Weekly News Summary of Turbulent Air Strikes and Unrest
Striking airline mechanics and wage disputes suspend flights as Congress weighs routes and means to halt ties up. The UT tower massacre marks the seventeenth death in Charles Whitman’s shooting rampage. Luci Johnson and Patrick Nuvent wed in Washington in formal rites. A Nebraska air disaster during a thunderstorm leaves forty two dead. A valley crowd gathers around a revered tree as experts debate its healing powers while the owner gains cash from visitors at fifty cents per session.
Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers Across Region
Forecast notes highs reaching 103 degrees and lows around 73 to 75. Precipitation remains light to moderate with scattered showers, and about .11 inch of rain is deemed moderate.
Road up Padre Island eyed by county leaders
Cameron County Commissioners and Park Board press for State Highway Dept. action to build about 19 miles from the Causeway to the Cameron-Willacy line. Ernest Borgman says seashore funding could surge if the road is built, with a joint session at Harlingen Country Club outlining plans to lobby for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Padre Island
Park Service
Padre Island National Seashore
Ernest Borgman
Borgman
Cameron County Commissioners’ Court
Cameron County Park Board
Haringen Country Club
Port Isabel
Ted Hunt
State Highway Dept
Cameron - Willacy County
Bergman
Stuart Udall
Udall
Tichenor
Hunt
Tichnor
Udell
Sen
Ralph Yarborough
Seashore Park
South End
Seashore
Ernest Bergman
The
Padre National Seashore
Park Board
Harlingen Country Club
Garza
National Seashore
Anacio Garza
Commissioners
Hamlingen
National Park Service
Cameron County
School Board Sets Budget Hearing For August 16
The Point Isabel Independent School District fixed August 16 at 7 30 pm for its annual budget hearing. The 1966 67 proposed budget totals 526 110, up about 27 000 from 449 665 in 1965 66 due mainly to staffing after closing Our Lady Star of the Sea Parochial School. The board also decided to seek bids for a Turpon Field restroom building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel Independent
Our Lady Star of the Sea
M.N. Caudi
Turpon Field
Dust Relief Plea Gains Priority at EDA Session
Cameron County and six county officials backed Port Isabel Mayor Leo F. Sanders in pushing for early relief from Valley dust. The group discussed starter projects to showcase the district's impact, with Mayor Sanders and supporters highlighting dust near Port Isabel Padre Island and its effect on tourists and local towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County
Texas
Kent
Port Isabel
Leo F. Sanders
Frank Bolton Jr
Robert Chandler
Ner
Sanders
Laguna Vista
Richard Roloff
Fresnos
Rio Hondo
San Benito
Padre Island
Paco Betarcourt
Harlingen
Bob Yonker
South Padre Island
Sanders Group
Hunt
Chandler
Bolton
EDA
Court Plans Immediate Session With Road Men
Cameron County Commissioners met briefly on South Padre Island presiding over by Port Isabel Commissioner Ted Hunt during County Judge Oscar C. Dancy’s illness. Officials discussed highway work linking Padre Blvd to the county line and the potential federal funding if a new access road to the sea shore is built. Removal of Queen Isabella Causeway tolls depends on state highway pledges to build and maintain the road and island system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bergman
Tichenor
Rio Grande Valley
Ernest Bergman
Hunt
State Highway Department
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Padre Island
Jay Albeanese
Commissioners’ Court
Port Isable
San Bento
Adolph Thomas Jr
Cameron County
Padre Blvd
Cameron - Willacy
Ted Hunt
Oscar C. Dancy
Highway Department
Queen Isabella Causeway
Park Deputies Deputized To Battle Island Vandalism
Cameron County Sheriff Boynton Fleming named four additional deputies to serve without pay in Isla Blanca Park and South Padre Island to curb vandalism. Deputies Allen and Gonzales were deputized. The sheriff authorized immediate arrests and jail transfers for juvenile vandals without juvenile court consultation. He may expand the force permanently after the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County
Boynton Fleming
Isla Blanca Park
South Padre Island
Larry K. Allen
Rodolfo Gonzales
Sheriff's Office
Fleming
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress
Charles Whitman
University of Texas Observation Tower
Luci Johnson
Patrick Nuvent
Washington
Nebraska
Borgsman
Highway Dept
By Raymond R. Murphy
Robert Candelas
Port Isabel - San Benito
McHenry Tichenor
Ygnacio Garza
Evision
Amr
George Elsner
Elsner
Reyes
Causeway
Charles F. Barter
Santana Galvan
South Shore Drive
Donald LeFrance
Vier
Park
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