Stingray Biggest Prize At Port O Connor Fishing Festival
Thousands attended Port O Connor for the fourth annual festival where Tim Fossati of Victoria won the 140-pound stingray prize using a bicentennial rod and reel. Second place went to Joe Surovik of Port Lavaca with an 88-pound stingray. The event featured red fish, flounders, drums, and gafftops with multiple prizes awarded for each catch.
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Marjorie Simmons
Port O'Connor
Chamber of Commerce
Tim Fossati
Victoria
Fossati
Joe Surovik
Port Lavaca
Marvin Tyler
Tyler
Altaire
Port O’connor
Richard Bailes
James Gibbs
J. E. Pietsch
Yoakum
J. A. Trampota
Mike Beard
Mable Popp
Karen Thumann
Rod
Damon Reeves
Mike Hawes
Sean Hawes
John Taylor
Lroy Bell
Martha Mitchell Dies Of Rare Bone Cancer
Martha Mitchell, a flamboyant Washington figure during Nixons era and estranged wife of Attorney General John N. Mitchell, died at 57 from multiple myeloma at Sloan Kettering. She had fought the disease for months, with hospitalization after internal bleeding. her husband faced alimony court actions in 1975.
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Martha Mitchell
New York City
New York
Washington
Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
Sloan-Kettering Memorial Cancer Center
Klaus Mayer
Mitchells
Richard M. Nixon
Martha
Nixon
Texas attorney general swears in son at memorial oath
AUSTIN AP Texas' top lawyer witnessed his son Graham Hill take the oath as part of Memorial Day ceremonies at the Texas Supreme Court. Atty Gen John Hill recently became a notary to administer the oath to his son, a SMU Law School graduate. The private swearing in occurred in the AG's office on the Supreme Court Building's seventh floor before the mass ceremony with February bar passers.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
John Hill
Graham Hill
Southern Methodist University Law School
Dallas
Hill
Supreme Court
Young Hill
Supreme Court Chamber
Alerted Power Plants Report No Problems
Washington AP The nations 58 nuclear power plants are on a low level security alert over the holiday weekend with no trouble reported The NRC cited tentative information about an agent losing his ID and there were claims of radical activity and a stolen midget submarine dismissed by an NRC spokesman as unfounded The alert was described by officials as almost routine and not tied to a specific confirmed threat.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Philadelphia Mayor Seeks 15000 Federal Troops for July Fourth
Mayor Frank Rizzo asked for 15,000 federal troops to police Philadelphia and prevent possible disruption of the Bicentennial celebration. Governor Shapp will refer the request to the Secret Service. FBI is probing threats tied to a leftist coalition.
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Philadelphia
Frank Rizzo
Rizzo
Milton Shapp
Secret Service
Shapp
Ford
Volunteers invited to join Calhoun bicentennial band
A Calhoun County bicentennial band is being formed to play patriotic music for the July 3 and 4 celebrations. Directed by Edward Zamora, the group welcomes all instrumentalists, with rehearsals Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 at Calhoun High School band hall.
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Calhoun County
Edward Zamora
Calhoun High School
C.H.S
Point Comfort
Department of Christian Education
Calhoun
Remembering a Brother at Margraten Memorial
A grieving sibling recalls Sgt. Rudolph A. Dieffenbach of the 16th Infantry, 1st Division, killed March 30, 1945 near Mengeringhausen. The piece honors his service, the wartime sacrifices of families, and the enduring memory of those buried at the Margraten cemetery and memorial.
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Margraten
the Netherlands
Rudolph A. Dieffenbach
Inf
New Jersey
Rudy
Europe
Mother
Airport Plans Due Study By Court
Calhoun County Commissioners Court to consider a contract with Forest and Cotton Inc of Austin for planning and specifications on the Calhoun County Airport rebuilding project. The firm has worked with the court since December 1974 on runway repairs 14 32. Federal 75 percent and county 25 percent grant. TAC match up to 50000. total project cost estimated at 482000 as of October 1975. County auditor authorized to issue time warrants up to 130000 to cover costs.
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Calhoun County
Forest and Cotton Inc
Austin
Commissioners Court
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Texas Aeronautical Commission
Desalination Plant Breaks Down in Key West Area
Key West water system loses pressure as a desalination plant on Stock Island breaks down. A main turbine failure causes water pressure to drop to about one fifth of normal. Officials warn repairs could take up to two weeks while residents and tourists are urged to conserve water. A wheel from the turbine allegedly crashed through the plant roof Friday night.
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Key West
Fla
Florida Keys
Stock Island
Weather outlook with storms and boating advisories
Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms several locally severe this afternoon and tonight. Tuesday stays cloudy to partly cloudy and warm. Southeasterly winds 15-25 mph, gusty near storms. Highs in the mid-80s, lows near 70. Rain chances 50 percent this afternoon, 30 percent tonight. Small craft advisories in effect with seas 5-8 feet and isolated showers and thundershowers. Sunset 8:21 p.m., sunrise 6:30 a.m. tomorrow. Tides and barometer noted.
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Stingray
Joe Chaney
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Arkansas
Vietnam
China
Harry Truman
U.S. Justice Department
FBI
John Hartingh
Revolutionary Communist Party
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Unemployed Workers Organizing Committee
Revolutionary Student Brigade
Fairmount Park
July Fourth Coalition
David Kairys
Margraten Memorial
North Africa
Sicily
D-Day
Normandy
Rhine
America
Infantry
Western Union
Daddy
Mengeringhausen
Essen
Germany
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