Tarpons Compete At Lyford Meet District Track
Port Isabel finished 5th with 54 points at Lyford district events led by Merril Woods who won the broad jump and set a school record 19 feet 9 inches. Elias Martinez and Humberto Martinez highlighted the relay and 880 events with regional qualifications.
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Port Isabel
Humberto Martinez
Merril Woods
Jerry Salazar
Danny Delgado
Lupe Cantu
Elias Martinez
David Poston
Luis Martinez
Eliast Martinez
Kingsville
Two Elected At Southmost Board Seats
Eduardo Hernandez won Place 1 at Texas Southmost College with 2 540 votes while Robert Lackner and Ben Gomez had 1800 and 282. Fount Ray won Place 2 with 2 385 votes versus 1 111 for Mary Lou Gonzalez and 898 for Domingo Gonzalez. Port Isabel totals detail local results for both races.
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Eddie) Hernandez
Board of Trustees
Texas Southmost College
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Ben Gomez
Ray
Mary Lou Gonzalez
Domingo Gonzalez
Alfredo Pena
Port Isabel
Lackner
Hernandez
Gomez
National Coin Week Observed in Port Isabel
Mayor Leo Sanders proclaims National Coin Week April 16 to 22 in Port Isabel with the 1972 theme Coins Are Forever. The Port Isabel Coin Club will display in the Merchants Marine State Bank lobby and participants receive Certificates of Participation.
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Leo Sanders
American Numismatic Association
Port Isabel
Julius Guttag
New York City
National Library Week observance in Texas
National Library Week runs April 16 through 22 with the theme Reading makes the world go round and You ve got a right to read. NSW Program in its fifteenth year is backed by the National Book Committee and the American Library Association to promote reading and libraries for all Texans. U S Senator Lloyd S Bentsen serves as State Chairman and backs the Older Readers Services Act to aid public library services for seniors.
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National Library
Texas
Nsw
National Book Committee, Inc
American Library Association
America
U.S
Lloyd S. Bentsen
Texas Committee For
National Library Week
Bentsen
Pan Am Starts Insurance Plan for Pan American University
Edinburg officials report nearly 500 full time Pan American University employees will receive a $7.39 monthly hospital care benefit starting May 1. The scheme costs $14,500 this fiscal year and about $42,000 annually thereafter, with state law allowing up to $12.50 per premium.
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Edinburg
Pan American University
Board of Regents
Two Seniors Due Slide Rule Award
The Texas Chemical Council will award slide rules to graduating seniors from 147 Texas high schools for excellence in chemistry science and math. Richard Anthony of Brownsville High School and George Gutierrez of St Joseph Academy were named outstanding seniors in science chemistry and math.
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Texas Chemical Council
Texas
R. Henry Featherston
Corpus Christi
Richard Anthony
Brownsville High School
George Gutierrez
St. Joseph Academy
TCC
Anthony
Gutierrez
Yugoslav population tops 20.5 million in March census
Belgrade reports preliminary census returns placing Yugoslavia's population just over 20.5 million at end of March, about two million more than the 1961 figure, signaling strong growth across the federation.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Reuter
Free Land Offer For Cameron County Court House Site
Two civic minded land owners in the Mid-Cameron area offer land for a new Cameron County court house to save taxpayers at least 200000. Tom Fleming presents 40 acres near old Alice Road as the proposed site near Los Fresnos. An earlier offer from James Russell includes a large tract fronting the expressway while commissioners hold options on two Hwy 802 parcels costing about 250000 and 160000 respectively.
