Land Drainage Project Boosts Calhoun County Farmland
At a Drainage District II tour in Calhoun County officials and about 30 residents evaluated the Chocolate Little Chocolate and Lynn's Bayou watershed project. The $460000 construction by Kinchen Construction Co. reclaimed over 100 acres, reduced standing water, and aims to drain six inches of rain in 24 hours.
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Louie Foester Jr
Lynn
Drainage District II
Calhoun County
Brett
Allie Brett
Wright
Chocolate
Little Chocolate
Lynn's Bayou
Smith Farm
Port Lavaca
Billion-Dollar Gulf Coast Plant Planned by ARCO and DuPont
ATLANTIC RICHFIELD CO and DuPont announce a $1 billion petrochemical plant on the Texas Gulf Coast via Centennial Hydrocarbons Co. Construction starts in 1978, completion in 1981. About 800 permanent jobs plus 3,500 construction workers. Annual output valued at $120 million to $150 million. Location not specified.
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Los Angeles
Atlantic Richfield Co
DuPont Co
Gulf Coast
Texas
DuPont
ARCO
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy and Warm Through Thursday
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with a slight chance of late afternoon thundershowers. West to southwest winds 10-15 mph shifting to southerly Thursday. Highs near 70, lows around 70 tonight, 20 percent rain chance this afternoon and Thursday. Boating and recreation winds southeast 10 knots, seas 2-3 feet, higher in showers. Tides high 5:35 pm and 8:39 am Thursday, low 1:00 am and 2:39 pm Thursday. Barometer 30.03 inches. Sunset 8:31 pm, sunrise 6:33 am.
4-H Dress Show Winners Named at Calhoun Event
Janet Benarden won top senior division in a Bicentennial style dress review at Calhoun Agricultural Building Auditorium. Susan Ward shared senior honors in sub-deb, Nancy Meeks led pre-teens, with blue and white ribbons awarded to multiple testers. ceremony featured 4-H leaders and judges Mrs Don Montier and Mrs Maxine Smajstrala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Benarden
Susan Ward
Nancy Meeks
Calhoun Agricultural Building
Karen Hartl
Roxanne Sikes
Margaret Hartl
Mary Binka
Laurie Braun
Mary Blinka
Glenda Chatham
Kimberli Jaynes
Jeanette Gray
Annette Hartl
Lisa Bowman
Anna Whitcomb
Annette Blinka
4H Council
Nancy Maguire
Janet Bonarden
Walter Maguire
A. H. Bonarden
Don Montier
Maxine Smajstrala
Calhoun School
Jail Caches Raided Shakedown Uncovers Escape Tools
Lubbock County deputies conducted a four hour jail shakedown after a tip of an escape plot. They found rope improvised from sheets, 48 hacksaw blades, sharpened spoons, drug caches, bucket handles and socks with tinfoil for bludgeons. Eleven inmates were restricted from mail visitation and commissary.
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Lubbock
Albert Smith
Smith
Equalization Meetings Set by Point Comfort Council
The Point Comfort Board of Equalization meetings were set for July 20 and August 3 at 7 p.m. in City Hall during a special emergency City Council session. A third meeting will be scheduled later. Tax hearings were moved from July 15 and 27 due to council members’ travel.
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Point Comfort
Board of Equalization
Supreme Court voids Nebraska mass murder news ban
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a Nebraska judge’s order restricting news coverage of a mass murder case was an unconstitutional restraint on the press. Chief Justice Burger wrote that prior restraints remain difficult to justify and only under narrow conditions. The decision signals cautious openness to future limits to protect fair trials.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Nebraska
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Los Angeles
Manson
U.S. Circuit Court
San Francisco
William T. Farr
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
Farr
Susan Atkins
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Unemployment Rate in Calhoun County Rises in May
May unemployment in Calhoun County rose to 6.1 percent from 5.3 as the labor force grew to 7,788 with 475 jobless. Compared to April, the county had 7,655 workers and 406 unemployed at 5.3 percent, while May 1975 saw 7,592 workers with 434 unemployed at 5.7 percent. The rise followed layoffs at Alcoa, with rains possibly dampening construction activity.
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Calhoun County
Willis Mason
Victoria
Office of
Texas Employment Commission
Alcoa
Mason
State House Leaders Seek Social Session
Austin AP. Gov Briscoe's response awaited to a claim by House leaders that a special legislative session could save Texans more than 10 percent on utility bills. Speaker Clayton outlined proposals from Ways and Means and other committees, with predicted savings of 10 to 12 percent and tax reductions funded by a projected $3 billion surplus.
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Austin
Tex
Iph
Briscoe
House
Bill Clayton
Clayton
Treasury
Uto
Wyatt
Chicano Bicentennial Celebration Site Prepared Near Green Lake
Sheriff reports site moves and infrastructure progress for a mass gathering at a 40 acre Whatley Road lease. Restrooms and fencing underway, health rules under daily check. judge awaiting final compliance by Friday 6 p.m. for a permit allowing up to 10 000 attendees.
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Green Lake
Maurice Wood
Clayton Toulson
Willis Jetton
Willis) Jetton
Justo Chavano
Whatley Road
Point Plans Fishing Contest At Point Comfort
A free children's fishing contest tied to Point Comfort bicentennial will be held Saturday at the bayfront. Contestants under 12 must register with chairman Richard Walther between 3 and 6 p.m. Entries must be caught at the bayfront. Larry Weaver provides silver bicentennial dollars for prizes 3 2 1 to the largest, second largest, and smallest fish.
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Point Comfort
Bayfront
Richard Walther
Point Comfort Bayfront
Larry Weaver
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SCS
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Joe Brett
New Braunfels
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W. H. Bauer Jr
Mrs. Brett
Barbara Rigby
Emmet Albrecht
Bauer
Centennial Hydrocarbons Co
Lubbock County
High Court
Sam Sheppard
Cleveland Osteopath
State House
Jetton
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