Flood insurance now available in Calhoun County
Calhoun County residents can buy up to 70000 dollars of building coverage and 20000 dollars for contents under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The program is tied to loan requirements for some home construction or improvements, as local authorities implement flood relief measures.
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Pennsylvania
Canoe
Texas
The
Home Insurance Co
Federal Flood Insurance Administration
Stanley Mikula
Royal Insurance and Real Estate
Mikula
Port Lavaca
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Seadrift
Tom Garner
Interest rate up in major bank move at 7 percent
First National City Bank raised its prime lending rate 4 points to 7 percent, the first big bank increase in six months. The change, effective Monday, follows signs of tighter money by the Federal Reserve and affects loans to top creditworthy borrowers.
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New York
First National City Bank
Federal Reserve
Texas Secretary of State Rejects Federal Voting Rights Act
Washington AP report says Texas Secretary of State Mark White announced at a news conference there is no need to impose the federal Voting Rights Act on Texas. He claimed no substantiated denial of voting rights by color or ethnicity and said reports from U.S. attorneys were negative. White noted near half of county elected officials in areas with large Mexican American populations are Mexican American.
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Mark White
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Dolph Briscoe
Port O Connor Fourth of July Celebration on Beach
The Port O'Connor Chamber of Commerce hosts a Friday celebration with an 11 a.m. barbecue on the beach offering beef by the pound or plate with beans and potato salad. A 4 p.m. country music festival features The Drifters Raw West and Shane and the Mid-Niters, running to 1 a.m. Fireworks begin at 9 p.m. Friday.
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Drifters
Raw West
Shane
Mid-Niters
DPS Plans Troop Deployment for July 4 Traffic
In Austin AP report Col Wilson Speir DPS director predicts 54 people will die in Texas traffic crashes over the Fourth of July weekend, eight more than last year. A DPS spokesman says state traffic deaths are about 25 percent ahead of last year due to more travel and higher speeds.
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Texas
Gulf Bend Center weighs cutting federal funding in 1976 budget
Gulf Bend Center trustees reviewed a 1976 budget of 741,521 dollars aiming to reduce federal dependence. The plan shifts more money from state support and local funding toward a two-program expansion, including an outreach service across Golden Crescent counties and a short term mental health halfway house.
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Victoria
Gulf Bend Center
MHMR
Tom Kelliher
Golden Crescent
Human Growth Center
Talbot House
Lavaca
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Planning grant approved for Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Victoria The Golden Crescent Council of Governments has been approved for a 31238 planning grant by Gov Dolph Briscoe and his Division of Planning Coordination. The funds will finance Manpower Planning Criminal Justice Planning and Disaster Preparedness programs in the region as part of a 1.7 million appropriation from the 63rd Legislature.
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Victoria
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Dolph Briscoe
Weather Forecast With Showers and Winds
Considerable daytime cloudiness with a chance of thundershowers today and Friday, decreasing tonight. Winds easterly 6 to 14 mph. Highs in the upper 80s, lows around 70s. Chance of precipitation 40% today and Friday, 10% tonight. Boating winds 6 to 16 knots, seas 13 ft. Tides: low 7:06 p.m. today, high 3:41 a.m. tomorrow, low 8:37 a.m., high 10:54 a.m. Sunset 8:31 p.m. Sunrise 6:35 a.m. Barometer 30.14 steady.
Port Lavaca Port Reports June Tonnage and Ship Names
Port Lavaca Point Comfort reported June tonnage totaling 2375.71 tons with three ships loaded, all carrying chemicals from the Alcoa plant. No May shipments and no July schedule. vessels were Meadow Bank, Rio Saldana, and Kapelle from Britain Colombia and the Netherlands.
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Point Comfort
D.L. Buchanan
Alcoa
Buchanan
Meadow Bank
Rio Saldana
Kapelle
Washington joins Continental Army in Cambridge amidst unruly discipline
In Cambridge Massachusetts Washington arrived with Charles Lee to lead the 13,743 New England farmers turned Continental Army. He faced ill trained, battle tested challenges, and warned officers to ensure order while shaping the army for Boston’s defense. Washington imposed uniforms and rules, including a ban on public bathing near Cambridge Bridge to curb indecency.
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Mass
New England
Continental Army
George Washington
Virginia
Washington
United Colonies
Charles Lee
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