Palestinians seize Egyptian ambassador in Madrid embassy
Palestinian gunmen seized the Egyptian ambassador Mahmoud Abdul Ghaffar and aides in Madrid threatening to blow the building unless Egypt withdraws its Sinai negotiating team from Geneva and rejects the disengagement accord with Israel. Riot police surrounded the embassy as a separate student protest unfolded nearby.
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Madrid
Spain
Egypt
Sinai
Geneva
Israel
Cairo
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
United Nations
University of Madrid
Arab League
Mahmoud Abdul Ghaffar
Algeria
Iraq
Cifra
Wyatt Named to Executive Committee of Southern Legislative Conference
Rep. Joe Wyatt of Victoria was named by House Speaker Bill Clayton to serve on the Executive Committee of the Southern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments. Wyatt said he was extremely pleased, and Clayton praised the selection as valuable for intergovernmental cooperation in the South, noting the council’s 1947 origins.
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Austin
Joe Wyatt
Victoria
Bill Clayton
Southern Legislative Conference
Council of State
Rep. Wyatt
South
State Council of Governments
Clayton
Historical Commission sets meeting in Calhoun County
The Calhoun County Historical Commission will meet tomorrow evening at 7 30 p.m. in the Court House Annex. Committee chairmen will present committee reports. Members are urged to attend and guests are welcome.
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Calhoun County Historical Commission
Court House Annex
Weather Outlook With Warmth And Scattered Showers
Considerable cloudiness and warm conditions with a slight chance of showers and thundershowers. High this afternoon and Tuesday in the mid 80s, low tonight in the low 70s. Probability of precipitation 30 percent this afternoon, tonight and Tuesday. Northeast to easterly winds 8 to 18 knots, seas 2 to 4 ft, higher in scattered showers. Low tide 8 11 p.m., high 4 06 a.m., low 9 52 a.m., high 1 41 p.m. tomorrow. Sunset 7 34 p.m., sunrise 7 14 a.m., barometer 30.10 falling.
Calhoun County Adopts 1976 Budget With Tax Hikes
The Commissioners Court set ad valorem taxes at 30 percent of assessed value up from 23 percent and kept the overall tax rate at 90 cents per $100. The 1976 budget totals $3,467,698, up $379,187 from 1975, with major increases for salaries, road maintenance, airport improvements, and a sanitary landfill. Public hearing drew five residents. funds from Federal Revenue Sharing Entitlement 6 will support public safety, environmental protection, health, recreation, administration, and general government. The court also approved a rural fire truck bid, museum rehabilitation, and a traffic safety coordinator pilot program.
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Calhoun
Commissioners Court
Calhoun County
Champ Traylor Memorial Hospital
FMC Corporation
John Bean
Navy abandons Matagorda Island use as air base plan
The U.S. Navy will not use Matagorda Island as a touch and go landing strip once the Air Force abandons the property. The Air Force has filed a declaration of excess with the Corps of Engineers awaiting approval, and the Corps asks questions on grazing rights mineral rights and a state marshland lease. If no federal need is found, the land could be declared surplus and transferred to the state.
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U.S. Navy
Matagorda Island
Air Force
U.S
John Young
Corpus Christi
Navy
General Services Administration
GSA
Young
Galveston
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Teddie Lee Wynne
Hawes
Fishing Pier Park expansion plan nixed
Port Lavaca Texas plan to expand Fishing Pier Park has been dropped by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department due to cost concerns. State Rep Joe Wyatt of Bloomington questions the move, saying the appropriation was for land purchase and park development, not merely improvements.
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Port Lavaca State Causeway
Fishing Pier Park
Texas Department of Parks and Wildlife
Joe Wyatt
Bloomington
Clarence Ham
Parks Division
Ham
Wyatt
Port Lavaca
Bay
State Park
Texas County Judges Association rejects new Constitution
The Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association voted 12 to 1 against a proposed constitution. Brazoria County Commissioner Joe Brigance warned that about 9 percent would oppose, arguing annual legislative sessions cost too much and grant overwhelming power. The judiciary article faces opposition for allowing the legislature to replace county courts with circuit courts whose judges would need to be lawyers, unlike current non lawyer county judges.
