School Finance Reform Brings Boost to Hitchcock ISD
The Texas House passed a $653 million school finance reform bill on June 1 that raises statewide funding and allows a $1400 across the board pay raise for teachers and admins. It introduces a market value index for local funds and creates a $50 million equalization fund to aid poorer districts, with Hitchcock and Santa Fe receiving about $80,000 each in additional state funds.
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Hitchcock Independent
Texas
House of Representatives
Dolph Briscoe
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Hitchcock
Santa Fee
la Marque
Dickinson
Galveston
Santa Fe
Carbide funds UH engineering program PROMES
On May 30 1975 Union Carbide Corporation granted 3.00 to the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. Tom Harrison Milt Johnson and Otis Shelton presented the funds for PROMES a program begun in 1974 to raise minority engineering graduations. It features a self paced freshman year and cooperative education to aid disadvantaged students and create co op opportunities with companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Houston
Cullen College of Engineering
Union Carbide Corporation
Tom Harrison
Milt Johnson
Otis Shelton
4H District 11 Horse Show Set for Galveston County Park
The District 11 4-H Horse Show is scheduled for Tuesday June 24 at Galveston County Park with 160 entries from 17 counties. Show begins 8:30 am with Showmanship, 20 classes expected, judge Paul Deville of Jennings LA, Galveston County entries limited to 14, qualifiers earned in spring shows. Top point scorers listed include Kevin St Clair and Vikki Owen tied at 59. Friendswood entrants will compete in Hunter Hack classes not county-qualifying. Galveston County Rifle Team placed 16th in State 4-H Roundup, team score 736. La Marque members coached by Chuck Bump.
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Galveston County Park
Orange
Harden
Calhoun
Victoria
Austin
Colordo
Harris
Liberty
Paul Deville
Jennings
Louisiana
Galveston County
Kevin St. Clair
Vikki Owen
Carla Smith
Laurie Greb
Kathleen Yodzis
Susie Kitchener
Dena Bratton
Brian St. Clair
Naomi Engel
Penny Kitchener
Judy Turner
Texas
Ward County
Val-Verde
Linda Bump
Scott Rankin
Donnie Burd
David Decker
la Marque
Chuck Bump
Texas highway bids let for Galveston county work
The Texas Highway Commission awarded Loyd Electric Co. Inc. of San Antonio the contract for I 45 signing delineation and safety lighting from the Harris County line to south of Dickinson Bayou a 5.1 mile stretch. Low bid was 446026.76 and project is expected to take about 150 working days under Engineer Virgil D. Schultz of Houston.
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Loyd Electric Co., Inc
San Antonio
Highway Department
Virgil D. Schultz
Houston
Harris County
Dickinson Bayou
Amoco Texas City refinery tops 350000 bpd record
Amoco Oil's Texas City refinery processed 352,300 barrels of crude daily in May, the first Amoco plant to exceed 350,000 bpd. The facility, rated 333,000 bpd, achieved this via ongoing efficiency and unit adjustments to meet rising demand for gasoline and distillates. Amoco, the fourth-largest U.S. oil processor, operates 10 refineries with 1,065,000 bpd total capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amoco Oil Company
Texas City
Amoco
L. V. Durland
Midwest
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Amoco Oil
THD awards new ferry and enlarges Bolivar Roads fleet
The Texas Highway Department will add a 260 foot ferry with 70 car and 400 passenger capacity, to serve Bolivar Roads between Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula. Jeffboat Inc. won the $5,210,240 contract. existing vessels Cone Johnson RS Sterling and E H Thornton Jr will be lengthened to 70 car capacity, with completion aimed for summer 1976. Todd Shipyards Corp. won $3,888,000 to enlarge the three ships. The ferries carry about 1.2 million vehicles and 4.5 million passengers yearly on the 13 minute crossing, a key link to BeaumontPort Arthur.
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Texas
Bolivar Roads
Galveston Island
Bolivar Peninsula
Jeffboat, Inc
Jefferson, Ind
Highway Department
Cone Johnson
Sterling
E.H. Thornton Jr
Todd Shipyards Corp
Galveston
Beaumont-Port Arthur
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COM Foundation
James McCord
Marathon Oil Corp
Charles T. Doyle
College of the Mainland Foundation
Fred A. Taylor
COM
Marathon
Sixth Street
Crow
Keogh
Mainland Savings Association
Hwy
Friendswood
N. Friendswood
Allen Parkway
State Farm
Bill Reitmeyer
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington
Ithnas
Carbide
Uae
Banking Bank LA Marque
Bill Wilson
Pontiac - Buick
GMC, Inc
St. N
Welch Bros
Chevrolet, Inc
9Th Ave. N
Ist
Contractors & Builders Supply Co
Mainland Tire & Appliance
Mainland Insurance Agency
Leon’s Bottle
Texas Ave
Applance
Bank LA Marque
Lidri
Wnilea
Oak St
Debbie Carver
James Tadlock
Ronald Schultz
Robin Baillie
Paul
Cheryll Wood
Texas Highway Commission
Durland
SPCA
Cocky
Highway 146
San Leon
DARYL_WELLS
Bay Area Council
Boy Scouts
Chicago
Germany
Bohemia
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