Port Lavaca Chamber Plans Park Improvements and Meetings
Port Lavaca Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce board approved a booth at the Labor Day Jaycee festival to sell boiled shrimp and named members to a pier park improvement study committee. They discussed Parks and Wildlife funds of 350000, quarterly general meetings, a needs survey, and hiring a part time secretary with education act funds.
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Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
David Roberts
Harold Young
Chamber
Port Lavaca
Parks and Recreation Board
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Clegg and Jones
Ambassadorship Fatal Blast Shocks Ireland
Britain's ambassador to Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, was killed in Dublin when a land mine destroyed his car outside the ambassador's mansion. A secretary, Judith Cooke, also died. Brian Cubbon and the Belfast official were injured. Officials debated IRA involvement as Liam Cosgrave condemned the atrocity.
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Dublin
Ireland
Britain
Northern Ireland
Christopher Ewart-Biggs
Judith Cooke
Brian Cubbon
Belfast
Ewart-Biggs
Oxford
Paris
Irish Republic
Liam Cosgrave
Ave
London
Foreign Office
James Callaghan
House of Commons
Cosgrave
Lly
Callaghan
Irish Republican Army
Republic
Miss Cooke
Cubbon
Merlyn Rees
Justice of Peace Eskew Resigns From Precinct 2
The Calhoun County Commissioners Court will meet Friday at 10 a.m. to accept the resignation of Justice of Peace H. B. Eskew effective July 31 as he transfers to the Puerto Rico Union Carbide plant for 18 months to two years. A temporary successor will be considered and the session includes budget work, audit reviews, and a land deed resolution.
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H. B. Eskew
Precinct 2
County Commissioners Court
Willis Jetton
Eskew
Puerto Rico
Calhoun County
James Houlihan
Calhoun County Fair Association
Deep Port Study Funded By $40,000 Allocation
A $40,000 appropriation to fund a feasibility study on a proposed deep water port on the Lavaca Bay west side was approved by President Ford. Curtis L. Reece Jr and Tom Garner Jr announced at a news conference, with executive plans to start the Corps of Engineers study after October and complete it in 1977. The effort could proceed with private financing if results are negative.
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Lavaca Bay
Ford
John Young
Curtis L. Reece Jr
Port Lavaca Port
Reece
Corps of Engineers
House Public Works Committee
Garner
Matagorday Ship Channel
Public Works Committee
June Prices Rise Sharply on Gas and Energy Costs
Government data show consumer prices up five tenths of a percent in June driven by energy costs including gasoline and electricity. Grocery prices slowed to two tenths after jumps in May and April, but energy spikes offset gains. Energy up 1.9 percent, annual inflation near 6.1 percent, weekly earnings fall as hours decline.
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Chamber
Economic Development Council
Fred Jones
Sam Clegg
New York
New Jersey
Washington
Ford Administration
Labor Department
Sharp
Court halts judge rule on Texas juvenile reforms
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down U.S. Dist. Judge William W. Justice’s Aug 30 1974 reform order for the Texas Youth Council. The panel ordered new hearings before a three judge court on constitutional issues and halted sweeping changes including closing Gatesville and Mountain View campuses and mandating psychiatric treatment and individual assessments for detainees.
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New Orleans
Texas
Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
William W
Texas Youth Council
TYC
Justice
Alicia Morales
Viking Mars Probe Detects Life Factors
Viking 1 found nitrogen and argon in Mars atmosphere suggesting a past denser, life friendly environment. Despite no life evidence, researchers say gases plus earlier water flow hints at possible prebiotic conditions and organic chemistry on Mars long ago.
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Viking Mars
Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Mars
Red Planet
Viking
Weather outlook with warm trend and chance of showers
Partly cloudy to cloudy and warm with a chance for showers through Thursday. Southerly winds 5-15 mph, high in the upper 80s, low tonight mid 70s. Rain chances 30 percent this afternoon, 20 tonight, 50 Thursday. Boating winds 6-12 knots rising to 10-15 knots Thursday, seas under three feet, scattered showers and heavy thundershowers possible. High at 4:10 am Thursday, low at 7:27 pm, sunset 8:26 pm, sunrise 6:44 am, barometer 30.14.
EPA Raps Automakers On Emissions Standards
EPA says major automakers failed to ensure 1975 cars meet federal emission standards for 50 000 miles. Train ordered Ford Chrysler and GM to report by Aug 9 on corrective steps. Tests showed high failure rates for CO limits, with California programs cited for stricter quality checks.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Russell E. Train
Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
Train
Los Angeles
California
Chicago
Houston
Phoenix
St. Louis
Point Comfort Bank Directors Resign in Stock Sale
John J. Faubion Jr James McSpadden and Fred Knipling announce sale of their stock in Bank of Commerce Point Comfort to Jack Blanton of Austin and resign as directors of the bank.
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John J. Faubion Jr
James McSpadden
Fred Knipling
Bank of Commerce of
Point Comfort
Jack Blanton
Austin
Faubion
McSpadden
Knipling
Bank
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Wave
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Ralph Hearn
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Murphystown Road
Sandyford
Gatesville State School
Mountain View State School
Calhoun County Jail
Needham Smythe
Corpus Christi
Terior
B. E. Beecroft Compan, Inc
Leroy Belk
Gerald Soffen
Soffen
Michael McElroy
Harvard University
McElroy
Point Bank
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