Alcoa selects Meade county site for major rolling mill
Alcoa disclosed selecting a Meade county Kentucky site bordering the Ohio River for a future sheet rolling mill to serve growing markets. The project is planned in stages with timing tied to market growth, capacity at existing mills, and investment funding. Surveys and testing are underway, with coordination planned with local and state officials for orderly development.
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Brandenburg
Aluminum Company of America
Ohio River
Meade County
Alcoa
Evansville
Ind
Point Comfort
Warrick
Davenport
Alcoa (Tenn
Kentucky
Union
Crittenden
J. Edwin Perryman
Court decision may force FEA price rollbacks or rebates
A special federal court ruled the Federal Energy Administration illegally let about 14 percent of U S oil production sell at free market prices for over a year. The decision covers new oil produced after May 15 1972 at about 11 dollars a barrel, higher than the FEA guidance. Consumers Union may seek refunds if the ruling stands.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
Emergency Court of
FEA
U.S
Consumers Union
Peter H. Schuef
Point Comfort student wins spelling bee title
Michael Wade Ebron, an 11 year old fifth grader from Point Comfort Elementary, won the spelling contest over 14 finalists by correctly spelling accumulate. He advances to the county meet on March 18 at the school district central office.
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Point Comfort
Michael Wade Ebron
Ben Ebron
4-H FFA clubs shine at 42nd Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Calhoun County 4-H and FFA members Johnnie Smith Alois Blinka Anthony Blinka Beth Rudellat Jim Rudellat and Bryan Sanders join Breeding and Market hog entries as 6000 trail riders descend on Houston Memorial Park. Show opens with cattle and sheep judging while 700 000 expected to attend through March 2 with Holstein sale topping $100 025.
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Albert Blinka
David Kruse
Johnnie Smith
Alois Blinka
Anthony Blinka
Beth Rudellat
Jim Rudellat
Calhoun County
FFA
Bryan Sanders
Chuck Moss
Steve Lee
Calhoun Area Calendar Highlights Activities
Thursday events include Hobby Club at 4 p.m. at Jackson Elementary and a Sandies volleyball game at Calhoun High at 6 p.m. Little League registrations open at 6 p.m. in Point Comfort City Hall. Needlepoint class meets at 7 p.m. in Point Comfort School rooms. Port Lavaca Development Act meeting at 7:30 p.m. City Hall Annex. United Way budget and admissions committee at 7:30 p.m. 401 N. Colorado. Friday brings Legislative Forum at 7:30 a.m. Viking Inn, Rotary Club lunch at Hatch Bend Country Club, and Junior Service League program practice at Calhoun auditorium noon.
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Jackson
Calhoun High School
Point Comfort City Hall
Point Comfort School
Port Lavaca
Chamber of Commerce Legislative Forum
Viking Inn
Rotary Club
Hatch Bend Country Club
Calhoun Auditorium
Texas Highway Dept Low Bids on Several Projects
The Texas Highway Department tabulated low bids Wednesday for highway projects by county. Bell County includes Loop 363 near Temple with grading structures and an overpass bid by Dahlstrom Corp. for 1,933,606 dollars. Harris County's U S 59 at Aldine Mail Route involves timing signals by Blackburn Electric Service. Hidalgo County's U S 281 near Edinburg covers grading structures and paving bid by Ballinger Con.
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Austin, Tex
Texas Highway Department
Bell-Loop
Temple Northwest
Dahlstrom Corp
Dallas
U.S. 59
Aldine
Blackburn Electric Service
Fort Worth
Hidalgo
U.S
Edinburg
Ballinger Con
4 H winners cited in county elimination contest
The County 4 H Elimination Contest was held Tuesday night in the Agriculture Building. Twenty five 4 H ers advance to the District Round Up at Cypress Fairbanks High School in Houston on April 26. Blue Ribbon Winners span Safety Food and Nutrition Home Environment Share the Fun and more with Lakeside Club and other named participants.
