Aids Farmers Choose Grass For Rio Grande Pastures
The Southmost Soil and Water Conservation District explains how farmers in the Rio Grande Valley should select pasture grasses based on soil type water availability operation scale and management level. It lists Bermud a varieties buffelgrass Angelton blue stem and others noting each has unique growth and management needs.
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Rio Grande Valley
Soil and Water Conservation District
Soil Conservation Service
Bermuda
Coast Cross I
Valley double murder remains under bond decision
Deputy escorted suspects to Cameron County jail while Judge Garza delayed bond. Zepeda had just returned from Ohio with his father after their home was burglarized near the canal area where the girls’ bodies were found. Zepeda planned to return to Ohio for work. his wife and child stayed behind. Joint funeral services for the victims were held April 14 at Our Lady Queen of the Universe Church with burial at Mont Meta Memorial Park.
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Zepeda
Ohio
Our Lady Queen of the Universe
Mont Meta Memorial Park
Screwworm Epidemic Ramps Up Across Southwest Texas
Mission Lab reports 206 new screwworm cases over a weekend, pushing weekly totals to a record high. Texas counties Reagan Hudspeth and Hill join the growing list as New Mexico logs its first case in two years. Authorities urge farmers to avoid open wounds on livestock and inspect animals for larvae, noting calves navels are common egg sites.
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Southwest
Mission Lab
Reagan
Hudspeth
Texas
Hill County
Hudspeth County
New Mexico
Otero County
Polk County
Arizona
District Legion Convention Set for Laredo April 29-30
Seventeen American Legion posts will receive citations for outstanding membership at the 15th District Spring Convention in Laredo April 29-30. Registration begins 9 a.m. Saturday at Post 669, 919 Saunders St, with a social hour, dance, memorial service, and joint Legion Auxiliary session on Sunday.
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American Legion
The
Estanislao de Luna
Asherton
Jesus S. Mata
Carrizo Springs
A.J. Arrmstrong
Castroville
Marion Tschirhart
Crystal City
Carlos Avila
Devine
San Benito
James D. Hadlock
Santa Rosa
Enrique Mireles
Zapata
J.R. Cowart
Post 669
Saunders St
George Saenz
Axuillary
Valley Building Permits Rise in March Across Rio Grande Valley
The Business Barometer from the Valley Chamber of Commerce shows March total new construction across the lower Rio Grande Valley at 10,036,398 dollars up from February. Brownsville led with 3,757,447 dollars, McAllen reached a record 2,680,562, Harlingen over a million, and Edinburg 802,150 with several other towns reporting six-figure starts.
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Weslaco
Rio Grande Valley
The
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Brownsville
McAllen
Harlingen
Edinburg
Raymondville
la Feria
Donna
South Padre Island
Elsa
1969 county farm totals in Cameron County reveal shifts
Cameron County lists 1 750 farms in the 1969 Census of Agriculture down slightly from 1 754 in 1964. Of these farms 999 sold 2 500 or more in 1969, average size 258.4 acres, average farm value 87 910. Totals show declines in crop and livestock values from 1964 to 1969 while corporate farm structure emerges, plus local building permits in Pharr Mission Alamo and other towns.
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Cameron County
US Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Department
Social and Economic Statistics Administration
SESA
Valley Chamber Plans Nine Week Summer Tourist Advertising Drive
The Valley Chamber of Commerce will back a nine week summer ad campaign aimed at Texas metro areas and nearby parts of Oklahoma and Louisiana. Newspapers with two million total circulation will carry ads starting in April. Town chambers will supply information packets and a special Tip O Texan vacation issue will feature Falcon Lake to South Padre Island.
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B.C. Kindel
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Kindel
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Valley Chamber
McAllen
Brownsville
Harlingen Chambers
Weslaco
Port Isabel-Padre Island
Mission
San Benito
Elsa
Edinburg
Falcon Lake
South Padre Island
Fort Worth
Dallas
San Antonio
Houston
Austin
San Angelo
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Los Fresnos To Vote On 1.225 Million Bond Issue
Los Fresnos School Board sets a 1.225 million bond election for May 20 to fund a new junior high complex expanded high school space and cafeteria renovations. Absentee ballots available May 1 at the school business office. election is handled by Rauscher Pierce Security Corporation.
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Los Fresnos
Rauscher Pierce Security Corporation
Herbert Graybill
Lupe Garcia
Sonny Pederson
Terrell Bozarth
Los Fresnos School
College essay trick to quit smoking day
The American Cancer Society notes quitting smoking is hard but can save lives by reducing lung cancer risk. Pick a day to quit and seek help to improve success chances.
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American Cancer Society
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F. T
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Graham
KGBT
Channel 4
Pol
Garza
Bond
District Legion
Laredo
de Luna
Alfredo D. Lopez
Saenz
J.C. Martin
M.M. Pasley
Waggoner Carr
Legion and Auxiliary
Marcelo Mann
Wilson C. Turner
Pasley
Chicago
Ill
Department Convention Committees. Other Delegates of Post 439
Commander Pena
David Barbee
Walter Given
Bryan Glasscock
Ralph Jacobs
R.A. Love
Ed Till
Port Isabel
Zip Zavaleta
ZIP
Los
Fresnos Area
Vance Wilson
Juan B. Tijerina
Blackburn
Price
Oskar Davidsen
Copenhagen
Denmark
Pharr
Alamo
Mercedes
San Juan
Bud Blake
Hugo
Veterans Administration
Vermont Ave
Washington, D.C
First National City
World
U.S
Pelayo “Pye
Quintana
Brownsville High School
Southmost College
Purdue University At
Hammond
Indiana
Texas Association of Assessing Officers
International Association of Assessing Officers
Democratic Executive Committee
U.S. Air Force
Concerned Citizens For ‘‘Pye
Narciso Cortez
James L. Rentiro
Rentiro
HE Is
Rt Gilbert
Sharpe
Court OF Civil Appeals
State Bar
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