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Mid-Cameron Area
Cameron County Court House
Atty
Tom Fleming
Roger Gerdes
Los Fresnos
Gerdes
Texas Hwy. 100
Old Alice Road
Brownsville
Harlingen
Padre Island
James Russell
The
Russelltown Plontation
Court House
Suspect Held In Boat Theft
Mexican authorities in Tampico hold Peter E. Lasch 34 in custody linked to the disappearance of a 46 foot yacht from a Port Isabel marina. The cruiser owned by R G Young of Los Fresnos valued about 10000 dollars was reportedly damaged after a storm and Lasch was seen working on the boat before it vanished. The FBI issued a warrant April 12 based on Young’s identification with Mexican soldiers in La Pesca.
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Tampico
Peter Ernest Lasch
Port Isabel
Lasch
R.G. Young
Los Fresnos
FBI
la Pesca
Season's Last Boxing Match Due Here
The Port Isabel Boxing Club traveled to Pharr for a Saturday April 8 event featuring trainer-manager Candelario Martinez versus Joe Rodriguez in a main exhibition bout. Martinez, a former regional lightweight champion, won after three rounds. Octavio Martinez, six, defeated Danny Guzman by technical knockout, with Port Isabel youths Daniel Perez Jr Juan Perez and Peter Garcia also winning. The event had fifteen matches and one exhibition. A season finale tournament is planned for April 15 at the high school gym with two heavy weight main events.
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Port Isabel
Pharr
Candelario Martinez
Joe Rodriguez
Martinez
Rodriguez
Octavio Martinez
Danny Guzman
Daniel Perez, Jr
Juan Perez
Peter Garcia
Bus Driver Conductor Leave Kampala Route Dispute
A Kampala to village bus is forced to stop when a taxi cuts in. The driver exits with his conductor left aboard, leading to a tense roadside incident observed near Uganda.
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Kmapala
Uganda
Reuter
Kampala
Farm Leader Seeks Law To Halt Transportation Strikes
WACO Texas Farm Bureau President J T Woodson urged Senator Lloyd Bentsen to back permanent legislation to counter crippling strikes in transportation railroads airlines merchant marine trucking and longshoring His message notes dock strikes cost farmers over 1 billion in lost earnings and market access The bill S 3232 co sponsored by Senator John Tower would apply to multiple transport sectors and follows a previously defeated dock strike amendment Congress then passed temporary dock strike measures Woodson thanked Tower for backing the bill and urged prompt action noting Texas producers are vulnerable to work stoppages
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Texas Farm Bureau
J.T. Woodson
Lloyd Bentsen
US Department of Agriculture
United States
Woodson
Senator Bentsen
John Tower
Robert W. Packwood
Oregon
Senate
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Tower
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Bentsen
Texas
Los Fresnos Plans Bond Vote For School Expansion
Los Fresnos School Board sets May 20 for a 1,255,000 bond election to fund a new junior high, extra high school classrooms, and cafeteria renovations. Architects Swanson Heister Wilson Boland submit plans. bond issued by Rauscher Pierce Security Corp. Principal Reuss resigns to study at East Texas State. Faustino Rivas joins coaching staff under athletic director Gene Taubert.
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Los Fresnos
Swanson
Heister
May Primary Voting Slated for Area Elections
County Clerk Harrison Diltz announces the May primary absentee voting starts Monday. Voters out of town May 6 may vote at the Brownsville courthouse during business hours. Deputies will man San Benito City Hall 9 am to 12 pm and Harlingen City Hall 1 pm to 5 pm Tuesday through Friday. Voters will elect a new state representative and senator, top state officials including governor and lieutenant governor, and county officials such as commissioner, justice of the peace, constable, sheriff, district attorney, and district clerk.
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Harrison Diltz
Brownsville
San Benito
Harlingen
Hawker Siddeley Tests Aircraft Noise Over Cameron County
Hawker Siddeley Inc conducts noise tests at Cameron County Airport near Laguna Vista. A jet flies at ground crew heights of 500, 1000 and 2000 feet with constant power to obtain consistent decibel readings. Tests planned at multiple locations will study atmospheric effects on airport noise.
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Hawker-Sidney, Inc
Cameron County
Laguna Vista
Mat Maddox
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