Alcoa Point Comfort layoffs threaten Calhoun County economy
The Wave reports 252 jobs cut at Alcoa Point Comfort operations effective Monday with further reductions from earlier plant shutdowns. The layoffs are expected to hit Calhoun County hardest, raising concerns among residents, LULAC leaders, and local officials about unemployment, energy costs, and local retail impact while Alcoa seeks balance and potential worker appeals.
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Mike Lopez
Bill Pack
Point Comfort
Aluminum Com of America
Calhoun County
Victoria County
Parrell
Texas Employment Commission
Victoria
Alcoa
R.G. Kuerner
Coastal Bend
Palmetto Bend Dam project faces delay amid lawsuit
At a Port Lavaca chamber forum Palmetto project chief W R Farghar outlined an optimistic dam future while acknowledging possible completion not before 1978. A lawsuit before U S District Judge Owen D Cox by Sierra Club and Palmetto Citizens Group seeks to halt construction, alleging inadequate environmental impact statements under NEPA. The judge granted a preliminary injunction with exceptions for pipeline relocation and road and rail crossings.
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W.R
Bill) Farghar
Lavaca-Navidad
Palmetto Bend Dam
Port Lavaca Calhoun County
Jackson County
Bureau of Reclamation
Cox
Oscar Hahn
Calhoun County Navigation District
Billy Zwerschke
Port Lavaca
W. R. Farghar
Edna
Palmetto Bend
Legislative Committee of
The
Chamber of Commerce
Calhoun County Commissioners Court Monday agenda action
The Calhoun County Commissioners Court will meet Monday at 10 a.m. to consider hiring four trappers to combat wolf and coyote problems and possibly appoint a Mosquito Control Advisory Commission and three members to the hospital board. The court may also order an election for Cathounity Navigation District Commissioners or place numbers two and six. The sheriff's annual report is on the docket, with Sheriff Maurice Wood expected to present it, and the court may approve reports from county auditors and tax offices while entering a closed session to discuss personnel matters.
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Calhoun County . Commissionrs Court
Cathounity Navigation District
Sheriff's Department
Maurice Wood
Seadrift election draws candidates for council seats
Seadrift voters will choose three council members in the April 5 election. Walter Butch Futch joins Lloyd Chatham and Theola Holder in the race. Futch, Seadrift resident since 1960 and head of the Cities Service Oil Co. plant, cites youth programs as a goal. Absentee voting runs March 17 to April 1 and ballots may be picked up at city hall.
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Seadrift
Walter Butch
Lloyd Chatham
Theola Holder
Futch
Cities Service Oil Co
Sue
Weather forecast with cooler weekend and winds shifting
Partly cloudy through Saturday with cooler temperatures tonight and on Saturday. Winds southwest to west 8-18 mph, shifting to northerly 15-25 mph tonight and northeasterly Saturday. Highs in the low 80s today, then high 60s Saturday. Marine forecast shows southerly winds 18 knots, shifting to northerly Saturday, seas 2-3 feet. Times for sunset, sunrise, tides and barometer 30.10.
City Council to hear amended cable rates and bids
City Council meets Monday at 7 30 p m in the city hall annex to adopt an amended rate schedule for Cablecom General Inc and to review seven other items including shell purchase bids from Parker Brothers totaling 1534 30. An ordinance amendment redefining running at large in the city dog ordinance is set for first reading upon approval. The council may reappoint Recreation and Parks Board members, consider three new two year terms, and decide bids for fire safety gear. Other items include Edith F Applet's chauffeur license and landfill debris removal bill. An advertisement for payed classifieds follows.
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Cablecom General, Inc
City Hall
Parker Brothers
Paul Gary
Recreation and Parks Board
Unemployment rate holds at 8.2 amid job losses
February unemployment stayed at 8.2 as 540000 workers lost jobs mainly in manufacturing while 580000 left the labor force. Manufacturing jobs fell to 11 percent with 425000 fewer posts. total employment slipped to 84 million and the civilian labor force to 91.5 million. President Ford signaled possible higher stimulus and tax moves to end the recession.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford
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Juan Nuenz
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Nuenz
Lulac Council
Ishmael Torres
Chris Gonzales
Tony Martinez
Ernest Guajardo
Bill Kelly
Our Lady of Sorrow Church of Victoria
Alioa
Kuerner
Orv Roger
Larry Parra
Dick Tatum
Chamber Legislative Forum
Palmetto Project
Commissioners Court
Texas
Farghar
National Environmental Protection Act
State Senate
Texas Water Rights Commission
Mary Jane Ozuna
Joey Perez
Keith Wright
Henry Martinez
Ronnie Escobar
Shawn Buuck
Rachel DeLaGarza
Frank Wedig
Steve Delgado
Joe Oreste
Seadrift Election
Mike Gobson
Edith F. Applet
Kinchen Construction Co
M & W Construction Co
C. Howie Hustles
Simpson
United States
House
Senate
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