House Debates $609 Million School Funding Bill Today
In Austin, the Texas House begins debate on a bill proposing 609.2 million dollars in new funding for public schools. The measure centers on education spending priorities and seeks to boost resources for classrooms and programs.
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House
Austin, Tex
Senate
Fort Worth
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Woman's University Board of Regents
College Coordinating Board
TWU
Harry Provence
Waco
Doyle Willis
D-Fort Worth
Billy Hall
D-Laredo
Willis
Grover
Texas
Lubbock
Growth near Lake Placebo and a Texas medical school debate
A Wave article notes Lake Placebo soil now farmland owned by G. E. McKamey and son Glenn, with sunflowers an experimental crop. It discusses graduating seniors facing limited summer jobs and the push for a new Texas medical school with rural practice requirements, amid votes on related bills and a deadly case involving wrongful death claims.
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G.E. McKamey
Glenn
Victoria Highway
Calhoun County
Coordinating Board
Texas
Willis-Hall
Fort Worth
Rio Grande Valley
Senate
Woody Denson
Houston
Weather Update Slightly Warm With PM Showers
Partly cloudy and warm with highs in the low 80s. Tonight and Wednesday bring increased clouds and showers with a 60 percent then 30 percent chance of precipitation. East to southeast winds 15 to 20 mph, marine winds 8 to 22 knots, seas 2 to 4 feet, and thunderstorms possible this afternoon into Wednesday morning. Sunset 8:11 pm, sunrise 6:38 am, tides listed. pressure 20.90.
Calhoun High Band to Perform Final Spring Concert
Calhoun High School will present its annual Spring Concert at 8 p.m. Thursday May 15 in the high school auditorium. Seniors and outstanding band members will be recognized. Nancy Pereira a senior All-State member will be featured in a horn concerto. The program includes The Pink Panther Elmer Bernstein's Jazz Selections The Dam Busters Streets of Laredo American Overture for Band British Eighth and La Giralda. Edward Zamora conducts. No admission is charged.
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Calhoun High School
Nancy Pereira
Elmer Bernstein
City Council Considers Gas Rate Hike And Annex District
City council approved first reading of an Houston Natural Gas ordinance with rates lower than requested and debated fair value and tax bases for the local system. A Brook Hollow Village tract Industrial District was approved on an emergency basis to reimburse offsite road and sewer work, with future annexation possible.
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Houston Natural Gas
Don Henderson
Rates and Research Department
Paul Gary
W.R. Zwerschke
Henderson
Wilburn Oehlke
Brook Hollow Village
Richard Wallace
Cablecom Generals
Mike Fricke
Tom Lacy
Cablecom
Federal Communications Commission
Fricke
First State Bank
Credit Bureau of
Port Lavaca
Watershed project gets Commission OK
Construction on the Little Chocolate Bayou watershed drainage project won approval from the Calhoun County Drainage District No. 11 Commissioners. Bids go out around May 22 with a June 22 bid opening. The Soil Conservation Service covers 90.7 percent of costs. the district funds the rest from a 1963 bond issue. This is the sixth contract for Chocolate Bayou work. Walter Maguire is contracting officer and Terry Smith is project engineer.
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Little Chocolate Bayou
Commissioners of
Calhoun County
Soil Conservation Service
Chocolate Bayou
Lynn's Bayou
Walter Maguire
District No. 11
Terry Smith
West Calhoun Navigation District to Meet at Seadrift
The West Calhoun County Navigation District will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Pat. No. 4 Building at Seadrift. Walter Pilgram Jr. announces the gathering where the annual audit will be presented to the Navigation District Commissioners. Upon approval, a copy of the audit will be submitted to the Texas Water Rights Board.
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West Calhoun County
Blood Pressure Clinic Extends Hours At Hospital
The Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital hosts a High Blood Pressure Screening during National Hospital Week and will stay open until 5 30 p m on Thursday to accommodate more patients. Hospital auxiliary coordinator Mrs H K Shearer said the response prompted longer Thursday hours while Wednesday and Friday remain 1 to 3 p m.
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Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
National Hospital Week
H.K. Shearer
Marines to Thailand in show of force over Mayaguez seizure
The United States plans to airlift about 150 Marines from Subic Bay to Utapo in southern Thailand with another 1,000 on standby. Bangkok rejects use of Thai bases for action against Cambodia while Washington weighs military options to recover the Mayaguez and its 39 crew.
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United States
Thailand
Ford
U.S
Cambodia
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Bangkok
Kukrit Pramoj
Subic Bay
Philippines
Utapo
Okinawa
Kikrit
Kukrit
Mayaguez
White House
Ron Nessen
Nessen
Rock Island
Poulo Wai
Gulf of Thailand
Koh Tang
State Department
Vietnam
Brent Scowcroft
Depo
SOS
Administration
Kompong Som
Hong Kong
Sattahipy
Pan Achedge
Phnom Penh
Buchen
Cooper Church
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Congress
Trailriders Readies Annual Spring Ride to Indianola Beach
Indianola's Trail Riders Association plans its spring trek from Port Lavaca to Indianola Beach Saturday. Rendezvous is 9 a.m. on Highway 87 at the Farmer's Gin, arrival expected 5:15 p.m. A fish fry follows at Pick's Place at 5:30 p.m. and a dance with band Raw West at 8 p.m. Membership cards required. contact trail boss Jake Mobley at 552-6566.
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Indianola
Trail Riders Association
Port Lavaca
Indianola Beach
Farmer's Gin
Pick’s Place
Raw West
Jake Mobley
Trail Boss
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