Force cut to 24 at Matagorda AB on standby
Matagorda Air Base will be reduced to a 24 man “caretake force” by July 1 under Major Robert Reinhard. The base fate remains unsettled as Air Force plans to terminate operations by mid 1975. Disposal hinges on GSA review and congressional approval, with possible sale if no agency shows need. Local officials fear Air Force aims to hold island longer amid uncertain outcome.
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Matagorda AB
Matagorda
Air Force
Robert Reinhard
The
General Services Administration
U.S. House and
Senate Armed Services Committee
GSA
GSAA
Forth Worth
Houston
Joe Wyatt
D-Bloomington
Sid Ward
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
Wyatt
Nixon Testifies on Deleted Tapes Before Watergate Grand Jury
Former President Richard Nixon testified voluntarily for 11 hours over two days at the U S Coast Guard station in San Clemente California before two Watergate grand jury members. The testimony, not under subpoena, was sought by Nixon and released by stipulation.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Watergate Grand Jury
Nixon
U.S. Coast Guard Station
San Clemente
Calif
Herbert J. Miller
Watergate
Grand Jury
Nixon White House
Bebe’ Rebozo
Miller
Council workshop ends with tense gas rate talk
A shirtsleeves workshop between Port Lavaca City Council and Houston Natural Gas executives yielded smiles as they discussed a proposed rate increase. Council members pressed for clarity on the rise, with debates over the projected percentage, 27 versus 18 percent, and the need for a possible compromise ahead of the July 14 meeting.
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Port Lavaca
Houston Natural Gas Co
Don Henderson
K.A. Wallace
Henderson
Davyl Smith
Smith
Houston
Citizens’ Advisory Council
Coastal Zoning Orientation Discussed By Texas Panel
The Texas Coastal Management Advisory Committee met in Corpus Christi to review the Coastal Management Plan with Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong and Attorney Tom Garner reporting. The panel plans independent recommendations on coastal zoning while coordinating with state agencies and interest groups for a balanced plan affecting counties like Calhoun.
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Corpus Christi
Texas Coastal Management Advisory Committee
Tom Garner
Bob Armstrong
Land Commissioner's Office
Ron Jones
Land Commission Office
Land Commissioners
Garner
Armstrong
Legislative Council
Texas
Royal Roussel
Palacios
James Coleman
Venable Proctor
Victoria
Bert Huebner
Bay City
Transfer of Walther to Uvalde Residency Office
Leroy T. Walther Senior Resident Engineer with 17 years in the Port Lavaca Victoria area will move to the Residency office in Uvalde effective July 1. He and wife Jeanette and children Jennifer Lee and Christopher Roy will relocate in early July. Carl V. Ramert District Engineer announced the transfer noting the Port Lavaca workload allows others to need his expertise. Also highlighted is Herman Schneider who marked 35 years of meritorious service with the Texas Highway Department, receiving a service pin and certificate from Ramert. Schneider began in 1937 in Victoria, transferred to Port Lavaca in 1941, served in the Armed Forces 1944–46, then returned to Port Lavaca and became Assistant Maintenance-Construction foreman for Calhoun County in 1968. He is Secretary-Treasurer of Herman Son's Lodge 231, a VFW member, and attends the Lutheran Church. Schneider and his wife Esther Hassler of Fayetteville have one son Gene and three daughters Joyce Linda and Sandra.
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Leroy
Port Lavaca
Uvalde
Port Lavaca-Victoria
Jeanette
Jennifer Lee
Christopher Roy
Herman Schneider
Texas Highway Department
Carl V. Ramert
Scheider
Department
Victoria
Armed Forces
Herman
Calhoun County
Schneider
Herman Son’s Lodge 231
VFW
Lutheran Church
Esther Hassler
Fayetteville
Gene
Joyce
Linda
Sandra
Weather Forecast for Gulf Coast and Nearby Waters
Mostly cloudy and warm with upper 80s today through Saturday and a 20 percent chance of showers. Tonight's low in the upper 70s. Winds 10 to 20 knots southeasterly. Seas 2 to 4 feet. slightly higher locally. Scattered showers and thundershowers forecast gulf wide today through Saturday. Sunset 8:30 tonight, sunrise 6:32 tomorrow, sunset tomorrow 8:03. Sunday sunrise 6:33, sunset 8:30. Monday sunrise 6:33. High tide 6:05 this afternoon. low tide 1:25 tonight. Next high tide 9:04 Saturday, next low tide 3:20 p.m. Saturday. High tides 7:18 Saturday night, 9:24 a.m. Sunday, 8:54 p.m. Sunday, 9:24 a.m. Monday. lows 2 a.m. Sunday, 4:05 p.m. Sunday, 2:39 a.m. Monday, 4:54 p.m. Monday. Barometric pressure 29.99 and steady at noon.
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Gulf Coast
Gulf
Delinquent Tax Totals Target Corpus Christi Victoria Area
Comptroller Bullock reports 3,400 delinquents in Corpus Christi and Victoria area owe 2.3 million in state sales taxes and 595 thousand in city taxes as part of 59 million statewide. A special task force will pursue collections. delinquencies date to 1968 with varied amounts.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Corpus Christi
Victoria
Bullock
Corpus Christi Area
Corpus
Refugio
Calhou
Matagorda
Wharton
Jackson
Goliad
DeWitt
Lavaca
Colorado
Fayette
Citizens Office
Hospital Drive
Corpus Christi-Victoria
Corpus Christi Victoria
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Chuck Real
House Judiciary Committee
Gerald Ford
John D. Ehrlichman
Council
National Oceanic and Atmosphereic Administration
Leroy Walther
Gollihar Road
Victoria Area
G.K
Buck) Jackson
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
Derrick Johnson
Bob Ring
Matagorda Air Base
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