August Date Set For Youth Rodeo In Calhoun County
The 1976 Calhoun County Youth Rodeo runs Aug 12 to 14 with over 175 entries already received. Entries are limited to 350. deadline is July 25. Events include bullriding, barrel racing, roping, ribbon roping, and more with prizes for top finishers and saddles for top juniors and seniors.
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Calhoun County
Dub Meeks
Rodeo Association
Freer
Edinburg
Pasadena
Pete Wright
Calhoun County Rodeo Association
Calhoun County Fairgrounds
Melbourn Shillings
Joyce Shillings
Axe Dierlam
Don Wehmeyer
Vandalism and thefts reported in Port Lavaca area
Police logged several incidents including the theft of iron rod chairs and table stands from behind Imperial Lounge on 137 E Main. A U-Haul trailer at Viking Inn was burglarized with stereo, tape player, sewing machine, and canned goods taken. Also reported were a damaged Alfred Hughes Construction Co. office and a transmission theft from a wrecked car at Terry Bunch Co. All dates referenced are Wednesday night or Thursday morning with unspecified values.
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Port Lavaca
Imperial Lounge
E. Main
Trinidad Barrera Jr
Larry Drive
Viking Inn
Highway 35
Addie Barbour
Whitford
Alfred Hughes Construction Co
West George St
Terry Bunch Co
Manuel Cervantes
CPA Speaks To Realtors At Port Lavaca Meeting
Lloyd Hurst Jr., a Victoria certified public accountant, spoke Thursday to the Port Lavaca Calhoun County Board of Realtors during the monthly meeting. A post luncheon question and answer session focused on how real estate taxes affect investors.
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Lloyd Hurst Jr
Victoria
Port Lavaca- Calhoun County
Across Word Puzzle Clue List From Thomas Joseph
A presented set of crossword style clues with numbers and entries spanning summer sun spot to reddish color including Flowing gown Snoop and Jeremiahs among others
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Joe College Yell
Foundation
Florida County
Snoop
Hays Abandons Chair as Sex Scandal Rocks Capitol
Washington AP Rep Wayne Hays steps down as chairman of the House Administration Committee amid sex scandal links with Elizabeth Ray and ongoing health issues. He hints at a potential return, while leadership weighs next steps and a possible reexamination by the caucus. District officials review a policy shielding lawmakers from misdemeanor arrests after a La. congressman’s incident.
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Washington
Wayne Hays
Elizabeth Ray
Capitol Hill
House Administration Committee
Hays
House
Carl Albert
Committee
Barnesville
Ohio
House Democratic Campaign Committee
Congress
Carol Clawson
Albert
Miss Ray
Thomas P. O'Neill
O'Neill
District of Columbia
Joe Waggonner
Dla
Calhoun Calendar Events Highlight Bicentennial Week
Today events include Miss Black Bicentennial queen contest at Adams Park at 6:30 p.m. and Adams Park dedication at 7:30 p.m. Knights of Columbus at First State Bank at 8 p.m. Saturday features a Bicentennial breakfast at Shell Fish at 7:30 a.m. and reception at Coastal Bend at 9 a.m. A downtown Port Lavaca parade begins at 11 a.m. with Nonn Barbecue at Adams Park, Emancipation Proclamation ceremonies at 1:30 p.m., a rap session with Don Hardeman at Adams Park at 3 p.m., and a street dance at Adams Park starting at 4 p.m.
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Adams Park
Humphrey to seek Senate majority leader post
Washington AP reports Senator Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota announced on Thursday his intention to actively pursue the vacancy created by Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana retiring as Senate majority leader.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
On This Date in History June 18 1976
AP historical brief notes events on June 18 across years from 1815 Waterloo victory to 1953 Egypt becomes republic and 1958 Adams gifts controversy. Also mentions 1778 Philadelphia entry, 1812 war declaration, 1940 Cherbourg capture, 1960s beheading of Faisal’s slayer, 1975 Piedmont hijack incident, birthdays Paul McCartney and Richard Boone, and Groucho Marx thought for today.
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Waterloo
Belgium
Europe
Philadelphia
United States
Britain
St. Louis
William McKinley
Cherbourg
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
South Vietnam
Piedmont Airlines
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Paul McCartney
Richard Boone
Groucho Marx
Committees
Carpenter's Hall
Congress
Port Lavaca Planning Board to Discuss Street Plan
The city planning board will discuss streets and drainage improvement and a comprehensive master plan for Port Lavaca at its Monday meeting. The public session starts at 7 30 p m in the city hall annex at 306 E Hahan St. Reg White seeks a permit to build a mobile home park.
