Thousands Ready Here For Bicentennial Pageant
Calhoun County prepares for an all-school Bicentennial Pageant at Sandcrab stadium starting 8 p.m. Thursday. The five act, 90 minute show costs 2000 under Edward Zamora and John Williamson. Students from Calhoun High School Travis Junior High Harrison Elementary perform in Colonial Days and Westward, Civil War, 1900s acts with bands, dancers, and a moon landing finale. The official Bicentennial flag will be presented to County Judge Willis Jetton, with certificates to Rev. Gerge Dettman and Mrs Kasper accompanying the event.
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Calhoun County
Sandcrab Stadium
Edward Zamora
John Williamson
Travis
Roosevelt
Port O'Connor
Calhoun High School
Sandettes
United States
Boy Scouts
Willis Jetton
Don Kasper
Shiner
Texas
Gerge Dettman
Kasper
Chamber honors Seadrift Union Carbide plant with 1975 award
Port Lavaca Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce meeting highlighted Seadrift Union Carbide plant as a winner of the annual industrial expansion awards for 1975. Gov Briscoe named the plant among four winners as the chamber announced a Texas First plaque for plant manager D L Goris and Jim Wilson. Also approved $100 to join the seven-county Committee of 100, plus an ad in the South Texas Industrial Guide.
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Union Carbide
Jim Wilson
Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
Seadrift Union Carbide
Port Lavaca
Calhoun County
Committee of 100
Chamber
South Texas Industrial Guide
Missing Men Found Unhurt in Bay Search
Port Lavaca fire department and Coast Guard crews searched San Antonio Bay Tuesday night for Russell Cady of Seadrift and Joe McCoy of Belton. Both men were found unharmed, but their boat was sunk and not located by morning. The boat owner is Glen Davenport of Seadrift. Responders returned to Port Lavaca around 4 a.m.
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Port Lavaca
Coast Guard
Russell Cady
Seadrift
Joe McCoy
Belton
San Antonio Bay
Glen Davenport
Summer Activities Community School Program Approved
Calhoun County Independent School District approves a summer program including a gymnastics clinic, aerobic dance, macrame, Spanish and wood carving. Registration for most classes is June 15. some begin earlier with same day signups. New campus councils form to coordinate activities and recruit teachers across Seadrift Port O’Connor Point Comfort and Port Lavaca areas.
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Calhoun County Independent School District
Jack Hunt
Calhoun County Community Education Advisory Council
Rudy Rendon
Howard Hartzog Jr
Raymond Welch
Seadrift Campus Council
Alton Thormalen
R. G. Caddell
Dennis L. Wittnebert
Port O'Connor Council
L. J. Casimir
Allan Berger
Naomi Albrecht
Point Comfort
Melissa Welch
Junior Service League
Ernest Gillis
Progressive Service League
Hartzog
Port Lavaca-Calhoun County
Mike Sprague
University of Maine
Hunt
Lonnie Flake
Crockett Junior High
Port Lavaca
Calhoun High School
Travis Junior High
Calhoun High Tennis Field
Deborah O'Hair
Alimony Payments Sought by Martha Mitchell
In New York AP report Martha Mitchell, once a political celebrity, faces a Florida court request for $36,000 in back alimony and nearly $10,000 in coop and living expenses. William C. Herman said John Mitchell behind on $1,000 weekly temporary alimony since September. Margaret Shaw argued he has no money while Mrs. Mitchell resists selling the 14 room cooperative and unfazed by a $50,000 book advance.
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NEW York
Martha Mitchell
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Manuel Gomez
Hell’ Trademark
Herman
Margaret Shaw
Weather Outlook: Mild, Showers Possible Thursday
Generally fair and mild this afternoon with increasing clouds tonight and Thursday. A slight chance of showers and thundershowers Thursday with southeasterly winds 10-18 mph, seas 3-5 feet, and a 20 percent rain probability. Tides and times noted along with sunrise and sunset.
Computer's Secrets Tapped by Scientists
Washington AP A Navy research team used standard phones to access the memory bank of a supposedly foolproof Univac 1108 system containing classified data. Rep John E Moss says a secret mid-1974 report shows they dialed in without authorization, raising alarms about security across federal and military computer networks.
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Washington
Navy
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Naval Research Laboratory
California Democrat
General Accounting Office
GAO
Moss
Ford wins Michigan and Maryland primaries for Reagan showdown
President Ford captured decisive wins in Michigan and Maryland as the primary map shifted toward him. In Michigan he led with 65 percent to Reagan 34 percent, earning 55 delegates to 29, while in Maryland Ford took 58 percent over Reagan 42 percent and won all 43 delegates. Carter carried some delegates but Brown’s late filing altered Maryland totals.
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Ford
Michigan
Maryland
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Betty
Brown
Idaho
Frank Church
Nebraska
Icans
Prominent Area Petroleum Leader Massey Dies in Victoria
William Lafayette Massey a prominent Port Lavaca petroleum figure dies at 73 after a heart attack at a Victoria hospital while attending a Rotary Club luncheon. A longtime Alcoa production manager and Lavaca Pipeline executive, he held roles in the American Petroleum Institute Rotary District 593 and Grace Episcopal Church. Funeral set at Grace Episcopal Church with burial at Green Lawn Gardens. Survivors include wife Velma Hastings Massey son William Clyde Massey sister Mary McElree. Memorials to Grace Episcopal Church.
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William Lafayette
Bill” Massey
Port Lavaca
Victoria
Rotary Club
Massey
Oil and Gas Divison
Alcoa
Point Comfort
American Petroleum Institute
Rotary District
Grace Epicopal Church
George H. Dettman
Green Lawn Gardens
Richardson Funeral Home
Calhoun
Jackson
Oil Information Committee
Texas Mid- Continent Oil and Gas Association
Lavaca Masonic Lodge No
Indianola
Gulf Coast Council
Dallas County
Leroy Massey
Caledonia Little Massey
Oak Cliff High School
Grace Episcopal Church
Velma Hastings
Stockdale
William Clyde
Hemstead
Mary McElree
Dallas
Ben Sloane
Austin
Yok Lancaster
Conroe
Leroy Blazek
Houston
Ed Taylor
Harry Snowdy
Lee Wallace
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Crockett
Jackson School
Harrison
Goris
Chamber Board of Directors
South Texas
Kirkman
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Jones
Ralph Hearn
Hearn
David Roberts
Sid Ward
Matagorda
Frankie Tupa
Roberts
Tupa
Martha
Arizona
Morris K. Udall
Udall
William Massey
Lavaca Pipeline Co
Ramsey Machinery Co
Oil and Gas
Texas Railroad Commission
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