Youth 19 charged in murder of two girls
A 19 year old, Antonio Rios Zepeda Jr, was charged with murder in the deaths of Patricia Segura 15 and Maria Norma Delgado16. Yolanda Garza 15 survived after being found later. The crimes occurred near canals south of the Williams Road area in San Benito and involved multiple witnesses and a possible bus sighting. Police described autopsy and investigation details as they searched Brownsville and Matamoros for additional clues. Funeral notices and rosary plans followed for Segura and Delgado.
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Williams Road
Zilloch Roads
Patricia Segura
Felix Segura
Maria Norma Delgado
Julian C. Delgado
Poinciana
Yolanda Garza
Guadalupe Garza
San Benito
Antonio Rios Zepeda, Jr
Turner Road
Justice of the Peace
Romeo Garza
Cameron County
Zepeda
Segura
Zillock Road
Lock 2
Ed Moody
Sheriff's Department
Brownsville
Matamoros
Garza
CP&L Plans $500,000 Substation on Padre Island
Central Power & Light Co proposes a $500,000 substation on South Padre Island to meet rising power demand. The project would use two acres in Andy Bowie Park with a high voltage line across the bay, and requires formal park board action after full plans are presented.
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Cp&l
Padre Island
South Padre Island
Cameron County Park Board
Central Power & Light Co
Park Board
Andy Bowie
Control Of Sewage Facilities Not Set
The Texas Water Quality Control Board will hear in Brownsville on April 14 to decide who will control local sewage treatment facilities. Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 opposes the Rio Grande Valley Pollution Control Authority plan for centralized control. A prior April 7 hearing drew skepticism over the district’s ability to manage sewage, amid a hold on an $763,000 EDA grant and calls for regional authority.
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Texas Water Quality Control Board
Brownsville
Stillman Town Hall
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1
Rio Grande Valley
Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No
Cameron County Commissioners Court
Water District
Derry
Bob Williams
Taxpayer's League
Water Board
Walter Zimmerman
Economic Development Administration
Ambulance By L aw Committee Sets Friday Meeting
By Laws committee of the Ambulance Corporation meets at Bud Emmons J P office this Friday night April 14 at 7 p m. Members include Selma Thornton Maureen Moore Chuck Londrie and president Bud Emmons. Attendants may attend with by law suggestions. Professional service serves Port Isabel Laguna Heights Laguna Vista and South Padre Island residents and visitors.
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the Ambulance Corporation
Bud Emmons
J.P
Selma Thornton
Maureen Moore
Chuck Londrie
Port Isabel
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
South Padre Island
Legion Post Sets Election Meeting for April Fourteenth
Frank Mras, present commander of American Legion Post No. 498, calls a meeting Friday April 14 at 7 30 p m in the fire hall to elect new officers. He invites all veterans not yet members to attend.
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Frank Mras
American Legion Post No
Mras
Houston Trio Charged With Indecent Exposure
Kenneth Lock aged 24 Douglas Wade 18 and Gretchen Francis Van Pelt 19 all from Houston were arrested on Padre Island Saturday April 8 on indecent exposure charges. The youths were released from County Jail after paying fines of 52.50 dollars each assessed by Justice Bund Emmmons.
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Kenneth Lock
Douglas Wade
Gretchen Francis van Pelt
Houston
Padre Island
Justice of the Peace Bund Emmmons
Port Isabel Citizens Baseball Club Elects Officers
The Port Isabel Citizens Baseball Club elected officers on April 5 with Carlos Rivera Jr. as president and Carlos Rivera Sr. as scorekeeper. Erasmo Martinez was named vice president, Gilbert Delgado secretary treasurer, and David Poston publicity chairman. The club presents a game this Sunday April 16 at 2:30 in San Benito.
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Port Isabel Ciitizens Baseball Club
Carlos Rivera, Jr
Erasmo Martinez
Gilbert Delgado
sec.Pres
David Poston
Carlos Rivera
San Benito
Sanders Takes Office and City Manager Resigns
The city held its April 10 meeting to canvass April 1 election votes and swear in Mayor Leo Sanders and commissioners Quirino Martinez and Juan Gonzales. Arturo Galvan presented the keys, while Robert Garcia submitted a resignation letter read by Sanders.
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City Commission
Arturo Galvan
Leo Sanders
Sanders
Quirino Martinez
Juan Gonzales
American Numismatic Association
Robert Garcia
Garcia
EEA
Galvan
Irene D. Duke
Valley hurricane training session set at Harlingen City Hall
County city and school officials civil defense Red Cross volunteers will attend a Valley wide hurricane watch training session at Harlingen City Hall Monday afternoon and evening. Red Cross specialists from Houston discuss immediate disaster plans plus feeding clothing shelters health services and welfare. Registration 1 30 to 2 p m with discussions to follow dinner 6 to 7 30 p m panel on disaster preparedness all sessions open to interested persons. Influenza leads illnesses week ending March 31 Cameron County Health Dept lists ten flu cases. Others include streptococcal throat infection four tuberculosis three infectious hepatitis three mumps one.
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Red Cross
Harlingen City Hall
Texas Gulf Coast Division
Houston
Vance D. Raimond
Frank Hardin
The
Raimond
Cameron County Health Department
Late Jaudon’s Work Recognized by Red Cross Chapter
The West Cameron County Red Cross honors the late J J Jaudon of Port Isabel for decades of volunteer service. He helped military families secure leaves, aided fund campaigns, organized evacuations, shelters, and feeding stations during disasters, all without pay.
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Harlingen
J.J. Jaudon
Port Isabel
American Red Cross
West Cameron County
The
Red Cross
Jaudon
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Roel
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