New PR Chief Named at Alcoa Port Lavaca
Phillip W. Morton, public relations manager at Alcoa Wenatchee Works, is moving his family to Port Lavaca in mid June after being named to a new post. A California native, he studied at the University of Texas and Missouri, interned at Point Comfort in 1971, and joined Alcoa in marketing communications before moving to Wenatchee in 1974. His wife Ellen and son Benjamin Edward, 3, will join him. the family plans church membership at the Methodist Church.
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Phillip W. Morton
Alumininum Company of America
Wenatchee, Wash
Garney B. Scott
Morton
Port Lavaca
Inglewood
Calif
Point Comfort
University of Texas At Austin
University of Missouri
Aloca
Wenatchee
Ellen
Benjamin Edward
Methodist Church
Shrimp Shaker and Purse Stolen in Separate Thefts
Sheriff reports two thefts on Wednesday and Thursday. Cunningham Seafood owner Bo Cunningham says a $150 shrimp shaker vanished from Seadrift premises. Mary Hernandez reports a $25 purse stolen from a car in the HEB lot. some purse contents turned up at the post office parking lot, but $6 in cash and remaining items still missing.
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Sheriff's
Bo Cunningham
Cunningham Seafood
Seadrift
Heb
Mary Hernandez
Johnny
Post Office
Sheriff's Office
3 Alcoans Join 25 Year Club at Point Comfort
Alcoa Point Comfort operations inducted three new members into its 25 year service club. Recipients are Carlos M. Benavides portroom head electrode servicer Vidal Rubio utility operator first both of Port Lavaca and Lucio G. Sanchez utility crew operator first of Palacios. Each began their Alcoa careers in May 1951.
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Alcca
Point Comfort
Carlos M. Benavides
Vidal Rubio
Port Lavaca
Lucio G. Sanchez
Palacios
Alcoa
Memorial Day Gas Prices Higher Near Resorts
AAA survey of over 3,500 stations shows resort area gas prices 3 to 17 cents above regional average with the California near Yosemite peaks at 77.9 cents a gallon. The regional average across California to Washington is 59.8 cents, while Houston stations average 46.9 cents. Price variations exist across areas, with interstate stations showing little difference. AAA advises comparison shopping and filling up before entering tourist zones.
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AAA
California
June Lake
Yosemite Valley
Nevada
Oregon
Washington State
Houston
New York
Michigan
South Dakota
North Carolina
Mississippi
Colorado
Austwell Runner-Up in Texas Community Improvement Program
Austwell placed second Thursday in the Texas Community Improvement Program according to Refugio County Agent Harvey Hoermann. Hoermann was notified by the Texas Agricultural Extension Service Thursday afternoon. First place went to Little River Academy in Bell County. Austwell recently won regional competition and has won district competition several times in past years.
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Austwell
Texas Community Improvement Program
Refugio County
Harvey Hoermann
Hoermann
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Little River Academy
Bell County
Funeral services for Leonal Morales in Fort Worth
Leonal Morales 33 formerly of Seadrift died after a shooting Monday in Fort Worth. Funeral at noon Saturday at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church with Rev Jude Wick. Burial in Long Mott Cemetery. Body lies in state one hour before services. Rosary at 8 p.m. Friday at Port Lavaca Funeral Home. Pallbearers are his nephews.
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Leonal Morales
Fort Worth
Seadrift
Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church
Jude Wick
Long Mott
Port Lavaca Funeral Home
Pipeline and heliport projects filed with federal engineers
Lavaca Pipe Line Co of Point Comfort seeks a Galveston permit to lay a 22 inch gas pipeline from Matagorda Bay to Davis Oil Co Well 1 totaling 1 806 feet in water and 2 903 feet on land. Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Co requests an amendment for a San Antonio Bay heliport and walkway on State Tract 121 11 miles south of Seadrift. Plans for both are at the U S Corps of Engineers offices in Galveston and Corpus Christi.
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Lavaca Pipe Line Co
Point Comfort
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Galveston
Matagorda Bay
Port O'Connor
Davis Oil Co
Corpus Christi Oil and Gas Co
San Antonio Bay
Seadrift
Corpus Christi
May 28 in history highlights from 1940 to 1976 events
This date marks Dunkirk evacuation beginnings in World War II 1940 and other milestones including the 1863 northern black regiment departure from Boston 1864 Maximilian’s landing in Mexico 1934 Dionne quintuplets birth 1937 Baldwin resignation 1940 Leopold III surrender 1959 Able and Baker spaceflight 20 killings in Yuba City 5 years earlier 1975 Ford’s Brussels visit. Birthday notes list Warren Giles and Barry Commoner. Thought for today references Thoreau. Bicentennial Paine note questions Franklin authorship.
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Dunkerque
France
Boston
Robert Shaw
Ferdinand Maximilian
Austria-Hungary
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Oliva Dionne
Callender
Ontario
Stanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Leopold III
Belgium
Able
Baker
Cape Canaveral
Fla
South Vietnam
Yuba City
Calif
Ford
Brussels
Europe
Kennedy slay inquiry secrecy and Castro retaliation study
AP reports shortly before Kennedy's assassination U S officials secretly studied potential Castro retaliation against U S leaders. The study remained secret from the Warren Commission and Senate intelligence committee.
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Washington
John Kennedy
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Senate Intelligence Committee
Enlisted Servants Cost U S Taxpayers in Military Ranks
Sen. Proxmire cites a list of 363 enlisted servants used by high ranking officers like Generals Haig and Brown, estimating annual taxpayer costs of 3.6 to 5.4 million dollars. The report names officers receiving these services.
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Washington
Alexander Haig
George Brown
William Proxmire
Proxmire
48 killed as Lebanese fighting rages in Beirut
In Beirut and northern Lebanon near the Syrian border fighting between Christian and Moslem troops of the dis integrated Lebanese army intensified. Police say 48 killed and 96 wounded overnight with 35 kidnapped and unconfirmed reports of 11 Moslems executed after Kamal Jumblatt’s sister was assassinated.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Kamal Jumblatt
Andket
Port O Connor Community Games and Food Sale
A games party and food sale are set for Saturday morning at the Port O Connor community center. Agnus Vabigula, secretary of the chamber of commerce, says all proceeds will benefit the volunteer fire department.
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Port O'Connor
Agnus Vabigula
Chamber of Commerce
Fire Department
Local Births Report at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs William Pettus Port O Connor welcome a daughter weighing 7 3 ounces born at 4 30 p.m May 26. Mr and Mrs Vernon Edwards Port Lavaca greet a son Thomas Duane weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce born at 3 02 p.m May 27.
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William Pettus
Port O'Connor
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
Vernon Edwards
Port Lavaca
Thomas Duane
Morning Markets Rise as Banks Hike Rates Carried by Hopes
New York stocks edged higher as rate-rise expectations lifted the Dow to 967.99, up 2.42. Banks boosted prime lending to 7 percent, while investors anticipated easing pressure as the Fed money supply slowed. Congoleum Corp led NYSE activity, down 0.5% after a 145,000 share block traded. NYSE composite rose 0.16 to 53.05, AMEX up 0.36 to 102.89.
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New York
NYSE
American Stock Exchange
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