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state coal tax policy in the on taxing coal production,Mexico PresidentHails New Bridgestands The the fet overric at all; slurry the me transpLAREDO, Tex. (AP) — ■ President Luis Echeverria of Mexico says a new international bridge spanning the Rio Grande is an example of how two nations can work together, as equals, to reach a common goal,Echeverria and Laredo Mayor J. C. Martin Jr. officially opened the $3.4 million Juare InternationalBridge here in ceremonies Friday night.The six-lane span, the result of more than a decade of planning and work by Americans and Mexicans, is the second to link Ijaredo with its sister city, Nuevo Laredo, MexicoEcheverria appeared tired as he walked, amidst tight security, to the center of the new bridge. There, he cut a red, white and green ribbon opening the Mexican end of the bridge. yoi Martin snippedred, white and blue ribbon to open the U.S. portion.The two men stepped fov -: d and eml ■ aced each other.Echeverria, observing that the audience of several thousand persons was largely Mexican or Mexican-American, told his translator she would not be needed. He spoke entirely in Spanish.He made no mention in his remarks of Mexico’s economic problems in the wake of his devaluation of the peso, the nation’s basic monetary unit, nor did he discuss the unrest in his country that followed the government takeover of thousands of acres.of land.Echeverria, who was about half an hour late for the ceremony, talked of the friend* tf.p - peration l-'-.-j'.;He said the two nations must treat each other as economic and political equals.The Mexican president called the bridge a symbol of the friendship and a link between two cultures.MotStirMayor Martin praised the bridge as an example of the determination of the peoples of both countries to work together.President Ford was represented at the ceremony by John Joseph Jova, U.S. ambassador to Mexico, who described the flowing Rio Grande as a “meeting ground, not a divider” between the two coun-tries.The new' bridge, named for Mexican patriot Benito Juarez and American President Abraham Lincoln, will primarily serve daily commuter traffic between Laredo and Nuevo LaredoThe existing bridge, conducted in 1957, will handle -tourist traffic, recreational vehicles, buses and trucks until new customs facilities are completed Currently, there are temporary customs stations at both ends of the bridge.The U.S. Border Station, to be completed within three years, will occupy 11 city blocks and will be the largest such U,S. facility on the Mexican border, authorities said.The new bridge, which was completed a month ago, sat idle while Mexican officials decided on a name for it and finalized their part of the dedication ceremonies.The old bridge was built after three previous bridges were destroyed bi turn by a ior,e, a fire and a flood,LIN( state Army prosec guards tied a incidegoveriofficerSen. Omahi J.J. E adequi ’Kranei eral o effect!Exoireportthe inlt;a “mo■dprlng trainir Fort lt;guard; Missis Pvi. in the saved only betwei He ■fffliii barrac under emor’ Exo “no e was ir who i saidwas a Cha ber o ture, every nal pi vioue I
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Farmington Daily Times
Farmington, New Mexico, US
Sun, Nov 28, 1976
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