Calhoun County Banks Show Continued Gains in Deposits
Calhoun County banks report stronger deposits loans and total resources as of April 16 with First State Bank & Trust First National Bank Bank of Commerce and Seaport Bank posting year over year increases. Despite a nationwide recession loans eased slightly but Seaport Bank posted the only loan increase. Overall deposits and assets reflect a robust regional economy drawing praise from area business and industry leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County
First State Bank & Trust
First National Bank
Port Lavaca
Bank of Commerce of
Point Comfort
Seaport Bank of Seadrift
First State Bank and Trust Co
Bank of Commerce
Seaport
Seaport Bank
First State Bank & Trust Co
Subdivision ordinance on Planning Board agenda Monday
The city Planning Board will revisit the subdivision ordinance as part of a six item agenda at 7 30 p m in the city hall annex. A discussion of primary fire zones and off street parking rules for buildings is planned along with consideration of two citizen development requests. Gary Fuller proposes a games room in the old Marvin Boyd furniture store on West Austin Street and seeks an ordinance allowing beer sales for on premise consumption. John Jackson proposes a travel trailer park on 5 12 acres south of the old skating rink. The board may act on replatting Lot 7 Block 9 in the Bonorden Subdivision.
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City Planning Board
City Hall
Gary Fuller
Marvin Boyd
West Austin St
Fuller
John Jackson
Bonorden
Alcoa charts demand and output cuts amid wary economy
Alcoa chairman John D. Harper told shareholders that aluminum demand may accelerate if the economy improves in the second half of 1975. Inventories are high in consumer markets, and smelting capacity runs at about 85 percent. The firm has cut output and laid off over 6,000 workers since late 1974 while pursuing a $775 million two-year capital program to cut costs and expand production, including projects in Texas, Massena New York, and Addy Washington to use the Alcoa Smelting Process.
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Pittsburgh
John D. Harper
Aluminum Company of America
Alcoa
Harpter
Harper
Texas
Massena
N.Y
Addy, Wash
Man Drowns in Green Lake Area Rice Ditch
Tommy Orville Davis of Van Vleck drowned in a rice field canal near Green Lake yesterday afternoon. A 24 year old man, he and his father were drilling a water well when last seen at noon. A search found the body in the canal, discovered by Mark Farrell of Victoria. Deputy Robert Grantland reported. Judge Frank Kelly ruled accidental drowning. The body was moved to Taylor Brothers Funeral Home in Bay City awaiting funeral arrangements.
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Tommy Orville Davis
van Vleck
Green Lake
Canal
Mark Farrell
Victoria
Frank Kelly
Port Lavaca
Taylor Brothers Funeral Home
Bay City
County TSTA Unit backs Amendment endorsements
The Calhoun County local TSTA unit endorses two constitutional amendments on the April 22 special election ballot. The changes affect retired teachers and legislators.
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Calhoun County
T.S.T.A
Weather and political notices blend in coastal region briefing
Small craft advisories remain active amid considerable cloudiness with a 20 percent shower chance. Cooler air arrives tonight and Saturday with southerly winds 15 to 25 mph, turning northerly. Afternoon high mid 80s, tonight near 60, Saturday upper 70s. Marine forecast shows 20 to 30 knot southerlies shifting northwest, seas six to eight feet fading Saturday. Also included are remarks on Texas amendments to continue raised teacher benefits and raise lawmakers pay and per diem, voiced by TS TA president Sylvester B. Walleck, asserting urgency for retirees and legislators alike.
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Texas
Sylvester B. Walleck
T.S.T.A
Dolph Briscoe
Texas State Teachers Association
Mr. Walleck
Austin
Deputy Shot at Hempstead in Texas Booted Suspect
Deputy Sheriff Albert Waller, while trying to arrest a suspect in Hempstead, was shot in the head and left in his car. A 17 year old, Rube Allen Sparks, is charged with capital murder and held without bond. The youth allegedly hijacked a car, forced two men to drive toward Houston, then abandoned the vehicle near Hockley before being arrested.
