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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1971
Page
4
The townsite offers six and a half miles of paved streets and underground utilities in beach lots with alleys. It features local protection by volunteers, a tended Jean Lafitte's well, low city taxes of 25 cents per 100 with 80 percent evaluation, and a recollection of November when Robert F. Rooff met Robert F. McCausland from New York.
A businessman, after selling his New York interests, relocates with family to Harlingen and Laguna Vista to pursue waterfront lot development. Plans include condos and duplexes aimed at residents, teachers, and investors, with robust interest from California and Florida.
Area chatter lists visitors to the Ramp home in Laguna Vista including Bobby Neal and Wayne Taylor from Whiteface Texas. They attended a three day Coop Gins Director's Seminar in McAllen and returned with a haul of trout and redfish. Also noted are Donald Ramp from Reading Pennsylvania and cousins Joe Ramp. Beasley family guests from Dallas and Kentucky shelling fans Thelma Colley is in town.
Senator Lloyd Bentsen has introduced a bill to establish Amistad National Recreational Area along the Texas Mexico border. The 65,000 acre area would be under Interior supervision and include lands near the Amistad Dam reservoir by Del Rio. The measure aims to preserve local flora and fauna and promote international cooperation and tourism with Mexico.
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