Seadrift Man Wins Largest Fish at Calhoun Festival
Mike S. Campbell of Seadrift captured the largest fish title at the 18th Annual Calhoun County Fishing Festival, pulling in a 126-pound stingaree as one of 316 entrants. The prize drew attention as a glass mermaid table. Other winners included Mrs. Bernice Carey of Houston with a 16 pound 1)
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Mike Campbell
Seadrift
Calhoun County
Mike S. Campbell
Campbell
Jaycees
Bernice Carey
Houston
Water Safety Course starts in Point Comfort tonight
The Red Cross announces the retraining course for certified water safety instructors runs 6 to 9 p.m at the Point Comfort pool as part of a 12 hour program due for completion by December 1976. Five year retraining is required with about 35 local instructors certified, and 20 having taken this session. Register at the Red Cross office 401 N. Colorado or call 552-6114.
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Point Comfort
Red Cross
Mark Cameron
Cameron
Cours
Colorado
Texas Labor Day toll falls short of DPS forecast
Labor Day weekend violent deaths in Texas totaled thirty eight, with six shot to death, one in a fire and four drowned, while traffic fatalities were under DPS predictions. The report cites Hurricane Caroline keeping people home and notes Houston area multive fatality crash near Brenham. Various victims include Frankie Meleski and siblings, plus others in San Angelo, San Antonio, Elgin, Dallas, Round Rock, Beaumont, Baytown, Iola, and Port Lavaca. Public notices mention the Port Lavaca Wave Football Contest entries.
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Associated Press
Texas
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Houston
Chappell Hill
Brenham
Oscar William Unger
San Angelo
Unger
Helen Cret
San Antonio
Austin
Dallas
Jimmy Winyard
Jack Lavan Stone
Round Rock
Lockhart
Caldwell County
Alice Robers
Beaumont
Ella Louise Payne
Baytown
McNair
Harris County
Paul Richard Chaney
Iola
Anderson
Port Lavaca
Reyes Hernandez
Port Isabel
Elmo Allen Jr
South Dallas
Calhoun ISD reports enrollment dip amid fiscal reform
Calhoun County Independent School District ends the first recording week with 5,034 students, down from 5,108 a year earlier. Assistant superintendent Dr Crandall Young says the drop aligns with new state budgeting rules disqualifying past attendance figures and notes ongoing counts may shift with late registrations.
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Calhoun County Independent School
Crandall Young
Calhoun County
ADA
Young
Yound
Jackson Elementary
Crockett Junior High School
Texas Public Utilities Commission sworn in in Austin
Texas first state agency to regulate utilities is sworn in during an 11 30 a m ceremony in the Texas Supreme Court chamber Newly appointed members will meet at 2 p m to elect a chairman and set their first agenda including accepting job applications and reviewing office locations Atty Gen John Hill will attend to advise on procedures
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Texas Supreme Court
Texas Public Utilities Commission
Atty
John Hill
Wyatt named to Speaker's Financial Advisory Task Force
Austin Representative Joe Wyatt of Bloomington was named to a new five member House task force by House Speaker Bill Clayton. The group will advise the Speaker on budget matters, liaise with the House Appropriations Committee and committee chairs, oversee state agency appropriations, work with the Legislative Budget Board, evaluate spending against inflation, and propose funding plans for the 1977 79 biennium without new taxes.
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Austin
Joe Wyatt
Bloomington
Bill Clayton
Wyatt
House
Legislative Budget Board
Weather Outlook With Showers Through Wednesday
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with a slight chance of daytime thundershowers. Variable mostly southeast winds 6-12 mph. There is a 20 percent chance of rain today and 30 percent on Wednesday. Variable winds 8-12 knots this afternoon tonight and Wednesday. Seas 1-2 feet with higher values in scattered showers or thundershowers. Sunset 7:49 p.m. Tonight. Sunrise 7:07 a.m. Low tide 8:33 p.m. and high at 4:22 a.m.
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Largest Fish
Marvin Strakos
Leroy Jurek
Richard Carter
Robert Srubar
Benito Gonzales
Gary Rogers
Victoria
Crab
Bobby Jahn
Richard Bures
Gary McBride
Edwin Brushmiller
Rose McBride
Dave Williams
Redfish
Dennis Pustejovsky
Fugene Janak
James Mareth
Richard Scheunemann
Graig Strakos
Victor Neisser
Lytle
Fred Strauss
Walter Mayer
Tivoli
Kay Strauss
Ernest Radtke
Leroy Sparks
Ronnie Hodges
Ben Riha
Dennis Scheres
Kenneth Riha
Tony Rodriguez
Harold Meyer
Kenneth Eas
Lavaca
Joe Padron
Jeff Kirby
Charley Johnson
Terry Hargus
Charley Raska
Robert Henderson
Mayline Mullins
Linda Soltermack
Iva Mae Haynie
Mike Lopez
Lopez
Tyler
Belton
Corpus Christi
Sever Boy Scouts of
Troon 390
United Citizens League
Calhoun County Gospel Singing Association
The
Lawrence F. Anderson
Elgin
Ill
First State Bank
N. Virginia
Jurek
Srubar
Frankie Tupa
John May
Temple
Brownsville
Dr. May
Calhoun
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