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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1975
Page
1
Danny Dierlam of Seadrift was among 15 winners in the calf scramble at the Sunday evening Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo performance. He earned a $275 certificate to buy a registered calf and will raise it under Arthur Janke’s supervision for next year’s show.
The Texas Water Quality Board will not file a pollution suit against Alcoa over an alleged illegal discharge from its Point Comfort plant. The board agreed with executive director Hugh Yantis Jr. that the current amended permit was not violated. The only sample cited as violative was not supported by follow up samples, and the board approved a separate permit for domestic sewage handling at Bloomington treatment facility in Victoria County.
Wayne Thonsgard, 20, of 102 Clark, has filed for the marshal’s spot on the April 5 city ballot. He is the first candidate for the open posts, with two council seats and the marshal to be decided. Thonsgard, a 15 year resident, Calhoun High 1972 graduate, previously worked for Alcoa, now attends Victoria College studying patrol administration. The final filing day is March 5. campaign plans emphasize straight forward issues.
Funeral services for 10 year old Joe Luis Quintanilla of Port Lavaca will be held at 9 a.m. at the Port Lavaca Funeral Home Chapel. He died Wednesday afternoon at his home from an accidental shot to the head. He was a Jefferson Elementary third grader and a member of Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church. Police say a single shot 12 gauge shotgun discharged while a 16 year old brother removed two younger siblings to Long Mott. Survivors include parents Guadalupe and Quintanilla, several brothers and sisters, and paternal grandparents. Burial in Port Lavaca Cemetery chaired by Port Lavaca Funeral Home. Rosary Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Port Lavaca Funeral Home Chapel.
The Texas House approved a bill creating a presidential primary system by an 83 to 52 vote, with an amendment for automatic release of national convention delegates if a bound candidate fails to reach 20 percent on the second ballot. The measure, backed by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, would keep delegates from being controlled by a single candidate and maintain proportional delegation, with names listed in parentheses after delegate nominees.
Three Port Lavaca Development Act Committee members reviewed two projects and advocated for Wilkins School as a neighborhood center at a special Port Lavaca CCISD board session. If approved, a pre application for HUD funds will be sent by Friday.
Washington AP Rep. Bill Archer of Texas introduced legislation to lift the earnings cap for social security recipients ages 65 to 72. The current rule limits annual outside income to 2520 dollars, with benefits reduced by one dollar for each two dollars earned beyond the cap. Archer argued the limit infringes on personal rights and punishes those who wish to work beyond 65.
Refugio County officers search near State Highway 35 and Farm Road 774 west of Tivoli for two bearded gunmen who abducted three Corpus Christi residents after a late night hitchhiking ride. Victims Linda Alberts, 26, Richard Evans, 24, and James Kuddes, 24, were unharmed. Authorities, aided by helicopters, set roadblocks but made no arrests. The suspects, about five feet eleven inches, 160 pounds, with long blond hair and a beard, fled after losing their car. The men were armed. The trio had been returning to Corpus Christi when the driver was forced to turn. Kuddes hid and escaped. Alberts reported the two abductors were followed by another car. The investigation continues.
The Noonday Lions Club gave two LVN scholarships totaling 400 to Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital nursing school director Mrs. Karen Campbell. Last year’s winners Lucy Herrera and Barbara Schrader are now employed at the local hospital. Lions also featured a slide program by Charles Ward about Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, noting it serves 100 000 visitors yearly, with rising public use and an outdoor classroom shift. The slate for 1975 76 includes Ralph Wall as president and Sam Marshall as president elect with officers and directors named. inter club meetings are planned with Austwell Tivoli and Port O Connor trips.
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