John Haser Memorial Hall Dedicated in Point Comfort
In Point Comfort a dedication ceremony Saturday opened the John Haser Memorial Hall, naming the union hall for late John Haser. About 750 Alcoa workers faced layoffs as union leaders praised trade unionism, with speeches from USWA Local 4370 leaders and State Sen. Babe Schwartz.
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Labor
United Steel Workers of America Local 4370
John Haser
Alcoa
Point Comfort
Terry Bonds
A.r.babe
Schwartz
Galveston
Jim Ward
Ron Kuerner
United Steel Workers of America
USWA
A.R. (Babe) Schwartz
Board of Arbitration For Disputes
Haser
Kuerner
Hughes
Ford
Nixon
Bonds
U.S
Lloyd Bentsen
John Young
Bond
John Tower
Joe Wyatt
Bloomington
Senator Schwartz
Setrwartz
Ward
Jim Haser
Union Hall
Sam Dawson
Worlo
Leon Hensley
Labor Cacavan Department
Calhoun County
Willis Jetton
Highway 35
Bids received for facility at Point Comfort turning basin
Calhoun County Navigation District reported drawings for a barge facility and conveyor system from Texas Concrete and Austin Bridge. One plan to be chosen. bids to open after specifications. Port manager noted queries from South Texas Cotton and Grain and possible used conveyor from Alcoa. Budget committee named. budget must be prepared before November public hearing.
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Calhoun County Navigation District
Frank Diebel
Point Comfort
Texas Concrete
Austin Bridge Companies
Diebel
D.L. Buchanan
South Texas
Buchanan
Alcoa
Million in sales taxes due, 31 businesses shut down
Comptroller Bob Bullock announced over 1 million dollars in delinquent sales taxes owed to the state and cities. Thirty one businesses were shut down, nineteen have reopened after agreeing to pay or resume operations. Unsettled firms face public auctions to recover back taxes.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Weather update with warm temps and scattered storms
Partly cloudy and warm with a slight chance of thundershowers through Tuesday. Southerly winds 5-15 mph. High this afternoon in the low 90s and tonight’s low in the low 70s. Coastal winds 6-12 knots. seas 2-3 feet. Widely scattered showers and thundershowers. Sun times 6:59, tides high at 1:10 and 5:19, lows at 9:19 and 10:36. Barometer 90.03 and steady at noon then 8:05 rm.
Parks Board Sets Meeting In Port Lavaca
The Port Lavaca Recreation and Parks Board will hold its regular meeting tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the City Hall Annex. The agenda includes review of the 1975 Summer Recreation Program, approval of gym use payments for basketball, park development, and an amateur boxing program.
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Port Lavaca
Calhoun 4-H FFA progress show yields ribbons and plaques
The Calhoun County 4-H and FFA livestock progress show drew 194 members for steer and lamb divisions. In steer showmanship Max Carrion won, Albert Blinka was second, Annette Blinka third, Tina Traylor fourth, April Mitchell fifth, Dennis Peterson sixth, Henry Zarate seventh, and John Burke eighth. Burke also led rate of gain with a 3.65 lb day gain on his Charolais. Lamb showmanship crowned Gary Patterson first in the experienced class with D Anna Heideman second and Annette Nickels third, David Kabela fourth, Lesa Lester fifth. first-year feeders winner Barbara Maguire with Richard Moehnke second. Judges were Leo Heineman for lambs and Herbert Ball for steers. The next event is the Calhoun County Fair October 8-11 with a hog show August 23 at 8:00 a.m. Awards were from Calhoun County Cattlemen’s Association and Junior Livestock Committee.
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Chuck Real
Calhoun County
FFA
Max Carrion
Albert Blinka
Annette Blinka
Tina Traylor
April Mitchell
Dennis Peterson
Henry Zarate
John Burke
Gary Patterson
D'Anna Heideman
Annette Nickels
David Kabela
Lesa Lester
Barbara Maguire
Richard Moehnke
Carl Thigpen
Randy Miller
Scotty Barnes
Lamb
Leo Heineman
Jackson County
Herbert Ball
Victoria County
Calhoun County Cattlemen's Association
Violent Deaths Spark Weekend Toll Across Texas
The Associated Press reports 21 violent deaths in Texas from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday including 13 traffic fatalities, five homicides, two drownings, and one lightning death. Victims include Dallas family trio Horace and Fanci Williams and boy David Crann, plus other deaths across Liberty, Harris, San Augustine, Midland, and Dallas counties, with incidents ranging from car crashes to shootings and a dune buggy accident.
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Texas
Dallas
Horace B. Williams
Local youth Miguel Gutierrez dies in hit and run
Funeral services set for 18 year old Miguel Gutierrez of Port Lavaca killed Sunday on Farm Road 755 in Brooks County. Autopsy ordered as investigation continues. He attended Calhoun High School worked in shrimp business survived by parents, six sisters, two brothers and a grandmother. Rosary held at 9 a.m.
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Port Lavaca
Rachal
Texas
Miguel Lopez Gutierrez
Suday
Brooks County
Gutierrez
Calhoun High School
Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church
Leo Gauvin
Rendon Funeral Home
Jose G. Gutierrez
Jose Gutierrez
Victoria
Manuel Gutierrez
Rudy Llanes
Paul Medina
Bloomington
Margarita
Oralia Gutierrez
Lavaca
Celestina Gutierrez
No relief gained as Calhoun court rejects county action on Bayou flooding
Calhoun County Commissioners Court declines jurisdiction over Drainage District No 11 amid complaints of flooding erosion and silting from the Chocolate Bayou project. Judge Jetton suggests individual lawsuits or joining Victoria County. District 11 covers about 32500 acres NW of Port Lavaca. Also named: new Drainage District No 6 commissioners and a fire equipment contract with Port Lavaca. bids accepted for a used motor grader and courthouse shrubbery work.
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Chocolate Bayou
Calhoun County Commissioners Court
Victoria County
Port Lavaca
Lavaca Bay
Highway 35
Big Chocolate Bayou
Calhoun County Commissioners
Maida McKamey
Victoria
Calhoun County
Grain inspectors suspended in New Orleans port probe
The Agriculture Department suspended eight licenses of grain inspectors and weighers amid a federal grand jury indictment in New Orleans. The action targets workers at the Mississippi River Grain Elevator in Myrtle Grove and the St. Charles Grain Elevator in Destrehan, with 16 AMS license suspensions tied to a broader corruption probe at Gulf Coast ports.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
New Orleans
Agricultural Marketing Service
AMS
United States
Department
Pivon Leon Dupuy
Dupuy
Delta Weighing Bureau
Mississippi River
Myrtle Grove
St. Charles
Destrehan
Edward H. Fleetwood
Aradi
Fleetwood
Manuel J. Frietas
Norco
Russell W. Emerson
la Place
C.C. Porteria Sr
Freddie H. German
John M. Milano Sr
Kenner
Robert P. Nicholas
South Louisiana Port Inspection and Weighing, Inc
Nicholas
Adnac, Inc
Season football tickets go on sale at Calhoun High
Calhoun High School opens ticket sales for the 1974 home football season at the School District office from 8 to 12 and 1 to 4. Coach James Cleveland notes strong interest as last year’s holders have priority until August 29. General sales start September 2 with reserve seats $8.75 for five games and general admission $1.50 at the gate.
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Calhoun
James Cleveland
Sandcrab
Cleveland
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