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Port Lavaca
City Planning Board
City Hall
E. Hahan St
Reg. White
Bordaberry celebrates 48th birthday after Uruguay coup
In Montevideo Juan Bordaberry marked his 48th birthday with a quiet reunion at the presidential palace. Friends described the gathering as calm and warm with no political talk. He appeared pale from flu but in good spirits and said he still has freedom of movement, a government car, and a small security entourage despite his overthrow. He had left private life in 1969 to become secretary of agriculture, then won the presidency in 1971 and held it until last Saturday.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Juan Bordaberry
Bordaberry
Agriculture and Livestock
Japanese Royalty Attend Races at Ascot England
Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko join Queen Elizabeth II at Royal Ascot during a formal visit. The couple, new to horse racing, attend with Britain's elite, including dukes and lords, and ride in the event as part of the summer social season.
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ASCOT
Englad
Akihito
Japan
Michiko
Britain
Elizabeth II
Royal Ascot
Duke of Beaufort
Duke of Roxburgh
Crown Prince
Sophia Loren to Star in Jocasta in Canada
Italian film icon Sophia Loren will spend most of an eight week shoot in northern British Columbia for Jocasta. Filming areas include Williams Lake Barkerville and the Cotton Ranch near Whiskey Creek with production work already under way and cameras slated to roll August 3.
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Vancouver
Canada
Sophia Loren
British Columbia
Jocasta
Bob Gray
Williams Lake
Barkerville
Whiskey Creek
Two Attend Aid Camp at Texas Red Cross School
Terry Huey and Bridget Reece, Calhoun County students, attended the Texas National American Red Cross Aquatic and First Aid School at YMCA Camp Cullen near Trinity. Sponsored by the county Red Cross chapter, they trained under instructors Mark and Mitchell Cameron of Point Comfort.
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Terry Huey
Bridget Reece
Texas National American Red Cross
Cullen
Trinity
Calhoun County
The
American Red Cross
Mark
Mitchell Cameron
Point Comfort
Seadrift Man Held on Auto Theft Charge in Port Lavaca
Ishmael Vasquez, 23, of Seadrift, is jailed in Calhoun County on a $2000 bond after a municipal court judge set bail. A complaint accuses him of burglarizing an automobile, filed Thursday by Port Lavaca police with the county district attorney.
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Ishmael Vasquez
Seadrift
Calhoun County
C.H. Smith
Port Lavaca
Vasquez
Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times Info
Port Lavaca Wave established 1890 and Calhoun County Times published each afternoon except Christmas Day, Monday through Friday by Wave Publishing Co. Inc. at 301 S. Colorado Port Lavaca Texas 77979. The Associated Press exclusive rights for local news and AP dispatches. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail delivery with prepaid requirements.
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Calhoun County Times
Wave Publishing Co., Inc
S. Colorado
Port Lavaca
Texas
Lack of Support To Firemen Sparks Letter to Editor
The Port Lavaca Wave prints a letter criticizing the community for not backing the Port Lavaca Volunteer Fire Department after a June 6 barbecue to fund equipment. Volunteers served 800 of an expected 3,000, signaling insufficient city and county funds and urging stronger local support for the fire department and resident safety.
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Port Lavaca
Morning Markets Mixed Above 1000 On Dow Resistance
Morning market notes from New York show the Dow Jones Industrial Average hovering around the 1,000 level with a noon reading of 1,002.37, down .82 as profit taking curbs earlier momentum. Gainers lead decliners 2 to 1 on the NYSE with AT&T active at 56 1/2 and the NYSE composite up .07 to 55.24 while the AMEX market value index rises .60.
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New York
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
Funeral services for Guy B. Hays in El Dorado Arkansas
Guy B. Hays aged 65 of El Dorado Arkansas who taught in Port Lavaca Mountain Grove El Dorado and Smackover schools and at LSU dies in a Little Rock hospital. Funeral 4 p.m. Friday at Young's Funeral Home Chapel El Dorado with Rev. Charles W. Brown and Dr. David Shepperson. Burial Woodlawn Cemetery El Dorado. Survivors include wife Martha Rowland Hays two daughters Mrs James Lemley Van Buren and Mrs Ronald Bryant North Little Rock two sisters Mrs James C. Sharp Port Aransas and Mrs Joe Fendley Houston five grandchildren. Memorials to University of Arkansas Medical Center or American Cancer Society.
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Guy B. Hays
el Dorado
Ark
Glenn Wise
Port Lavaca
Young's Funeral Home Chapel
EF Dorado
Charles W. Brown
David Shepperson
Hays
Mountain Grove
Smackover
Louisiana State University
First Presbyterian Church
Martha Rowland Hays
James Lemley
van Buren
Ronald Bryant
North Little Rock
James C. Sharp
Port Aransas
Joe Fendley
Houston
University of Arkansas Medical Center
American Cancer Society
Texarkana Filming Set for The Town That Dreaded Sundown
Texarkana Arkansas AP reports filming begins Monday on Charles B Pierce's The Town That Dreaded Sundown about the 1946 Texarkana phantom killer cases. Ben Johnson stars as Texas Ranger M. T Gonzaulles who led the investigation. the killer was never caught and the attacks left four couples harmed and five dead.
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Texarkana, Ark
Charles B Pierce
Texarkana, Tex
Ben Johnson
M. T Gonzaulles
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