Seadrift restricts near pier with 300 foot rule
Seadrift City Council approved an ordinance banning swimming diving or water sports within 300 feet of the new Seadrift fishing pier with signs posted no diving and no swimming boats or water sports. Fines up to 200 dollars. Residents sparred over police enforcement while council discussed traffic safety and municipal needs.
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Phil Martin
Seadrift
Tom Garner
Billy J. Wilson
Jim Adams
Germany
Pier Park Plans Study Approved By City Council
Port Lavaca council approves study of Fishing Pier Parks improvements and park land acquisition plans from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department using 350000 dollars. Plan A adds shuffleboard courts and picnic pavilion. Plan B, 126723 dollars for 75 acres land buy with pier entrance renovation and debris removal. Council notes maintenance by the city and prior rejection of a 32 acre tract.
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Port Lavaca
Wyatt
Parks and Wildlife Department
Parks and Recreation Board
Pier Park
Bill Duke
Texas Water Quality Board
Lavaca Bay
Wilburn Oehlke
Calhoun County Crops Damage Study Ordered
Calhoun County officials ordered an emergency committee report on crop damage from recent rains after Glenn McKamey urged disaster area status. He estimates about half his crops lost, while some commissioners questioned the extent. The report is to go to Governor's office, with extension agent Gilbert Heideman handling details.
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Calhoun County
Willie Jetton
Glenn McKamey
McKamey
Jetton
Gilbert Heideman
Church to Obtain Mercenary's Body
Daniel Gearhart's remains will be shipped from Angola for burial in Maryland. Kensington parishioners have guaranteed $5,000 to cover the Angolan burial and shipping costs, while Gearhart's widow and four children face welfare and hope for return of the body. Senator Mathias said basic arrangements are in place but the body may not arrive in Lisbon before week’s end.
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Washington
Daniel Gearhart
Angola
Maryland
Charles Mathias
R-Md
Gearhart
Lisbon
Kensington
Sheila
Mathias
United States
Dredging Permit Sought for Seadrift Plant Bulkhead Dock
The District seeks permission from the U S Army Corps of Engineers to dredge 10 feet deep near the Seadrift Carbide Plant 12 miles northwest of Long Mott, build a 435 foot bulkhead and a 100 by 215 foot dock, removing about 13 700 cubic yards of clay to land. Comments due by August 2 to the Galveston district engineer.
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West Side
Calhoun County Navigation District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Galveston
Long Mott
Seadrift Carbide Plant
Corpus Christi
P.O. Box
Tex
Weather Outlook With Warm, Cloudy Skies and Showers
Mostly cloudy and warm with a chance of daytime thundershowers through Wednesday. East and southeast winds 6 to 14 mph, gusty in showers. Highs in the upper 80s, lows in the mid 70s. Rain chances 20 percent today and tonight, 30 percent Wednesday. Se winds 10 to 15 knots, seas 4 to 5 feet. Tides and times noted. barometer 29.96.
Carter Decision For Deep Post Expected Today
New York AP reports Democrats at the convention pursue unity as Jimmy Carter narrows his running mate search. Senators Mondale Muskie Glenn Stevens on list with Barbara Jordan stealing spotlight during Monday's keynote, while Mondale says he seeks to be heard, not a ceremonial post.
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New York
Jimmy Carter
New Jersey
Carter
Jody Powell
Georgia
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
John H. Glenn Jr
Ohio
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Illinois
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Frank Church
Idaho
Glenn
Barbara Jordan
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Ford
Miss Jordan
Committees On School Needs Meet In Region
Two of three subcommittees of the Citizens Advisory Committee of ’76’ to Calhoun County ISD met Monday night. The Physical Education and Athletic Subcommittee chaired by Walter Linhart met at First State Bank, while Wayne Wehmeyer’s vocational education committee toured classrooms at Calhoun High and Travis Junior High as plans to nearly double space advance. A third subcommittee on school air conditioning met three times in June with definite progress. Meetings resume in August. no session this month.
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Citizens Advisory Committee of
Calhoun County Independent School District
Walter Linhart
First State Bank
Wayne Wehmeyer
Calhoun High School
Mila Cameron
Point Comfort
Linhart
Parks and Recreation Commission
Crockett-Jackson
Don Ragin
Port O'Connor
Port O’connor
Local woman named state volunteer liaison for Governor's Office
Mrs. Clifton Gruetzmacher of Port Lavaca is named county chairperson for the First Study's Volunteer Program under Governor Dolph Briscoe. She will coordinate volunteers for health, education, and juvenile delinquency projects and in September help staff swine flu vaccine clinics.
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Clifton Gruetzmacher
Dolph Briscoe
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