Poll narrows edge for Carter in Gallup poll
The Associated Press reports a Gallup poll shows Carter at 49 percent and Ford at 39 percent among 1,016 registered voters surveyed last weekend, narrowing Carter’s lead from 33 points. Ford campaigns with Republican factions in Vail and at a strategy meeting, while Carter campaigned in Plains and Iowa, calling for ending farm embargoes while acknowledging possible embargo flexibility in a grain shortage.
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Associated Press
Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Organization
Today
Plains
Midwest
Vail
Col
Len Robert Dole
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John Connally
Rockefeller
Connally
Rogers C.B. Morton
James Baker III
Iowa State Fair
U.S
Des Moines Register
Kansas City
America
Weather and marine forecast for the period
Partly cloudy and warm with thundershowers possible through Friday. High in the low 90s, low tonight upper 60s. Rain chances 30 percent this afternoon, 20 percent tonight, 30 percent Friday. East to southeast winds 5 to 15 knots, seas 3 feet or less, with higher seas in scattered showers. Sunrise 7 03 a.m. Sunset 7 57 p.m. Tides high 5 36 p.m. Thursday and 6 18 a.m. Friday. Low 11 56 p.m. Thursday and 12 29 a.m. Friday. Barometer 30.06.
Pleasure Boats Added To School Tax Rolls
Calhoun Independent School District begins taxing pleasure boats for the first time using a 1.70 per 3100 valuation rate at 50 percent market value. Over 1000 boats are listed from a Parks and Wildlife registry. Owners disputing assessments should present their Parks and Wildlife registration receipts at the tax office to avoid computer readout errors.
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Calhoun Independent School District
F. E. Pereira
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
J. L. Denham
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Mystery Nickel Gas Suspected Cause of Legion Deaths
Farmington Conn AP a two week study found nickel in tissue of three Legionnaires disease victims from Philadelphia convention. Nickel levels were five to eight times higher than controls supporting nickel carbonyl gas as a possible cause. The death toll stood at 26 with 176 ill and one hospitalized manager of a Philadelphia hotel attended the convention.
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Farmington, Conn
F. William Sunderman Jr
University of Connecticut
Sunderman
American Legion
Philadelphia
J. Bruce Rogers
Moorestown
N.J
Rogers
Legion Convention Sunderman
Morton D. Rosen
Pennsylvania
Federal Center For Disease Control
CDC
Atlanta
Rosen
Teen Burglars Caught in Act at Laundromat
Two teenage juveniles, a 14 and a 15 year old, were caught burglarizing coin operated washing machines at the We Wash It Laundromat in the 700 block of West Main around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday. Police will refer them to juvenile probation authorities.
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We Wash It
West Main
U S trade deficit rises in July on oil imports
The Commerce Department reported July’s deficit at 827 million dollars as oil imports surged 7.5 percent to 3.1 billion. Exports reached 10.022 billion and total trade alone topped 10 billion, signaling a larger year end deficit possibility and potential dollar pressure.
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Washington
U.S
Commerce Department
United States
Airport Grant Application is Completed
Calhoun County Commissioners Court finalized a $505,000 federal grant project for airport reconstruction with FAA approval. New 90 percent federal share increases total cost, engineering fee covered, TAC and county split remaining funds, bids must be FAA-approved, and a nightly airport light operation agreement is required.
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Calhoun County
Commissioners Court
Federal Aviation Administration
Forrest and Cotton, Inc
Austin
FAA
Texas Aeronautic Commission
Willis Jetton
TAC
Jetton
Young Plans Suit Against Gardner In Texas Campaign
Campaigner John Young declared the sex scandal allegations involving Colleen Gardner and the New York Times immoral and shameful. He telephoned from Washington to say he will file a civil suit over the charges, claiming the media conspired to harm him and his family.
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Dean Holford
Port Lavaca
Congress
Texas
John Young
Washington, D. C
Young
New York Times
Colleen Gardner
Suspected Kidnapper Hunted in Aransas County
Aransas County officers hunt a white male alleged to have kidnapped and robbed a Victoria man in Calhoun County. Buckler picked up the hitchhiker near 8 15 a.m. on Wednesday, forced toward Corpus Christi, the car ran out of gas near Aransas Pass, and the suspect fled in a white car toward Port Aransas. He took $15 and is described as 5 9 or 5 10, 170 180 pounds, with medium blond hair, wearing a gold shirt and khakis.
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Aransas County
Victoria
Calhoun County
Blane Buckler
Anaiqua
Aransas Pass
Port Lavaca
Highway 35
Buckler
Corpus Christi
Sam Errington
Calhoun County Opens Work Activity Center For Adults
A new Work Activity Center in Calhoun County, an outreach of Gulf Bend Mental Health, will open Wednesday. Director Suzanne Spahn says up to 15 adult clients will work and receive therapy at the center on Ann Street near Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital, replacing long trips to Victoria. Girls will sew and bake for sale. men will handle building maintenance.
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Calhoun County
Gulf Bend
Mrs. Spahn
Ann Street
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Victoria
Bill Carroway
Crocket Junior High School
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Sheriff's Office
Frank Diebel
Permian Corp
Robert Langdon
U.S. Highway 87
Clark's Station
Sallie Wilson
Gardner
Holford
Aransas
Ralph Kitchen
Andrew Montier
Judy
Riojas
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