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Hempstead
Tex
Albert E. Waller
Ing
Cooke
Auto. Dist. Atty
Oliver Kitzman
Rube Allen Sparks
L.W. Dwigans
Houston
Hockley
Commissioners approve runway design plans in Calhoun County
The Calhoun County Commissioners Court will hire Forrest & Cotton Inc. to design a 4000 ft main runway at the airport to handle 20 000 lb aircraft. A 300 ft extension may be added later. environmental statements and public hearings are planned. The court also weighs tax discounts, a pickup bid, and real estate talks.
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Forrest & Cotton Inc
Calhoun County
Roy Porter
Mike Wright
Dallas
Col
Sid Ward
Walter Wideman
Willis F. Jetton
Federal Aviation Administration
W.N. Dale
FAA
Houston
Wright
House passes land subsidy bill with heavy votes 105-0
The Texas House approved a bill creating a state body to halt land subsidence in Harris and Galveston counties by a 105-0 vote. In the same session, lawmakers backed a $500,000 yearly pilot for gifted children by 69-42 amid warnings of possible larger costs. Rep. Allred urged challenging gifted youths while opponents warned of escalating state funding. Separately, reports from San Francisco quote unnamed sources saying Patricia Hearst and two SLA fugitives warned they would shoot if the FBI acted, describing the SLA as seen by insiders.
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Wichita Falls
Wayne Peveto
Dorange
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
FBI
San Francisco Examiner
The
Examiner
SLA
Miss Hearst
A Cappella Choir Plans Austin Trip With Beethoven Mass
Calhoun High School’s A Cappella Choir heads to Austin for a Friday night concert featuring the Austin Symphony Orchestra and the University Choral Union performing Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Conductor Walter Ducloux leads the orchestra.
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Calhoun High School
Austin
Austin Symphony Orchestra
University Choral Union
Beethoven
Bach
Walter Ducloux
al Mullins
John Williams
Piggy Fort Worth Patrolman Stabbed In Struggle
Fort Worth police report Patrolman R M Sharp Jr who was stabbed and wounded in a battle on a parking lot with Rufus Miller 41 who earlier was stopped for a traffic violation. Miller was shot by Sharp and fellow officer H D Allen and died at the scene.
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Fort Worth
R. M. Sharp Jr
Sharp
Rufus Miller
H. D. Allen
Miller
Union Carbide official urges revision of water goals
Warren M. Anderson, executive VP of Union Carbide, told the Water Pollution Control Federation conference that the Federal Water Pollution Control Act goals must be revised to reflect technical, economic, and energy constraints. He called for a reassessment in 1977 to judge water quality and for postponing the 1985 zero discharge target until technically and economically feasible.
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Washington, D.C
Warren M. Anderson
Union Carbide Corporation
The
Water Pollution Control Federation
Anderson
Union Carbide
Texas
Louisiana
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Chemicals and Plastics
Verdict in Jasper man’s accident suit
Kenneth McClelland of Jasper Texas won a verdict Wednesday against James Williams and Marvin Williams of Calhoun County in Judge Joe E. Kelly’s 24th District Court. The jury awarded $300,000 in personal injuries from a November 18, 1971, traffic collision after about five hours of deliberation. Foreman James Troy Hayes led the panel alongside Ameilia Pena, Stanton, Mrs. H C Hartzog, Alvin Peterson, Brenda Wood Preslar, Dorothy Mae Herschap, Arthur G. Parker, Mrs. Lawrence Boatman, R S Sanders of Seadrift, Mrs. Harold Mutchler, Mrs. Milton Koliba, and Peter R. Pfeiffer.
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Kenneth McClelland
Jasper
Tex
James Williams
Marvin Williams
Calhoun County
Joe E. Kelly
24Th District Court
James Troy Hayes
Ameilia Pena
Stanton
H.C. Hartzog
Alvin Peterson
Brenda Wood Preslar
Dorothy Mae Herschap
Arthur G. Parker
Lawrence Boatman
R.S. Sanders
Seadrift
Harold Mutchler
Milton Koliba
Peter R. Pfeiffer
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Robert Grantland
TSTA
Hemstead
Indochina
Henry Kissinger
House
Washington
Kissinger
Committee
Congress
South Vietnam
Wideman
Dale
Patricia
Piggy
Union Carbide Corporation Chemicals and Plastics
Texas City
Brownsville
Taft
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