Reagan wins Nebraska primary as Ford claims West Virginia
Reagan captures Nebraska with 54 percent to Ford's 46 percent and leads 17 to eight in delegates. Ford wins West Virginia with 56 percent over Reagan's 44 percent as Church shocks Carter in Nebraska's Democratic race with 39 percent to 38 percent. Byrd sweeps West Virginia for the Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reagan
Nebraska
Ford
West Virginia
Church
Carter
Connecticut
Udall
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Ella Grasso
Jackson
Byrd
Wallace
Texas
Indiana
John Sears
Sears
Ron Nelsen
Rogers C.B. Morton
Georgia
Alabama
Morton
Michigan
Narcotics Trial Continues Over 255 Pounds Marijuana
Testimony in the Calhoun County marijuana case proceeds in Judge Joe E. Kelly's court. Defendants Cenovio Trevino and Sigifredo Gonzales of Pearland and Floyd Phillips of Houston face charges with Rubin Becerra of Mission in a 255 pound seizure tied to a February flight from Mexico. Evidence includes seven burlap bags found at the Six Mile site and plane parts, with witnesses Deputy Vivian Richard Sheriff Maurice Wood and others testifying. Jury list includes Virginia R. Gann and 12 others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
24Th District Court
Joe E. Kelly
Cenovio Trevino
Sigifredo Gonzales
Pearland
Floyd Phillips
Houston
Calhoun County
Rubin Becerra
Mission
Mexico
Vivian Richard
Walter Wideman
Six Mile
Richard
Maurice Wood
Ray Raley
Mary Elizabeth Mejiat
Corpus Christi
George Aleman
Virginia R. Gann
Franklin Truenuer
A.L. Clausen
Tommy Ostanfill
Howard Hartzog
John W.H. Stubbs
Sharon F Jones
John W. Wallace
Charles Cogg
Julius W. Simper
Hazel S. Brown
Ishmael Torres
Natural Gas Leveling Off Says Entex Chair in Texas
Jackson Hinds, board chairman of Entex Inc., testified that natural gas prices are leveling off toward heating oil levels. He warned rising gas costs drive higher gas-generated electricity, presenting it as the only solution he can imagine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin, Tex
Jackson Hinds
Entex, Inc
Park Planning Slow Progress Reports On Recreation Program
Parks and Recreation Board heard updates on the summer recreation program and a joint city school project for a Jackson Elementary adjacent park. Dorothy Leonard named summer program director with two four week sessions in two locations. Plans for a recreational center near Jackson school include tennis courts, a ball park, and playground pending land plans. vandalism at Pier Park restrooms noted. groups pressed for improvements at city parks.
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Jackson Elementary School
Parks and Recreation Board
Dorothy Leonard
Mike Gibson
Leonard
Crockett Junior High School
Gibson
Jackson School
Pier Park
Parks Board
City Council
Authorities Start Probe On Freeway Tragedy
Houston authorities opened a joint federal and state probe into a fatal freeway crash and ammonia tank explosion that killed four and injured about 200. The 19 ton ammonia tanker failed to navigate an exit ramp, plunged 15 feet, and ignited a white ammonia cloud that forced evacuations and left 68 hospitalized.
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Houston
Loop 610
William Gregory Schmidt
Corpus Christi
Gordon D. M
Weather Outlook With Winds Rising and Thunderstorm Chance
Considerable cloudiness and warmth with a slight chance of thundershowers building late tonight and Thursday. Southerly winds 12 to 18 mph rising to 15 to 22 mph, high 80s today, low tonight around 68, high Thursday near 80. Rain chances 40% today and tonight, 60% Thursday. Boating winds 15 to 25 knots, seas 3 to 5 feet. Barometer 29.96. The TACB to probe an accident with a fourman NTSB team. Teasing toxic fumes brown vegetation. witness Steve McCan described a dramatic truck plunge and ammonia smoke debris.
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Texas Air Control Board
National Transportation Safety Board
Washington
Lloyd Stewart
TACB
Steve McCan
Calhoun High Honors Day Awards Include Dozens of Scholarships
Calhoun High School honored students at the annual Honors Day Assembly with top academic prizes going to Anne Rambikar, Joyce Kveton, and Anthony Mot. Dozens of scholarships followed, awarded by teachers, clubs, and community organizations to students such as Paul Wachtendorf, Verna Campian, Frances Starnes, Emma Roland, and Cynthia Allen, with recipients including Kathie Klein, Irene Lindsey, Nita Williams, and many others.
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Calhoun High School
Anne Rambikar
Joyce Kveton
Anthony Mot
James E. Moore
George Haynes
Texas Chemical Association
Joe Hutchins
Paul Wachtendorf
Ray Gardner
Vernoka Campian
First National Bank
S. W. Lester
W. F. Tanner
Frances Starners
Junior Service League
Dodie Griffin
Emma Roland
William Gonzales
Ricky Navarro
Glenn Howard Horta
Barbara Maguire
Beta Sigma Phi
Dorothy Pereira
Paul Stapp
Olivia Community Association
Vernon Damstrom
Irene Lindsey Seadrift
P.T.A
Bill Tindall Jr
Nita Williams
Cynthia Allen
Yvonne Gerking
Port O'Connor P.T.A
George Turner
Audrey Munsch
Audrey Munsch. Jaycee Scholarship Presented By Monty Goss To Cynthia Allen
Kiwanis Club
Tom Crisp
Kathie Klein
Tina Parra
T.S.T.A
Tonnie Young
Debbie Mills
R.M. Harrison
Lynn Frankson
Ronnie Maresh
United Citizens League
Frolian Gonzales
Eustobio Rubio
Sylvia Rodriguez
Alonzo Calzada Jr
Progressive Service League
Donald Washington
Emma Faye Roland
V.F.W
Auxiliary Post
Paul Bailey
Carlyle Bryan
Voice of Democracy
Meredith Charbula
Laura Willoughby Smalley
Cole Young
Port Lavaca Art Guild
Rudy Podhora
Mark Smith
Order of the Easter Star
Ira Nicholson Jr
Jeana Woodall
United Steelworkers of America
Billy Hahn
Frances Starnes
Dennis Kalisek
Dan Massingill
Dan Watson
Idustrial Arts Club
Ray Watson
Image
Rev
Rotary Club
Don Lenertz
V.O.E
Debra Huskey
Debra Garner
I.C.T
TARS
Leslie Pfeil
Leslie Pfiel
David Louie
James Moore
Rusty Hall
A.F.S
Lesley Clark
Sonja Preston
Peggy Matson
Kristi Hunt
Good Neighbor Commission of Texas
Moore
Jesse Garcia
Alice Gomez
Jo Ann Grimaldo
Linda Menchaca
Irma Olivarez
Diana Pena
Dora Perez
Texas A&i
Maria Mares
Dennis Sullivan
Curtis Gladney
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Ronald Reagan
Frank Church
Port Lavaca
Point Comfort
Seadrift
Port O'Connor
la Ward
Highway 1090
Calhoun County Independent School District
Jim Wilson
Calhoun High
Hilda Rendon
Naomi Cahse
League of United American Citizens
Margaret Navarro
Maggie Munoz
Lydia Munoz
Eileen Koliba
Little Sister
Champ Traylor Hospital
Robert Goff
Diane Lechuga
F.F.A
Wayne Boultinghouse
Ray Griffith
Zwerschke
Beth Stokes
L. E. Gross
Josephine Duenez
Order of the Golden Pincher
Becky Masarek
Tracie Evans
Aloca
Jann Tatum
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