Calhoun County Sets Hearing on Revenue Sharing Entitlement V
Calhoun County Commissioners Court authorizes advertisement of a supplemental public hearing for Entitlement V use. Hearing set for Friday Feb 14 at 10 am to allocate an additional 7700 in interest income. Court toured courthouse annex, accepted building from general contractor, and prepared preliminary specs and contracts.
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Calhoun County Commissioners Court
Revenue Sharing Fund
Willis Jetton
Landfill site on council agenda at City Hall meeting
Aldermen will consider a resolution on a Calhoun County Landfill Site at tomorrow 7 p.m. in City Hall. They will appoint a Community Development Plan Committee to draft a three year needs plan requiring before grant approval under a 100 percent Community Development Block Grant program for public works and housing. Salaries for Al Vasquez and a maintenance employee, plus hiring, will be discussed. Other items include the adult work experience program with the Golden Crescent Council of Governments lease of Center Beauty Shop and the 1973-1974 audit report.
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Point Comfort
Calhoun County
al Vasquez
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Voter participation dips to 32-year low in 1972 election
Census Bureau surveys after November elections show 44.7 percent turnout among eligible voters and 23.6 percent did not vote or register due to lack of interest or dislike of politics. Officials expect final turnout near 38 percent, lowest since 1942, noting overseas voters influenced totals.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Jackson opposes Ford Vietnam aid request. hints at 1976 bid
Los Angeles AP reports Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington will not vote for President Ford's 300 million dollar request for additional South Vietnam military aid. Jackson, who spoke at a Sunday fundraiser honoring him, stopped short of declaring a White House bid for 1976.
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Los Angeles
Henry M. Jackson
Ford
South Vietnam
Jackson
D-Wash
United States
Appraising Farmland Soil Surveys Can Help You
A USDA brochure explains how soil surveys aid farmland appraisal for bankers, assessors, and lenders. It covers using soil type maps and yield data to set impartial productivity ratings, notes 70 percent of Texas land surveyed, and lists sources for copies from local SCS offices and government printings.
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Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
SCS
P.O
Temple
Texas
Superintendent of Documents
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Clapp cites nearly forty thousand loss at Port Lavaca hospital
Ronald Clapp told Rotary Club that Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital posted an actual loss of 39,875.40 dollars for the year, with depreciation bringing the deficit to 102,829.80. He cited doctor shortages, awkward size, and patient declines since 1973 as key causes, and warned Medicare dynamics and possible broader health reform could worsen finances.
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Port Lavaca
Champ Traylor
Clapp
Rotarians
Medicare
Rotary Club
W.C. Regan
Rotary
Ronald Clapp
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Port Lavaca Council Deliberates Development Panel and Projects
Port Lavaca City Council schedules a 7:30 p.m. regular meeting to appoint a six member Development Committee for a federal Community Development Act Block Grant application and to set priorities for low and moderate income areas. agenda includes street projects, parade ordinance, beer sale rules, fire equipment bids, and approval of prior minutes.
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Port Lavaca
City Hall
West Side Navigation District sets meeting
SEADRIFT The West Side Calhoun County Navigation District will meet on Feb 11 at 7 p.m. in Calhoun County Precinct 4 building. They will select a depository for a two year term, review Union Carbide leases at Long Mott, and renew harbor permits for Lone Star Industries and Parker Brothers & Co. Inc. The district covers Seadrift and Long Mott areas with links to Victoria canal and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways.
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Mary Lois McMahan
Parker Brothers & Co. Inc
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Swan Point
Magnolia Beach
Warren Parker
Warren Young
Victoria
West Side
Calhoun County Navigation District
Calhoun County
Navigation and Canal Commissioners
Seaport Bank
Walter Pilgrim, Jr
Union Carbide
Long Mott
Seadrift
Lone Star Industries, Inc
Seadrift Harbor
Parker Brothers & Co., Inc
Houston
Calhoun
Board of Commissioners
C.r. Klasingim
Calvin Lewis
Port O’connor
Nobell Southern
26 Persons Die in State Tragedies Weekend Toll Rises
The Associated Press log shows 26 deaths from violent causes in Texas from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. A train hit a car near Dayton killed three, including two 20 year olds, while a crash in Austin claimed Dale Kinzel and his four year old son. A Houston motorcycle collision claimed Casey Dunigan, and bodies were found in a Groves car trunk and a Nederland house.
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Texas
Associated Press
Southern Pacific
Dayton
Joseph J. Glover
Hull
David L. Fregia
Donald E. Fregia
Liberty
Dale A. Kinzel
Austin
Chris
Kinzel
Dale
Chip
Casey M. Dunigan
Houston
Nederland
Janet Saide
Sandra Lee Dugas
Groves
Robert Sheppard
Weather Summary for Coastal Waters and Inland Areas
Small craft advisories remain in effect near the coast with inland lake wind warnings. Partly to mostly cloudy skies with mild temperatures and a slight chance of rain through Tuesday. Southerly winds 15 to 20 mph, increasing to 20 to 30 knots on the water, seas eight to ten feet. Highs upper 70s to around 80, lows mid 60s, precipitation chances 20 percent per period. Tides include today high at 5:28 p.m. and tonight low at 10:40 p.m., tomorrow highs near 3:25 a.m., lows near 10:41 a.m. Sunset 6:03 p.m., sunrise 7:19 a.m., pressure 30.07.
Local girl named runnerup in Texas Junior Miss pageant
Miss Jeannine Grittin daughter of Dr and Mrs John Grittin earned first runner up at the Texas Junior Miss pageant held Saturday night in New Braunfels. Lisa Kay Finley of Kerrville was named Texas Junior Miss. Forty three Texas participants competed with Grittin’s talent a Russian Peasant dance and judging focused on youth fitness poise appearance arts and scholastic achievement.
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Jeannine Grittin
John Grittin
New Braunfels
Lisa Kay Finley
Kerrbille
Texas
Griffin
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