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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1975
Page
4
Patricia Hearst remained in a nearby county jail today after separation from Symbionese Liberation Army members. William and Emily Harris were in Los Angeles awaiting arraignment on 18 state felony counts.
AP reports a widening web links Patricia Hearst associates to a brutal bank robbery ending in murder. Authorities seek three companions for questioning as the case expands. Sara Jane Moore, in her first interview after arrest, says the Ford assassination attempt was a personal protest acted alone and that she is glad Ford survived.
Diana Nyad, 25, attempts an eight mile swim around Manhattan in the East River but ends after six hours and forty five minutes, citing cold, fatigue, and treacherous tides. She had hoped to cover 28 miles in eight hours, but exhausted after about 20 miles amid a steady downpour. The effort aims to set a record for the circuit.
President Ford resists urged changes to avoid crowds, saying face to face contact with Americans provides good advice. After narrowly escaping an assassination attempt in San Francisco, he faces recommendations to curb travel, while Betty Ford advises caution but not a halt to trips. A spokesman reiterates the president enjoys public meetings and has no plan to quit traveling.
Washington AP Arthur F Burns, Fed chair, is attacked by George Meany as the architect of economic woes. Meany urges Congress to back a 21 billion job plan for 1976 and to empower the Fed to cut rates while directing credit to housing. Unemployment cited near 84 million? and inflation surging.
Texas officials and local leaders debated turning Aransas Island into a state park amid 15 000 acres held by Teddie Lee Wynne. Arguments favored an overall recreational plan while noting ecological concerns and potential economic gains for Port Lavaca and Port O Connor. Legal questions about excess land transfer and federal notification were raised during hearings attended by state agencies and local officials.
Tivoli Lutheran Church Women met at Clarke Adkins center with hosts Mrs Larry Payne and Mrs Ruby Rickaway. Eleven members and a guest heard Rev Michael Megahan on Ruth. Local projects discussed include Gulf Coast Nursing Home bids and Chanp Traylor Memorial Hospital toys. A fall bridal shower and multiple family visits are noted along with area events and vacations.
In New York, 30 Cooper Troopers volunteers under the Parks Program cleared Riverside Park in August. Alice Cooper appeared in a chauffeur-driven sanitation truck and urged rock performers worldwide to join community service efforts.
In Lisbon, Portugal, disabled war veterans forced entry into the national radio station and broadcast appeals for work not alms. It marked the fifth day of demonstrations by about 30,000 veterans disabled in Africa’s colonial wars. The Supreme Revolutionary Council planned a meeting to discuss the demands.
New York City faces a deep financial crisis with no direct national impact, officials say. Mayor Abraham D. Beame and 14 mayor colleagues pressed Congress and Ford for federal aid, calling a meeting with the President disappointing.
In Beirut the shooting tapered after a night of cease-fire violations. Police said security conditions are generally good though sporadic gunfire continued in some suburbs and around Martyr's Square. Traffic is returning as barricades and gun emplacements are removed, with warring Christian and Muslim factions pulling back from combat zones.
The Travis County legislative delegation criticized the UT regents for naming Dr Lorene Rogers as University of Texas president. They argued the 45-3 vote undermines the school's academic integrity amid ongoing concerns about proxy selection processes.
Federal agents smashed the nation’s largest known PCP production ring. Equipment and 5,000 pounds of precursor materials were found in a Washington storage building and in an Alexandria antique shop, with two men arrested. The raid also targeted a West Virginia farmhouse, where lab gear was recovered amid a blaze. The operation threatened to flood the country with PCP with sales reaching as far as California.
Funeral services for Candelario Sanchez, 79, of Port Lavaca were held at 9 am at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. Rev. Donald McNally officiated. Burial followed in Port Lavaca Cemetery under Port Lavaca Funeral Home. Pallbearers listed, with flower committee named.
Fifty two applicants for the 1976 Alcoa Foundation college scholarships grants valued at $4,000 each have registered to take the SAT in November. The high school seniors, all sons and daughters of Alcoans, hail from eleven area high schools including Victoria and Calhoun County. Names include Debra Barker, Howard Brooks, Linda Dreymann, Gary Dunlap, Barbara Griffith, Errol Guerra, Richard Hermes, Ray Hopmann, Glenn Hurta, Douglas Jackson, Dinane Lechuga, James Linhart, Ronnie Maresh, Melissa Marshall, Diane Pena, Robert Peterschmidt Jr, Nancy Pfeil, Anne Rambikar, Alan Ramirez, Mary Kandle, Michael Roden, Vickie Schultz, Frances Starnes, Michael Svetlik, Virginia Tatum, Janie Trevino, Joe Watson, Paul Wachtendorf, Victoria Stroman, LaDonna Adams, Gregory Hermes, Richard Uresti, Debra Jaschke, Pamela Schulte, Jane Carpenter, Monty Hahn, Glenda Hajovsky, Cynthia Hicks, Margarita Martin, Alberto Perez, Michael Robles, Susan Farias, Joyce Sanders, Jacqueline Buchanan, Sharon Gregory, Donna Pahmiyer, Cyntha Sharpa, Kathy Maynard, Susan Mosier, Teresa Peterson, Mark Vargas, Frankie McElroy, Judith Scott.
New York stock market fell after word that a meeting of leading exporting nations broke up without an agreement on pricing. The noon Dow fell 6.96 to 81.23, with losers leading gainers on the NYSE. Teleprompter active, Aluminum stocks weak as prices face pressure. Amex volume leader Den Tal-Ez rose to 7.0.
In Austin Texas Gov Dolph Briscoe reports at least 562 homes damaged by Hurricane Caroline and appeals for Small Business Administration aid for homeowners and businesses. Federal state and local surveys show seven mobile homes and 56 businesses flooded.
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