Calhoun County Fair honors top exhibitors and winners
Ribbons rosettes and trophies crowned county fair champions across youth women's senior citizen and junior horse show divisions. Youth leaders include Caroline Dreitner Lavonne May Janice Matson Tommy May Janet Benarden. Senior honors went to Mrs. Ruby S Spiegel and Leslie Froelich with one male entrant.
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Calhoun County Fair
Caroline Dreitner
Lavonne May
Janice Matson
Tommy May
Janet Benarden
Melcher's
Rich Baron
James Ramsey
Julius Pustejovsky
Lilly Janas
Barbara Burkett
May B Caraig
R.C. Woods
Peggy Walker
Janet Bishop
Ruby S. Spiegel
Leslie Froelich
Public forum on new Texas Constitution tonight
A 7 p.m. public forum at Victoria College Auditorium in Victoria will present eight proposed articles for the November 4 ballot with a question and answer session. Seven panelists including House Speaker Bill Clayton and Chief Justice Joe Greenhill will explain the propositions. the League of Women Voters sponsors the event with Victoria College University of Houston Victoria Center and Union Carbide.
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Texas
Victoria College
Victoria
Texas House
Bill Clayton
Texas Supreme Court
Joe Greenhill
Joe Wyatt
Bloomington
League of Women Voters
University of Houston
Victoria Center
Union Carbide
League
Mayor Rizzo Hurt In Eight Alarm Refinery Fire
A nine alarm ARCO refinery fire near a Schuylkill River storage tank injured Philadelphia mayor Frank L. Rizzo with a broken right thigh. Officials said the blaze was surrounded and stabilized with 350 firemen and ARCO workers cooling the area.
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Philadelphia
Frank L. Rizzo
Joseph R. Rizzo
Atlantic Refinery Co
ARCO
Schuylkill River
Gulf Oi Co
Rizzo
Arco Oil
Public forum on Matagorda Island plans in Port Lavaca
Calhoun County residents sound questions on state ownership and development of Matagorda Island at a Thursday 7 pm public forum. Texas Parks and Wildlife squares off with Interior over north end excess land and possible cooperative development under a state ownership plan. The joint committee chaired by Sen Schwartz and Rep Wyatt aims to finalize a use plan with input from local business leader Sid Ward and Port Lavaca officials.
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Calhoun County
Matagorda Island
Texas
Courthouse
Port Lavaca
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
U.S. Department of Interior
U.S. Air Force
US Department of Interior
Interior
State of Texas
General Services Administration
AR Schwartz
Galveston
Joe Wyatt
Bloominton
George Fred Rhodes
Ward
First National Bank
Mutiny puzzles nations over Panama freighter crew
A Panamanian freighter's five crewmen face a high seas mutiny dispute that perplexed three nations as officials weigh which country's jurisdiction applies to the incident off West Palm Beach Florida.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Louis Gidel
US Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mimi
Cuba
Manfred Oppermann
Lalli
Gidel
Panama
West Germany
Bonn
Coast Guard
FBI
Norfolk. Var
Democrats push alternative tax plans amid Ford collision
Democrats in Congress promote several tax plan alternatives to Ford's proposal to link a $28 billion tax cut with matching federal spending cuts. They argue the plan is politically motivated and unlikely to pass before the 1976 elections. Proxmire and Mahon say the 1975 tax cut should not be made permanent and forecast Ford’s plan failing in Congress.
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Washington
Fords
Congress
Ford
William Proumire
Senate Banking Committee
George H. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Congress Proxmire
D-Wis
Senate Budget Committee
House
Republican Policy Committee
Treasury Department
Football contest winners chosen
Winners listed for a weekly football contest with names and addresses in Port Lavaca. Wesley Goode, Warren Alderson Jr, and Naomi Cleveland are identified as top three finishers with tie breakers and missing game references.
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Wesley Goode
Leon St
Port Lavaca
Mississippi St
Stroman
Warren Alderson Jr
Nueces St
Houston
North Texas
D - Stroman
Naomi Cleveland
Westwood Dr
Sul Ross State
Howard Payne
Calhoun
Health Advisory Committee Meets in Victoria Texas
A special meeting of the Golden Crescent Council of Governments Health Advisory Committee chaired by Dr. Marvin Kirkman is called for Ger 15 1975 at 7 30 pm. The Victoria County Co op Company building at 1205 Gen Jordan St will host the session to review bylaws of the Health Systems Agency as amended and to consider Subarea Advisory Council composition recommendations.
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Health Advisory Committee
The
Golden Crescent Council of Governments
Marvin Kirkman
Ger
Victoria County Co-op Company
Gen Jordan St
Victoria
Health Systems Agency
Subarea Advisory Council
Weekend Texas toll tops seventeen violent deaths
The Associated Press reports 17 fatalities in Texas over the weekend from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. Among the dead were 10 in traffic crashes and five from shootings. Notable deaths include 67-year-old Jewell Rowan in Waco struck by a car and Audrie Schneers, 27, of Nacogdoches, who died skydiving when her parachute failed to open.
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Associated Press
Texas
Jewell Rowan
Waco
Waco Hill
Pritchard
Medina County
Devine
Audrie Louise Schneers
Nacogdoches
Harrison County
Marshall
Anti-busing clash as demonstrators clash in Louisville riot
In Jefferson Jeffersontown, about 400 anti-busing demonstrators gathered at a shopping center as police used tear gas to disperse them after fights and fires broke out. A police officer and a state trooper were slightly injured by rocks while pro-busing groups held a peaceful counterdemonstration. Mayor Herbert Lo Meyer and police said the crowd faced a five minute dispersal window before actions escalated.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Jeffersontown
Herbert Lo Meyer
Point Comfort Aldermen to Review Flood Map and Proclamations
The Point Comfort Board of Aldermen will meet tomorrow at 7 at the City Office to review the revised map of special flood hazard boundaries and make necessary additions and corrections. The council will appoint a Centennial Committee for city celebrations in 1976 and consider a proclamation for United Nations Day on Oct 24. A lease contract on city property with city employee Fernando Gonzalez will be considered.
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Point Comfort
Fernando Gonzalez
Weather Forecast Brief for Coastal Area
Partly cloudy with morning fog and patchy clouds through Tuesday. Winds southeast 8-15 mph shifting to south 12-18 mph by Tuesday. Highs in the 80s, lows near 70. Marine: southeast winds 8-18 knots, seas 2-3 ft. Tides: low at 3 pm today, high at 2:35 am, low at 8:25 am, high at 12:38 pm Tuesday. Barometer 30.07 and falling.
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COG Health Advisory
Ronald Lewis McDonald
Interstate 10
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Beaumont
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Sun City
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