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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1975
Page
1
The Texas House tentatively approved a "Texas gas for Texas" measure aimed at reserving gas for Texas needs. Senate-approved, the bill would require state land lease agreements to bar gas sales outside Texas with Railroad Commission approval.
The Scoutcraft Fair will run 5 30 to 8 30 p m Saturday at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds in Port Lavaca with 14 entries including nine Scout Troop entries and five Cub Packs. James Herecka announces the event and serves as fair chairman.
B L Nelson rises from area process engineer to senior process engineer at Union Carbide Seadrift Plant announced by assistant manager P A Walden. Nelson joined Carbide in 1970, earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Houston, and previously served as area process engineer. He spent a year in Czechoslovakia starting up the High Density Polyethylene unit and serves on the Victoria Chapter ASME board. He and his wife Cathy reside in Victoria and participate in Cv Scouts activities and Scoutcraft Fair events.
Senate failed to end debate on a 29.2 billion tax cut bill, 59 to 38, short of the 60 needed for a vote under the antifilibuster rule. Meanwhile Scoutcraft Fair listings show Troops from Port Lavaca Edna Port Lavaca Point Comfort Seadrift and Port O Connor with themes such as pioneering gardening motorboating lashing and citizenship in the community. Last year over 2,500 people attended. Indianola District sponsors this year’s event.
Partly cloudy and warm this afternoon and Friday with temperatures near 80. Southeasterly winds 10 to 18 mph on land, 8 to 12 knots at sea, rising to 15 knots Friday. Seas 1 to 3 ft. Sunset 7:40 p.m., sunrise 7:31 a.m. Friday. Tides include a high at 2:15 Friday and low tides around 7:40 p.m. and 8:02 p.m. Barometric pressure 30.2.
Woody C. Regan was elected president of the Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital Board of Directors at the annual election of officers. Byron Olhausen Ed Wagner of Point Comfort was elected vice president and Mrs. Jaunice Madden of Seadrift secretary. The 1974 audit by William Farris Jr. of Marlin was accepted, and the board approved a new liability insurance program for hospital employees effective March 1.
A three car collision on the causeway injured three people two vacationers from Louisiana were in fair condition and a third released. Roger Gray of Point Comfort drove a car that struck Michael Srubar also of Point Comfort pushing Srubar into the median and southbound lanes. Percy J. Daigle of Beaux Bridge Louisiana struck Srubar’s car. Gray’s car was forced into the left bound lane. Gray was admitted to Champ Traylor Memorial hospital and later released. Names of the other injured were not released. Traffic slowed about 15 minutes as responders from Victoria Port Lavaca and Calhoun County handled the scene. Investigating officers included Troopers J D Kaelin Steve Holder Joe Pena and Deputies Bob Grantland Laurence Barfield.
Fifteen absentee ballots were cast on the third voting day of the April 5 school trustee election. Ballots may be returned through April 1 at the school district office, with hours 8 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The office is closed on weekends. Three trustee seats are up, with two incumbents unopposed. Harold E. Evans and Shirley A. Whatley filed for Precinct 4, currently held by John Fisher Smith who is not seeking re election.
The Galveston District Corps of Engineers seeks public input on two Department of the Army permit applications. One project by Aluminum Company of America would replace two 14 inch pipelines across Lavaca Bay near Port Lavaca, involving dredging and slurry lagoon disposal. The second, from West Side Calhoun County Navigation District of Long Mott, seeks dredge work, bulkhead, dolphin and wharf modifications, and new channel tenders toward Victoria via the Carbide Barge Canal. Public comments due by April 11, 1975.
Calhoun's Sandettes bring modern jazz ballet and varied forms to Calhoun High Auditorium at 8 p.m. tomorrow, highlighting a debut of new jazz pieces by 10 to 16 dancers with taped accompaniment.
Twelve Madison Elementary School students Patricia Harriss D'Ann Smith Robert Griffith Laureen Cathy Albrecht Lisa Rogers Jeff Birmingham Anita Patterson David Holford Adam Diethorn Sheila Harvey travel with teachers Mrs. Jim Moore and Miss Barbara Sikes to the El Campo Regional Science Fair. The fair runs from Thursday through Friday.
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