Port Lavaca Council Approves Tentative Budget Increase Plan
Port Lavaca City Council tentatively approves a 1976 77 budget proposing higher property taxes and boosts to sewer water and garbage rates. Salaries would rise 6 to 20 percent plus an inflation factor of 3 8 percent. Public hearing set for Sept 13 at 7 30 p m in City Hall Annex.
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City of
Port Lavaca
City Hall
Mike Gibson
Gibson
Central Power and Light Co
Two Victoria Men Die In 2 Car Crash North Of Port Lavaca
Paul Vasquez 25 and Santiago Lamas 22, both of Victoria, were killed in a 1:45 AM two car collision on Highway 87 seven miles north of Port Lavaca. Four others, including Debbie Carter 19 of Port Lavaca, Richard Olguin 21, Ramiro Licerio 24 and Don Reyes 22, were injured and taken to Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital in fair condition. The dead men and four injured workers from Brown and Root Construction were returning from the Bay City nuclear plant site. Miss Carter works at Placedo gin. Bodies transported to Artero Funeral Home. funeral services pending.
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Paul Vasquez
Santiago Lamas
Victoria
Port Lavaca
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Lamas
Vasquez
Debbie Carter
Richard Olguin
Ramiro Licerio
Don O. Reyes
Bloomington
Olguin
Miss Carter
Glenn Mize
Calhoun County
Vivien Richards
Victoria County
Lester Tate
Artero Funeral Home
Brown and Root Construction Co
Bay City
Placedo Gin
City Council Delays Carnival Permit Amid Property Block
Port Lavaca council tabled a request by United Citizens League for a carnival permit on September 16 to 18, citing private site search and potential public property precedent. The group seeks Fishing Pier Park space near the Chamber of Commerce and pool. private-site alternative urged.
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United Citizens League
A. M. Padron
Paul Gary
Darryl Smith
Paceon
League
Chamber of Commerce
W. R. Zwerschke
U S Navy Evacuates 300 From Beirut
The U S Navy evacuated about 300 Americans and foreigners from Beirut aboard the Coronado and planned to land them in Athens. Ambassador Talcott Seelye left Beirut for Washington as President Ford and top officials watched the operation. About 1,000 Americans remained in Lebanon amid warnings. Some evacuees viewed the trip as a vacation while others faced the ongoing civil war that has killed an estimated 33,000 people.
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Lebanon
US. Navy
Ford
Pentagon
Washington
Coronado
Athens
Seadrift Budget Records Urged For Master Balance Sheet
Seadrift officials heard recommendations to set up a general and subsidiary ledger system for all non budget funds, establish a bond register, and pursue a master balance sheet and facility appraisal to improve depreciation and internal controls. The 24 page audit was accepted with path to expand to 60 pages if bonds and fund statements are added.
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Phil Martin
Seadrift
General Ledger
Viking Sniffs Mars Nitrogen
Automated Viking 1 mass spectrometer tests confirm Mars atmosphere contains 3 percent nitrogen, easing doubt about potential life. Findings corroborated by a simpler instrument during descent, boosting search for life indicators.
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Viking
Mars
Pasadena
Calif
Red Planet
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mutscher's Conviction Nears Complete Dismissal
Former Speaker Gus Mutscher’s bribery conviction is almost erased from the record yet remains usable if he is later convicted of a crime. An attorney general opinion notes a felon may not truthfully deny a felony on employment applications. Judges can reopen cases under 1957 law, sometimes allowing dismissal and restoration of civil rights after part of probation.
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Austin
Tex
Gus Mutscher
Mutscher
Giles Garmon
Texas Correctional Association
Garmon
Weather Outlook With Boating Details Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with a slight chance of afternoon thundershowers. Winds variable 6-12 mph, seas under 2 feet, and 20 percent rainfall probability. Boating winds mainly southeast 5-10 knots with showers. Tides high at 4:07 p.m. today and 6:57 a.m. Wednesday. Low tides at 11:29 p.m. today and 12:99 p.m. Wednesday. Sunset 8:23, sunrise 6:47. Barometric pressure 30.04.
Teller Ed Bell Invited to National Storytelling Festival
Port Lavaca storyteller Ed Bell, after appearing at Washington DC Folklore Festival, receives invitation from NAPPS to join the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro Tennessee October 1 to 3. The event draws tellers from across the United States and has drawn media coverage in past years. Bell, once Indianola resident, contributed to Americana at the Smithsonian Bicentennial celebration.
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Washington, D. C
Ed Bell
Port Lavaca
National Association of the Preservation and Perpetuation of Storytelling
NAPPS
Bell
Jonesboro
Tenn
Upper East Tennessee
Jimmy Neil Smith
NAPP
United States
CBS News
Newsweek
Southern Living
Indianola
Smithsonian Institute
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Clais Green
George Street
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O. G. Young
Young
Electrical Advisory Board
Tilly and
North Virginia
Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation
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George
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Lavaca Bay
Fishing Pier
Water Quality Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Lynn’s Bayou
U.S. Navy
Talcott W. Seelye
White House
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Donald Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
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Sixth Fleet
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Damascus
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Donald Goldman
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