Calhoun County poised for EDA designation amid Alcoa layoff
The Oct 1 Alcoa layoff triggers Calhoun County as an economically distressed area under the Economic Disaster Act. Port Lavaca officials, with law firm Rhodes Garner Roberts, filed Sept 29 for designation, citing 500+ jobs lost in 12 months and unemployment over 150 percent of the national rate for 12 months. Potential benefits include up to 150,000 in technical aid grants and various federal loans or public works funding, aimed at boosting employment and attracting further assistance. Garner says two coastal counties Nueces and Cameron already hold EDA status and Calhoun County is expected to join soon, with a development plan to follow.
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Revised flood map studied by council in Point Comfort
Point Comfort aldermen accepted for comment a revised flood prone area map that follows natural contours rather than artificial boundaries. The map, prepared by Michael Baker Jr Inc, reduces the designated area slightly and may be refined with local data. The board also discussed joining a new association aiding small cities for federal funds, planned a bicentennial committee, United Nations Day, and a city house lease approval along with staff vacation periods.
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Point Comfort
Board of Aldermen
Federal Insurance Administration
Michael Baker Jr. Inc
Pennsylvania
Jester-Hamilton Street
Mila Cameron
Navasota Street
David Roberts
Rhodes, Garner & Roberts
Paul Griffith
American Association of Small Cities
Seguin
Alfred Koebig
Texas Municipal League
National League of Cities
Cameron
Phil Howard
Bobby King
Johnny Morris
United Nations
Fernando G Gonzalez
Teen-Age Driver Claims Innocence In Ford Collision
A Meriden teen driving a Buick hit President Ford's armored limousine after entering an intersection on a green light. Ford was unhurt, but a party member suffered a fractured finger. James Salanites, 19, was questioned and to undergo a blood test. no charges until results. Secret Service called it an accident as the motorcade continued.
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James Salanites
Hartford
Conn
Ford
Hartford, Conn
Thomas Grant
Meriden, Conn
Washington
Secret Service
Buick
Civic Center
Talcott
Market Streets
Salanites
Frederik Biebel Jr
GOP
Connecticut
Kissinger Fails to Respond to Subpoena on Cyprus Memo
Secretary Kissinger did not reply to a House Intelligence Committee subpoena demanding a memorandum by A Searle Field on mismanagement during the 1974 Cyprus crisis. Thomas Boyatt of State said the document details disputed actions, as Turkey occupied about 40 percent of Cyprus. committee vote to compel the memo followed. Territorial context and testimony limits tied to Kissinger’s order restricting officers from sharing policy recommendations were noted as central issues. The committee prepared for reconvening next week if Kissinger defies the subpoena.
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Henry A. Kissinger
House Intelligence Committee
State Department
A. Searle Field
Kissinger
Thomas B. Boyatt
Department
Boyatt
Turkey
Cyprus
Lawrence S Engleburger
Otis G. Pike
Long Island
Pike
Congress
Weak tropical low drifts northward from Gulf of Mexico
A weak tropical low mood drifts northward from the southern Gulf of Mexico. Forecasts say it will not strengthen before Thursday and poses no land threat for several days. The system formed west of the Yucatan Peninsula and satellite images show a poorly organized center 200 miles west northwest of the tip.
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Miami
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
National Hurricane Center
Texas
Nine Marines Die in Jet Training Crash
At Cherry Point North Carolina a Gulfstream TC4C training jet crashed after takeoff killing nine Marines. The victims include four crewmen an instructor and four students names withheld pending relatives ratification as investigators probe the cause of the fatal accident.
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Cherry Point
N.C
Marine Corps
Briscoe Urges No Vote On All Eight Propositions
Gov Dolph Briscoe urged Texas voters to vote no on November 4, opposing the proposed new constitution and its eight propositions. He warned annual legislative sessions and linked changes could raise spending and taxes, while noting some parts might improve government. He left open active campaigning against the measure.
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Tex
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
Capital
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