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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1975
Page
1
The Port Commission of Port Lavaca will hold an open meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. The city council will hold a public hearing immediately after to consider and discuss with the Port.
Congress prepares to tackle inflation, recession and energy concerns with hearings set by the Joint Economic Committee featuring economists Ackley McCracken and Schultze. Senate seats in New Hampshire and committee reorganizations headline a week of power shifts and filibuster rule debates.
The president of the National Association of Home Builders says enough mortgage money is being pumped into the market to sustain home construction and financing, signaling stability for builders amid liquidity concerns.
Calhoun County Historical Society lays out year plans including erecting a historical river at Dr Moses Johnson grave in Port Lavaca, applying for a Ranger Cemetery marker, restoring the jailhouse museum, and placing markers for Port Lavaca cemetery and regional railroads. New members and survey committee reappointments were approved by the Commissioners Court.
A cool spell continues through Tuesday with cool afternoons and a cold night ahead. Forecast calls for north winds 12-18 mph shifting to variable 8-14 mph tonight and Tuesday, highs around 60 this afternoon and mid-60s Tuesday, lows near 40 tonight. Marine outlook shows northeast winds 18 knots this afternoon becoming variable then south 8-14 knots tonight and Tuesday, seas 5-8 feet decreasing tonight. Sunset 5:57 p.m., sunrise 7:21 a.m. Tuesday. Tides: high at 8:22 p.m., low 4:42 a.m. Tuesday, high 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, low 5:41 p.m. Tuesday. Pressure 30.34 inches. P.E. zero.
Lefty Saenz of Texas Real Estate and Insurance was installed as 1975 president of the Port Lavaca Board of Realtors by Joe Van Dyke of Victoria at a Hatch Bend Country Club installation dinner. Officers sworn in included Walter Payne as vice president and Joel Gonzales as treasurer. other posts went to Marie Stallcup Ruby Frazier Sterling Griffith Audria Davis and John Nieman.
J M Fallon advanced to vice president of Chemicals and Plastics Manufacturing at Union Carbide. A longtime Carbide executive, Fallon started as a field engineer in 1953 in Kanawha Valley WV and held multiple posts across plants and centers before advancing to plant manager in 1972. He is a Notre Dame civil engineer and WVU MBA graduate, native of Alton IL, with a family of seven.
SEADRIFT The City Council will meet in a special session Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. at City Hall to appoint a Community Development Plan Committee. The group will set priorities for city projects to be funded by the federal Community Development Act up to 100 percent of costs.
Three Seadrift teenagers Eugene 18 Richard 17 and Benjamin Brister 15 were found safe on an island in San Antonio Bay after their fishing boat suffered engine trouble. The Coast Guard rescued them at dawn after a search begun four hours past their expected return.
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