Area Voters To Pick City, School Officers
Laguna Vista and Port Isabel residents vote Saturday for city and school board offices. Laguna Vista will elect a mayor and five aldermen with several incumbents and challengers listed. Port Isabel voters choose two school trustees among six candidates. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at City Hall and Garriga Elementary School.
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Laguna Vista
Port Isabel Area
City Hall
Port Isabel
Cecil Moses
Calvin Byrd
Carl Patrick Kelly
Elizabeth Neill
Maria Elizabeth Martinez
Manuel Galvan III
Garriga Elementary School
Port Isabel shrimp plant nears formal opening
Port Fisheries Completing Plant Port Isabel nears completion with a new 10 000 sq ft facility on Port Isabel Port Road. The dredged 300 ft wide channel 14 ft deep provides 3 000 ft of dock space for vacuum unloading of shrimp from trawlers to trucks. Morris Voltaggio and R C Jackson of Houston own the plant and plan a formal opening soon.
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Port Isabel
Port Fisheries and
Port Seafoods
Port Isabel Port Road
Mechanic's
Morris Voltaggio
R. C. Jackson
Houston
Brownsville
Trailer Park Rates Hikes At Isla Blanca Park
Cameron County Park Board approved a rent increase for Isla Blanca Park mobile home spaces from $35.81 to $60 per month starting May 1. Most tenants sign annual May-to-May contracts while demand remains high and a long waiting list persists. About 10 percent are permanent residents and 90 percent use the spaces for leisure.
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Isla Blanca Park
Cameron County Park Board
How To Decide Voting Eligibility Under New Rules
Voter registration certificates issued since March 1 1972 qualify holders to vote in city and school elections this week and in all elections through 1974. Under the permanent system a three year registration grants voting rights for the next three years. Those who vote yearly renew automatically without re registering. Moving requires notice 30 days prior to election. Lost receipts allow voting if name appears on the official list.
Masog To Attend SMU Mathematics Institute
Tom Masog son of Mr and Mrs Edward Masog of Laguna Vista is selected for a National Science Foundation Institute in mathematics at Southern Methodist University Dallas Texas. The five week program covers Number Theory Logic Probability Set Theory and Linear Algebra and targets high ability high school students. Masog an eleventh grader plans to pursue math and science after high school and has yet to choose a college.
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Tom Masog
Edward Masog
Laguna Vista
Tom
National Science Foundation Institute
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Texas
The
National Science Foundation
Port Isabel
Strictly Fresh Longhair Fan Seeks Liszt Price Discount
A music fan known as Strictly Fresh Longhair claims he can obtain records at a ten percent discount off the Liszt price. He seeks sources or vendors offering the reduced rate and notes his intent to shop for vinyl at the listed discount.
Phone Company Expands Port Isabel Exchange
Southwestern Bell announces a 584000 expansion to Port Isabel Exchange through 1974 with 152 extra workers. The project includes 64 million feet of new cable and central office equipment to serve growing homes and businesses in Port Isabel, Laguna Madre, and Padre Island, with more long distance and local calls anticipated.
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Southwestern Bell
Port Isabel
John Wood
Illinois
Laguna Madre
Padre Island
Pair Chosen For Honors At Port Isabel High School
Leticia Cantu and Victor Garza, tenth grade students at Port Isabel High, have been sponsored by the school's math and science teachers to apply for a nine week biology training program at the University of Texas campus. Their biology teacher, Robert Honeycutt, notes such programs typically target eleventh graders, but he is optimistic about their acceptance due to the students' high ability.
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Leticia Cantu
Victor Garza
Port Isabel High School
University of Texas
Robert Honeycutt
Honeycutt
Easter Weekend Schedule Sets Activities on South Padre Island
Plans for Easter week on South Padre Island include an Easter Sunrise service at 6 30 a m on April 22 and surfing contest registration on April 20 for competitions April 20 and 21. A Civic Center dance is set for April 20 and Sheriff Krausse seeks state and federal help to manage expected crowds.
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South Padre Island
Civic Center
Gus Krausse
City to allocate 103 715 for street repairs and paving
Mayor Leo F Sanders proposed tentatively approving about 103 715 in revenue funds for street repairs. Federal funds totaling 51524 for 1972 plus 667 in interest and 51524 anticipated for 1973 form the budget. Projects include City Hall parking lot Houston Street and other street resurfacing to avoid bond issues, with planning housing land changes awaiting final readings.
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Leo F. Sanders
Juan Gonzalez
Sanders
Quirino Martinez
City Hall
Houston Street
Manatou
Tarnava
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Charles W. Moore
George W. Harrison
Jean Larrsen
Douglas Tabor
Frank McCoy
A. T
Jimmy) Galloway, Jr
John LaRoche
James Everett
James Jackson
Carrie Hamilton
Merril Marsh
Melchioria Andretta
Eleanor Royer
Masog
SMU
Strictly Fresh
Longhair Music Fan
Wood
Harbor Light
Davis
Fourth Streets
Gomez St
Hwy. 100
Leal St
Shore Drive
Leal
Garcia
Main Street
Roxy Theatre
Southmost Savings & Loan
Larry Rogers
Southmost Savings & Loan Association
Jerry Watson
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