. Officials say more than 1,800 killed with fears of higher totals as scattered mountain villages report in and the stench of death pervades the area.
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Lice
Turkey
Fire Department Answers Two Alarms In Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca firefighters responded to two calls on Saturday. Mrs Manuela Aleman suffered first and second degree burns over about 15 to 20 percent of her body when her home at 132 West George Street caught fire during wall cleaning with a fluid. water heater fumes sparked the blaze. The house sustained damage to the bathroom hall kitchen and roof end with smoke throughout. Two trucks and 18 firefighters contained the fire in ten minutes. A silver dome trailer at the Stop and Stay Trailer Park 1100 Broadway was destroyed, likely from an electrical grounding issue, with no damage to other trailers.
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Manuela Aleman
W. George
Boradway
Bill Hartman
Area Council on Aging to Meet in Hospitality Room
The Area Council on Aging will convene Wednesday at 2 p.m in the Hospitality Room of Houston Natural Gas Corp Victoria Chairman Norman Davis notes a discussion of Tithe XX led by Mrs Mary Chatterton. Doyle Cannon of the Area Agency on Aging will outline home repair plans for the elderly slated for September 27, 1975.
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Area Council On Aging
Houston Natural Gas Corp
Victoria
Norman Davis
Mary Chatterton
Doyle Cannon
Area Agency On Aging
Comptroller Office Moves to Victoria Town Plaza Mall
The Victoria branch has moved to 1802 E Airline in the rear of Town Plaza Mall, replacing the former address at 2710 Hospital Drive. The office will operate Monday to Friday from 8 to 5 and can be reached by phone at 575-0401.
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Victoria
1802 E Airline
Town Plaza Mall
Hospital Drive
NT State Sums 1323 Grads In Summer Commencement
North Texas State University awarded 1323 summer graduates in an Aug. 16 ceremony in the NTSU Coliseum. Among the list was Ernesto Curpian, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H Cumpian, who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in art advertising design. TORONTO AP Jarrold Organ, a university student, mis punched a wager at Greenway Raceway. The wrong ticket still paid off as his horses finished first and second, yielding $3,501.
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Denton
North Texas State University
NTSU
Ernesto Curpian
Fred H Cumpian
Nueces
Port Lavaca
Toronto
Jarrold Organ
Greenway Raceway
Hernandez Assigned Army Specialist Ramona Hernandez
Army Specialist 4 Ramona Hernandez, daughter of Mr and Mrs Tony Buckley, 1403 Perryman, Palacios, serves as a supply specialist with the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood.
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Army
Ramona Hernandez
Tony Buckley
Perryman Palacios
1St Cavalry Division
T Hood
4-H Council Meeting and Upcoming Club Activities
4 H Council sets meeting for Monday September 15 at 7 30 p m in the Agriculture Building with items on the agenda. District 14 Council to meet and organize on Saturday September 20 with all officers urged to attend. Rifle leaders plan an organizational meeting Thursday September 11 at the Agriculture Building at 7 30 p m with training and range location discussed. Clubs resume monthly meetings with Long Mott Greenlake Lakeside Cub and Seabreeze noted. Enroll old members and invite youth 9 to 19 to join. Livestock Judging practice for interested youth Friday September 12 at 4 15 p m.
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District 14
Long Mott-Greenlake Club
Lakeside Cub
Seabreeze
Morning Markets Report From Associated Press Fragment
Market brief appears garbled with numerous ticker fragments and brand names. The readable portions list Aleve Celanese Cort Dhr and Penney among potential products and firms, but no coherent events, prices, or dates are discernible.
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Associated Press
Soreen
Crewe
Cole
gePer
Ion Sah Ee
Deaths of Rene Guajardo and three others in Port Lavaca area
Obituaries list Rene M Guajardo nine month old Port Lavaca Victoria born November 17 1974 died after brief illness in Corpus Christi service at Port Lavaca Funeral Home Chapel burial in Port Lavaca Cemetery survivors include parents three sisters Diana Momea Lupe Reyes eight brothers all Port Lavaca paternal grandparents of Houston. Also obituary notes Carlota Pena 73 Port O Connor heart attack rosary and mass at St Josephs Church Port O Connor survivors include two daughters Gene Landry Cameron Louisiana Stella Pawley Auburn Michigan a son Daniel Rickport and siblings all of Port O Connor plus six grandchildren and four great grandchildren Pallbearers listed. George Winster Johnson 68 services at McCabe Carath Funeral Home Chapel burial Evergreen Cemetery survivors include widow two daughters a son a sister two brothers twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
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Rene M_ Guajardo
David Guajado
Port Lavaca
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Diana
Momea
Lupe Reyes
Wharton
Robert
Richard
Felipe
Raul
John David
Chon
Rueben
Lupe
Houston
Frank Husquierdo
Pena
Matagorda County
Apolario Ramos
Gene Landry
Cameron
Stella Pawley
Auburn. Mich
Daniel
Rickport
Antonio Ragusin
Tormmasa Villarreal
Manuel Carriles
Rosa Villarreal
Port O'Connor
Lorenzo
Luciano
Andres
George Winster Johnson
George Winstel Johnson
McCabe-Carath
Milam Reeves
Evergreen Cemetery
Pilot employment split among pilots in the nation
In Lock Haven Pennsylvania a report shows fewer than four percent of the nation’s about three quarters of a million licensed airplane pilots work for commercial airlines. Dina 11 notes about half the group are airline transport pilots or students, with the rest mainly private flyers.
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