Scouting benefit barbecue raises 2466 for Seadrift groups
Seadrift residents joined a community barbecue and auctions to raise 2466 for Boy Scout Troop 106 and Cub Scout Pack 106. The event featured Indian dances, a pie and cake auction, and a court of honor awarding 110 merit badges and 17 rank advancements, including four Life Scout awards.
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Chow
Darren Lee
Cub Scout den 2
Seadrift Boy Scout Troop 106
Darren
Seadrift
Pete Hall
Darren See
Jimmie Lee
Boy Scout Court of Honor
H K. Moss
Kenny Finster
C T Grace
George Andrus
Seadrift Lions Club
Seadrift Pta
Seadrift Home Demonstration Club
Seadrift Chamber of Commerce and
The
Bloomington Assembly of God Church
GNP jumps 11.2 percent in third quarter on strong output
Washington reports the gross national product rose at an annual rate of 11.2 percent for the quarter ending Sept 3, the sharpest gain in 20 years. Inflation cooled to 5.0 percent while personal income rose at a 1.2 percent pace in September.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce
GNP
Calhoun County Court Sets Highway 35 Priority and Park Plan
The Calhoun County Commissioners Court made Highway 35 reconstruction the top road priority after meetings with State Highway Department officials. They also reviewed a $130,000 Indianola Park development plan with potential 50 percent federal funding, and approved tax roll figures, drainage district reappointments, and furniture purchases for the tax office.
Administration Seeks Cutbacks on Food Stamp Eligibility
The Ford administration asked Congress to deny food stamps to families with income above the poverty line. A four member family earning over 6.20 a year with all members under 60 would be cut off, while up to 6,550 with a member aged six or older remains eligible. The plan includes a 100 monthly deduction and 25 extra for seniors, with a 3 percent payment of income after the deduction. Butz argued the reform would save about 1.2 billion yearly and target the neediest.
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Washington
Ford Administration
Congress
Senate
Agriculture
Ear L. Butz
Butz
Parks Board To Elect Chief
The Recreation and Parks Board will meet at City Hall Annex Tuesday at 7 30 p m to elect a chairman. Former chairman Ralph Wall resigned in August due to his business requiring relocation. The board will discuss park development and hear a report on the Red Cross summer recreation program.
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Recreation and Parks Board
City Hall Annex
Ralph Wall
Red Cross
Eskew Named Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2
Harold B Eskew of Six Mile was sworn in as JP Precinct 2 by County Clerk Mary Lois McMahan, succeeding Leroy Smith who resigned to focus on his business. Eskew, an electrical inspector for Union Carbide for 27 years, will complete a 40 hour JP course with a 20 hour annual refresher and intends to finish before his first court. He and wife Freda moved to Calhoun County on February 16, 1973. they have four children and three grandchildren. He thanked the Commissioners Court and pledged to follow the Golden Rule.
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Justice of the Peace
Harold B (Dick) Eskew
Six Mile
Mary Lois McMahan
Eskew
Leroy Smith
Commissioners Court
Jp's
Union Carbide
Freda
Calhoun County
Calhoun County Commissioners Court
$1 Candy Sale Set to Benefit Local Charities
Halloween candy bags offered by the Evening Lions Club will be sold door to door Tuesday from 5 to 7 pm in Point Comfort and Port Lavaca. Proceeds support the Calhoun chapter of the American Cancer Society Eyeglasses for Children Lions Picnic Park Kerrville Lions Camp for Crippled and Diabetic Children and Little League programs.
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Evening Lions Club
Point Comfort
Port Lavaca
Calhoun
American Cancer Society
Lions Camp
Kerrville
Little League
Ford's Pace Curtailed By Sinus Cold Fever
President Ford canceled part of his schedule due to a sinus cold and slight fever. Doctors advise rest. Mrs. Ford stood in for a bicentennial tree planting. Ford, who has been ill about a week, reported feeling generally well aside from congestion and coughing.
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Ford
Washington
White House
Ron Nessen
Executive Mansion
Nessen
William Lukash
Nitrite in Bacon Curing Ties to Cancer Risk Says USDA
Washington AP The Agriculture Department warns nitrite curing in meats should be limited as cooking nitrite cured bacon yields nitrosamines that may be carcinogenic in rats. Dr Donald Houston notes no definitive proof for humans while stressing nitrosamines form only at high heat and reducing cooking risks botulism.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Donald Houston
Department
Meat and Poultry Inspection Division
Houston
U.S. and Soviet Reach Long Range Oil and Grain Deal
Washington reports a long range sale of American grain to the Soviet Union and a Soviet commitment to supply oil, arranged in Moscow by Undersecretary Charles W. Robinson. The grain pact seeks to stabilize Soviet purchases at about 5 million tons annually, amid volatile prices and a poor Russian harvest this year.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Charles W. Robinson
Moscow
U.S
Speiy
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
White House
Ron Nessen
Russia
Nessen
Weather outlook with stagnation advisory and coastal winds
Air stagnation advisory in effect for the next 36 hours as winds stay light and variable. Monday night through Tuesday will be partly cloudy with southerly winds 6 to 12 mph in the afternoons and highs in the low 80s. Marine forecast covers Port O’Connor to Brownsville with southeast winds 8 to 18 mph, seas 2 to 4 feet, and tides peaking high this evening and early Tuesday.
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Port O'Connor
Brownsville
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State Highway Department
Texas Good Roads Association
Carl J. Raemert
Texas Highway Department
Victoria County
Little Chocolate
Green Lake
Pete Wright
Soil and Water Conservation Service
Indianola Park
De-Go-La Resource, Conservation and Development Board
Wright
Louis Jaster
Alvin Hahn
M. B. Shillings
Calhoun Office Supply Co
Parks Board
Chantal Sabine Derycke
Marcello Monsmiles
Senigallia
Italy
Roux
Belgium
Lukash
USDA
Department of Agriculture
Robinson
State Department
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