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tionai bridge from her home in Mexico to bear her child in Laredo. The child will be born a U.S. citizen.Laredo, a city of 75,000, is ^ community of contrasts and a blend of American and Mexican cultures. Across the Rio Grande is the sister city of Nuevo Laredo.There are 400 Rodriguezes in the telephone book to 16 Joneses and 86 per cent of the population is Spanish surnamed.“I liked it and I’d like to go back,” says Jim Hale, a business executive and former resident. “You really have the best of two worlds, Mexican and American. The people are convivial, the food is excellent.”Laredo is a warm, dry and dusty city where 60 per cent of the streets are unpaved.There are slums. There also are posh suburbs.Unemployment is relatively high, but it includes migrant workers who spend warm winters in Laredo after harvest.Two years ago, the federal government closed down the Air Force base, leaving civilian workers jobless. But private businesses are leasing space.And since the statistics were compiled for the quality of live study, a natural gas boom is beginning and the exonomy of Laredo is expected to improve.Laredo also is the most active inland port in the country, and Mayor J. C. Martin says, “Our economy is now perhaps the most vibrant in the state.”
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sun, Oct 26, 1975
Page 13
Full Page
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