Ford orders Beirut evacuation by convoy to Damascus
President Ford instructed the U S Embassy in Beirut to evacuate Americans by a convoy to Damascus without U S military protection. The plan follows the killings of U S Ambassador Francis Meloy Jr and economic counselor Robert Waring. The embassy says to depart only Americans with pressing reasons to stay.
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Washington
Ford
U.S
Beirut
Lebanon
Damascus
Syria
Iowa
GOP
Mary Louise Smith
Des Moines
White House
Ron Nessen
Pentagon
State Department
Francis E. Meloy Jr
Robert O. Waring
National Security Council
Bicentennial Emancipation Festival Set in Port Lavaca
The Port Lavaca Black community sponsors a two day Juneteenth festival sanctioned by the Calhoun County Bicentennial Commission. Events include a Miss Black Bicentennial Queen contest with 10 Calhoun High students, a park dedication, flag ceremony by Boy Scouts, songs by local choirs, and a Saturday parade ending at George Adams Park with readings of the Emancipation Proclamation. Guests include Don Hardeman and Fred McClure.
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Jean Ann Jungman
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
Bicentennial Commission
Port Lavacan
Houston
Don Hardeman
Fred McClure
Texas Future Farmers of America Association
George Adams Park
Calhoun High School
Boy Scouts
Franklin Harvey
Bloomington
Pentecostal Church
Mt. Sinai
Mary Elizabeth Rubio
Arthur Haller
George Dettman
Donald Washington
Adams, Hardeman
Coastal Bend Savings and Loan
Viking Mall
Main Street
Austin
Raymond Leonard
Sharon Hardin
George Adams
Wilkins School
Calhoun Independent School District
Calhoun ISD Fails to Get Quorum on Grading Proposal
Trustees did not take action due to only two members present. Superintendent Kirkman explained a new grading system to be recommended at the next July meeting, covering kindergarten through secondary grades with letter, letter plus, and numeric scales, plus conduct and effort metrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Independent School District
A. W. Kelton
Leroy Braden
Marvin Kirkman
Conservation Tour of Bayou Project Reset
The annual Soil and Water Conservation District tour is reset for Tuesday June 29 led by Pete Wright. It will visit the Little Chocolate Bayou Project completed in April by Kinchen Construction under Public Law 566 at a cost about 500000, starting 9 am at the County Agriculture Building and ending with a noon meal. Reservations call Joyce May at 552-2969.
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Soil and Water Conservation District
Pete Wright
Soil Conservation Service
Little Chocolate Bayou
Kinchen Construction Company
County Agriculture
Joyce May
Early Morning Fire Destroys Long Mott Home
A Long Mott house occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Allen Machacek was destroyed by fire about 3 30 this morning. Port Lavaca and Seadrift fire units arrived to find the 5 room wood frame home totally involved. Owner Benton Allen of Gonzales reported contents damage at 5000 with the house loss undetermined. Cause under investigation.
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Long Mott Home
Allen Machacek
Port Lavaca Fire Department
Seadrift Volunteer Fire Department
Port Lavaca
Benton Allen
Gonzales
Port Lavaca Methodists and the Malinda Harris Bell
The Port Lavaca Wave recounts the First United Methodist Church history from Lavaca’s 1841 founding to 1969 integration. It highlights Malinda Harris Aunt Malindy who preserved and donated the Indianola bell for Port Lavaca and later funded church painting, a gesture tied to the town’s religious heritage and hurricane history.
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Port Lavaca
Heritage
Bicentennial Committee
First United Methodist Church
Myra Comiskey
Joseph P. Sneed
Lavaca
South
Guadalupe
Matagorda Bay
Indianola
Live Oak and
M.A. Dunn
Malinda Harris
Malindy
Texas
Indianola Methodist Church
Victoria
Jones Methodist Chapel
Mr. Dunn
Crops Tour Planned for Wednesday in Calhoun County
Four Texas Agricultural Extension Service specialists will lead a crops tour in Calhoun County next Wednesday, with field demonstrations on fertilizer corn and grain sorghum varieties disease and weed control and sunflowers. The tour departs at 8 a.m. from the County Agriculture Building. attendees should contact the extension office by Monday. The event is co sponsored by the row crops committee and extension office, with Shannon as chair and other members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Calhoun County
Jimmie Shannon
Carl Gray
James Robinson
Dale Pennington
Jose Amador
Shannon
Row Crops Committee
Johnnie Blinka
Harold Evans
Norman Freeze
Louis Jaster
Donald Wehmeyer
Weather forecast preview for weekend with showers
Partly cloudy and warm through Saturday with a 30 percent rain chance this afternoon and tonight, rising to 50 percent Saturday. South winds 12 to 18 mph, seas 3 to 4 feet, gusts in afternoons. Boating outlook shows southeasterly winds 10 to 20 knots and higher seas in thundershowers. Sunset 8 29 pm sunrise 6 30 am tides and high/low times noted.
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Michigan
Benton Harbor
Humane Society of South
Naomi Chase
Audrey Harris
Patricia Long
Emma Faye Roland
Billie Marie Williams
Carla Jones
Sherry Boone
Janet Green
Brenda Leonard
Sherrye’ Hamilton
Janice Hamilton
McClure, Hardeman
Harold Cade
K.A. Wallace
Don Massingill
Adams
Corpus Christi
Beatrice Kitchen
Calhoun Independent
Bayou
Calhoun
Mr Dunn
Dunn
New Methodist
Port
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