Port Lavaca Audit Flags Tax Delinquency and Bond Funds
City audit for year ending Sept 30 1975 cites 10 percent drop in property tax collections and 20 percent fall in delinquent tax receipts with over 200 000 owed. Hearn warns banks mismanaged sinking fund investments costing more than 5 000 in six months while port commission finances draw critique for lack of budget and long range planning.
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Jim Mitchell
Port Lavaca
Ralph Hearn Jr
Hearn
Hearn Hearn
Texas Bank of Commerce of Houston
First National Bank of Port
Council
Commission
Port Commission
Gibson
Jack Hunt
Calhoun County Independent School District
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 2c
Téxas Munica League
Travelers Insurance Co
Gibson Gibson
Wilbur Oehike
Texas Municipal League
City Sets Priority Projects For Community Funds Bid
City Council workshop selects three top projects for Community Development Fund matching grants including improvements to Wilkens gym, a sewer at Fishing Pier Park, and paving and guttering on Ann and Benavides streets. Cost estimates due for public hearings. gym lease to be explored with the school district.
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Wilkens
Fishing Pier Park
Ann and
Benavides
Mike Gibson
Mike Fricke
New Norther Advances On Texas
A cold front sweeping across Texas dropped chill and rain through Central Texas and the coast. Frigid air moved south after a brief warmup with forecast of renewed chill and scattered showers as the new norther arrives midweek. Strong cloud cover extended inland to Del Rio Kerrville Austin and Temple.
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Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Panhandle
del Rio
Kerrville Austin
Temple
Tax Reformers Say IRS Has Bad Advice
Ralph Nader group tells a House subcommittee that IRS tax guidance is frequently wrong and private preparers fare no better. IRS surveys show high error rates across returns, with itemized deductions especially prone to mistakes, prompting calls for reform of federal tax law.
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IRS
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
Ralph Nader
House
Nader
Louise Brown
Congress
Charles Davenport
Congressional Budget Office
Davenport
Administration Conference of the United States
Donald C Alexander
Subcommittee
Benjamin S Rosenthal
D-Ny
Certified Public Accountants
Storefront
County Officials Get Pay Increase in Calhoun County
The Calhoun County Commissioners Court approved salary raises effective January. The tax assessor-collector earns over 600 more, rising from 11 442 to 12 28. County Judge Willis Foretton presided.
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Calhoun County
Calhoun County Commissioners Court
Willis Foretton
Supreme Court delays ruling on campaign subsidies and reforms
The Supreme Court postponed a decision on federal campaign subsidies spending limits and election reforms until next year. In the same session, just before adjournment, the court ruled a shipping company could require a fired merchant seaman to pay his own return from Saigon. The case affects disbursement plans for Preconvention funds as the FEC readies candidate eligibility certification.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Saigon
Federal
Flection Commission
FEC
Treasury
American Foreign Steamship Company
Nixon Friend Smith Indicted In San Diego Case
San Diego Calif AP financier C Arnholt Smith longtime Nixon friend and benefactor faces a broad indictment including grand theft and bank fraud He was arrested at his office after a grand jury handed down the charges Monday jailed briefly then released on his own recognizance Philip A Taft a business partner of Smith was indicted on 42 counts and released from custody on his own behalf.
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San Diego
Califap
C Arnholt Smith
Richard Nixon
Smith
Philip A. Taft
Natural Gas Bill Faces Uncertain House Fate
Washington reports the fate of an emergency natural gas bill remains uncertain in the House after Speaker Carl Albert refused to bar floor amendments. The measure would lift interstate price controls for two years, while supporters seek broader deregulation. Rep. John Dingell denounced intense industry lobbying and questioned the bill’s purpose, noting recent temporary FPC allocations lessen urgency. The Senate has already passed five year decontrol.
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Washington
House
Carl Albert
Albert
Senate
Harley O Staggers
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Staggers
House Rules Committee
John Dingell
D-Mich
Dingell
Federal Power Commission
Two Fishermen Safe After Boat Stalls Out Near Port OConnor
Two Victoria fishermen Blake Eisman and Jeff New spent a cold night in a small house along Big Bayou south of Port O Connor after their boat motor failed at 4 15 pm Weather Bureau had issued a small craft advisory as a cold front moved in Coast Guard helicopters and boats searched until about 1 am then resumed at sunrise They later reached Port O Connor by a passing vessel and towed in Eisman said the improvised shelter was unheated but warm enough and the site was about three quarters of a mile from the Coast Guard Station
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Victoria
Big Bayou
Port O'Connor
Coast Guard
Blake Eisman
Jeff New
Bagusos Island
Weather Bureau
US Coast Guard
Grass Island
Lighthouse Cove
Eisman
Man Climbing White House Wall Seeks Pardon for Father
Washington AP A young man, Myeareid Gerald Bryan Gainous Jr., scaled the White House wall twice in a bid to obtain a presidential pardon for his father Gerald Bryan Gainous Sr. He reportedly came within three feet of Susan Ford during Thanksgiving Eve. He was charged and released after the first climb, then arrested on breaking and entering after a second attempt ten days later. WMAL cited him penetrating the grounds, triggering floodlight alarms, and evading guards for about two hours before being arrested at a door to the White House. he said his goal was to ask the President to pardon his father, a Vietnam veteran convicted in a heroin case. The elder Gainous claims he did not receive a fair trial.
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Washington
White House
Susan Ford
Secret Service
Myeareid
Gerald Bryan Gainous Jr
Gainous
WMAL
Gaimous
Richard M. Nixon
Fords
Gerald Bryan Gainous Sr
Air Force
Duval County Treasurer Is Removed From Office
Duval County Treasurer Manuel C Solis was removed after pleading guilty to official misconduct. District Court Judge Darrell Hester named chief deputy Armando Oliveira acting treasurer and ordered Solis to pay the county 2000 in reparations and 8000 in restitution plus a 5000 fine.
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San Diego
Tex
Duval County
Manuel C Solis
Darrell Hester
Armando Oliveira
Hester
Solis
Weather Outlook With Rain Likely Through Wednesday
Cloudy and cold with a 60 percent chance of rain through Wednesday. Northerly winds 8 to 18 mph, increasing Wednesday afternoon. Highs near 40s, lows in the 40s, seas 4 to 6 feet, then 3 to 5 feet tonight and again Wednesday. Occasional showers and thundershowers, winds shifting to north to northeast, stronger in shower zones. Tides high this evening and Wednesday night, with sunset at 5 33 p.m. and sunrise at 7 15 a.m. Barometer 30.2 inches.
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Mary Lois McMahon
Maurice G Wood
Clara Mae Boyd
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