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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1975
Page
1
President Ford formally asked Congress to approve a $52 billion peacetime deficit for fiscal 1976 as part of a $349.4 billion budget. He also signed a blunt economic report warning of the nation’s worsening fiscal health.
Dr. Marvin Kirkman, Calhoun ISD superintendent, will explain legislature proposals on school financing at a 4:30 p.m. Calhoun High School patio meeting of the Calhoun unit of Texas Classroom Teachers Association. Delegates will be elected to attend the state TCTA convention in Fort Worth later this month.
The Golden Crescent Regional Office on Aging, with coordinator Miss Sue Hawthorn, invites residents 55 and older to a Feb 11 meeting at First State Bank Port Lavaca to discuss housing nutrition money management employment health social relations and continuing education. Attendees will fill a non binding questionnaire and volunteers are being recruited to reach non attending elderly.
Weather forecasts show cloudy and cool conditions with occasional rain or drizzle through Tuesday. Southerly winds 8 to 16 mph, highs in the upper 50s today, upper 40s tonight, and mid 60s Tuesday. Precipitation chances 60 percent today and tonight, 50 percent Tuesday. Marine outlook notes northeast to north winds 8 to 15 knots, seas 2 to 4 feet, higher in showers. Tides and sun times listed, barometer 30.17.
Port O Connor Chamber of Commerce will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Port O Connor Community Center. Plans include a fund raising games party this month and the annual Fishing Festival for Memorial Day weekend with arrangements led by Mrs Ed Voss and Mrs Edgar Voss under secretary Agnes Valigura.
Robert Deaton, 18, of Houston remained in critical condition Sunday night at Ben Taub Hospital after an automobile accident near Tivoli Saturday. His car struck a culvert on State Highway 35 five miles south of Tivoli Saturday morning. He was treated at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital in Port Lavaca before transfer to Houston. Head and chest injuries were reported.
Floods and dense fog across Texas caused nearly a dozen deaths over three days. Nacogdoches suffered the worst damage with three confirmed dead as 13 inches of rain drenched East Texas. Five people died in a Houston area plane crash amid driving rain and fog, while others perished in incidents at Lake Tawakoni and on wet roads.
Mrs. Anne Armstrong, Texas resident and former counsellor to the President, is announced as a director of Union Carbide Corporation by F Perry Wilson. She and husband Tobin live at Armstrong Ranch, Kenedy County, and she has held multiple federal and civic roles.
The Calhoun County Grand Jury will reconvene tomorrow at 9 a.m. to review 29 criminal charges. Included are eight felony thefts, three burglary cases, three forgery cases, three possession of controlled substances cases, two criminal mischief cases, two custody interference cases, two aggravated assault cases, three DWIs and one escape from city jail case.
Port Lavaca Jaycees announce details for their second annual Jaycee Political Forum to host all District III candidates at the District Convention in Corpus Christi on Feb 14 15 and 16. The Six Mile Music Box venue is six miles north of Port Lavaca on Farm to Market Road 1090 with shrimp beverages and chips on the menu. Contact Lance Newman or co chair Ralph Hearn and Fred Jones for attendance planning.
A Wave survey in Calhoun County finds mobile home owners often view their units as comparable or superior to conventional homes and would buy again. The Port Lavaca area reports about 205 mobile homes—in parks, on leased land, or on owned land—while Texas leads in mobile home use and affordability under $15,000.
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