Youth Rally Set on Padre Island Draws Health and Faith Evokes
A patriotic and religious youth rally will occur Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Padre Island pavilion auditorium. Sponsored by Rio Hondo Baptist Church the event features Fort Worth singer Jim Miller and the Palestine singers with the Rio Hondo choir a ladies trio and a men s quartet. Young testimonies recount turning on Jesus and turning off drugs with Rev Gene Horton pastor of the church delivering the address.
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Pavilion Auditorium
Padre Island
Rio Hondo Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Jim Miller
Palestine Singers
Rio Hondo
Hunt Land Condemned for New Causeway
County Commissioner Ted Hunt’s land parcels 38 39 and 40 in Block 73 near Laguna Madre at Powers and Garcia Streets were condemned for right of way to build a new causeway. The price for the three lots was set at 2400 dollars each after Hunt proposed a private sale to the county.
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Port Isabel
Ted Hunt
Hunt
Laguna Madre
Powers and
Garcia
Direct Dialing to Reach Valley by 1972 DDD Rollout
Southwestern Bell plans direct distance dialing for the Valley by mid 1972. Bill Nix, district manager, says nearly 7 million dollars this year fund building expansions and new gear. Harlingen will serve as the switching hub linking 16 Valley central offices to the national network.
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Bill Nix
Southwestern Bell
McAllen
Harlingen
Texas
Nix
Valley
Sullivan City
Brownsville
Valley banks and S&Ls show March gains in the Rio Grande Valley
Valley Chamber of Commerce figures show March totals of 437,425,248 in banks and 129,590,868 in savings and loan associations, up from February. Total financial deposits reach 567,016,116. Building permits rise to 3,100,873 in March from 2,214,695 in February.
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Weslaco
Valley Chamber of Commerce
School District To Benefit From Big Oil Platform Firm
BROWNSVILLE Marathon Manufacturing Co Houston with a $9 million backlog in offshore platform orders plans to accelerate its $4 million Brownsville fabricating facility. The move aims to bring the plant into operation by the fall, revealed at a local meeting.
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Brownsville
Marathon Manufacturing Co
Houston
Marathon
Wayne D. Harbin
Texas Towers
R.G. LeTourneau, Inc
Republic of Singapore
Vicksburg
Miss
Harbin
le Tourneaus
Longview
Mississippi
Library Week Observed and Plaque Planned at Brownsville School
The Whitney Library at Port Isabel Junior-Senior High promotes National Library Week with posters and a Friends of the Library program. A wall plaque lists donors from Brownsville and nearby areas as the library grows to about 7,000 volumes.
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Whitney Library
Port Isabel
Library Club
Library Week
John Arvin
Vallee Boudreaux
Millard Caudill
George Colley
John Cook
Robert Culung
Phillipine Islands
Mildred Downs
David Dunn
Bud Franke
John Hardee
Brownsville
John Hamlinck
Ed Hinkley
J.A. Hockaday
G.L. Kneis
Greenwich
Connecticut
Mary Lasswell
Marcie Maire
Francisco Gomez Medina
Lana Mobley
Maurine Moore
Moses Osborn
Brownsille
Gladys Peebles
Robert Murphy
Pensacola
Florida
Marian Scruggs
H.H. Somnitz
Dudley Smith
W. Gill Smith
Baton Rouge
J.W. Stanley
John Sullivan
Bob Williams
Cameron County Voters May Ballot Liquor By The Drink
May 18 ballot may include local option for Liquor by the Drink in Cameron County. County Clerk Harrison Diltz notes past vote 8 201 for lifting prohibition. action hinges on a new bill and county authorization by County Judge Ray Ramon. Governor expected to sign after Senate approval. sponsors tout tourism boost for the Valley.
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Cameron County
Austin
Preston Smith
Harrison Diltz
Diltz
Ray Ramon
House
Senate
CofC Group Meeting Here on Padre Island
A two day South Texas and Valley Chamber managers and secretaries course will be held Thursday and Friday on Padre Island. Sponsored by the Valley and South Texas associations at the Sea Island Motel the event lists instructors David Allen Ed Phelps and Cliff Terrell from regional chambers.
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South Texas and Valley Chamber
Padre Island
Valley and
South Texas Associations
Sea Island
David Allen
Harlingen Chamber
Ed Phelps
Laredo Chamber
Cliff Terrell
Terrell
Shrimp Boat Explodes Damaging Vessel Near Twin City Co op
A shrimp boat named Captain Early exploded docked near Twin City Co op on South Shore Drive triggering Brownsville fire crews. Cirilo Binedo of Brownsville, aboard for welding, was injured and taken to Mercy Hospital in satisfactory condition. Cause under investigation. owner Enrique Delgado.
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Twin City Co-op
South Shore Drive
Brownsville
Early
Port Isabel
Larry Joe Keller
Keller
Enrique Delgado
Cirilo Binedo
Mercy Hospital
Daylight Savings Time Begins for Texans on April 25
Roosters and alarm clocks must adjust as clocks move ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday April 25. Congress made the change mandatory nationwide except where states exempt themselves. Texas could not gain exemption, and lawmakers rejected a proposal from a Valley solon. Texans gain an extra hour of daylight each afternoon from April 25 to late October.
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Congress
Texas
Solon
Traffic Violations Tops Emmons List
Port Isabel notes a week after Easter that Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons lists traffic violations among those before him. Entries include speeding, no valid sticker, no license, parked on highway, failed to stop for school bus, and warrants or arrest-related items with fines ranging from five to ten dollars.
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Port Isabel
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Emmons
Ernest Bishop
Sabine Villarreal
Jim Luis Jr
Joe Luis Garza
Ronnie Gail Landis
Andris Fernandez
Jody Blackwell
Roy Garrison
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Gene Horton
Taeje
Park Road
State Highway Department
Willacy
the Litter Critter
Seys
Texas Highway Department
Luria Brothers
Point Isabel
Cofc Group
Donicio Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Twin City
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