Tropical storm may be brewing in Caribbean
The National Weather Service issued an advisory on a tropical low moving westward toward Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It sits near 18.5N 63.5W, about 80 miles east of St. Thomas, with heavy rains, possible flash floods, and gusty winds of up to 45 mph. Small craft are urged to stay in port. Recon aircraft are investigating the system.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
National Weather Service
Atlantic
Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands
Leeward and
Planning Board Meets Tonight in Port Lavaca
The Planning Board for Port Lavaca meets at 7:30 p.m. in the city hall annex to review the subdivision ordinance under study for over a year and to elect a new chairman, vice chairman, and secretary.
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Planning Board
Port Lavaca
City Hall Annex
Football contest winners named
Jon Holt of 119 Burnet St won last week's football contest by correctly predicting all games except Brazoswood versus St Thomas, which Brazoswood won. Edwin Emerson of 2105 Larry Jr. placed second with two errors, and Larry Marek of 106 Bonham St. was third with three errors. Marek also missed Wharton over Boling. Bay City and Rice won their games. Bay City and Rice were both missed by Holt and Emerson.
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Jon Holt
Burnet St
Jon
Brazoswood
St. Thomas
Edwin Emerson
Larry Jr
Larry Marek
Bonham St
Bay City
Angleton
Houston
Rice
Marek
Wharton
Boling
Gunman Shot Dead By Police At Airport Hijack
A gunman who took a doctor and four others hostage during an attempted plane hijack was killed by a police sharpshooter as he emerged from a Continental Airlines 727. The doctor was wounded and no other injuries were reported despite around 25 officers surrounding the aircraft. The assailant was unidentified at the time of the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Calif
Continental Airlines
Michael van Dyke
Doctor shot during hijack attempt on jetliner
Police halted a Continental jetliner as it rolled on the runway after gunmen seized the aircraft. Two maintenance workers were forced to start the engines. tires were shot out. The doctor, held at a hospital, appeared at the door as the plane moved and was critically wounded after a gunshot. He crawled to safety.
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Continental
van Dyke
Calhoun Youths Win Gold Star 4-H Awards Night
Alan Ramirez and Janet Benarden, both 4-H members, receive Gold Star Awards at Calhoun County 4-H Achievement Night at VFW Post 4403. Ramirez collects leadership and Danforth awards. Bonarden earns food preservation and clothing honors. Numerous district and achievement recognitions follow, with KGUL named friend of 4-H and VFW Post 440 as honorary member. Calhoun County 4-H numbers: nine clubs, 375 members, 90 leaders.
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Alan Ramirez
Janet Benarden
Calhoun County
VFW
Ramirez
4-H Council
Bonarden
Foley
Barbara Maguire
Jeff Daggs
Lisa Lester
Perry Haskin
Larry Janis
Danforth
Patti Maguire
Johnny Blinka
KGUL
VFW Post 440
Susan Ward
Karen Hubenak
James Zbikowski
Annette Hartl
D’ann Dworaczyk
Amy Tatum
Debbie Carter
Erin Collins
Kenna Davis
LaVonne May
Cindy Ramirez
Megan Wright
Pam Wright
Albert Blinka
Alois Blinka
Bart Canion
Max Carrion
Edward Blinka
John Canion
Gary Heideman
Brad Sanders
D’anna Heideman
Mary Ann Knobles
Rosemarie Thomas
Damon Vickery
Mark Albrecht
David Kruse
Jeff Birmingham
Ted Patterson
Roxanne
Judy Boyd
Annette Blinka
Rhonda Sikes
Margaret Levingston
Carol Ramirez
Dutch Crober
Annette Hart
Karen Hart
Mary Blinka
Annette Nichols
Laura Lee Crober
Sherri Mills
Jeanette Gray
Elizabeth Vickery
Kim Machacek
Connie Selby
Jimmy Boyd
Molly Custer
Chuck Watkins
Carolyn Menger
Kim Roten
Kenneth Zbikowski
Tommy May
Michael Machacek
James Daggs
Scott Maguire
Tony Boyd
Dale Wise
Bobby Meeks
Teddy Thomas
Rex Meeks
David Kabela
Texas
Roxanne Sikes
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St. Peter's Basilica
Henry A. Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
West Bank
Jordan River
Egyptian People’s Assembly
Sadat
PLO
Historical Commission
Matagorda
Fishing Pier
Jim Mitchell
Constitution
Janet Bonarden
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