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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1975
Page
6
The New York stock market recovered some losses but stayed lower as investors faced a possible rise in interest rates. The Dow stood at 810.86 at noon, down 3.28 from early losses, while the NYSE composite and AMEX indices fell modestly amid ongoing trading and rate concerns.
Jose M. Garza 71 died Wednesday after a lengthy illness in a local hospital. Services Friday at 9 a.m. at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church with Rosary Thursday at Port Lavaca Funeral Home. Survived by wife Dora Rendon Garza, two sons Joe Jr and Reynaldo, daughter Lois, brother Amador, four grandchildren.
Calhoun County's Cancer Crusade totaled $3,337.70 with chapter contributions at $4,547.31 under chairman Joe Lugo Jr. The group aims for $9,000 and plans a community fish fry at Evening Lions Park as a fundraising event among several projects.
The Port Lavaca Optimist Club will sponsor a Saturday night benefit dance at the Continental Ballroom to raise funds for the club bus fund. Admission tickets are sold by members, at local stations, and at the city auto parts. Bands from Victoria and San Antonio will perform all evening. The club aims to buy a bus to transport Port Lavaca students to Victoria College and plans to rent the bus to other groups.
The city board approved pool pricing based on 1974 usage to fund staff, with 40 cent child, 65 cent adult, $12.50 individual, $22.50 family passes. Party rates for Point Comfort and out-of-town groups were fixed. Lifeguards will be paid $1.60 hourly, clerks $1.40, manager $375 monthly for June-August, and $2.18 hourly in May and September. A May Red Cross program and water safety courses were approved, along with a five-year land lease for Teenage Park. New staff assignments and bids for road and curb work were discussed. An opposition to Community Development Act funding was voiced, with April 29 set for a budget workshop.
A preliminary hearing for two Texas men charged with two counts of assault on a police officer one count of robbery and one count of kidnapping was set for May 5 by Magistrate James O'Toole Lonnie Steward 34 and Roger Barrett 23 both of Dallas were arraigned Tuesday and surrendered Monday after a 10 hour manhunt following a Butterfield Jewelers robbery in Albuquerque estimated at 6000 in jewelry and cash. The men remain jailed in Bernalillo County in lieu of bond with bond set at 100000 for each. The hearing date is May 5.
S A Y will meet Social Advocates for Youth in Victoria and Calhoun counties tonight at 7 at the First State Bank in Port Lavaca. Mrs Roysten Mathis of Victoria will lead the session.
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