Decision Postponed On Hunt Parole Backlog
The U S Parole Commission declined to grant Watergate figure E Howard Hunt parole, delaying the decision until the panel's Jan 25 meeting due to his high profile. Also under review is David Sylvan Fine in the Wisconsin University bombing case as Hunt has served nearly two years of a 30 month to eight year sentence. Hunt, a former CIA agent, is at Eglin Florida prison camp, became eligible Jan 10, 1976, after private review.
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Washington
U.S. Parole Commission
Watergate
E. Howard Hunt
Hunt
David Sylvan Fine
University of Wisconsin
CIA
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Calhoun High given probation for cheerleader food aid incident
Calhoun High School received a one year disciplinary probation from District 25-AAAA for an amateur rules violation related to cheerleaders sponsoring and paying for hamburgers and sandwiches for football players at private pep parties. Principal James Moore reported the incident as precautionary and not intentional.
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Calhoun High School
James Moore
Calhoun Athletic Department
Moore
Victoria
James Cleveland
Allowable on Oil Trimmed in State
Texas Railroad Commission cut statewide oil allowable to 98 percent for January. Commissioner Jim Langdon said it would likely hover between 90 and 100 percent over the next six to eight months. The move ends a period of 99 percent and comes 60 days before a broader assessment. He noted that many feel even 86 percent could be too high for the East Texas Field.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Railroad Commission
Jim Langdon
Texas
East Texas
Port Lavaca Receives Large Sales Tax Rebate
City Manager Mike Gibson announced Port Lavaca received a $45,377.51 rebate check from the state for the third month of the third quarter in 1976. Earlier rebates were $11,747.14 in November and $5,463.51 for September collections, bringing total rebates to $1,257,269.66.
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Port Lavaca
State Comptrollers Office
Mike Gibson
Carter taps Young and Schultze for top posts in administration
Plains Georgia AP Carter names Rep Andrew Young to be U N ambassador and Charles Schultze to head the Counc il of Economic Advisers. Joseph Califano is the leading candidate for HEW secretary with Bergland viewed for Agriculture. News conference set for 2 30 p m EST.
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Carter
Robert Bergland
D-Minn
Young
Schultze
Georgia
House
Congress
U.N. Post
Johnson
Brookings Institution
Council of Economic Advisers
Lock Up Slow Down Home Travel Care For Christmas Safety
Port Lavaca police chief Gene Durrant urges homeowners to lock doors and turn off tree lights, store gifts in trunks, and request security checks when leaving town. He warns burglars exploit visible gifts, notes defensive driving and sobriety, and promotes engraving items with license numbers and Operation Identification stickers.
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Gene Durrant
Port Lavaca
Durrant
Port Lavacans
Smokey
Twon
Hospital Rates Rise at Champ Traylor Memorial
Samuel Ramirez, hospital business manager, reports a price surge due to inflation and supply costs. Room rates rose to five dollars per day, private rooms to sixty-one, semi private to fifty-eight, and intensive care to one hundred forty dollars daily, lifting the average semi private rate from fifty three to fifty eight.
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Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Samuel Ramirez
Ramirez
Wright Sees Rapid Swift Action on Carter Economy Plan
Wright says Congress could pass early parts of an emergency recovery program by mid February if Carter decides by January. Washington notes rapid steps toward job-creating acts like public works with potential funding from $2 to $24 billion, plus additional $4 billion options, to boost the economy while Carter finalizes his stance.
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Washington
Congress
Jimmy Carter
House
Jim Wright
Wright
Ford
Gilmore Taken to Hospital in Drug Overdose
Convicted killer Gary Gilmore was rushed to a Salt Lake City hospital in a coma from what officials said appeared to be a drug overdose. His condition was listed as critical after a second transfer from prison to University Medical Center, with his execution delayed by a district judge.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
University Medical Center
Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures Through Friday
Partly cloudy and mild through Friday with highs in the low 60s and Friday mid 60s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph, boating winds 12 to 16 knots, seas 3 to 4 feet. Sunset Thursday 5 33, sunrise Friday 7 15, tides high Thursday 11 17 pm, low 6 35 pm Thursday, barometric pressure 30.26.
Returning Policewoman Faces Trial By Fellow Officers
Dallas policewoman Teresa Turko returns to duty after being cleared of cowardice accusations in the Wood shooting case. She says the real test begins on dark streets as fellow officers judge her nerve and reliability. Turko recalls firing five shots at a fleeing car while a witness says she sat in the patrol car when the fatal shot occurred. She was briefly relieved of duty during a 17 day inquiry and acknowledges the pressure from her 102 female colleagues.
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Dallas
Teresa Turko
Miss Turko
Turko
Robert Wood
Wood
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Johnny Davenport
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Calhoun High
UIL
Marvin Kirkman
Cleveland
Calhoun
Travis Tanner
Calhoun County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
A. H
Benarden
Don Wehmeyer
ASCS
Mittee
Economic Development Administration
John Keahey
Donald Byrd
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