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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1975
Page
4
In Knightsbridge at the Spaghetti House, three Jamaican gunmen have held seven Italian waiters in a 10 by 12 foot basement storeroom since 1:45 a.m. Sunday, trying to steal the night’s proceeds while negotiators urge calm and no harm. One hostage was released Sunday evening as a goodwill gesture. police remain unwilling to bargain.
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailor argues Congress and the unions block efficiency moves for the Postal Service. He says eliminating all saving possibilities would upset someone and prevent any real savings.
New York stocks floor faces losses as rate worries deepen. The noon Dow fell 7.66 to 810.94 with many leaders retreating, while Treasury yields rose on concerns about October borrowing needs. General Motors slipped to 524 1 8 after prior gains as NYSE indices dropped.
Sylvia Fant of Port Lavaca is among 15 students awarded fall semester scholarships at the University of Houston Victoria Center. The Suburban Kiwanis Club of Victoria presented the awards as Dr. Carrol Bandy noted rising demand for aid outweighing available funds and urged greater local community involvement in scholarship efforts.
Thousands of workers in Basque provinces walk out for 48 hours protesting the execution of two Basque nationalists and three other terrorists. The dawn killings triggered Western European protests, recalls of ambassadors, and international criticism of Franco’s regime.
In Bangkok, AP reports foreigners arriving from Saigon describe how the recent currency conversion wiped out wealth of South Vietnam's middle and upper classes, prompting despair and thoughts of moving to the countryside to farm while the poor remain largely unaffected.
The Supreme Court opens its 1975 76 term with focus on capital punishment and the role of Justice William O Douglas. Douglas, 76, crippled by a stroke last December, was sidelined much of last term and has not signaled retirement thoughts.
Patricia Hearst's mental state draws further scrutiny as court appointed psychiatrists study test results. Her attorney Terence Hallinan says the tests cause mental anguish and will seek Tuesday to persuade Judge Oliver Carter to move Hearst from jail to a hospital for additional psychological testing.
New York AP reports that during the recession high unemployment persists with employers unable to fill openings. A National Federation of Independent Business survey shows thousands of small and midsize firms seeking workers at the peak of joblessness. The Bureau of National Affairs finds shortages across 200 companies, notably in office stenography, engineering, and health care, with regional variations by the north central states West and South.
Dr John T Holbrook a Dallas psychiatrist says President Ford will face further assassination attempts if he keeps courting danger by public appearances and TV pledges to resist would be killers. He warns would be attackers are driven by ego and frustration and calls for Ford to avoid media exposure.
Funeral services for Robert Duelberg 85 former farmer and Ca County commissioner will be held Saturday at 2 pm at the Salem Lutheran Church in Port Lavaca Burial will be in Green Lawn Cemetery under Richardson Funeral Home Nephews will be pallbearers He died at 1230 pm at the Port Lavaca Nursing Home Survivors include his wife Thelma Wehmeyer Duelberg Port Lavaca a daughter Marie Willmann Port Lavaca a brother Henry D Duelberg Houston and three grandchildren
Twenty one Scouts earned Bobcat pins at First Methodist Church as Pack 243 hosted a Thursday ceremony led by Packmaster John Maxwell. Recipients included John Lee, Ryan Ayers, Joey Soto, Patrick Romo and others. several earned Bear Wolf and Webelos distinctions plus special awards for attendance and activities. Over 150 people attended.
Washington grapples with stricter lobbying rules as Congress seeks a usable definition. The debate spans ad hoc activist groups on small budgets to professional teams like AFLCIO and the National Association of Manufacturers. Representative Walter Flowers aims for a measure that's clear, enforceable, and comprehensive.
About 800 police officers and firefighters returned to work in Tucson after a six day strike ended with a pay raise. Mayor Lewis Murphy called the settlement Tucson's darkest hour and criticized the resolution as gained by scare tactics.
Calhoun High School Future Teachers of America members led by sponsor Marilyn Parsons and Sue Thomas attended the annual district leadership conference for FTA officers at Tidehaven High School in El Maton on September 20. The event, directed by Texas State Teachers Association consultant Miss Vatra Solomon, featured two general sessions and officer workshops with the theme History in the Making.
The National Hurricane Center issued the 6 am bulletin noting Hurricane Gladys centered near 22.0 N 62.2 W about 359 miles northeast of San Juan Puerto Rico. Gladys expected to continue west northwest at 12 mph today.
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