Moratorium in Bays Avoided by Shrimpers
Calhoun County shrimpers narrowly rejected a 15 day moratorium to let bay shrimp mature. A majority backed strict enforcement of the 39 count law, with inspectors and local buyers signaling compliance as the season runs through December 15.
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Calhoun County
Calhoun
Texas
Marcus Blevins
San Antonio Bay
Wally Morgan
County Marine
Joe Surovik
Bay
Gulf
Ford Wins Early Tests at 1976 Republican Convention
President Ford appears in control of the GOP convention as delegates prepare to nominate him tonight after a decisive first major test. Reagan officials acknowledge a tough battle ahead with Ford poised for a first ballot win while backers debate running mate actions and platform compromises.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Associated Press
Texas Delegates Rally as Ford-Reagan Feud Surges
At the Republican National Convention Texas delegate David Keller, a Houston longshoreman, grabbed a blue President Ford sign as Betty Ford sat nearby. The incident followed Texas voting to back a Reagan rule requiring a vice presidential pick by 9 am, a rule that later failed. Ray Barnhart called the defeat a setback while Betty Andujar urged unity against the Democrats, insisting Reagan supporters pursue victory.
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Kansas City
Texas
David Keller
Houston
President Ford
Betty Ford
Ford
Keller
Cody Prepper
Reagan
California
Ray Barnhart
Betty Andujar
Fort Worth
Democratic Party
Mindanao Earthquakes and Waves Kill and Displace Thousands
The official toll in the southern Philippines rose past 5,300 dead or missing with nearly 30,000 homeless after earthquakes and tsunamis. 3,103 deaths confirmed, 2,282 missing, 688 injured, 28,716 homeless. Rescue efforts focused on Mindanao towns along Moro Gulf. aid flown to Cotabato and Zamboanga. President Ford offered US aid to President Marcos.
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Manila
The
Philippines
Mindanao
National Disaster Coordinating Center
Prudencio Ver
Moro Gulf
Celebes Sea
Philippine Air Force
Cotabato
Gulf
Zamboanga
Zamboanga Peninsula
Ford
Ferdinand E. Marcos
U.S
Basilan
Lanao
Misamis Oriental
Cagayan de Oro
Luzon
Weather Outlook With Shrugging Clouds and Warm Days
Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of afternoon and evening thundershowers through Thursday. Variable winds 6-12 mph, gusty in storms. Lows near 70, highs in the low 90s. Rain chances 20 percent tonight and 30 percent Thursday afternoon. Boating winds 10-15 knots, seas two to three feet offshore, higher near showers. Sunrise 6:59, sunset 8:04. Tides high Thursday 3:19 and Friday 3:45, lows Wednesday 5:45 and Thursday 6:43 pm. Barometric pressure 30.01.
Two Americans Dead in DMZ Clash with North Korea
In Panmunjom, about 30 North Korean guards attacked a U.N. escort group killing two U.S. Army officers and wounding four enlisted Americans and several South Koreans. North Korea claimed self defense while the U.N. called the killings brutal and unprovoked.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.N
North Korea
U.S
Korean Service Corps
Panmunjom
Bridge of No Return
Pentagon
Washington
U.N. Command
Military Armistice Commission
Demilitarized Zone
Calhoun Budget Hearing For 1976-77 Set Tonight
Calhoun school board plans a public hearing on the district's 1976-77 operating budget of 6,674,735 dollars and will consider recommendations from a Texas legislative workshop. The workshop, Aug 6-7 in Arlington, produced five recommendations on school financing to align with a Supreme Court Rodriguez ruling.
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Texas
Calhoun School
Texas Association of School Boards
Texas Association of Secondary Administrators
Arlington
Tex
A. W. Kelton
TASB
Supreme Court
Rodriguez
Demetrio P. Rodriguez
Edgewood
San Antonio
Kelton
Calhoun
Shrimp Boil Planned by Chamber for Labor Day Festival
Chamber board reports a shrimp boil at the Jaycee Labor Day Fishing Festival with Dr. Marvin Kirkman to head the committee and a Past Presidents Club proposed by director Fred Jones. Booth work on Sept. 6 at Fishing Pier Park with boiled shrimp, sauce, drinks 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and possible live music.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Chamber Board of
Marvin Kirkman
Chamber
Fishing Pier
Kirkman
Jim Wilson
Fred Jones
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Doug Veech
Johnny Karstead
Annette Matthews
Luling
Harvardian College
Cotabato City
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