Three New Members Join Alcoa 25 Year Club at Point Comfort
Alcoa's Point Comfort Operations welcomed three new members to its 25 Year Club during Friday induction ceremonies. Truman S. Rodgers, Dempsey C. Brett, and Ramon Harvey received their 25 year service pins. Rodgers began Feb 20, 1950, with a 1950 move to the power department and a 1951 return to accounting. He is a Smiley High School graduate and U.S. Air Force veteran, active as a church steward and Red Cross director. Brett, an electrical helper and Port Lavaca native, is married to Lillian and has one daughter, Priscilla. the family attends an Episcopal church. Harvey, a Broadus native, works in potrooms with wife Alice and two sons, Christopher and Damon. he served in World War II with the U.S. Air Force.
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Alcoa
Point Comfort
Truman S. Rodgers
Springwood Lane
Port Lavaca
Dempsey C. Brett
Brook Hollow Dr
Ramon Harvey
Star Route
Palacios
Rodgers
Smiley High School
U.S. Air Force
Salem Lutheran Church
Calhoun County
American Red Cross
Verna Mae Kelm
T. Stanley, Jr
Lynn
Terry Brett
Harvey
Broadus
Alice
Christopher
Damon
Carbide Plans 20 Projects at 2500-Acre Complex
The Carbide chemical complex unveils 20 separate projects as part of a major expansion program on a sprawling 2500 acre site. Early year saw completion of an ethylene oxide facility expansion, with a 1976 onstream date for a low density polyethylene unit capable of 400 million pounds per year. Wastewater treatment will be expanded, air emissions monitoring will be enhanced with a mobile sampling van, and ongoing environmental protection equipment and controls will be developed for production units.
Don Lenertz attends government small business conference
Don J Lenertz of Auto Parts of Port Lavaca returned from a two day Government Assistance to Small Business Conference in Dallas. The Fairmont Hotel event, sponsored by the SBA with 14 federal agencies, aimed to help Texas Louisiana Arkansas New Mexico Oklahoma entrepreneurs with seminars on taxes safety loans exports DoD supplier SBA loans and federal procurement. The program featured exhibits luncheons and how to do it sessions.
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Don J. Lenertz
Auto Parts
Port Lavaca
Dallas
Fairmont Hotel
The
Small Business Administration
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Department of Defense
SBA
Departments of Commerce
Mrs Lawrence H Weaver 82 Port Lavaca dies after long illness
Mrs L H Weaver aged 82 of Port Lavaca died Sunday morning after a long illness at her home. Funeral services will be held today at 2 PM at Richardson Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Allen Martin officiating. Burial follows at Green Lawn Gardens. She was born October 20 1892 in Bronaugh Missouri and survived by two sons Larry and Edwin, a daughter Fanita, a sister and 12 grandchildren.
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Lawrence H. Weaver
Port Lavaca
Richardson Funeral Home
Allen Martin
San Antonio
Reorganized
Latter Day Saints Church
Green Lawn Gardens
Weaver
Bronaugh
Charles Elsworth
Sarah Helen Hudson Elsworth
MIT Economist Slams Ford Plan Seeks Larger Tax Cuts
Franco Modigliani, MIT economist and AEA president elect, advocates a $30 to $40 billion tax cut to counter Ford administration policy he calls ill conceived. He argues higher fuel taxes and social security reductions would boost spending, lower prices, and curb unemployment, criticizing the push for rapid inflation control. He urges Congress to take over stabilization, aiming for under 6 percent unemployment and gradual inflation reduction.
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New York
MIT
Modigliani
Congress
Ford
Air Clean in Corpus Christi Among Nation's Cleanest Cities
A nationwide COMP survey shows San Antonio and Corpus Christi among the cleanest air cities, with Dallas also high and Houston not among the dirtiest. Washington and Pittsburgh top the unhealthy list. San Antonio and Corpus Christi lead 18 cities for unhealthiest to healthiest based on multiple pollutants.
