Police Officer Honored At Retirement Barbecue
Port Lavaca veteran Sgt. James A. ONeill is retiring after decades in Calhoun County law enforcement. A Friday farewell barbecue at Lion's Club Park drew more than fifty friends and colleagues as ONeill and his wife Desi marked forty one years of marriage in their West Leona home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. O’neil
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
O'Neil
Lion's Club Park
O’neil
Jimmy
Oleen
O’neils
Sean
Jamie
Padriac
Neil
Sgt O'Neil
Halliburton
Gene Durrant
Sgt. O'Neil
Desi
West Leona
James O'Neil
Lions Club Park
Individual Tax Cut Extension Reached in 1977 Plan
Washington AP conferees agree to extend all of 1977 the individual tax cuts enacted last year. The package adds credits of 180 dollars for a typical family of four at 15,000 income and 182 for a single at 8,000, with wider deductions and a 16 percent maximum standard deduction. The measure aims to shield take home pay and accompanies a broader tax revision bill still under negotiation.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Taiwan Nuclear Reprocessing Questioned Amid Denials
A Ford official says Taiwan’s secrecy on reprocessing spent fuel raises risk of progress toward a bomb, but adds no proof Taiwan aims to build one. Taiwan denies secret reprocessing, and a Nationalist spokesman reiterates commitment to peaceful nuclear power, citing Premier Chiang Ching Kuo.
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Washington
Taiwan
Ford Administration
U.S
Taipei
Chiang Ching Ko
Car stolen from Maine's Pizza Palace found by owner
Police report shows Robert L. Broderick confirmed a car disappeared between 1:30 and 5:15 am Sunday then reappeared at 6 am in the Drum Motel parking lot. A watch and ring in the glove box were missing and the car wires cut. Earlier that morning two fishing rods and reels were stolen from James Green's garage valued at 105.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Leroy Broderick
W. George
Maine
Pizza Palace
Commerce
Drum Motel
Palacios Highway
Broderick
James Green
Larry
Green
Registration Continues at Victoria College for Calhoun Classes
Late registration for college courses at Calhoun High School to be offered this fall continues at Victoria College registration office. Hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. this week. evenings 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Courses include U.S. history 351 English composition 303 bookkeeping 313 on Tuesdays Psychology of personal adjustment 357 and intermediate typewriting 302 on Thursdays. Classes meet 7 to 9:45 p.m.
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Calhoun High School
Victoria College Registration Office
Alcoa to Restart Casting Unit. 15 Rehired
Alcoa restores one casting unit on Oct 1 after idle since June 30 1975. About 15 employees recalled by smelting production manager Fred Sharkey as demand for sheet ingot rises. Most ingot will go to Warrick rolling mill. unit will use metal from Point Comfort inventories and 700-pound ingot forms.
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Alcoa
Fred Sharkey
Sharkey
Warrick
Ind
Point Comfort
County Acquires Land For Waste Site At Clark's Station
The Commissioners Court completed the purchase of the remaining one fourth interest in a 175 acre tract from the Langdon heirs at 525 per acre totaling 22595.56, with sellers retaining mineral rights. Patsy L. Johnson received 65598.75 for three quarters of the property including minerals last April. The site sits at the intersection of U S Highway 87 and FM 2433 near Clark's Station, about five miles from the courthouse. Additional costs and history include prior proposals, engineering work by Raba & Associates of San Antonio, and prior condemnation of three county dumps. The county plans a countywide disposal system with funds from federal revenue sharing and a permit from the State Health Department.
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Mary Baker Phillips
Commissioners Court
Robert Langdon
Patsy L. Johnson
Clark's Station
Raba & Associates, Inc
San Antonio
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
Point Comfort
Port O’connor
Texas Air Control Board
Texas State Health Department
State Department of Health
State Health Department
Permian Corp
Passerby Slain by Rifle Shot In Abilene
In Abilene Texas a 16 year old youth Neville Ray King was shot in the head while passing a house. He died at the hospital. A man named John J. Allen surrendered after more than 12 hours of police standoff. Allen, a World War II veteran, had reportedly been in ill mental health and had ignored tear gas and bullhorn surrender pleas.
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Abilene
Tex
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Dean Bineyard
John J. Allen
Allen
Chemical blast at Hanford injures one, causes contamination
A chemical explosion at Hanford Nuclear Reservation slightly injured one person and contaminated eight to ten with radioactivity. ARCO spokesman Hal Lindberg said the blast happened in a recovery vessel used for recovering americium. He stated there is no believed risk of a second explosion and an investigation is underway.
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Richland
Wash
Hanford
Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co
ARCO
Hal Lindberg
Arco Is Investigating It.’ Lindberg
Debates in Reach as League Seeks Funding Plan
Federal election officials near approval for the League of Women Voters to organize presidential debates with an estimated cost around 150000 funded by corporate and union underwriting. FEC lawyers say sponsorship by the league raises no legal conflict though financing methods and exclusion of minor candidates spark concern. Ford and Carter back open talks on format and timing with the first debate likely in September. Cobbling agreement on ground rules continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
League of Women Voters
League
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Eugene McCarthy
Lester Maddox
American Independent Party
Ford
Jimmy Carter
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Weather forecast with warm temps and showers likely
Mostly cloudy and warm with a chance of thundershowers through Tuesday. Winds easterly 8 to 14 mph. High this afternoon and Tuesday near 90. Low tonight in the low 70s. Rainfall probability 40 percent this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday. Boating winds east to northeast 10-15 knots this afternoon through Tuesday. Seas about 3 feet. Showers may raise winds and seas locally. Sunset 7:52 p.m. today. Sunrise 7:06 a.m. Tuesday. Tides: today lows 3:05 p.m., Tuesday 3:29 a.m.. highs 11:13 p.m. today, 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. Barometer 30.12 inches.
Schools Report Postponed and Board Meeting Schedule
The Citizens Advisory Committee of 76 will report findings on proposed facilities at a special school board meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. A sixth study session slated for Monday was moved to Wednesday 8 p.m. due to member conflicts. Supt. Marvin Kirkman will discuss current and proposed policies and district procedures. a closed session will follow to address personnel matters.
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Citizens Advisory Committee of ‘76
Marvin Kirkman
Basic District Foundation
Hurricane Frances Moves NW Toward Seas, No Land Threat
Frances the season’s fourth hurricane was forecast to strengthen but posed no immediate land threat as it moved northwest at about 12 mph. Centered near 19.5N 53.5W, 550 miles ENE of Antigua and 1,500 miles SE of Miami, it had 75 mph winds with wide gale reach. Forecasters noted its large size and advised northern Leeward Islands small craft to stay in port.
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Miami
Frances
National Hurricane Center
Antigua
Gil Clark
Leeward Islands
Emmy
United States
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
N.C
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Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
Port Lavaca Funeral Home
Newlin
Rudy Rendon
Langdon
Sallie Wilson
Betty Jo Ward
Miss Wilson
The
Carter
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Washington, D.C
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