Port Lavaca Eyes Depot Lease for Civic Use
City Council moved toward restoring the old Southern Pacific depot by asking the Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce to lease the land for a nominal rent. Chamber member David Roberts said SP will give the depot to the chamber but allow only a land lease, potentially spurring downtown improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railroad
Port Lavaca
Roberts
Southern Pacific
Texas A&m
Clayton Colson
County City Fire Coordination Setup For Rural Areas
Calhoun County commissioners moved to coordinate with Port Lavaca on a temporary fire fighting pact using city trucks for out of town fires until the wrecked county truck is replaced. The plan, valued at 4200 dollars, faces off off street limits for grass fires. The court also backed a Texas A&M waste management training pilot project as part of a joint landfill effort.
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Colson
County Commissioners Court
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
Gary
Daryl Smith
Leonard Buren
Mike Gibson
Texas Commerce Bank of Houston
Ralph Hearn
CPA
Bumgardner and
Morrison
Victoria
Highway
Texas A&m
Port Lavaca Starts Downtown Cleanup With Depot Lease
Port Lavaca City Council approved leasing the old Southern Pacific Railway Depot to the Chamber of Commerce for restoration and civic use. The move marks the first step in reviving the disintegrating downtown, with officials urging action from property owners and residents to transform the area.
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Port Lavaca
David Roberts
Ways and Means
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Pacific Railway
C of C
Roberts
Southern Pacific
Red Cross offers adult swim class in Point Comfort
Calhoun County American Red Cross sponsors an intermediate swimming course for adults at the local pool starting at 7 p.m. tomorrow. The four night program teaches four basic strokes for lifesaving and costs 3 dollars with coffee and robe advised. Aug 27 28 29 follow.
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Point Comfort
Calhoun County
The
American Red Cross
Bobby King
United Way
Bell Agrees to Cut Intrastate Long Distance Increase
Southwestern Bell Telephone for Texas has agreed to reduce its planned intrastate long distance rate hike by more than 50 million dollars over 19 months. The move follows objections from Attorney General John Hill who argued the increases were unreasonable. Refunds totaling about 3 million dollars will flow to customers for the May 15 to June 4 period.
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Austin
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Atty
John Hill
Hill
Texas
Bell
Ford Hall
Tom Blackwell
1D Court of Civil Appeals
Blackwell
Texas Supreme Court
Appeals
High Court
Seadrift Council OKs break even audit for 1974 75
Seadrift city council approved James Houlihan led audit for year ending March 31 1975 showing a break even operation with funds slipping from 119781.35 to 105450.22 and a general fund ending at 25538.97 plus details on revenues expenses and transfers to waterworks and capital outlay with note on inflation and static population risks.
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Seadrift
James Houlihan
Houlihan
Council
Bullock raids continue with five padlocked firms
State Comptroller Bob Bullock extended sales tax raids in the Houston area after five firms were padlocked for nearly $79 000 in unpaid back taxes on the first day. Delinquencies in Harris County total about $12 million across roughly 12 000 firms.
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Houston
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Kelly’s
Pasadena
Bullock’s
John Ray Harrison
Kasco Office Supply Inc
American Paper Co
Kasco
American Paper
Harris County
Blood Drive At Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Blood Services of Victoria seeks local donors tomorrow from 3 to 7 p.m. at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital. Sponsored by the Pink Ladies auxiliary, the event involves a form, blood test, a pint donation, and a 45 minute visit with lemonard and cookies. Mrs. Charles Jackson notes test determines readiness.
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Blood Services of
Victoria
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Pink Ladies
Charles Jackson
The
Pipeline approvals for Bayous and Creek firmed by corps
The Corps of Engineers approved Seadrift Pipeline Corp permits for a six inch line in Placebo Creek and eight inch lines in Chocolate Bayou and the Colorado River as substantially submitted. Edwin L. Cox plans for oil well drilling in Matagorda Bay were accepted. Houston Oil & Minerals drilling plans in the same bay were modified after objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seadrift Pipeline Corporation
Placebo Creek
Chocolate Bayou
Colorado River
Corps of Engineers
Edwin L. Cox
Matagorda Bay
Houston Oil & Minerals
Permit Sought for Shell Oil Exploratory Well Near Port Lavaca
Shell Oil Co applied to the U S Army Corps of Engineers to drill a single exploratory well on land about 53 miles south of Port Lavaca. Plans available Monday through Friday in the Essayons Building Galveston or at the Corpus Christi area office. Comments due by August 21 to the District Engineer.
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Shell Oil Co
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Port Lavaca
Essayons
Galveston
Corp
Corpus Christi
Weather Picture Warm and Partly Cloudy Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with south to southwest winds 6 to 14 mph. Highs in the low 90s and nights in the low 70s. Marine outlook shows southeast winds 8 to 16 knots with scattered showers and thunderstorms and seas 1 to 3 feet. Tides include today’s low at 3 7 pm and high at 1 01 pm. tomorrow’s low at 3 13 am and 4 23 pm, with sunset at 8 11 pm and sunrise at 7 56 am. Barometer 30.08 and falling.
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Paul Gary
K.A. Wallace
Wallace
W.R. Zwerschke
Wilbur Oehlke
John Calzada
Mike Fricke
S. Benavides Street
Fricke
Guadalupe-Bianco River
Board of Equaization
Howard S. Motley
Motley
Elizabeth Love
San Antonio
Smith Todd
Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce
Id Railroad
Virginia
Commissioners Court
Coordinate
Board of County and District
Smith Electric Co
Rodeo Grounds
H.H. Cooper
State Department of Public Welfare
Mary Junek
Guadalupe-Blanco
Jim Wilson
DEA
Red Cross
Mark Cameron
SW Bell
WATS
Hall
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Comptroller’s
Alvin
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