Alcoa SixInducted Into 25 Year Club At Point Comfort
Six Alcoa workers receive quar ter century service pins as 25 Year Club members at Point Comfort Operations. Recipients include Floyd Hicks port Lavaca. Ysmael Ramirez Port Lavaca. Howard Lewis Port Lavaca. E C Navrath Port Lavaca. George Brown Port Lavaca. Ben Simicek Ganado. Each biography notes start dates in 1950, Navy or Marine service, families, church or VFW membership, and current roles from potroom head electrode man to janitor.
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Point Comfort Alcoans
Point Comfort
Floyd Hicks
Route 1
Port Lavaca
Ysmael Ramirez
Oren
Howard Lewis
Westwood
E.C. Navrath
Tommy Dr
George Brown
Algee
Ben Simicek
Alamo
Hicks
Palacios
Utility Department
US Navy
VFW
American Petroleum Institute
Lewis
First Christian Church
Navrath
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Centerview High School
Prague
Oklahoma
Alcoa
U.S. Navy
Vera Huey
Brown
New York City
N.Y
Millwright
U.S
George III
Helen Weaver
Marion Cameau
Florida
Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church
Simicek
Ganado
White Hall
Faye Yarbrough
Alton
Corpus Christi
Veterans GI loan benefits and eligibility details
The Veterans Administration guarantees 60 percent of loans to eligible veterans up to 17500 dollars. Veterans should pick a home, obtain a certificate of eligibility, and apply through private lenders. No down payment is required unless lender or price exceed agency value. Loans are long term with moderate rates and early payoff allowed. The agency inspects homes for acceptable construction.
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Veterans Administration
Books Shipped to Texas Schools for 1975-76
The Texas Education Agency announced shipments of school books to public schools for use starting September 1. TEA deputy commissioner Dr Harlan Ford said all books should be available by late August and the total adopted cost for the 1975-76 year is expected to reach 39 million dollars.
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Austin
Texas Public
Texas Education Agency
Texas
Harlan Ford
TEA
Ford
Marine Private Guajardo completes infantry training
Marine Private Ruben Guajardo son of Mr and Mrs David Guajardo of Port Lavaca Port Lavaca Santa Rosa Street completed Infantry Training School at Camp Pendleton California He earned instruction in infantry weapons and tactics that will prepare him for frontline duties
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Camp Pendleton
Ruben Guajardo
David Guajardo
Santa Rosa St
Port Lavaca
Marine Corps Base
Calif
Billie Caddell Attends Vocational Teachers Certification Week
Billie Caddell is attending classes this week at Southwest Texas State University for certification of vocational industrial arts teachers. About 200 teachers from across the state participate in the program covering travel rules organizational report forms and teaching methods and materials.
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Seadrift
Billie Caddell
Southwest Texas State University
Morning Markets Surge Across Names and Sectors
Morning Markets reports broad gains across major stocks and commodities. Alcoa, AT&T, Celanese, Chrysler, Dow Chemical, Exxon, Ford, General Electric, Mobil Oil, and many others show notable percentage increases amid mixed signals.
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Associated Press
Alcoa
Borden
Chrysler
Coca Cole
Dow
duPont
Eastman
el Paso
Exxon
Fairchild
Cam
Ford
Elec
Gen Foods
Gen Tire Ae Goodrich
A&p
Guilt Oil
Hart Hk
Jonn
Litton
Marcor
Mobil Oi
Monsanto
Penn Cent Penney Ae
Phili
RCA Os Safeway
Sears
Texaco
Texas
Ile UN Carbide
US Steel
Woolworth
Marine private Sturm completes recruit training in San Diego
San Diego Marine Corps Recruit Depot graduates Wesley A. Sturm son of Mr and Mrs B J Mobley of Port Lavaca from recruit training. He studied close order drill Marine Corps history first aid uniform regulations and military customs and courtesies. A former Calhoun County High School student.
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San Diego
Wesley A. Sturm
B.J. Mobley
N. Nueces
Port Lavaca
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Marine Corps
Calhoun County High School
Taylor visits Leningrad during first postwar port call
Navy Gunner's Mate Second Class John R. Taylor of Port Lavaca joined USS Tattnall on a five day exchange visit at Leningrad Soviet Union. The stop marked the first U S warship port call in the Soviet Union since World War II and coincided with two Russian destroyers docking in Boston. Taylor continues a Mediterranean deployment with the Sixth Fleet and plans visits to England Spain France and Italy. The Tattnall is homeported in Mayport Florida.
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Leningrad
John R. Taylor
W.J. Taylor
Port Lavaca
Soviet Union
USS Tattnall
Tattnall
U.S
Boston
Europe
Taylor
U.S. Sixth Fleet
England
Spain
France
Italy
Mayport
Fla
New tax credits for first time home buyers introduced
The Tax Reduction Act of 1975 offers a five percent tax credit on the acquisition cost of a new residence used as the principal home, up to the taxpayer’s total tax liability. Qualifications hinge on dates, construction timing, occupancy, and income limits, with rules for couples, relatives, builders, and potential clawbacks on resale.
SAY elects Dave Gorris new president
Victoria Dave Gorris manager of Union Carbide Seadrift plant was elected president of Social Advocates for Youth at a recent board meeting Ed Warren was added to the board replacing retiring member D F Peyton Gorris replaces Joseph M Fallon transferred to Carbide headquarters in New York and Warren will replace Peyton also noted were longtime honorees Mr and Mrs Robert Riley Josie Cabellero Elayne Hudgeons George Delgado and Patricia Carville with terms ending for Mary Lou Ribera Elizabeth Harding and Lanny Marshall
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Victoria
Dave Gorris
Union Carbide
Ed Warren
Social Advocates For Youth
Gorris
Joseph M. Fallon
Carbide
New York
Warren
D.F. Peyton
Robert Riley
Josie Cabellero
Elayne Hudgeons
George Delgado
Patricia Carville
SAY program ties youths with adult sponsors in two counties
In Victoria County eighty seven youths and fifty adults participate in the SAY program while Calhoun County houses thirty youths and eighteen adults. Director Larry Shumake plans a full report on all participants since inception. Board members WF Tanner Judge Joe Bumgardner Lamar Marshall Mary Francis McCall Mrs Frank Ortiz Ernest Vela Gorris and Warren attended the meeting. The SAV program is sponsored by Carbide.
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Victoria County
Calhoun County
Larry Shumake
WF. Tanner
Joe Bumgardner
Lamar Marshall
Mary Francis McCall
Frank Ortiz
Ernest Vela
Gorris
Warren
Carbide
Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Shank Graduates Training
John P. Shank son of Mr and Mrs Paul J Shank of Port Lavaca completed recruit training at Coast Guard Training Center Alameda California He studied seamanship damage control close order drill first aid marksmanship Coast Guard history and military regulations He will report aboard Cutter Dependable homeported at Panama City Florida
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Coast Guard
Dependable
Panama City
Fla
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Jesse
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Houston
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Elmer Navrath
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Maxwell Ditch
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Cooper
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Elizabeth Harding
Lanny Marshall
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White House
Walter Scheel
Betty
Jack
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Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thomas
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Boston University
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