Vietnamese family seeks new life in Texas welcomed by churches
A Vietnamese family sponsored by Salem Lutheran Port Lavaca St Mark's Point Comfort and First Lutheran Tivoli arrived at Victoria airport at 8 55 p m from California to start anew in Texas The family Khanh Quoc Duong wife Dwy Thi Phan one year old Hai Tran Minh Duong and brother Nhi Van Duong are aided by a relief committee providing food clothing and a three month rent free home Their sponsors arrange a first Texas meal and seek local job help for the elders The parents and relatives remain in Saigon with one nephew studying in Monterey California
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Khanh Quoc Duong
Dwy Thi Phan
Hai Tran Minh Duong
Nhi van Duong
Port Lavaca
California
Salem Lutheran Church
St. Mark’s
Lutheran Church
Point Comfort
First Lutheran Church of
Tivoli
Victoria
Viking
Texas
Vietnam
Saigon
Doung
Camp Pendleton
Calhoun ISD Chief Joins Mary Hardin-Baylor Board
Dr. Marvin W. Kirkman, superintendent of Calhoun County ISD since 1973, was elected a charter member of Mary Hardin-Baylor College’s Board of Advancement. The board supports outreach, fundraising, and college development across Texas and beyond.
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Belton
Marvin W. Kirkman
Brookhollow Drive
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
Board of Advancement
Mary Hardin-Baylor College
Division of College Advancement
MHB
Calhoun County Isd
Kirkman
Quinlan
Commerce
Cuero
Dallas Independent School District
Restore General Lee Citizenship Spurs Causual Debate
The piece notes Congress restoring General Robert E Lee's U S citizenship and questions why it wasn't done earlier after surrender. It also urges Calhoun County residents to oppose Interior Department plans to seize Matagorda Island facilities for a crane refuge and push for a state park instead, urging swift, unified action to influence Washington.
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Congress
Robert E. Lee
United States
Local crash victim dies in Highway 35 By-pass accident
Mrs. R S Creglow 32 died yesterday from injuries after a Monday rush hour crash on the Highway 35 By-pass at Broadway. She was moved from Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital Port Lavaca to DeTar Victoria for multiple injuries. Her son David 13 and daughter Robin 7 were also injured. David treated for a broken arm Robin released. Mrs. Creglow lived in Point Comfort where her husband worked for Central Power and Light Co. Funeral arrangements are pending at Ross Langham Funeral Home Corpus Christi.
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R.S. Creglow
Broadway
Creglow
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Port Lavaca
DeTar Hospital
Victoria
David
Robin
Champ Traylor
End of an era Apollo splashdown marks space era shift
Apollo commander Thomas Stafford along with Vance Brand and Donald Slayton prepared to end the first international space mission. They hailed the joint Soviet US linkup, praised mission success, and predicted a shuttle era with plans for more cosmonaut collaboration, while noting weightless housekeeping quirks and personal reflections on leaving spaceflight.
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Space Center
Houston
Thomas P. Stafford
U.S
Apollo
Stafford
Vance D. Brand
Donald K. Slayton
Earth
Slayton
Brand
Resident engineer Pete Stricker transfers to Linton office
Pete W. Stricker, resident engineer for the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, is being transferred from Port Lavaca to the residency office in Linton. District engineer Carl V. Ramert announced the move, effective in August, noting the Corpus Christi district gains a capable engineer with five years’ service in Port Lavaca. Stricker, his wife Sue, and their child will relocate as the family plans the move.
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Port Lavaca
Pete W. Stricker
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Department
Linton
Carl V. Ramert
Ramert
Pete' A
Corpus Christi
Stricker
Sue
Partial need remains for 300 rental units after Brookhollow
Port Lavaca will still require more than 300 rental units even after the 177 unit Brookhollow Village apartments open. Developer Bill Duke says about 1,000 Alcoa and 800 Union Carbide workers commute from outside the county, and with rising gas prices 75 percent might relocate if housing exists. Chamber manager Jim Wilson estimates closer to 500 units are needed.
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Port Lavaca
Brookhollow Village
Bill Duke
Alcoa
Union Carbide
Duke
Jim Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Point Comfort Aldermen clarify livestock zoning amid animal issues
At a regular meeting the Point Comfort Board of Aldermen discussed clarifying the zoning ordinance on livestock. The change would allow cattle grazing on land within city limits if cattle were the land's primary current and future use, aiding Wayne Lindsey in deciding whether to renew his lease on land hosting trailer courts where grazing occurs.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Wayne Lindsey
Alcoa
Weather outlook and city council notes blend in report
Partly cloudy and warm with a chance of thundershowers through Thursday. Highs in the low 90s, lows in the low 70s, 20 percent tonight rising to 40 percent Thursday. Boating winds 8-15 knots with seas 1-3 feet, higher in showers. Tides and sun times listed. City officials discuss land use, cattle rights, and dog complaints. Board of Equalization schedule set for August 12 with budget workshop August 14. fire department ordinance amendments tabled pending manpower limits and by-law changes.
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Hubenak
Roberts
Mila Cameron
Board of Equalization
Roy Pilgrim
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Buddy Winder
Duong
Ming
University of Saigon
Phan
Mary Hardin-Baylor
Marvin Kirkman
New College Board
East Texas State University
North Texas State University
Denton
University of Houston Victoria Center
Region III Education Service Center
Dick Fisher
Interior Department
Matagorda Island
U.S. Air Force
K.A. Wallace
Matagorda Air Force Base
Washington
TASS
Crandall J. Young
Calhoun County Schools
L.E. Gross
Larry Froelich
Central Power & Light Co
Jim Straus
Washburn and Associates
Dallas
David Roberts
Bobh Hubenak
Fred Schultz
Rotary Club
Rotary
W.F. Tanner
Sid Ward
Sally Wilson
S. Ann St
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