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Cypress-Fairbanks High School
Houston
Scott Maguire
Tony Boyd
Lakeside Club
Damon Vickery
Olivia Club
Dee
Diana Dworaczyk
Amy Tatum
Community Club
Patty Maguire
PPG asserts new glass method may reduce British royalties
PPG Industries announces commercial production at its Wichita Falls plant of a unique flat glass manufacturing technique. The process claims higher quality, more uniform glass than the float method developed in Britain, potentially lowering royalty payments to British investors. Frank Breeze notes the furnace and forming steps differ from Pilkington’s float process and that basic patents cover PPG’s method.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
PPG Industries
Britain
Wichita Falls
Tex
PPG
Frank V. Breeze
Pittsburgh
Pilkington Brothers Ltd
Breeze
Bowman Real Estate Seeks Licensed Contractor For Home Work
Contractor painting remodeling and addition work required. Licensed bonded contractor with written guaranteed work. Contact Bowman Real Estate at 552-3751 or 552-6542 for details.
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Bowman Real Estate
Unions seek moderation and 35 hour week amid job pressures
In Miami Beach union leaders foresee wage restraint and a possible move to a 35 hour work week as unemployment rises. Some unions already accept pay cuts or shorter hours to spread available jobs, though most do not expect actual wage drops.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Calhoun Grad Sabrsula Accepted to UT Medical School
Irvin Sabrsula Jr. of Houston has been accepted at the University of Texas School of Medicine in Houston. He is a 1967 Calhoun High School graduate and Lamar Tech physics alum who later taught physics in Texas City. His parents are Irvin and the Port Lavaca native's family.
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Calhoun County
Knights of Columbus
Robert Mott
Clayton Toulson
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Watergate
Los Angeles
Frank DeMarco Jr
Chicago
Ralph G. Newman
Nixon
Ford
Rownie Hayes Brown
Cook County
American Academy of Forensic Medicine
Brown
Air Force
CIA
William E. Colby
Senate
U.S
Donald B. McBride
Colby
William Miller
Irvin Sabrsula Jr
Houston
University of Texas School of Medicine
His
Mrs
Irvin Sabrsula
Port Lavaca
University of Texas School of the
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Calhoun High School
Sabrsual
Alcoa
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Texas City
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Federal District Court
Schuck
Janice Newman
Food Stamps Program
Mary Junek
Caroline Kitchens
State Department of Public Welfare
Harold Bauder
4-H
Future Farmers of America
Trail
Memorial Park
Astrodome
Astrohall
Roger Snyder
Aledo
Colo
Gene Tongate
Brownwood
Hampshire
Jack Olson
Longmont
E. D. Reulderson
Alma, Ga
United States Sugar Co
Clewiston, Fla
State Highway Department
Janet Benarden
Victory Garden
Roxanne Sikes
Sandy Boyd
James Zbikowski
Nancy Maguire
Alice Wilborn
Michelle Frazier
Jo Ellen Frazier
Molly Custer
Ginger Wilborn
Melanie Wilborn
Rhonda Sikes
Terry Schneider
Carrol Rau
Max Carrion
Struction Co
San Benito
Tarrant Interstate 20
Dallas County
Mica Corp
Young Farm
Eliasville
A&a Construction Inc
Olney
Denton
Etc
Tarrant County
Seal Coat
Hartley Construction Co
McKinney
Fort Bend
Brazos Rivers
R.B. Little Inc
Franklin
Wood County
Zack Burkett Co
Graham
Matagorda and
Brazoria
Texas
Markham
Wendel Construction Co
el Campo
Cameron
Primera Road
Willacy
J.Z. Kubecka Inc
Victoria
Texas 21
Houston County
Alto
Dan Pennington
Grapeland
Lampasas
Burnet County
Dean Ward Co
New Braunfels
San Jacinto
Coldspring
Walker County Line
Gaylord Construction Co
Nixon Probe Limited
Placerville
Calif
Herbert Gibboney
Gibboney
Grass Valley Union
House
Committee
Hansen
George Hansen
Justice Department
Ford Administration
Midwest
Northeast
James T. Lynn
Office of Management and Budget
Sadat
Beirut
Lebanon
Syria
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Front
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Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Sinai Desert
Golan Heights
Turkey
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U.N. Security Council
Cyprus
Vedat A. Celik
U.N
Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
Arlington, Tex
Arlington
Kimbell Art Museum
Richard Brown
Calhoun Grad
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