Texas economy ranks top states in nation in 1970s outlook
Houston AP summary: Texas Commerce Bancshares Economics Division reports Texas shows strong gains in population, sales, construction, personal income, manufacturing, and capital investments. Texas ranks highly in retail sales, construction contracts, personal income, manufacturing value added, capital expenditures, bank deposits, unemployment, and mineral production with projections to 1980 including notable rises in personal income to $111 billion and mineral production to $19.6 billion.
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Houston
Texas
Texas Commerce Bancshares
California
New York
Illinoi
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kansas
Iowa
Virginia
Colorado
Nebraska
South Dakota
Tennessee
VFW honors Outstanding Citizen at Calhoun banquet
James A. Walker VFW Post 4403 held its fourth annual awards banquet honoring W W Zwerschke as Outstanding Citizen of Calhoun County and Lee Rokuta as Outstanding Post Member. Zwerschke, a rancher and youth advocate, has long aided 4 H and future farmers, organized county cattlemen, and led youth rodeo groups.
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VFW
W.W. Zwerschke
Howard Lewis
Post
James A. Walker
VFW Post 4403
Calhoun County
Lee Rokuta
Zwerschke
Calhoun County Cattlemen’s Association
Texas A&m Extension Serice
San Antonio
County Fair Association
Seadrift
Union Carbide
Brown and Root
Roykta
Six Mile
Audren Rokuta
Whilhemine Spencer
Dot Hamilton
Adella Knocaba
Marie Hugo
Jean Smith
Elsie Bailey
Pat Davis
Dana Gail Lewis
Mae Moose
Barbara Gibson
Seadrift and Point Comfort Council Meet On HUD Funds
Seadrift and Point Comfort boards weigh public works priorities for a HUD funded Community Development Act pre application. Sessions include committee reports, public input, and Feb 28 deadlines for San Antonio HUD, with May 15 final applications and a three year plan.
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Seadrift
Community Development Act Committee
San Antonio
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Cablecom General
Tom Lacy
Cablecom
Port Lavaca Optimist Club earns Top 10 in Texas
Port Lavaca Optimist Club inducted into the South Central District Top 10 for the second quarter of 1975 at the San Antonio convention. Three members advanced to the Optimist International honor roll for youth recruitment. New members to be honored include John Nieman Sergio Muno Joe E Morgenroth Frank Reyes Charlie Watkins Bobby Barefield Michael B Ward Cecil Revner Tom Taylor C H Smith and Joe Gonzales. A dinner at Whitecap Restaurant Wednesday will honor 11 new members. An April 20 event at Calhoun High School and a mini bike dirt race at the Optimist track on Austin Street are noted.
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Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca Optimist Club
Rolando Reyes
Woody E. Guidry Jr
Dizzy Martinez
al Moreno
Port Lavaca Optimists
Whitecap
Guidry
John Nieman
Sergio Muno
Joe E. Morgenroth
Frank Reyes
Charlie Watkins
Bobby Barefield
Michael B. Ward
Cecil Revner
Tom Taylor
C.H. Smith
Joe Gonzales
Weather Outlook Fair and Warmer Through Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair, warmer conditions today and Tuesday with westerly winds 6-16 mph becoming variable tonight. Highs in the low 60s today, mid 60s Tuesday. lows tonight in the low 60s and mid 30s. recreational seas four to six feet gradually diminishing. tides with several highs and lows. sunset 7:25 pm, sunrise 7:28 am Tuesday. no precipitation expected.
Alcoa Foundation finalists include four local seniors
Four Calhoun County high school seniors and a Nazareth Academy senior in Victoria are named finalists for Alcoa Foundation scholarships. Five finalists meet March 17 for interviews and dinner with the local committee. three $4,000 scholarships awarded March 27. Board members and sponsoring committee members from multiple districts are listed.
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Calhoun County High School
Nazareth Academy
Victoria
Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa
Vicki L. Fulk
R.W. Fulk
Olivia
Genaro Gonzales, Jr
Genaro Gonzales
Gonzales
Port Lavaca
W. Matthew Harriss
W.B. Harriss
Robert R. Jedlicka
F.R. Jelicka
Kathleen E. Rehak
Eugene A. Rehak
George D
Point Comfort
J.D. Moore
Victoria College
Charles Luther
Palacios
O.L. Royer
Union Carbide Seadrift Hears HDPE Unit Start June
Union Carbide Seadrift plans the first phase of a four stage HDPE expansion starting in June to July. The project raises capacity from 180 to 484 million pounds per year and includes a G-5000 reactor, new storage, catalyst facilities, and shared flare.
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Wave News Service
Seadrift
Union Carbide
M.G. Collins
Unifos
Sweden
Ucal
Australia
Storm toll rises as tornadoes hit Arkansas
Law enforcement and aid groups searched Sunday for storm victims after a series of tornados swept across Arkansas on Saturday. The Pulaski County Sheriff's office confirmed 24-year-old Michael Gregory Matthews was found dead near a demolished mobile home Saturday night. No other victims were reported in the first 24 hours. A spokesman said units were busy assessing extensive damage on the county’s south side and noted the possibility that entire families could have been wiped out as damage estimates remained unavailable.
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Arkansas
Pulaski County
Woman Wins Wave's Newspaper Bingo Drawing
Mrs. Geneva Kritschmar of 220 S Nueces won $50 in the loser's drawing yesterday after no winner emerged in the final week of 13 weeks of Newspaper Bingo contest. Over 500 entries competed in the final drawing.
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Geneva Kritschmar
S. Nueces
Kritschmar
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