Battle over Langdon landfill looms in Calhoun County
A Tuesday hearing on the 175 acre Langdon tract landfill near US 87 will end a long public dispute. Victor Patterson and the Concerned Citizens of Calhoun County press for tighter safety rules and stronger safeguards while opponents warn of health hazards, blight, and water risks to Port Lavaca and Point Comfort wells.
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Victor Patterson
Calhoun County
Commissioner’s Court
Langdon
US. Highway 87
Texas State Department of Health
Patterson
Point Comfort
Health Department
Port Lavaca
Willis Jetton
Port O'Connor
Magnolia Beach
Texas Air Quality Control Board
The
Texas Water Development Board
Port
O'Connor
Clayton Toulson
Toulson
Baba & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc
Seadrift
Texas Water Quality Board
William Fly
Victoria
Gonzalo Gomez
LCRA seeks 24.5 million in gas price case against Coastal States
In Bryan Texas AP LCRA attorneys prep witnesses in a 24.5 million suit against Coastal States Gas Producing to enforce 1962 gas prices and seek refunds for charges above that contract. Coastal States argues 1973 Texas Railroad Commission ruling voided the 1962 contract and allows pass through of new costs.
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Bryan, Tex
Lower
Colorado River Authority
LCRA
J. Howard Marshall
Coastal State
Coastal States
LoVaca Gathering Co
Texas Railroad Commission
Greenspan sees jobless rate peaking in near term
Washington AP notes Chairman Greenspan on Face the Nation says unemployment tops at 9.2 percent in May, then eases by summer. He forecasts 8.5 percent by next January and a continued decline through 1976, with inflation halved from a year ago but warns deficits could threaten the recovery. Von Hayek counters that inflation persists as a cause of recession and that unemployment may reach 13 to 14 percent before stability.
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Washington
Alan Greenspan
Council of Economic Advisers
Greenspan
CBS
Friedrich von Hayek
von Hayek
NBC
Meet the Press
Second nuclear test planned near Nevada site
MERCURY Nevada AP The second nuclear device detonation in less than a week is scheduled for Tuesday at the Nevada Test Site. ERDA says yield will range from 200 kilotons to one megaton, ten times Hiroshima power, with Las Vegas 90 miles away feeling the blast but no damage expected. Beatty residents may be asked to stay outside during the 6 am PDT test conducted for Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
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Mercury
Nevada
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
Hiroshima
Las Vegas
Weather Forecast Card for Tuesday Outlook
Partly cloudy and warm with a slight chance of thundershowers Tuesday. Southeasterly winds 6 to 12 m. Highs in the low 70s. Low near 70. 20 percent probability. Recreation winds 6 to 14 knots Tuesday. Seas calm.
Controversial land-use bill loses House support
A land-use planning bill faces defeat in the House Interior Committee if it does not vote this week. Three key Democrats are wavering, risking passage as opponents press in home districts. Udall sponsors hope for committee action before recess to avoid lobbying effects. Senate has approved similar measures.
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Washington
House Interior Committee
Ford Adinistration
Morris K. Udall
Dariz
Senate
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
House
Udall
Sam Steiger
Rariz
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
John Melcher
Dmont
Allan T. Howe
Utah
Roy Taylor
N.C
Melcher
Howe
Taylor
Point Comfort Gas rate boost tops City Council agenda
The Board of Aldermen will vote at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall on Houston Natural Gas rate changes raising the average monthly bill for homeowners and small businesses by about 1.75 dollars, a roughly 23 percent increase, to yield a 7.5 percent return on local system investments. The meeting also considers the Curbing and Paving Assessment Ordinance and issues a proclamation marking the United States 199th birthday at 8 p.m. at the Point Comfort Shopping Center Flag Pole after a 6:30 p.m. Equalization meeting.
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Point Comfort
Houston
Board of Aldermen
United States
Board of Equalization
City Hall
Long Term Conservation Cost Share Offered by ASC
Land users may secure cost share for approved conservation practices under a new long term agreement program announced by the ASC. Sign-up runs July 1 to July 15 at the Port Lavaca ASC office with required Conservation Plan and SCS help available.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service Office
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County Soil Conservation Service
Alcoa Blood Drive At Point Comfort Plant
Blood donations at Alcoa Point Comfort plant are scheduled Monday through Wednesday with hours from 1 to 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday and 3 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday. The center expects 15 to 25 donors per hour and aims to collect over 400 pints this year.
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Inc
Alcoa
Point Comfort
Mtonday
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By Bill Pack
Wave
State Insurance Board
Joe Christie
Bill Harding
Austin
Marshall
Coastal States Gas Corp
ERDA
Beatty
Here
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory
Livermore, Calif
HNG
ASC
Soil Conservation Service
Mike Hammons
Matagorda
Sands
Main Street
B&b
Hammons
Port O’connor
Cities Service Co
Corpus Christi
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