Padre Island Causeway Opens Across Corpus Christi Saturday
Corpus Christi Nueces County opens a $2 million causeway on Saturday June 17 linking the mainland near the Naval Air Station to Padre Island. Judge George Prowse leads the project with a ribbon cutting by his wife and features a pirate treasure hunt for June 18. The island will host electricity, water, sewerage, parking, and a new 96 000 acre resort area with fishing and beach access.
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Progress Cited In Farm-To-Market Road Program In Texas
Texas State Highway Department officials explain the farm to market road program under Senate Bill 287 and the Federal Aid Act. By end of 1951 Texas will maintain about 16 thousand miles of farm to market roads, with 500 new rural miles contracted monthly and major expansion underway statewide.
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Junction Fire Claims Life Of Toddler In Texas Home
A blaze destroyed a Junction home Thursday killing 17 month-old Kathy Dianna Sanders and leaving her mother, Mrs Henry Sanders, critically burned. A neighbor carried the mother 20 miles to Kerrville Hospital. Fire Chief Jamme Simmons cited a gallon can fuel near a wood stove as the apparent cause.
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