Victoria to host livestock show in 1975 Port Lavaca Wave
The twenty ninth Victoria Livestock Show sponsored by the Victoria Jaycees runs March 6–7 at the Victoria Community Center with weighing and sifting of swine sheep and steers. Events include a 4H and FHA Style Show trailride parade barbecue stock show dance and judges for breeding cattle and market animals. A Miss Texas 1973 program and Beard and Moustache Contest are planned with a grand auction of prize stock Monday.
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Texas
FFA
Victoria
Victoria Jaycees
Community Center
Schroeder Hall
Annex
Judy Mallet
Center Arena
District Court sentences eight cases in Friday session
Judge Joe E. Kelly presided eight district court sentences. Rogelio Balboa and Thomas Ybarra received three 10 year probated terms and one five year probated term for burglary burglary and robbery with bodily injury plus cattle theft, with restitution totaling 533.25 and fines of 200. Cuellar got two four year terms to run concurrently for DWI and related offenses and probation violation. Johnny Jols Carrera received two years for forgery. Santiago Garcia Lopez got 10 years probated for burglary, Dennis Moore three years probated for unauthorized use of a vehicle. Remaining cases set for April 11 at 1 30 p.m.
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Joe E. Kelly
Kelly
Rogelio Roy Balboa
Thomas Ybarra
Raymond Donato Cuellar
Texas Department of Corrction
Johnny Jols Carrera
Santiago Garcia Lopez
Dennis Moore
Americans Fear Job Loss A Gallup Poll Finds
In Princeton based report the Gallup Poll shows 15 percent of the American workforce fear layoff within a year while a solid majority see job security. Of 1541 adults surveyed 5 percent say unemployment is very likely and 10 percent fairly likely. Notably part timers feel more insecure than full timers with regional and demographic differences.
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Princeton
N.J
Gallup
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
East
Midwest
South
Exams slated in Kingsville for 295 students
The American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese will give examinations to 295 students from 12 South Texas schools on March 8 at Texas A&I University in Kingsville. Gamma Lambda of Sigma Delta Pi will assist in Sam Fore Hall and the Biology-Earth Science Building under examination director Dr Rosaline Rovira. High schools include Calhoun Port Lavaca Linton Calallen King Corpus Christi Lyford Alice Atlee Parr Benavides Cotulla Rio Grande City and St Joseph's Academy Browns ville. Travis Junior High and Robstown Junior High will participate.
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Kingsville
American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
AATSP
South Texas
Texas A&i University
Gamma Lambda
A&i
Sigma Delta Pi
Sam Fore
Rosaline Rovira
Mae Dell Schiller
Calhoun
Port Lavaca
Linton
Calallen
King of Corpus Christi
Lyford
Alice
Atlee Parr
Benavides
Cotulla
Rio Grande City
St. Joseph's Academy
Brownsville
Travis
Robstown
Wagener Named in Who's Who Among American High School Students
Dennis Paul Wagener, son of Mr and Mrs Rufus Wagener of Port Lavaca and Calhoun High School senior, has been notified of his inclusion in the eighth annual Who's Who Among American High School Students edition.
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Dennis Paul Wagener
Rufus Wagener
Port Lavaca
Calhoun High School
Calhoun County Schools Observe Texas Public Week Activities
Public School Week activities fill Calhoun County District calendars. Baseball games feature Sandcrab varsity and junior varsity at Wharton and Edna. volleyball hosts El Campo and Tivoli. junior high testing and open houses at Travis, Point Comfort, Roosevelt, Madison, and Crockett. Club meetings, PTAs, and various contests run Tuesday through Friday with multiple tournaments in Rockport, Victoria, Bay City, and Wharton.
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Texas
Calhoun Conntyent
Supreindent
Wharton
Wharton Tigers
Homemakers of America Club
Crockett
Travis
Texas Public
Roosevelt
John Rodriguez
Edna
Sandies
el Campo
Rockport
Travis Junior High
Harriston
Marvin Kirkman
Point Comfort
Brownie
Roosevelt Elementary School
Calhoun
Bay City
Sandcrab
Stroman
Victoria
PTA
Robstown
Cuero
Lamar
Victoria High School
Travis and Crockett
Flour Bluff
Lamar Mustangs
Deaths and Funerals for Rubio Abrego Mitchell in Texas
Rubio Funeral service held for Elisa S Rubio 63 of Port Lavaca after a heart attack. Survivors include two sons and five daughters with services at Our Lady of the Gulf Church. Also notes infant Claudia Inez Velez infant burial arrangements, plus obituaries for Marcelino Abrego and Issac Newton Mitchell IV with church services in Palacios and New Braunfels.
