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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1968
Page
1
A narrator recalls John a gifted yet failed man whose lack of a clear goal and habit of starting anew doomed him. Despite polish and skill he could not close a deal or finish a path, often changing life course on small triggers and never settling on a direction.
Cameron County officials push for enabling legislation to form a hospital district funded by a 25 cent ad valorem tax. Hospitals Mercy of Brownsville Dolly Vinsant San Benito and Valley Baptist Harlingen seek guaranteed funds to cover indigent care, with a potential referendum and state approval needed.
Benito Garcia Ochoa 64 of Port Isabel died Sunday at home after a brief illness. Survived by three sons Benito Jr Arnoldo and Alberto Ochoa de la Garza all of Port Isabel four daughters Aurora Moreau Gonzalez Hinojosa and Lucila Green. a brother Refugio G. Ochoa and four sisters Dolores Villarreal and others of Port Isabel. Rosary held Monday at home. funeral Tuesday at Our Lady Star of the Sea Church with burial in Port Isabel Cemetery.
Cameron County faces precinct reallocation under the one man one vote doctrine. Precincts 1 2 3 and 4 hold about 7.5 44 20 and 30 percent of the population respectively. Proposals include redrawing lines near Brownsville and San Benito and possibly electing at large, with impacts on Justices of the Peace and constables.
Port Isabel residents head to the polls Saturday for a crowded mayoral contest involving L F Speck Sanders W W Zimmerman and George Barster. The campaign centers on policing fire protection and the disputed one percent sales tax approved to fund a new city hall with tax collection delayed by comptroller notice.
Port Isabel students will participate in a district I L L meet at Lyford Friday in literary and academic events. Debaters Donnie Keller Jimmy Rock lead the boys team while Martha Estes Terry Deckard head the girls. The plays and oratory entries feature several named students with alternates and a typewriting team as well.
Mrs. Gladys Robbins of Corpus Christi will be a special guest at the Port Isabel Coin Club meeting on Sunday April 7 at 2 p.m. The event features "Railroad Coins of Mexico" with an illustrated exhibit. The public is invited to attend at the Community Building.
The McAllen Chamber of Commerce sent 14 magazine articles and stories to newspapers across 37 states and all Canadian provinces in March. They used 1,103 tourist names in releases to hometown papers to promote South Padre tourism, summer vacations, and travel to Mexico, with extra coverage of local attractions.
A 10 year old Port Isabel boy named Adam Pearson was struck by a car on Tarnava Street and critically injured. He was taken to Mercy Hospital in Brownsville with a fractured leg and facial lacerations. The driver Florencio Rivera Jr. 17 of Port Isabel remained at the scene as the investigation continues.
Port Isabel High School seniors depart Thursday April 11 for San Antonio for a senior trip. The group will visit HemisFair 1968 and tour local sites. Thirty-one seniors will participate in the excursion.
Frank Pierce Tower 70 of Port Isabel died in a Brownsville hospital after an extended illness. A New Haven native, he moved to the Valley in 1950 and to Port Isabel in 1956 where he ran WBP Shrimp Co and a hardware business. He was a former boxer and race driver and member of the Brownsville Elks. Surviving are a son, two grandsons, a granddaughter all of Port Isabel and Laguna Heights. Funeral at 4 p.m. today at Darling-Mouser Funeral Home.
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