Point Comfort to elect 3 councilmen in city race
In Point Comfort voters go to City Hall 109 Jones St from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to elect three aldermen and a marshal. Incumbent Robert Sheppard seeks a second full term while Donald Kallock Betty Griffith and Robert Pearce run for alderman. Mason Askew Wayne Thorsgard and Mike Harrington compete for marshal. Absentee voting ended Tuesday with 14 ballots cast amid a contested race.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Marshall
City Hall
Ony
Jones St
Robert Sheppard
Donald Kallock
Betty Griffith
Robert Pearce
Mason Askew
Wayne Thorsgard
Mike Harrington
Sheppard
Fire, Police and Civil Defense Department
Peggy
Alcoa
Baptist Church
Kallock
Olga
Louiseville
Kentucky
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Griffith
Thomas
Sherman
Tex
Pearce
Seadrift Voters Set To Choose Three Council Seats
Seadrift residents will vote at city hall on Cleveland Street from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday to fill three council places. Incumbents Lloyd Chatham and Theola Holder face challenger Walter Futch, with Chatham and Holder stressing drainage and community progress while Futch pledges action for the town’s youth.
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Seadrift
Cleveland St
Lloyd Chatham
Theola Holder
Walter Futch
Chatham
du Pont Rigger
Verna
Holder
Three School Trustees to Be Named in CCISD Election
The Calhoun County Independent School District board election features one contested race for the seat vacated by John Fisher Smith who won't seek re election. Harold L Evans and Mrs Shirley A Whatley vote in a Green Lake Long Mott area two way race while Incumbents Leonard E Dreyman and Ray Childress run unopposed. Over 87 absentee ballots were cast at the central office. Evans is Port Lavaca High School graduate, a cotton and grain farmer and rancher. Whatley is a former teacher married to farmer Richard W Whatley and owner of Whatley Flying Service.
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Calhoun County Independent School District Board of Trustees
CCISD
John Fisher Smith
Smith
Harry Heyland
Harold L. Evans
Shirley A. Whately
Green Lake-Long Mott Area
Whatley
Richard W. Whatley
Whatley Flying Service
Connally accused in bribery trial over milk cooperative payoffs
Texas lawyer Jacobsen testified that former Treasury Secretary Connally accepted two $5,000 payments from Associated Milk Producers Inc. and later took another $10,000 in two installments. He described envelopes of cash, rented safes, and a cover story to keep the money from leaving Austin banks as Watergate probes neared.
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Washington
Jake Jacobsen
Texas
Treasury
John B. Connally
Connally
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Dairy Farmer Cooperative
Jacobsen
Austin
Tex
Secretary of the Treasury
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Treasury Department
Senate
Houston
Weather outlook shows warmthup through Saturday
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warmer through Saturday. East to southeast winds 10-20 mph, gusty, turning southerly. Highs near 70 today, upper 70s Saturday. tonight lows around 60. Marine forecast: winds 12-22 knots, veering to 15-25 knots, gusty tonight and Saturday. Seas four to seven feet. Tides and sun times noted. pressure 30.20.
Clayton uses office to oppose utility regulation in Texas
A Texas consumer group accuses House Speaker Bill Clayton of using his influence to back big utility monopolies. Dr. Mark Able of the Texas Coalition for Utility Regulation cites a survey associating higher rates with states lacking consumer oriented commissions and questions whether lawmakers will let the Speaker dictate policy.
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Able
House
Clayton
Texas
Childress
Mineral Wells
Houston
House of Representatives
Port Commission weighs Alamo Cement truck terminal plan
At city hall annex two Port Commission members heard Alamo Cement Co propose a five year lease for a three acre waterfront tract at Harbor of Refuge to truck coke from Port Arthur to San Antonio. The plan aims to replace natural gas, require heavy trucks via US 87 and State 35, and create local jobs. A special meeting was set to gain a full quorum while other leases and notices were discussed.
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Port Commission
Alamo Cement Co
San Antonio
Harbor of Refuge
City Hall
Curtis Reece
R.E. Clegg
Farmland Industries
Charles Evans
Port Arthur
Alamo Cement Company
U.S. Highways 87
State 35
U.S. 87
Alcoa Drive
Evans
Montter Drive
Pinta Street
Commission
Reece
Cablecom General
Denver
Rich Rowe
Cablecom
Vamore Co
Anton Kalisek
Tommy Matulik
Kalisek
C&h Terminals
Rosenberg
Arbor of Refuge
Parker Brothers
Parker Brothers of
Houston
Lynn’s Bayou
New withholding schedules boost take-home pay in May rollout
The IRS is sending new tax withholding schedules to employers effective May 1 as part of a new tax cut package. Rebates for 1974 returns will begin mailing May 9 and are expected to finish by June. For a $15 000 earning worker with a four person family, weekly withholding drops about 4.73 dollars, while the IRS cautions wage earners with large year-end refunds or dual earning couples to review exemptions.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
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Pt. Comfort
Mrs. Theola Holder
Edwin
Witco
American Association of University Women
The
Assembly of God
Stroman High School
Victoria
Cities Service Oil Co
Sue
Seaport Bank
Harold E. Evans
Leonard Dreymala
Mrs
Shirley Whatley
Ray Childress
Leonard E. Dreymaln
Six Mile
Dreymala
Central Office
Wayne Thonsgard
Office
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