Coast and port issues shape 1974 Calhoun year in review
Wave staff recaps a year of Local clashes over Coastal Zone Management plans, the Port Lavaca deepwater port effort, Matagorda Island debates, and seafood regulation. It notes hearings, federal actions, and state measures influencing business, environment, and fishing rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavaca
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Austin
Bob Armstrong
Port Lavaca
Armstrong
Houston
Victora
Bay City
Port Commission
Calhoun County
Lavaca Bay
Benard Johnson Inc
Mike Gibson
Corps of Engineers
Galveston
Navigation District
Commissioners Court
Chambers of Commerce
Victoria
el Campo
Benard Johnson
Commission
Matagorda Island
Defense Department
U.S. Air Force Base
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Texas New Year Toll Tops 25 Deaths in Holiday Period
A New Year’s period tally shows 25 deaths in Texas from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday, including 21 in 19 traffic crashes. Victims span El Paso, La Grange, Cuero, San Antonio, Lubbock, Broaddus, Paris, Clarksville, Silverton, Denton, Brownsville, Rio Grande City, Elsa, Edinburg, Angleton, Wells, Lufkin, San Marcos, and nearby areas with multiple gun, stab, and vehicle fatalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Safety
Robert J. Schuman
el Paso
Harrison East Jr
la Grange
Fayette County
Ben Zapata
Cuero
Albert Berlanga
San Antonio
Robert M. Howard
Lubbock
Ted Carrol Culbreth
Broaddus
Israel Reyna
Juvencio Ytuarte
Thomas McLean
Venancio Gomez
Donald Ray Hughes
Paris
Clarksville
Texas
Roscoe Hughes
Tony Thomas
Silverton
Bennie Shelly Mitchell
Wonder
Tex
Denton
John H. Gilbert
Beaumont
Leroy Gaston
Brownsville
Rio Grande City
Angleton
Joe Ben Goodson
Wells
Lufkin
Franciso Lesa Jr
San Marcos
James Franklin Ellison
Franklin
Volkswagen Lays Off 86 000 Workers Amid Slump
Volkswagen announced a temporary layoff of 86,000 domestic workers from 111,000 workforce in West Germany through Jan. 10. The company cited a general auto market slump. domestic prices will rise 3.5 percent while foreign prices stay unchanged. The firm posted an 80 million dollar profit in 1973 but may report a 1974 loss up to 200 million. The 1974 workforce reduced by 15,000 through attrition and retirement. Rudolf Leiding resigned December 20 with no successor named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfsburg
Germany
Volkswagen
Rudolf Leiding
Weather update with advisories and winds forecast
Small craft advisories remain in effect near the coast and lake winds warn inland. Showers or thundershowers are likely this afternoon with a cool, cloudy spell into tonight and Friday. Southeasterly to northerly winds shift as temperatures peak in the 60s.
Union Carbide Seadrift Plant Expands With 20 Projects
Union Carbide at Seadrift launches a 20 project expansion from mid 1975 to mid 1976 to boost chemical production. A new air separation plant begins 1975 with high and low density polyethylene units to follow in 1975 and 1976. The program includes environmental protections and energy savings while highlighting products from Prestone anti freeze to polyesters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Carbide Corooation
Seadrift
J.m.fallon
Unior Carbide
Fallon
Union Carbide Seadrift
Union Carbide
Calhoun High School Hosts All-Region Band Clinic
More than 200 students from Region XIII, including five from Calhoun High, gather at Calhoun High Friday and Saturday Jan 3 and 4 for the annual All-Region Band Clinic. A 7 30 p.m. concert in the high school auditorium concludes the event with no admission fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun High School
Edward Zamora
Travis Junior High
Industrial High School
Vanderbilt
Nancy Pereira
Cathy Nasser
David Garcia
Tracy Bailbeau
Travis Junior High School
Meloldie Zamora
James Matthews
Also Mentioned on This Page
Calhoun
Bill Pack Wave
Air Force
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
Texas Bay Fishermens Association
John Hill
Parks & Wildlife Department
Steven Lee Vasquez
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Ismael Vasquez
Steven
The
Associated Press
Howie
Chevrolet
Richard Williams
Richard
Willis F. Jetton
Clara May Boyd
Mary Lois McMahon
Leroy Smith
Leroy Belk
Smith
Belk
University of Houston
Mel Montgomer
Stephen F. Austin State University
Victoria High School
Stroman High School
Wharton High School
Columbia High School
Industrial
Palacios
Yorktown
Edna
East Bernard
Tidehaven
Sweeny High School
Louise
Cuero High School
Travis Junior
Mel Montgomery
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