Area High School Teams Receive Trophies in Memorial Ceremony
Local and area basketball teams gathered in the Pi high school gym to honor players Joe Galvan and Laura Ochoa with memorial trophies. Matamoros won first, Merchants Marine State Bank second, Los Fresnos third, with Eugene Garza and Robert Holland presenting prizes. Proceeds benefitted the Quarterback Club. Nearby note mentions a rise in juvenile speckled trout along the lower Texas coast linked to pesticide use and a shift toward recovery after reduced DDT, per Texas Parks and Wildlife Biologist Ray Childress.
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Matamoros
Port Isabel
Los Fresnos
Robert Holland
Joe Galvan
Laura Ochoa
Brownsville
Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Ray Childress
Mario Silva
Francisco Silva
Jamel Zamarripa
Jose Angel Silva
Mario Ramirez
Amado Colluzo
Allector Saldana
Jose J. Gonzalez
Sergio Paul Castaneda
Carlos Palacios
Eugene Garza
Merchants Marine State Bank
Port Isabel School
Pesticide Runoff Hurts Juvenile Trout in Laguna Madre
Childress reports Hurricane Beulah spread DDT residues from farm runoff into the Lower Laguna Madre and St. Charles Bay. Juvenile trout per acre fell from about 30 in 1964 65 to 5 in 1969, though sampling intensified. By 1970 rainfall eased and use dropped, with counts rising to 12 per acre.
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Childress
Laguna Madre
Beulah
Laguna
St. Charles Bay
Rockport
Lower
Gulf Coast
Texas
Padre Island
Rio Grande Valley
Cancer Crusade Push Reaches All Citizens
The American Cancer Society urges broad public awareness through every medium to highlight cancer facts and rally support for its crusade. The appeal stresses citizen involvement and nationwide participation in prevention and fundraising efforts.
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American Cancer Society
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