Dust problem in Port Isabel to be solved by ground cover
Carl Frick proposes quick action to end dust by covering sand flats with large trash and prickly pear cactus near the ground. He suggests cooperation with conservationists and nearby ranchers, funded by a crash special assessment, and considers plantings and chemical treatments as alternatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Frick
Agriculture Department of Texas A & M College
Port Isabel
Helen Lu Burnell
Gage Brewer Builds Valley Business and Sea Venture
Gage Brewer of Port Isabel and Alamo Texas is portrayed as a longtime Valley booster and Terra Marina dealer. He sponsored and demonstrated amphibious land and water cruisers and aided local development, real estate, and tourism projects including Padre Island ventures and the Texas Underwater Sea Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Madre
Roloff Development CO
Pt. Isabel Hwy
F. M. Rd
la Vista
Isabel
Texas
Gage Brewer, Valley
Terra Marina Manufacturing Company
Rio Grande Valley
Port Isabel
Alamo
America
Riviera
Gage Brewer
P. O. Box
Brewer
North Shore Drive
Magic Valley Drugs
Main & Eighth Streets
Padre Island
South Padre Island
Scuba Divers Club
Underwater Society
Houston
Skewer
Jay Albeanese
Albeaneese
New Orleans
Lou
Charles
Pan American
Edinburg
Dickenson
Rufus Ransome
Brownsville
Dorn Brothers
Forest Oil Company
Corpus Christi
Wichita
Kansas
Middle-West
The
Eagle and Beacon
Borden
Hyde Park
Congress urged to cut foreign aid request for 1962
Valley taxpayers seek saving in the range of several million dollars if Congress reduces the President's 4.8 billion dollar foreign aid request for fiscal 1962.
Valley Chamber Leader Critiques President Foreign Aid Request
Carl Conley of Raymondville leads the Valley Chamber of Commerce Legislative Committee arguing the Presidents 4.5 billion foreign aid request would cost Valley taxpayers 6859400 or 1853 per person in the four county area. He compares with a 2 billion Congress cut and 3.2 billion average. He cites Eugene F Rvita of the Council of State Chambers of Commerce noting eight year aid totals and urging further reductions beyond Eisenhower era levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Conley
Raymondville
Legislative Committee
The
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Valley
Congress
Federal Finance Committee
Conley
Eugene F. Rvita
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Valley Chamber
Kennedy
Cheyenne Rodeo Featured on Wide World of Sport
Brahma bull riding bareback bronc riding bulldogging and other action packed events will be showcased on Wide World of Sport from Cheyenne. The segment highlights top rodeo performers and crowd pleasing feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brahma
Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo Featured on Wide World of Sports
The Wide World of Sports will air Saturday August 5 highlighting Cheyenne Wyoming Frontier Days rodeo co sponsored by Humble Company. Local telecast runs on KRGV TV 5 to 7 PM EDT with about 90000 dollars in prize money awarded to cowboys in the event described as the daddy of em all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wide World of Sports
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Humble Company
Krgv-Tv
Launching Pad Considered on South King Ranch
Aviation Week reports a site on the southern King Ranch near Norias Division a few miles north of Raymondville is being considered for a Nova missile launching pad. The plan envisions multi million pound thrust rockets firing eastward parallel to the equator with nearby manufacturing and research facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviation Week
Space Technology
King Ranch
Norias
Raymondville
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J. L. Merryman
City
Mr. Merryman
Rockport
Holland
Laguna Vista
Magic Valley
New Citizen
Mighty Active
TIFT
Harlingen Afb
Wing Office of Information
Mary Womack
Col
Carmelo V. Alba
J. B. French
Winford Garrell
USAF
Don
Laguna Heights
EL Toro
MRS
Nation
Fisherman's
ALA Carte
Ernest Mobely
Inquire
Turner - Wright
Insurance Agency
W. Robertson St
San Benito
Jim Carey
Lighthouse Electric
Sannaody's
Visit
Perl Bros
Tere
E. Elizabeth Street
Chamber of Commerce
Marine Supplies
Tarr & Wonson Paints
Warren
Bayview Apartments
Washington
Tarnava
Lance Harris
Port Electric Service
Electrical Contractors
Sessons
Garcia St
Theu
Gulf Cafe
Meinken
Mr. and
Mrs. Lawton Petty
Cooksey
DIAL
Johnson Motors
Sporting Goods
C. E. Berry and
Clyde Privett
J. G. Cantu & Son Cabinet Shop
Port Isabel, Texas
Marjorie
South King Ranch
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