First Tanker Docks At Port Lavaca Point Comfort
The Port of Port Lavaca Point Comfort welcomed its first tanker since 1965. The Carbo Sierra from Norway loaded liquid fertilizer for Dutch firm Carboship. D. L. Buchanan cited slow shipping but noted plans to haul out fertilizer and haul in more, boosting port activity with a tank holding over one million gallons. A new barge facility is under construction as grain and bulk materials attract interest.
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Port Lavaca
Point Comfort
Norway
Carboship
Carbo Sierra
Buchanan
Abell Corporation
ACS _ Industries
Chocolate Bayou
Victoria District
LCS
Ford Eager on Court Post for Douglas Successor
President Ford seeks a prompt replacement for Justice William Douglas with input from the American Bar Association. Ford and aides indicate a broader field of potential names could be considered, possibly including a first woman on the Court, while aiming to restore full operating strength after Douglas retirements.
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Washington
Ford
Supreme Court
William Douglas
American Bar Association
Philip Buden
Douglas
Buchen
Deregulation Push Aims To Free Trucking Markets
President Ford urged Congress to curb federal trucking regulation to boost competition and cut consumer costs. He argued decades of rules protect special interests and delay price adjustments. The plan would end most federal red tape and bar rate bureaus from joint rate talks for three years, except on interline rates.
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Washington
Ford
Congress
Inland freeze warning and windy boating advisory
A freeze warning for inland areas remains in effect tonight with cool days ahead through Friday. Northerly winds at 18 mph gusting and a small craft advisory due to seas 5 to 7 feet, decreasing tonight and Friday. Highs in the 60s today, lows in the 30s inland and 40s coast, with Friday near 70.
Anti Burglary Action Urged by Law Officers
Calhoun County Sheriff Maurice Wood and Port Lavaca Chief Gene Durran back Operation Identification to mark valuables with engraving tools. Agencies offer security inspections and urge neighborhoods to form watch groups to deter burglaries and report suspicious activity promptly.
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Golden Crescent
Port Lavaca
Wood
TEA Will Not Enforce Fees Opinion Yet
Texas Education Commissioner Marlin Brockette said TEA will not act to enforce the attorney general opinion on unauthorized student fees like drivers education and band rentals unless a formal complaint is filed. Dallas board member Robert Medrano said locals plan to challenge the Dallas School Board’s Wednesday action allowing continued collection of some fees.
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Dallas
Texas
Marlin Brockette
Brockette
TEA
Dallas School Board
Robert Medrano
County Drainage Plans Seen Needed to Curb Floods
Winter drainage problems in Calhoun County are blamed on unplanned subdivisions and inadequate maintenance. Residents report repeated flood inflows, with Seadrift nearly underwater and Port Lavaca urging promised improvements. Officials note costly projects and limited funds, outlining district efforts, potential bonds, and the impact of federal flood insurance and GoLa funding on future work.
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Calhoun County
Riva Mae Corbin
Calhoun
Victoria County
Port Lavaca
Benarden
Western Heights
Seadrift
Point Comfort
Soil Conservation Service
Pete Wright
Lavaca Bay
Lynn's Bayou
East Coloma Creek
Commissioners of Water Control and Improvement District No
Go-La
West Coloma
Victoria
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D.L. Buchanan
William ©. Douglas
Buden
C.R. Harris
Texas Transport and Terminal
Harris
Rotterdam
Europe
Maurice Wood
Calhoun County Sheriff's
Bill Pack
Big Chocolate
Louis Robles
Robles
DaCosta
Placebo
Lone Tree
Nine Mile Creek
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