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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1976
Page
1
City Manager Mike Gibson and Public Works Director Claude Bailey were authorized to gather bid specifications for private garbage pickup. Council discussed county landfill readiness, equipment shortages, and quotes from firms about back-up availability, plus a wastewater discharge citation and EPA grant status.
Six states hold presidential primaries as Ford seeks momentum and Carter eyes 100 plus of 191 delegates in Arkansas Idaho Kentucky Nevada Oregon and Tennessee. Oregon seen as pivotal bellwether with Carter and Reagan contesting delegate gains amid mixed polls and cross over voting.
In Luxembourg Kissinger said to reporters he would verify Castro's claims of withdrawing Cuban troops from Angola at a swift rate and noted a timetable showing progress could be acceptable. Castro told Palme he would reduce the force by year end, with no clear dates for full withdrawal.
Calhoun County and city offices in Port Lavaca, Point Comfort, and Seadrift will be closed Monday for Memorial Day along with the Calhoun County Courthouse. No garbage pickup will occur in Port Lavaca. The Port Lavaca Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce will also close. Chamber members voted to observe the holiday but a list of closed businesses is not available.
Absentee voting for the June 5 Democratic runoff will open at 8 a.m. Wednesday in the County Clerk's Office at the Calhoun County Courthouse. Voting runs weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through June 1 and includes Saturday hours 2 to 6 p.m. The office will be closed Monday for Memorial Day.
FBI agents interview potential witnesses as the Justice Department investigates Rep. Wayne Hays over alleged pay and sex favors involving Elizabeth Ray. Hays denies wrongdoing while demanding a Post retraction. Ray says she was paid to serve and was fired as scrutiny grows.
Fairfield Texas AP A state highway patrolman, David Russ 25 Teague, was shot in the upper chest on Interstate 45 near Fairfield. Houston teen David Glenn Long 18 was arrested on a deadly assault warrant after officers found an abandoned car and peine bloodhounds and a DPS helicopter searched the area. Russ remained patient in Corsicana hospital in critical but stable condition.
Partly cloudy with a slight chance for showers this afternoon and tonight. Cloudy with a chance of thundershowers Wednesday, continued warm and humid. East to southeasterly winds 5 to 15 mph. Low tonight around 70, high Wednesday mid 80s. Boating winds 15 to 20 knots rising to 20 to 25 knots near thundershowers. Seas 1 to 3 feet. Tides and sun data provided. Barometer 29.82.
The Calhoun County court convenes Wednesday at 9 a.m to appraise all property for 1976 tax purposes and will open bids at 1 p.m. for hospital equipment estimated at $15,000 including a defibrillator laparoscope and volume ventilator. A closed session will consider real estate purchase and renewal of valuation engineer Latham Stults Inc. of Dallas.
Texas PTA President Mary Ann Leveridge predicts a major battle at the national PTA convention over a resolution to ban forced busing. The proposal urges Congress to amend the Constitution to prohibit court ordered desegregation busing, arguing that busing disrupts families and provides no proven educational benefits while Texas supports overall integration. The delegate count and debate frame the issue as a test of the PTA's stance on desegregation policy.
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