Little Eight Year Old Manages Seadrift Gas Station
Shenandoah Ricks, an eight year old third grader at Seadrift Elementary, helps her mother run a self service gas station. She counts change, fills pumps, and assists customers while her semi invalid father sits nearby. Her family notes her arithmetic skill, ambition to be an acrobat, and pride in handmade gifts for mom and dad. The Scotland born mother has run the station ten years and Shenandoah even shows off pets at the Calhoun County Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Simmons
Seadrift
Petite Shenandoah Ricks
Seadrift Elementary
Owen Ricks
Shenandoah
Calhoun County
Shenandoah Ricks
Senator Sees Hot Leads on Kennedy Death
Washington Senator Richard Schweiker on CBS Morning News said CIA and FBI lied to the Warren Commission about Kennedy's assassination and that pursuing hot leads could answer who killed Oswald. He cited defects in the probe, including Castro plots and the FBI note destruction, challenging the Warren Report's lone gunman conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIA
FBI
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Senate Intelligence Committee
Richard Schweiker
Rpa
Schweiker
Cbs-Tv
Morning News
Subcommittee
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Lee Harvey Oswald
Commission
Sen
Gary Hart
D-Coro
Hart
Oswald
Dallas
Tex
Senate
Armed Services Committee
CSA
Mike Mansfield
Warren
Fbfs
Three Men Guilty in Drug Case Sentencing Awaited
Three Pearland and Houston men found guilty Thursday afternoon in Calhoun County District Court face sentencing the week of June 28 after a probation report. Rubin Becerra testified. the indictment tied to 260 pounds of marijuana with a $30,000 street value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe E. Kelly
Calhoun County Probation Department
Cenovio Trevino
Sigifredo Gonzales
Pearland
Floyd Phillips
Houston
24Th District Court
Annual Calhoun High Rodeo Opens Tonight
Approximately 150 contestants compete Friday night as gates open at Calhoun Rodeo Arena for the one night event. The rodeo starts at 7 30 p m with admission at 1 dollar per person featuring relay races bareback bronc calf roping barrel racing goat sacking and wild cow milking. Horses from Jackie Parks and Don Mueller roping stock from Hartman Ranch Seadrift. Ray Raley serves as announcer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Rodeo Arena
Calhoun High School
Jackie Parks
Don Mueller
Hartman Ranch
Seadrift
Ray Raley
Committee Will Discuss Matagorda Island Plan Monday
A Texas legislature joint committee on Matagorda Island will meet at 10 a.m. Monday in the Calhoun County Courthouse Annex, Port Lavaca. The session, called by Sen. Babe Schwartz and Rep. Joe Wyatt, aims to urge Texas lawmakers to back a plan for the federal government to turn over 100 percent of Matagorda Island surplus property to Texas, a measure sponsored in Congress by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen and Rep. John Young. The panel is coordinating with the Attorney General's Office and the Texas Department of Wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Matagorda Island
Calhoun County
Port Lavaca
A.R
Babe) Schwartz
Galveston
Joe Wyatt
Bloomington
Len Schwartz
USS
Lloyd Bentsen
U.S
John Young
Congress
Washington
Bentsen
Young
Schwartz
Wyatt
General Service Administration
U.S. Department of Interior
Attorney General's Office
Texas Department of Wildlife
Fire Destroys Storage Shed On Farm Here
A storage shed on the Alvin Hahn farm eight miles from Port Lavaca on Highway 238 was destroyed by fire Thursday night. The blaze at 8:06 p.m. damaged $40 50 thousand worth of farm equipment. Four Port Lavaca units and three Seadrift units fought the fire as Mrs Hahn notified officials reporting the shed in full bloom on arrival. The cause is under investigation and explosions of tractor gas tanks and a butane tank occurred during the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Hahn
Port Lavaca
Highway 238
De-Go-La Project Financing Okayed by Commissioners
Commissioners Court approved notice of intent to issue time warrants for the De-Go-La projects in Indianola Park and Maxwell Ditch totaling 82000. The 1976 budget allocates 70000 for two improvement warrants, with a June 14 public hearing to cover a 12000 shortfall. Also authorized bids for base materials for county roads and approved the Calhoun County Library 1976 officers and directors. The board of equalization will meet May 27 at 9 a.m. to receive tax rolls, with a tentative June 22 meeting to value property for taxation excluding oil gas minerals and utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court
Indianola Park
Maxwell Ditch
Go- la
Calhoun County Library
Rudy Rendon
Curtis Nelson
Raymond Childress
Robert E. Harvey
Ben H. Comiskey
Dean Holford
Joe D. Loftin
James L. Mayfield
Eddie B. Phillips
Ernest Radtke
Raymond Whittaker
Amos Wehmeyer Jr
Willis Jetton
County Board of Equalization
Carter Meany Meet First Time in Washington
In Washington Carter met AFL-CIO President Meany for the first time seeking labor support as his campaign gains momentum. Clerks applauded his arrival while NBC strike threats kept reporters out of the AFL-CIO building. Carter highlighted Maryland primary contrasts with his rivals and urged voters against machine politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Meany
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Lafayette Park
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Henry M. Jackson
Labor
NBC
NBC News
Thomas Donahue
Oxon Hill
Maryland
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Holding Against Will Charge Filed in Seadrift Case
Norris Ray Hunter 30 of Matagorda faces an aggravated holding against will charge after an 11 year old Seadrift girl was harmed Wednesday. Judge James Dworaczyk set a $50,000 bond, with Hunter in Calhoun County jail on two felony counts carrying 2 to 20 years and up to $10,000 fines. Hunter was arrested by Seadrift officers after the girl was forced at gunpoint into his car while she rode a bicycle and mistreated in a separate area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Six Mile
Houston
Gonzales
Phillips
Calhoun County
Brazoria County
Richard Louis 3Rister
Brister
Norris Ray Hunter
Matagorda
Justice of the Peace
James M. Dworaczyk
Seadrift
Hunter
Dworaczyk
Johnny Davenport
Ted Muniz
Weather Outlook Through Saturday With Mild Afternoons
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Saturday with mild afternoons and cool nights. Northwest winds 12-18 mph today, gusty this afternoon and diminishing tonight, high near 80 and tonight’s low in the mid 50s. Boating winds southwest 10-15 knots this afternoon, light tonight, then southerly 10-15 knots Saturday with seas under 3 feet. Sunset 8:12, sunrise 6:37. tides high at 7:40 am Saturday and 4:25 pm Saturday, low at 10:36 pm and 1:18 pm Saturday. Barometer 29.83.
Texas Shrimp Season Closes Early For Possible Two Month Ban
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission moved to close the shrimping season May 17, ten days earlier than usual and may extend the shutdown for up to 60 days. Executive director Clayton Garrison cited rapid shrimp growth and migration toward the Gulf of Mexico around May 12. Coastal biologists noted a bumper crop similar to 1972 as prime conditions persisted, with hopes for a longer season when reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission
Clayton Garrison
Gulf of Mexico
Garrison
Terry Leary
Department
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Ment
Castro
Rubin
Becerra
Mission
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