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Elisa ”, Rubio
Elisa S. Rubio
Port Lavaca
Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church
Leo Gauvin
Rubio
Laredo
Gregorio
Elidoria Herrera Saenz
Our Lady of
Our Lady of Gulf Catholic Church
Claudia Inez Velez
Evaristo C. Velez
Galveston
Domingo Martinez
Mexico
Evaristo Velez
Nueva Rosita
Coahuila
Marcelino Abrego
Palacios
San Diego
Texas
Rendon Funeral Home
Issac Newton Mitchell IV
New Braunfels
Jackson County
Issac Newton Mitchell III
Mary Fromme
Stephen F. Austin
Hallettsville
Point Comfort
Alcoa
Doeppenschmidt Funeral Home
Bail bond mishandling in Dallas plot uncovered
Two checks totaling 1015 dollars written to Dallas County to cover a bail bond forfeiture lay in a former assistant district attorney’s desk for over a year before discovery. Wilson Johnston, removed from the district attorney’s office during a payroll cutback, found the checks while cleaning out his desk.
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Dallas (Ap
Dallas County
Wilson Johnston
February grocery prices dip in most cities says AP
The Associated Press survey tracked 15 common items across 13 cities on March 1 1973 and at the start of each month. The market basket fell in nine cities in February rising in four with an average drop of nine tenths of a percent.
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Associated Press
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
County Court Hears Pleas in Port Lavaca DWI and Marijuana Cases
Judge Willis Jetton's County Court in Port Lavaca heard pleas from about 40 defendants charged with misdemeanors including 12 in DWI and seven for marijuana possession.
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Port Lavaca
Willis Jetton
DWI
AFS Meeting Scheduled At First National Bank Room
The American Field Service plans its monthly meeting Thursday at the First National Bank Community Room. An executive session at 6 30 p.m. precedes the 7 p.m. regular meeting with Bond Drive captains and workers urged to attend for assignments and promotional photos. Virginia Zwerschke contacts should be present to account for workers and a nominating committee will select officers for next year.
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American Field Service
First National Bank
Bond Drive
Virginia Zwerschke
Seadrift Scouts Host Blue-Gold Banquet Honors Five Cubs Seven Webelos
Seadrift Cub Scout Pack celebrated a Blue and Gold banquet with five Cub Scouts and seven Webelos earning awards. Darrin See Roger See and Tommy Gross advanced to Webelos. Webelos honorees were Jackie Grace Timmy Gooden Pat Garner Micha Thompson Kenneth Rather Tommy Pilgrim and Norman Williams. Floyd Thompson named new cub master. pack sponsored by Seadrift Lions Club. Special guests included Indianola district leaders Seadrift mayor Billy Wilson and many families.
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Seadrift
Darrin See
Roger See
Tommy Gross
Jackie Grace
Timmy Gooden
Pat Garner
Micha Thompson
Kenneth Rather
Tommy Pilgrim
Norman Williams
National Council of Bsa
Floyd Thompson
Bob Thormalen
George Aresti
Seadrift Lions Club
Indianola
Marvin Kirkman
Milton Hausmann
Round Table
John Morris
Point Comfort
Billy Wilson
Allen Braun
Bill Tindall
John Brewer
A.C. Kyser
Paul Tanner
Scout Troop 106
Local student earns Duncan Foundation Scholarship at A&M
David D. Hahn a sophomore agronomy major at Texas A and M University receives a 2100 scholarship for the present academic year. He is son of Mr and Mrs William H Hahn Sr and active in the Agronomy Club Agricultural Economics Club Phi Beta Sigma and other student groups. The foundation bases awards on scholastic record leadership and campus activities.
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Duncan Foundation
David D. Hahn
Texas A & M University
William H. Hahn
Hahn
Texas A & M Agronomy Club
Agricultural Economics Club
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
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Wagener
Who's Who
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Madison
California
Travis Junior High School
James McSpadden
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Bryan Crooks
Palacios Cemetery
Willie Garcia
Charles Ray Garcia
Chicago
National Association of Food Chains
Clarence Adams
U.S
AFS Meeting
Windberg
Main
Has Duncan
Elotex
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