Lavaca Masonic Lodge to dedicate new Temple on Six Mile Road
Lavaca Masonic Lodge No. 36 A F and A M will dedicate its new Masonic Temple Saturday at 2 PM with Dan B. Jordan of Waco officiating. The $64 725 building on Six Mile Road north of Salem Lutheran Church will host a barbecue supper afterward with venison beef and chicken and aid from the Eastern Star.
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Lavaca
W.C. Regan
Regan
W.P. Regan
East Main Street
Port Lavaca
Don Helms
Seadrift
Masonic District
Roy Barton
Tom Eubanks
The
Eastern Star
Oil strike averted as walkouts hit Texas refineries
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International union urged locals to resume local contract talks after not authorizing a national strike. Picket lines appeared at Gulf and Texaco refineries in Port Arthur, Texas, affecting about 7,500 workers while management prepared to operate plants.
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Denver
Colo
National Oil Workers Union
Texas
Waitn
A. F. Grospiron
The
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Grospiron
Paul Harding
Gulf and Texaco
Port Arthur
Tex
Harding
Gulf
Texaco
Port Lavaca considers Brook Hollow Village aid and road plan
The Port Lavaca City Council held a workshop on Brook Hollow Village citing two La Fitte Investment requests. They discussed financing a 60 foot wide right of way and a 10 inch sewer line to Brook Hollow Estates, with potential bond funding and public cost concerns.
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Port Lavaca
Brook Hollow Village
Bill Duke
la Fitte Investment Company, Inc
Highway 35
Duke
Brook Hollow Estates
Paul Gary
Wilburn Oelhke
Billy Ray Zwerschke
K.A. Wallace
Wallace
City Hall
New Partner Joins Rhodes and Garner Law Firm
Wm. David Roberts Jr. is named partner at Rhodes and Garner effective January 1. He joined as an associate in 1971 after Texas A M University and University of Texas law degrees. Roberts, a Refugio native, Army Reserve officer, Jaycee leader, and local bar official, rises to partner.
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Rhodes and Garner
David Roberts Jr
George Fred Rhodes
Tom Garner Jr
Roberts
Refugio
Texas A & M University
University of Texas
United States Army
Port Lavaca
U.S. Army Reserve
Rhodes and Garner Law
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Weather outlook cools with fair skies through Thursday
Fair conditions continue through Thursday with cooler tonight. Northwesterly winds 6 to 14 mph this afternoon and tonight. High today in the upper 70s. Low tonight in the mid 40s. High Thursday near 70. Marine forecast calls for southerly winds 12 to 22 knots Thursday afternoon and seas four to five feet. Sunset 5:48 p.m. tonight. Sunrise 7:23 a.m. tomorrow. Low tide 9:08 p.m., high tide 11:36 p.m. Tomorrow low tide 8:11 a.m., high tide 4:35 p.m. Barometer 29.94.
Texas to issue multi year license plates in new system
Calhoun County motorists urged to register early as Texas begins rollout of five year plates on Feb 1. 1975 plan allows postal or in person applications with plates lasting five years and featuring a steel, reflectoriz ed design. Townsley notes minimal procedural changes this year with major changes coming 1976 and 1977 including adhesive validation tags.
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Texas
Calhoun County
Bob Townsley
Highway Department
Motor Vehicle Division
Townsley
Calhoun County Maintenance Division
Texas Highway Department
California
Dean Magruder Kalmbach Freed From Watergate Terms
District Judge John J. Sirica ordered John W. Dean III Jeb Stuart Magruder and Herbert W. Kalmbach released from prison for Watergate related crimes. Each had pled guilty to obstruction of justice campaign law violations and related counts. The three had testified at the Watergate cover up trial and their sentences ranged from six months to four years depending on the count.
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Washington
John J. Sirica
John W. Dean III
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Dean
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Kalmbach
John N. Mitchell
H. R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
Robert C. Mardian
City clocks in year with 38120 deficit amid overages
City ended fiscal year September 30 with a deficit of 38120.53 while a separate Water and Sewer System showed a 24076.98 shortfall despite a 75 percent sewage bill hike in September 1974. Total spending 759324.53 versus 721204 budget. several departments overran budgets.
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Wildcat
Council
Ralph Wyatt
David Swenson
Swenson
Rhodes
EAD
Oyee
Ing
Magruder Freed
Watergate
Magruder
Committee
Sirica
Howie Hustles
Dial
Dan Martin
Ruben M. Canales
Edwin Kuehn
Kuehn
Gulf Station
Leland
Jeanine) Armstrong
Streets and Bridges
Recreation and Parks
Public Works
Claude Bradley
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