Port Lavaca council weighs Brook Hollow complex project
City plans include acquiring a right of way and building a street to Highway 35 bypass for Brook Hollow Village Apartments and sharing costs to install a 10 inch sanitary sewer line to Brook Hollow Estates. Budget items include police car bids and rate increases for Cablecom and Houston Natural Gas, with a potential public hearing on annexation and several ordinances on electrical code and permits.
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Brook Hollow Village
Highway 35
Brook Hollow Village Apartments
Brook Hollow Estates
Cablecom General Inc
Houston Natural Gas Corpation
Norman Gene Morish
General Assembly
Golden Present Council of Governments
Calhoun Counnty
Gulf Bend Center
Melvin Combs
George R
Galdys A. Wunderlich
Human Services Delivery System
Victoria
Banquet Speaker Named for Port Lavaca Chamber Dinner
The 41st annual Port Lavaca Calhoun Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture banquet will be held Monday January 20 at 7 p.m. at the VFW Hall. Dan Baker of San Antonio is announced as guest speaker. Baker is a professional speaker with a background in ministry and business seminars. He was born in Burkburnett and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, and studied at Southwestern University and SMU.
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Chamber of Commerce
Jim Wilson
Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
Baker
Burkburnett
Rio Grande Valley
Harlingen High School
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Perkins School of Theology
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
The
Lincoln
Unemployment in Texas at 4.8 percent in November
Texas jobless rate stood at 4.8 percent versus 7.1 percent nationwide, with 245000 Texas workers unemployed in November. Nearly 600000 Texans and their families were affected, per the Bureau of Business Research.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
County Commissioners to study 1975 budget at meeting
Calhoun County Court Commissioners plan a Monday 10 a.m. work session to review the 1975 budget and hold a public hearing Friday at 10 a.m. on the same budget. The agenda lists 30 items including salaries, audits, county offices, roof repairs, and bids. The court may hold a closed session to discuss personnel matters.
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Calhoun County Court
Commissioners Court
Willis F Jetton
County Law Library
David Roberts
Calhoun County Bar Association
Protem
Fairgrounds
Calhoun County Project For Handicapped Children
Gulf Bend Center
Magnolia Beach
Sheriff's Department
Calhoun County
Alamo Beach
Sue Hawthorne
Governor's Committee On Aging
Texas
Curt
Port Lavaca Jaycees Host Victoria Guests and Plans Meeting
Four guests attended the Port Lavaca Jaycees meeting including Victoria figures Fred Sanchez Phil Sims and Tom Barnes along with central Power and Light manager Tom Brown. Thirteen members met at First State Bank to discuss Christmas tour funds a scholarship and upcoming events and programs.
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Victoria Jaycees
Jaycee
Port Lavaca Jaycees
Victoria
Fred Sanchez
Phil Sims
Tom Barnes
Victoria Club
Tome Brown
Central Power and Light Company
Joslin
Brown
Ralph Hearn
First State Bank
Fred Jones
David Roberts
Stephen Boyd
Mike Gibson
Bill McGee
Harold Young
Lance Newman
Troy Fox
Mike Lopez
Jim Strawser
Frankie Tupa
Glen Buschhaupt
Hearn
Jaycees
Dan Heard
Weather advisory and mild weekend forecast
Small craft advisory remains in effect with Westerly winds 15 to 25 mph easing to 6 to 14 mph tonight. Highs in the mid 80s this afternoon and Saturday, tonight expected in the low 20s. Marine forecast shows NW to N winds 20 to 35 knots with gusts, diminishing tonight and turning northeast through Saturday.
Eight Die as Tornadoes Hit McComb Area
Tornadoes struck McComb Mississippi and nearby areas injuring about 70 and killing eight people. Schools suffered significant damage while a trailer overturned and buses were swept into the woods. Other twisters affected Texas Louisiana and Louisiana hospitals reported several serious injuries.
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Mccomb
Miss
Texas
Louisiana
National Weather Service
Tennessee
Alabama
Kentucky
Illinois
Acadia Parish
Mermentau
Ronnie Benoit
Lake Charles
Evangeline
Summit
Spoil areas discussed by Calhoun Navigation District
Commissioners reviewed insurance needs and potential dock expansions. Liability exposure from spoil areas, workers compensation, and general coverage were debated while a committee formed to study expansion and bid procedures. The district reported a solid year financially with funds allocated to development and depository contracts forthcoming.
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The
Calhoun Navigation District
Stanley Mikula
D.L. Buchanan
Buchanan
Mikula
Frank Diebel
Oscar Hahn
Howard Motley
France
Buchanan and Houlihan
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la Fallte Investments
Bill Duke Jr
Port Lavaca
Planning Board
Ralph Wyatt
Billy Ray Zwerschke
John Calzada
Jiffie Mart
Henry Fostiuk, Jr
International Falls
Minn
Black Bay
Rainy Lake
Henry
Rad
Don Baker
Wilson
Howie Hustes
Tean
Zenith
Dial
Edna
Edna High
Bank
Jones
Music Box
Six Mile Road
Roberts
Texas Jaycees Board
Corpus Christi
Tupa
Newman
Larry Dio
James Houlihan
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