Deaths and funerals for Herrera and Thedford
Funeral services for Jesus Herrera 80 of Tivoli set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church with Rev. Edward Kircher officiating Burial in Tioli Catholic Cemetery under Port Lavaca Funeral Home Direction He died Thursday in a Galveston hospital after an extended illness Born January 20 1896 in Guerrero Tampico Mexico he had lived in Tivoli 65 years Survived by widow Elvira Castro Herrera two daughters two sisters ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren Rosary to be recited at 8 p.m. today at Port Lavaca Funeral Home Chapel Services for Daniel L Thedford 67 of Magnolia Beach were held today at Port Lavaca Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Bush officiating Burial in Green Lawn Cemetery He died Wednesday in a Houston hospital after a short illness Pallbearers were Bill Amsler Red Bartell Sam Steuben Richard Rost Bob George and Happy Hickman Honorary pallbearers were Howard Motley Walter Locke and Howard Clayton.
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Jesus Herrera
Tivoli
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Edward Kircher
Tioli Catholic Cemetery
Port Lavaca Funeral Home
Herrera
Galveston
Guerrero
Tamp
Mexico
Gregorio Herrera
Elvira Castro Herrera
Josephine Douglas
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Arthur Schildgen
Loveland
Colo
Anita Molina
Victoria
Teodora Mayorga
Houston
Aveta Guerra
Beeville
Daniel L. Thedford
Magnolia Beach
David Bush
Green Lawn Cemetery
Thedford
Bill Amsler
Red Bartell
Sam Steuben
Richard Rost
Bob George
Happy Hickman
Howard Motley
Walter Locke
Howard Clayton
Bicentennial Service Held at Seadrift Church
A Bicentennial Fourth of July service is planned at First Baptist Church Seadrift Sunday at 11 a.m. Hollie Briscoe from Victoria will be guest speaker and special singing will occur. Afterward a church grounds dinner is served. At midnight July 3 a men’s memorial vigil will be held on church grounds.
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Seadrift
First Baptist Church
Hollie Briscoe
Victoria
Fire Forces Evacuation In Texas City Dock Area
A two hour fire at a 50,000 barrel tank containing butadiene forced evacuation of the industrial docks as the Stolt Landoff loaded a chemical. Two firefighters were injured by heat and exposure but are in satisfactory condition.
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Texas City
Tex
History of Grace Parish chapel in Port Lavaca saga
The Lavaca Episcopal history traces multiple chapels from Clark's Station to Cuero and a 1949 Grace Parish chapel. It notes the cement barrel foundation story, the La Salle Cross above the entrance, the 1963 consecration, and 1970 bottle sale funding under Rev. George Dettman and Milton Hausmann.
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la Salle
Chapel of Grace Parish
Milton Hausmann
George H. Dettman
Barge Dock Near Completion Raises Tax Assessment Rate
A public hearing on April 14, 1976 increased the ad valorem tax assessment ratio for a barge dock project from 23 to 30 percent of fair market value to fund the county budget.
Daily Cryptoquote puzzle with historical clues and ads
A cryptogram puzzle page with word clues and a sample substitution key is presented. It includes a long quotation puzzle, a list of numbered clues for a themed crossword style, a note about yesterday's solution, and references to an Intracoastal Canal Association meeting and related dates.
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Intracoastal Canal Association
Washington, D. C
Mikula
Supreme Court upholds death penalty in 7 to 2 ruling
The Supreme Court affirms the death penalty as not cruel or unusual. Seven justices vote to sustain, with Brennan and Marshall in dissent. The cases concern six murder defendants from Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina, among 76 inmates seeking review. Jerry Lane Jurek, 27, sentenced to die for strangling Wendy Adams, 10, and dumping her body in the Guadalupe River after luring her in Cuero, Texas on August 16, 1973.
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Associated Press
William J. Brennan Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
Florida
Louisiana
Texas
Georgia
North Carolina
Jerry Lane Jurek
Wendy Adams
Guadalupe River
Cuero
Tex
Jurek
Point Comfort Bicentennial Events Highlight Calhoun Calendar
Calhoun Calendar lists a weekend of bicentennial events in Point Comfort starting Saturday with an 8 am flagpole opening and a full day at Calhoun auditorium Bethel Assembly of God program from 9 am to 9 pm. A parade at 10:30 am leads into a Bay Front Park celebration from 1 pm to midnight with a children’s fishing contest 3 to 6 pm. Evening activities include a Whatley Road Chicano bicentennial opening at 6 pm, awards at 9 pm, fireworks at 9:30 pm, and street dancing 10 pm to midnight.
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Point Comfort
Bay Front Park
Whatley Road
Point Comfort Elementary School
Oil Allowable Up in Texas By Railroad Commission
The Texas railroad commission on Thursday set the total average calendar day allowable oil production at 3,724,268 barrels, up 9.2 percent from mid June. The figure applies to all Texas wells and reflects revised output limits for the period.
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Austin, Tex
Railroad Commission
Texas
Morning Markets slip as holiday mood settles on wall street
New York stock market steadied with the noon Dow up 49 to 995.33 as the week closes. Gains led losses 7-6 on NYSE issues while unemployment rose in June, the first increase since September, amid Fed money-supply data seen as a favorable sign for rates. Dow Chemical active, Richfield weak, Anaconda up.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Dow Chemical
American Stock Exchange
Antic
Anaconda
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Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Traylor
Episcopal Church
Jaunus Street
Port Lavaca
Long Mott
John Roemer
Lavaca
Bickford
Bay Front
Court House
Indianola
William H. Smith
S. Guadalupe St
Smith
Grace Parish
Guadalupe Street
Diocese of West Texas
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Thomas Joseph
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Tatum
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Lili St
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Printemps
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Mode Vogue
Devoured
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Longfellow
NHBNF
Lisa Kirk
Washington
Calhoun
Blasingim
Bargain Center
Bonorden
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At&t
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Chrysler
Coca Cola
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Us Steel
Rakestraw Sales CO
Bay City, Tex
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Virgil Fetters
America
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Paul Revere
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Green Mountain Boys
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Eli Whitney
Stephen Foster
Tom Edison
Albert Einstein
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Horace Greeley
Will Rogers
Wright Brothers
George Washington Carver
Daniel Webster
Jonas Salk
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Walt Whitman
Thomas Paine
First National Bank
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