Citizens oppose new city hall plan at council meeting
About 31 residents filled Monday’s City Council session to press for prioritizing services over a new city hall. They won approval to rescind the preliminary architectural contract while warding off immediate plans, citing sewer, drainage, street, litter, and general city improvements as urgent needs.
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Paul Gary
Christopher DiStephano
Houston
W. R. Zwerschke
Gary
Darryl Smith
Leonard Buren
John Calzada
Wilbur Oehlke
K. A Wallace
Henry Perez
Perez
Zwerschke
Gas Company Council clash over city ordinance reading
Port Lavaca City Council and Houston Natural Gas Co sparred Monday night over a second reading of an ordinance establishing standards for utility rate increase requests. Richard Alsup, HNG vice president and general counsel, appeared for the company in place of Don Henderson who handles rates and research.
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Jim Mitchell
Wave
Port Lavaca
Houston Natural Gas Co
Richard Alsup
HNG
Don Henderson
Railroad Commission
Paul Gary
Alsup
Gary
Mike Fricke
Fricke
Darryl Smith
Smith
General Telephone Co
Ron Beck
Citizens’ Advisory Board
Bicentennial Panel Set For Point Comfort Meeting
Point Comfort residents expect a Bicentennial Committee to be appointed at the board meeting Tuesday at 7 p.m. Mayor Mrs. Mark Cameron notes strong interest in organizing festivities for the June Bicentennial. Phil Howard Johnny Morris and Bobby King have joined. more names to come.
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Point Comfort
Board of
Metermen
Regula
Mark Cameron
Phil Howard
Johnny Morris
Bobby King
Cameron
Dale Stover
United Methodist Church
Stover
Behring
Lee Wallace
Texas
Texaco
Bobby Grasse
Nuclear Warhead Test Jolts Three States in Underground Blast
MERCURY NEV AP says an underground nuclear test code named asseri shook Nevada California and Arizona. The 200 kilotons to one megaton detonation 4510 feet underground caused tremors felt from Las Vegas to Fresno and Ridgecrest. ERDA and UC Berkeley officials noted telemetry and seismograph readings while experts warned energy estimates may be higher in populated areas.
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Mercury
Nev
Las Vegas
Fresno
Calif
Arizona
University of California Se
Berkeley
Ridgecrest
Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley
California
Weather Outlook With Winds and Seas Across Coastal Waters
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with early morning cloudiness and fog. Southeasterly winds 8 to 14 mph diminishing at night. High today in the low 80s and a low near 70. Boating and recreation call for mostly easterly winds 5 to 12 knots, seas 1 to 3 feet. Winds and seas locally higher with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms today and tonight, decreasing Wednesday. Tides high at 12 15 am, low at 6 22 pm and 6 15 am Wednesday. Sunset 5 46 pm, sunrise 6 38 am. Barometric pressure 30.07 inches.
Constitution Forum Creates Puzzles By BILI
About 35 people attended a public forum on the proposed Texas Constitution to pursue questions and confounding sections. Panelists Dan Heard David Roberts Maryleis McMahan Apolonio Carrion and Dr Crandall Young explained the first four propositions with pro and con views. A hearing on the last four propositions is set for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the high school cafeteria.
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Bili
Pack Wave
Dan Heard
David Roberts
Maryleis McMahan
Apolonio Carrion
Crandall Young
Heard
Hurricane Olivia Devastates Mazatlan Area
In Mazatlan, Mexico, Hurricane Olivia killed at least 25 people, left 25 missing and 500 injured. The Pacific port of 200,000 was struck at 9:20 pm Friday with winds up to 138 mph. Winds destroyed palm-thatched shacks and left more than 30,000 in Mazatlan and 14 nearby villages homeless.
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Mexico City
Olivia
Mazatlan
Pacific Coast
Ministry of Natural Resources
Weather Bureau
Federal Credit Law Affects Sex and Marital Status
The Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits lenders from denying credit based on sex or marital status. Applicants can request reasons for denial, with rules phased in through 1976. Married women gain independent credit ratings and part time income may no longer be discounted.
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Washington
Equal Credit Opportunity Act
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Reserve
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Ishmael Torres
Jack Gardner
Ronald Knuck
Pam Halstead
Robert Knuck Jr
Elsie Eaton
Tampa
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Miami Springs
Knuck
Amor Steffen
Beck
General Telephone
Pete Wright
De-Gola
Barton, Shofner
Brookhollow
David Jackson
Energy Research and Development Administration
Jackson
San Francisco
Dave Miller
ERD
Constitution Forum
Calhoun County
PTA
Calhoun County Chamber of Commerce
Beta Sigma Phi Exemplar
Mexico
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