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■project.:ins,lam•hit--hit.jsa,kVllUI at clus Rest, rial rch-forvetJ :a(a ion, ?x,; hiJ-'i exp'ress-news service . LAREDO — Establishment and operation of a Foreign'Trade Zone here has been indorsed by. the' Laredo Port Commission of the Chamber of. Commerce.. Bacldrig for the project wilt be sought from Ihe Chamber’s heard of directors, -which will meet Friday in the Pan American Room of the Plaza Hotel.Commission members, including several local customs brokers, agree with the city’s position that it be operated by private enterprise.- :-Mayor J. O’. Martin says he: favors relinquishing Laredo’s rights to secure federal govern:* ment. permit for the operation and supporting private enterprise in the application.Jerry flolieman and Associates of San Antonio has approached the city on the proj cot. Holieinan, a former assis tant secretary of labor is vice president of Fed-Marl m San Antonio.Mayor J, C. Martin Jr. and members of the City Council have indicated they will back the application;. Pen Wright, chairman of the Laredo Port Commission, says the city in tio way will be obligated to put up any money or any facilities.”This fs no big wholesale met* chandlse outlet operation as some downtown merchants have been led to believe, Bill Webber adds. Webber is chairman of the Webb County Board of Development, . ..Holliman' has asked the city to join him in requesting permission of Ihe Foreign Trade Zone Board in Washington, D.C., to locate in Laredo. Similar zones now operate successfully in Staten Island, N.Y., Seattle, New Orleans, Toledo, Ohio, San Francisco and Puerto-Rico, The proposed facility here would be the first of its kind otrUie U.S.-Mexoco border,Webber said that li Laredo . does not get the zone, some [.other port, on the. border will, Eagle Pass, El Paso, McAllen and Brownsville have been mentioned as possible locations in case Laredo docs not go along with ihe project,“It’s a good-thing for Laredo,” Webber said, “ft won’t hurt the customs brokers,”Wright and Webber stress that the Holleman in teres is are not .asking the city for tax or any other concessions as lias been the case with other industries wanting to locate in Laredo.Commission member E. If. Corrigan Jr., a leading customs broker, says the operation would boost Laredo’s position as the leading port for. International trade.“Even if we get three or four firms using the facilities, It would moan more business and employment for some people bore,” adds customs broker Richard Valts.Vails says he has seen the zone operations In the Panama Canal and New Orleans. He says the brokers and truckers stand to gain the most in boosting trade and creating jobs.The San Antonio interests already have inquired about acquisition of a 30-acre land tract. Mayor Martin says the IloHc-tnan people want to slart building in June,ITwo i Old Cor •Station Square Both ; for derr city pur opcti bin Waslti joyed a as an t iter. Th building ful to c The lt;Fire St; story si and M; eludes tower u Liebig fi Washii at Nuev.The b part of ed for ; city, afi by the C A great been • i Agent A Urban 1 Washii 143 stni 1 for ev the largi for clea feet,_ About tially slt;and 58 | be acqu Wv. parcels i August, rcpresen compani slructurt When employe;parcels, on a bid crews ha than pel 53 since Monev totaled i_ D.r:______
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Mon, Apr 06, 1964
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