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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1969
Page
1
Microfilm Center Inc located in Texas with P O Box 45436 noted. alias and address details appear in the listing.
Urban Renewal Director George Mansur announced that actual construction has begun on Villa Madre, a 52 unit high rise between Rail road and Hickman Avenues and Longoria and Masina Streets. Ground breaking Friday marks the start after five years of planning with costs estimated at 800000.
This week neither Mansur nor Phillips would commit to a completion date for the Port Isabel villa project. Observers consider 280 days plausible for first phase as two of five blocks of housing rise with a marina complex planned. When all five are finished the town expects housing relief, tax benefits, and landscape beautification.
Officials of the 31st Annual Texas International Fishing Tournament expect registrations to top 300 as the event runs Aug 14 to Aug 17. Blessing of the fleet starts at 7 30 a m with Coast Guard leading a Gulf of Mexico parade. Multiple divisions set fishing times and reporting deadlines across Marlin Tuna Swordfish Sailfish Tarpon and Bay categories plus a junior division for 16 and under. Continued on page 2.
Bill Young recounts a quiet moment atop an overpass south of San Benito where a sweeping valley scene awakens a deeper awareness of self and life. The vantage reveals sparse vegetation, fog and distant horizons as traffic fades to silence, heightening the sense of serenity.
A five day fire fighting school attended by three local volunteer firemen may lower the key rate on local fire insurance.
The Port Isabel Chamber of Commerce reports robust catches from local anglers with whiting drum and speckled trout off the coast. Charters aboard the Albatross and Warsaw plus pier and marina actions at Purdy’s and White Sands yield varied fish including bonito sailfish and a rare calico grouper.
A luncheon shower honored Penelope Marlin hosted by Mmes Walter and William Zimmermann at Valley Inn Brownsville. The bride elect and her fiancé Don Hanmer will marry at First United Methodist Church with parents Mr and Mrs Robert Hanmer hosting a rehearsal dinner at Sea Island Marina Room and a reception to follow at Laguna Vista home of Mr and Mrs H Robert Ramp.
The forecast calls for daily highs around the mid 90s to low 100s and lows near 74 to 75 with little or no precipitation expected. Temperatures average one to two degrees below normal during the period.
Port Isabel residents react to rising city school and water district taxes. Spokesman Capt Bob Williams says the Local Taxpayers League plans a Friday meeting at 7 30 p m in the Merchants Marine State Bank Community Room with Arthur A Klein as consultant.
Laguna Vista named Harold G. Wiechman as police chief, citing his Air Force leadership as commander and airlift coordinator. A Los Angeles native, Wiechman retired at Patrick AFB in Florida after service across Asia and Africa. He and wife Connie plan to settle on Santa Isabel Boulevard and enjoy golf, gardening, and fishing.
The El Morillo Drain Diversion project is finished and operating. U S Rep Kika de la Garza notes the system diverts Morillo Drain waters to the Gulf rather than the Rio Grande, improving Lower Rio Grande waters for U S and Mexico users. A pumping plant and 76 mile channel discharge to the Gulf with rare river input reduces irrigation salt by about 300000 tons annually.
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