Demand in Congress for vote on oil depletion bill
In Washington the House Democrats outvoted their leadership to press the Rules Committee to clear a floor vote on ending the petroleum depletion allowance. The 11 Democrats on the panel faced direct caucus orders to permit the full House to decide the fate of the tax break.
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Washington
House
Mittee
Carl Albert
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Ways and Means Committee
al] Ullman
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Senate
Albert
Rhodes
John C. Pastore
D-R.i
James Wright
D-Tex
Ullman
Point Comfort plans seek HUD funds for community projects
The Point Comfort Aldermen approved submitting priorities from the Community Development Act Committee to HUD San Antonio with a pre application form. Plans include a senior citizen center with recreation space and civil defense use, drainage work around Pease Street, and 2000 feet of sidewalk on Austin Jester and Lamar. They trimmed the building size to 50 by 100 or 50 by 50 feet and noted only one project may be funded. The committee will reassess after HUD ruling expected by March 20.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Community Development Act Committee
Department of Housing and Urban Development
San Antonio
Austin
Jester
Lamar
Robert Sheppard
Texas
Tom Garner
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Pease St
Paul Griffith
A.A. Rambikar
Mila Cameron
Wave carrier Manual Garza Jr hospitalized after motorcycle crash
Manual Garza Jr 16 a Wave carrier for Port Lavaca Wave was hospitalized with a injured kneecap after avoiding a dog with his motorcycle while delivering his route on Monday. He remains at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital. His parents Mr and Mrs Manuel Garza Sr substitute for him while noting he won 2 Sea Arama tickets in the Wave Carrier Contest for most subscriptions in the past two months. Manuel serves the Western Heights section of Port Lavaca.
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Manual Garza, Jr
Port Lavaca
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Manuel Garza
Manuel
Western Heights
Kelton Attends TASB Board Meeting in Austin
Dr. A W Kelton, executive board member of the Texas Association of School Boards, attended the Texas TASB monthly board meeting in Austin on Tuesday. Trustees LE Dreymala of Six Mile joined him as agenda items covered legislative plans on school financing suspensions and workmen's compensation.
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A.W. Kelton
The
Texas Association of School Boards
Austin
Weather outlook with mild afternoon and cooler next days
Partly cloudy and mild this afternoon and becoming cooler tonight and Thursday. Southeasterly winds 10-15 mph turning northeasterly late tonight and Thursday. Today’s high mid-70s, tonight low upper 40s, Thursday high low 70s. Marine forecast shows southeast winds 8-10 knots, then north easterly, seas 4-6 ft. Sunset 7:26 pm, sunrise 7:56 am. Tides high 5:55 pm and 5:56 am, low 11:48 pm and 12:15 pm. Pressure 30.12.
Union Carbide executive at South Texas AIChE conference
Union Carbide Seadrift assistant manager Sam Griffith will speak at the South Texas Regional Students Conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers on the Texas A&I University campus. The event runs Thursday and Friday with the theme Natural Gas and Synthetic Natural Gas in the Chemical Industry.
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Kingsville
Sam Griffith
Union Carbide
South Texas
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Texas A&i University
Point Comfort dispute to be discussed by officials March 6
Ron Beck of General Telephone Co says two GTE representatives will meet Point Comfort city officials on March 6 to review the injunction case and potential compromise. The injunction filed Feb 20 bars rates above those set by the council on April 10, 1973, with retroactive credits and refunds under consideration. Tom Garner, the city's attorney, supports a meeting to resolve refunds as the company cannot keep excess charges.
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Garner
HUD
David Roberts
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Cablecom General
Dorothy Hamilton
Cablecom
Tom Lacey
Ron Beck
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Point Comfort
Steve Holt
GTE
Mike Billings
Beck
Tom Garner
Shrimpers push new state bill at Port Lavaca meeting
Shrimpers from Aransas Pass Galveston Flour Bluff Rockport Palacios and Calhoun County met at the Agriculture Building Port Lavaca to amend the Shrimp Conservation Act They debated count per pound season lengths sanctuary zones and licensing changes while selecting delegates for a subcommittee hearing and defending Galvestons proposals against Parks and Wildlife plans This report notes shifts to a 50 shrimp per pound limit a winter season August 15 to December 15 and a 525 pounds per day minimum with other measure compromises and staffing details.
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John Adams
Port Lavaca
Texas Bay
Aransas Pass
Galveston
Flour Bluff
Rockport
Palacios
Calhoun County
Texas
Kenneth Clark
Harmony
San Antonio Bay
Clark
Port O’connor
Robert Howe
Dennis Witchert
Seadrift
Environmental Affairs Committee
HOUSE
Austin
Parks and Wildlife
Ronnie Hornbeck
Wuld
Hornbeck
James Tucker
Aransas
Tucker
Louisiana
Lick Ellis
Texas Gulf Shrimper Association
Ellis
Shrimping Association
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Point Comfort Council
Bentsen
Tom Schieffer
D-Fort Worth
Dr. Kelton
TASB
LE. Dreymala
Six Mile
Union Carbide Executive
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