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Houston
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Houston Post
Council On Municipal Performances
COMP
New York
Texas
America
Washington, D.C
Pittsburgh
Environmental Protection Agency
John Tepper Marlin
Miami
Senate weighs substitutes to Ford energy plan
Two Senate committees near approval of substitutes to Ford energy policy with a gasoline rationing measure giving the President standby authority during shortages. Commerce panel considers energy labels for appliances and ceilings on new natural gas prices. Also reports on local burglaries and thefts in Palacios and Port Lavaca.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Senate
Senate Interior Committee
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate House
Democratic
Commerce Committee
Ford Administration
John O. Pastore
D-R.l
James C. Wright
Dtex
House
Calhoun ISD calendar bursts with events and tournaments
Calhoun High School and district activities fill the agenda this week with conventions, sports contests, festivals and livestock shows. Tuesday features FFA at Houston Livestock Show, tennis and basketball games, and choir events. Thursday through Saturday bring state conventions, track, golf, and the start of baseball season with a doubleheader in Corpus Christi.
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Calhoun High School
Calhoun County Independent School District
Homer Phillips
Hatch Bend
Doug Colvin
Calhoun
Key Club
Hobby Club
Jackson Elementary School
Future Farmers of America
Houston
Jackson Elementary
Laredo
Future Teachers of America
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Travis Junior High School
Travis Gym
Weather slows violence as Texas sees weekend deaths
Snow kept travel down and violent deaths low with a dozen fatalities reported from Friday evening through Sunday night. Among the victims were Gulf States Utilities workers electrocution victims Robert C. Tatum Jr. and Keith Wade Burrell near Silsbee, Conroe backyard shooting victim Harvey D. Ginsel, Houston deaths from a van incident involving Ben Prado and several gunfire cases including James Sanders Jr. and Donny R. Torns, with murder charges filed against Henry Wiltz.
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Palacios
Port Lavaca
Martin William Ragusin
James Henry McCrary
Steve Lopez
N. San Antonio
Alton Livingston Jr
West Main
Associated Press
Texas
Robert C. Tatum Jr
Silsbee
Keith Wade Burrell
Evadale
Gulf States Utilities Co
Harvey D. Ginsel
Blackbirds
Conroe
Justice of the Peace
James Bailey
Ben Prado
Houston
James Sanders Jr
Donny R. Torns
Henry Wiltz
Postmaster general backs controversial delivery system decision
Postmaster General Benjamin Bailor says he may implement the Letter Carrier Route Evaluation System if it boosts service efficiency, despite threat of a nationwide strike by letter carriers. The system measures routes by letters, miles walked, logs and even dogs, aiming to reduce jobs while preserving service. Bailor cautions a strike would harm public confidence and the economy, noting labor costs make up 85 percent of postal expenses and hinting at rate increases to avert deficits.
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Washington
Benjamin F. Bailor
Kokomo
Ind
Portland
Ore
Postal Service
Bailor
Jaycees Plan Orientation and Local Events Schedule
Port Lavaca Jaycees announce an orientation for new members and spouses led by David Roberts with Lance Newman noting its value. Meetings at First State Bank at 7 30 p m and several events planned including a Slo-pitch Kick-off March 14 15 and 16 and officer elections March 27. Steven Boyd chairs March Operation Threshold on alcohol abuse awareness.
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David Roberts
Jaycee
Texas Jaycees
Lance Newman
First State Bank
Port Lavaca Jaycee
Newman
Port Lavaca
Steven Boyd
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Priscilla
Episcopal Church
Truman
Raymond Harvey
Carbide
Don Lenertz
Defense
Housing and Urban Development
Justice, Labor, Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Energy Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Bureau of Census
Office of Minority Business Enterprise
Internal Revenue Service
General Services Administration
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Health, Education and Welfare
L.H. Weaver
Business Mirror
Franco Modigliani
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
American Economic Association
Modrigiani
Air Clean
Corpus
S.A
Epsiolon Pi Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
Justine Huey
Travis Junior High
Elsie Steger
Madison
Calhoun County Day Care Center
Roland Comancho
Tiny Barefield
Kenny Davila
Rosalind Calzada
Tony Calzada
Joe Perez
Frank Wedig
Janette Barlow
Calhoun High
Ada Grace Harrison
Brownie
Roosevelt
Jackson
Victoria
Palfe
Kingsville
Texas A&i University
Homemaker of America
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Edna
University
Victoria High School
Calhoun Sandcrab Moundsmen
Corpus Christi King
Port O'Connor
Postmaster General
Bailar
Jaycees
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