Favorable Comparison With Other Counties Calhoun Taxes
Calhoun County taxes are examined against nearby cities Port Lavaca Point Comfort Seadrift Palacios and Aransas Pass. Port Lavaca shows an effective tax on a $10 000 property of 96 with 168 budgeted per citizen, while Point Comfort is 20 and 137 per citizen. Aransas Pass ranks second with 81.60 and 238 per citizen. Victoria is 84.15 and 1 per citizen, Seadrift 112.50 and 154, Palacios 97.50 and 124. Palacios Victoria and Aransas Pass rely heavily on nonproperty funding. Federal contributions vary by district, Palacios ISD high at 43 percent. Calhoun County ISD 3 percent.
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Alcoa
Point Comfort
Port Lavaca
Seadrift
Caesar Augustus
Calhoun County
Victoria
Palacios
Aransas Pass
Palacios Isd
Austwell-Tivoli Isd
Calhoun County Isd
Bloomington Isd
Victoria Isd
F E. Pereira
Six Terrorists End Siege At OPEC Headquarters
Six militants held Vienna hostages at the OPEC center, then flew to Algiers with some ministers, after brief negotiations. The assault left three dead and several wounded, as ministers including Yamani and Amouzegar were said to be among those aboard the flight.
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Algiers
Algeria
Vienna
OPEC
Tripoli
Benghazi
Libya
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Israel
Bruno Kretsky
Carlos
Kreisky
Belaid Abdesselam
Oil and Industry
Abdesselam
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Jamshid Amouzegar
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Electives Opened Trimester Aids Athletes at Calhoun
Calhoun High School introduces trimester system enabling senior athletes to take elective courses in the second trimester instead of sixth period gym. Offered courses include weightlifting typing business math and government. Officials note the change lets athletes schedule electives with peers and plan courses early while planning coed PE in spring.
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Calhoun High School
James Cleveland
Calhoun County
Cleveland
Fred Stokes
Stokes
Holiday Schedule and Office Closings Across Counties
Government offices nationwide will be closed Christmas Day with other closures around the holiday. Port Lavaca Port Comfort and surrounding areas adjust garbage pickup and landfill hours. county offices close early Wednesday. banks delay reopenings after Christmas Eve.
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Focal
Point Comfort
Port Lavaca
Point
Seadrift
Jet Crashes in Fog Near Milan No Death Reported
A Trans World Airlines Boeing 707 from San Francisco and New York crashed while landing in thick fog at Milan Malpensa. Officials say 106 passengers and nine crew members aboard with no fatalities. two passengers seriously injured and many others walked to the terminal. The jetliner veered off the runway, damaged the undercarriage, and shed part of its right wing. Police extinguished a post crash fire. the plane ended on an asphalt heliport area after a zigzag landing.
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Milan
Italy
APA
Trans World Airlines
San Francisco
New York
Malpensa
TWA
Bus Service Gets Started in Calhoun County
Calhoun County began a senior bus service using one of two new 12 passenger vans. The service will run Dec 29 Jan 5 and Jan 12 with further scheduling to follow. Residents of Port Lavaca Point Comfort and Seadrift should call Frances Adame at 62 for transportation information.
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Calhoun County
Sue Hawthorn
Golden Crescent
Weather update with cloudy skies and cool trend
Mostly cloudy and continued cool with a slight chance of light rain today through Tuesday. East to southeast winds 8 to 18 mph, high near 50, low in the upper 40s. Tuesday high near 50. Rain probability 2 percent through Tuesday. Boating outlook shows southeasterly winds 18 knots, seas 2 to 3 feet, high tides and multiple sun events listed. Barometric pressure around 30.24 inches.
Council Sets Hearing on 3 Priorities
City Council holds a public hearing at 7 90 tonight on three preapplication priorities for Community Development Funds. Wilkins Gym improvements, Fishing Pier Park sewer facilities, and curbing and paving for south ends of Ann and Benavides streets are planned with cost estimates to be provided.
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City Hall
Wilkins Gym
Fishing Pier Park
Ann and
Benavides Streets
Mike Gibson
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
City Warehouse
George Street
General Fund
Streets and Bridges Department
G&w Engineering
South Ann Street
South Benavidess Street
Police Department
President Will Sign Compromise Tax Bill
President Ford intends to sign the compromise tax bill to avert an automatic income tax increase on New Year’s Day. The measure extends 1975 tax cuts into mid 1976, with Ford calling it a six month tax reduction while Congress vows to curb spending.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
White House
House
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Venezuela
Arab Revolution
Omar Fergiani
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Yousef Lemble
Jay Thielen
Brenda Hinossa
First State Bank
Virginia
Council
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