Calhoun TSTA selects nominating committee for 75 slate
At a Thursday meeting the Calhoun unit of the Texas State Teachers Association named Ronnie Clairborn Tommy Ezzell Earl Montier Keith Uechkert and John Meitzen to a five member nomination panel to pick officers for 1975 1976. The group voted a 100 donation to the Calhoun Future Teachers chapter to send delegates to the state FTA convention in Austin in February. Joe Seale of Austin a TSTA consultant spoke on instructional services while Leon Douglas argued the unification plan and Supt J D Carlisle of Linton urged caution and approved six changes to the local TSTA constitution.
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Calhoun
Texas State Teachers Association
Ronnie Clairborn
Tommy Ezzell
Earl Montier
Keith Uechkert
John Meitzen
Future Teachers Chapter
FTA
Austin
Joe Seale
TSTA
Leon Douglas
J.D. Carlisle
Linton
Texas Association of School Administrators
Golden Crescent Council Board to Meet Tuesday in Victoria
The Golden Crescent Council of Governments board meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the La Salle Room at the Victoria Bank & Trust Building. Agenda includes recognizing Port Lavaca Port Commission and Waelder city resolutions, reviewing four applications, approving an application to the Texas Criminal Justice Council for an April 1 1975 through March 31 1976 law enforcement training grant, and an agreement with the Alamo Area Council of Governments for joint contract services on a crime prevention information program. Also on the docket are updates on New Directions Inc. status, a possible regional land use seminar co sponsored with the Victoria League of Women Voters, and regional appointments to aging and open space bodies.
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Victoria
Golden Crescent Council of Governments Board of Directors
la Salle
Victoria Bank & Trust
Port Commission of
Port Lavaca
Waelder
Gccogs
Texas Criminal Justice Council
Alamo Area
Weather Outlook With Mild, Cloudy Skies Likely Today
Cloudy and mild with a slight chance of rain this afternoon and tonight. Decreasing cloudiness and a little warmer Saturday. Northeasterly winds eight to 17 mph this afternoon, shifting to northerly 10-18 mph tonight and Saturday. High this afternoon mid 60s, low tonight around 50s, high Saturday around 70s, 20 percent precipitation today and tomorrow. Marine forecast shows northeasterly winds 10-20 knots this afternoon, becoming northerly 12-22 knots Saturday, a few showers and thunder showers, seas three to four feet rising to four to six feet Saturday. Sunset today 6:01, sunrise tomorrow 7:20. Low tide tonight 8:54, high tide Saturday 12:01, low 8:18 Saturday morning, high tide 4:24 tomorrow, barometer 30.05.
Jaycees discuss Chapter extension and events
The Port Lavaca Jaycees meet to explore a Point Comfort Chapter and Seadrift extension with twelve local members present plus Bay City guests. Mike Hill outlined his National Director race, while plans ranged from a Political Forum February 6 to an invasional kick off tournament March 14 15 16 and a vest distribution for members.
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Monte Goss
Point Comfort
Port Lavaca
Ralph Hearn
Music Box
Seadrift
Yorktown
Roberts
Austin
Jim Strawser
Troy Fox Wrre
Jaycees
Fred Jones
Gibson
Sealy
Industry denies charge in gas lease production holdback
Washington AP The interior department threatened to revoke Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases held by 10 major producers unless they show full development. Interior secretary Morton said the public deserves evidence that leases are diligently developed and warned against withholding production to seek higher prices. Gulf Oil separately denied withholding production, saying some wells were shut for legitimate reasons.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Department of Interior
Rogers C.B Morton
Morton
Gulf Oil
Gulf
Department
U.S. Geological Survey
Courthouse annex approved by Calhoun County court
Calhoun County Commissioners today accepted the courthouse annex after a two hour review. County Judge Willis Jetton and four commissioners toured the building with architect Warren Young and general contractor Warren Parker of Parker Construction Co. Parker Construction won the contract on December 14 1973 for 226901 dollars with a small cost increase. The annex includes nine offices one conference room for the U S Welfare Department stamp food offices a large meeting room two extra offices the drivers license and social security offices and unemployment personnel. The probation department has three adjoining offices and a storage room. Personnel will move after parking lots and sidewalks are completed, as muddy grounds hindered access today.
