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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1975
Page
1
Two weeks after interim report cards issued Oct 7 the school explains the individualized grading shift. The system emphasizes achievement relative to each student’s ability, not to peers, with categories can improve satisfactory and outstanding.
Officials at Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital study shifting the Vocational Nursing Program to either Calhoun ISD or the Texas Education Agency following a board vote. Administrator Ronald Clapp says changes could boost facilities and secure funding while emphasizing state requirements remain. The hospital currently spends 20000 annually and the hospital’s direction of the program is a point of contention.
Alvin Hahn was elected chairman of the Calhoun County Soil and Water Conservation District replacing W H Bauer Jr. Hahn, a cattleman and farmer on Highway 28 between Port Lavaca and Seadrift, serves in several regional groups. Bauer became vice chairman. M B Bindewald named secretary. The district discussed shoreline erosion control with the Corps of Engineers, which has $8 million available, for six county sites.
A Duck Unlimited event will feature a dinner at 6 30 pm at the VFW Hall followed by an auction to fund wildlife conservation. Last year’s sale drew 119 participants and $1342 for erosion projects. Proceeds aid duck habitat and shoreline projects across Texas coastlines and lakes.
Balloting for Port Lavaca Chamber of Commerce directors will occur before November 15 from 10 nominees revealed by the Nominating committee at Tuesday’s board meeting. Nominees include Sam Clegg Ralph Hearn Earl Marshall Ken Barr Jean Cain Dr Kirby Smith Lorene Sultan Larry Weaver Katherine Dechert Jay Thomasson. The chamber plans depot restoration as Bicentennial project to serve as museum and civic venue with a community forum to gather public input.
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a landowner must prove 51 percent of total income from farming or ranching to qualify for agricultural tax exemption under current rules. The case against oilman Dr. Graggy involved delinquent taxes from 1971 to 1973, with lower courts ruling for the school district. Local cattle and sheep associations filed briefs highlighting the case’s broader impact.
Mostly cloudy and mild through Thursday with a slight chance of showers and thundershowers this afternoon through Thursday. Southerly winds 8 to 18 mph gusty in the afternoon. high today in the mid 80s, low 60s. Rain likelihood 20 percent. Boating winds 15 to 22 knots with higher gusts this afternoon and Thursday. Widely scattered showers and thundershowers today. seas 4 to 8 feet. Sunset 6 52 p.m. Sunrise 7 34 a.m. Tides high 7 49 p.m. today and 4 33 a.m. Thursday, low 12 53 a.m. and 12 33 p.m. Thursday. Barometric pressure 29.87 inches.
The Soviet Union landed the Venus 9 capsule on the hot cloudy surface of Venus. Tass reported the unmanned craft soft landed and sent an image of the landing site back to Earth via the orbiting Venus. The data transmission lasted 53 minutes before uncertainty over equipment in the extreme heat.
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