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...Line: The defensive line holds its opponents to an average of 144 yards rushing per contest. Defensive end Ben Cowan is Peterson's cross-town counterpart. He is a fierce pass rusher and an intimidating run-stopper. The rest of the line includes Darrow Patton, Bill Caraher and Arnie Galvez (6-ft., 3-in. and 260 pounds...
...Wednesday wore on, and the storm's winds accelerated, the mood grew more serious. Windows in the imposing Hotel Galvez, facing the gulf, began imploding into rooms, sending many of the 300 guests scurrying into the hallways. Then an entire wall of the 1911 building collapsed. "We just heard one crash after another," said Hotel Manager Dan Dick. After midnight, Mayor Manuel finally ordered a widespread evacuation, but by that time it was impossible for people to drive across the bridges leading to the mainland. Hundreds headed instead for the three Red Cross shelters. Said Cora Handy...
...hotel chains are checking into the small-hotel business. Hyatt Hotels' 225-room Park Hyatt will open on Chicago's "Magnificent Mile" next fall, replete with a tea salon and, in place of the conventional convention hall, a velvet-paneled library. Marriott has franchised the 228-room Galvez in Galveston, Texas, a once splendid Spanish-style hotel that was bought in 1978 by Houston Heart Surgeon Denton Cooley and a partner for $1.75 million. After a $10 million restoration, the Galvez is poised to reclaim its title as "Queen of the Gulf...
...night long the trial went on; 45 witnesses offered facts, hearsay, gossip. "This is the worst criminal in the world!" screamed Maria Jacinta Galvez Martinez. "He killed every member of the Argote family -my neighbors." Argelio Argote, 12, confirmed that Sosa Blanco "came and took my father away." A wrinkled woman named Tomasa Batista Castillo fought to get at the prisoner: "I begged you not to kill my husband, because of our eleven children. You said the rebels could raise them." A soldier of Sosa Blanco's said calmly that he had seen the prisoner shoot 17 defenseless farmers...
Lobster-red with ire, Teamster President Dave Beck gabbled away to newsmen last week in his $30-a-day, two-TV suite at the Galvez Hotel in Galveston, Texas, where he was on hand to attend a meeting of the Teamsters' General Executive Board. "This whole damn business don't bother me a damn bit," he huffed, meaning the Senate investigation in which he dodged behind the Fifth Amendment 142 times in reply to questions about his handling of $320,000 in union funds (TIME, April...