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Willis F. Jetton
Wayne Lindsey
Comissioners Court
Calhoun County
Willis Jetton
Warren Young
Victoria
Warren Parker
Parker Construction Co
U.S. Welfare Department
Banks Cut Prime Rate to 9.5 Percent in Major Move
New York AP reports three top banks led by Bank of America lower their prime lending rate from 10 to 9.5 percent effective Monday. First National City Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust also drop from 9.75 to 9.5 percent, while Manufacturers Hanover Trust Bank of New York Mellon and others cut to 9.75 percent. The piece also covers shell bids, court decisions on parking, heating fuel choices, and a Gulf oil lease production plan with 5,000 barrels per day beginning in March amid an Interior probe into gas leases.
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NEW York
Bank of America
First National City Bank
Morgan Guaranty Trust
Hanover Trust
Bank of New York
Mellon National Bank of Pittsburgh
Shell
Parkers Brothers
Houston
Young
Gulf
Morton
Continental Oil
Texaco
Chevron
Exxon
Oil and Gas Futures
Tenneco Oil
Shell Oil U.S
Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co
Coastal States Gas Producing Co
Interior
Department
Sugar refiners cut prices citing cheaper raw sugar
Four of the nation's largest sugar companies announced an immediate price drop of 4 dollars per 100 pounds on industrial sugar, saying the cut reflects lower raw sugar costs. The refiners stated the reduction was effective Thursday.
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New York
De Beaver Award Presented to Gulf Coast Scout Leader Joe Koliba
Joe Koliba, longtime Scoutmaster of Troop 361 at Knights of Columbus sponsorship, received the De Beaver Award at the Gulf Coast Council Boy Scouts of America annual recognition banquet in Corpus Christi. The top council honor recognizes outstanding service to scouting. Koliba, active twelve years in adult scouting, is a parishioner of Our Lady of the Gulf and serves with the Knights of Columbus. he and Mrs. Koliba have three sons.
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de Beaver
Joe Koliba
Gulf Coast Council
Boy Scouts of America
Corpus Christi
Koliba
Knights of Cohumbus
Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic
Doyle Huey
James Horecka
Rep Joe Wyatt Heads House Revenue Taxation Committee
Bloomington Rep Joe Wyatt was named chairman of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee by Speaker Bill Clayton. The panel will consider tax measures including Briscoe’s plan to end sales tax on electricity. Wyatt also joins Constitution Revision and Calendars committees. other Texas lawmakers receive chair posts across key committees.
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Austin
Joe Wyatt
Bloomington
House Revenue and Taxation
Bill Clayton
Dolph Briscoe
Wyatt
House
Tim von Dohlen
Goliad
Tom Uher
Bay City
von Dohlen
Judicial Affairs
Health and Welfare
Uher
State Utilities Commission
Energy Resources Committee
John Newton
Beeville
Appropriations Committee
Texas
Clayton
Bill Presnal
D-Bryan
Appropriations
Fred Head
D-Troup
Higher Education
Head
Ray Hutchison
Felix McDonald
Edinburg
Ben Grant
Marshall
Bennie Bock
New Braunfels
E.L. Short
Tahoka
Ben Bynum
Amarillo
Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
I’m the World’s Greatest Private Eye O Howie Hustles
A humorous classified ad from Port Lavaca features O Howie Hustles The Wave Classified Act offering tracing services “Ring or raincoat pet or purse trail it trace it find it” with contact numbers 552-9788 and 552-0000. It mentions a male dog lost and later found, and notes an ad run by Mrs George Zapalack that day ending after one day.
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O. Howie Hustles
Port Lavaca
Dial
George Zapalack
Congress moves to block Ford tariffs in debt measure
House Democrats rush to derail Ford energy plan by attaching a delaying provision to the debt ceiling bill. The committee opens debate as Ford seeks to spur action, while defending his tariff increase and fuel allocation, and Kissinger plans Middle East talks. Ford cites economic risk and pledges aid to South Vietnam, predicts recovery even amid inflation and unemployment.
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Washington
House
Ford
Ways and Means
al Ullman
D-Ore
Congress
United States
America
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
South Vietnam
U.S
Newspaper Bingo Prize Raised to $100 This Week
No winners reported last week in the Newspaper Bingo Contest raising the prize to 100 dollars this week. The contest runs through Tuesday and winning cards must be brought to the Wave office at 301 Colc ada to be checked.
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Wave Office
Col
Cada
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