City Parks Begin Budget Upgrades For 1977
City Parks and Recreation Board backs three park improvements George Adams Park Tilley Street Park and Fishing Pier Park with basketball slabs picnic tables swings and benches. Library funding rises to 2000 and 600 for sundry expenses while electric service at Wilkins gym and gym rental budgets are cut. Recreation complex plans target a 15 acre school district site beside Jackson and Crockett Schools with two baseball diamonds at about 28960 each including lighting.
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City Parks and Recreation Board
George Adams Park
Tilley Street Park
Fishing Pier Park
Calhoun County
Wilkins
Jim Wilson
Jackson and Crockett
Wilson
Victoria
Carter Narrowly Heads Toward Nomination as Delegates Pile Up
Carter rides a delegate surge after winning Ohio and California support, edging toward the Democratic nomination with 1,125 of 1,505 needed. Udall and Brown trail, while Ford and Reagan battle to a standstill, with New Jersey uncommitted delegates shaping the race. Brown insists the nomination remains open as Carter builds momentum toward Kansas City.
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Dave Goldberg
Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Carter
Ohio
Jerry Brown
California
Hubert Humphrey
New Jersey
Brown
Reagan
Kansas City
Morris K. Udall
Park Flag Pole Dedication Set
Dedication of the flag pole at Fishing Pier Park is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday with Dr. Marvin Kirkman as master of ceremonies. Speakers include Port Lavaca Mayor Protem W. R. Zwerschke County Judge Willis Jetton VFW commander and Mrs. Paul Bailey and Mrs. Roger Murrell. The event is sponsored by the Calhoun County bicentennial committee. Representatives from Harrison Roosevelt Jackson Madison and Jefferson Elementary schools will present the flag and lead the Pledge of Allegiance and raise the bicentennial and American flags.
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Fishing Pier Park
Marvin Kirkman
Port Lavaca
Protem W. R. Zwerschke
Willis Jetton
VFW
Paul Bailey
Roger Murrell
Calhoun County
Harrison, Roosevelt
Jackson
Madison and
Jefferson
County Plans Free Swine Flu Immunizations
County health plans call for free inoculation clinics in Port Lavaca Seadrift and Port O Connor this summer to fight swine flu. Director Clayton Toulson urges volunteers to help serve about 18 000 residents as clinics roll out starting mid July for 65 and over residents with a bi valent vaccine and under 65 later in September.
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Port Lavaca
Seadrift
Port O'Connor
Clayton Toulson
Toulson
Toalson
Rose Lawrence
Health Department
Streets Parks Eyed At Council Workshop For Budget
City council held a Tuesday budget workshop led by City Manager Mike Gibson to discuss street repairs park improvements staffing and revenue. Proposals included a bond issue or four yearly street sections and a full time parks coordinator while tweaking the parks budget and garbage rates to near break-even with about 30000 in tax funds used for garbage. Next session aimed for July.
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City Council
Mike Gibson
Gibson
Weather Outlook For The Week In The Area
Weather will be clear to partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with east to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Highs in the upper 80s, lows in the upper 60s. Boating winds light northeasterly with seas under 3 feet. Tides include highs at 5 08 am and 1 57 pm Thursday and a low at 9 06 pm. Sunset 8 26 pm sunrise 6 29 am Barometer 30.07.
Chicano Celebration Hearing Set On Green Lake Permit
County Judge Willis Jett will hold a public hearing Friday at 9 30 a m in Courtroom A on Justo Chavano s permit application for a 40 acre leased tract near Whatley Road eight miles from Port Lavaca for a mass gathering July 3 4 The protest group says the plan would damage property create noise and disturb residents Chavano aims to give 2000 scholarships to Mexican American students and donate proceeds from 8 ticket prices 10 at site If blocked by property owners the veteran vows this is no longer a free country.
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Green Lake Area
Willis Jett
Justo Chavano
Whatley Road
Port Lavaca
Chavano
Chavana
Judge Sam Houston May Run For Texas Supreme Court
Dallas AP report says Denton District Court Judge Sam Houston may announce a statewide write-in candidacy for the Texas Supreme Court to oppose Don Yarbrough. Houston cites voter education and financing hurdles and stresses he would be another public choice if he proceeds.
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Sam Houston
Yarbrough
Dallas
State District Court
Denton
Texas Supreme Court
Houston
Don Yarbrough
Houston Bar Association
Associated Press
Texas
Supreme Court
San Antonio
Charles Barrow
Donald Yarborough
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Lewisville
Dolph Briscoe
Manna
Burglary at Perry Brothers Variety Store Details
Port Lavaca police investigate a Monday night break in at 129 N Virginia Perry Brothers variety store with about 1100 dollars in cash and checks taken from a safe. A motorcycle helmet valued at 38 dollars was stolen from Chris Harrison’s bike at Get Together Recreation Center. A telephone booth at Main and Alcoa was burglarized last week and the case was reported Tuesday.
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Perry Brothers
N. Virginia
Port Lavaca
Chris Harrison
Harrison
Get Together Recreation Center
West Austin
Main and
Alcoa
General Telephone Company
Texas Water Safari Winners Cup Awards
The Texas Water Safari awards night in Seadrift marks the 419 mile race's 14th edition. Winners Butch Hodges and Robert Chatham set a 37 hour 18 minute overall record and receive the Argosy Ad venture Trophy. Nova Hall and Carol Keirman led Houston entrants. Seventeen of 31 starters finished the grind as others dropped due to damaged boats or bodies.
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Seadrift
Butch Hodges
Robert Chatham
Nova Hall
Carol Keirman
Houston
Aquarena Springs
San Marcos
Kathy Derrick
John Baker
Derrick
Bucky Chatham
Pat Petrisky
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Board Studies
Demo
Gop
Atlanta
Crockett Gym
Travis Gym
San Antonio and
Lavaca Streets
Wilkins Pta
Point Comfort
D. L. Buchanan
Calhoun County Navigation District Commission
Buchanan
Stanley Mikula
Council Workshop
Darryl Smith
Wilburn Oehlke
Variety Store
Texas Water Safari
Luling Dam
Petrisky
Hochheim
Tom Goynes
Sam Marcos
Jerry Cochran
Martindale
Cochran
Hodges
Chatham
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