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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1967
Page
1
A reflective piece recalls teaching tact over blunt honesty with a child and shares memories of fishing days and a dark hillside childhood. The narrator notes budget strains from medicine, the lure of weight loss, and lasting lessons about fear and independence learned alongside family.
The record lists daily high and low temperatures with rainfall figures. It provides monthly totals of 31,567 and 29,764 for two periods, and year totals of 270,356 and 251,856. A grand total reaches 3,130,993 for one measure and 2,746,376 for another.
Cameron County's Park Commissioners organized naming John Jones Jr. of La Feria permanent chairman. Luther Elliff of Harlingen nominated Jones. Arthur Shafer of Port Isabel and L. T. Roswell Jr. of San Benito named to committees with Sul Renee as committee chair. A dinner session followed the meeting hosted by Judge Dancy.
Bulletin notes a Brownsville session with Judge Gibson to discuss the election issue. A date for the election may be set at today’s session.
Cameron County Commissioners held a brief session to study the upcoming Aug. 31 public hearing on a budget exceeding 2 million dollars. Thomas Phillips won final approval for service on the Cameron County Park Board, with bond approved by Dr. John Copenhaver, health director.
The Hug-the-Coast Highway Association released plans for its 17th annual meeting in Galveston September 14 15 and 17 with Flagship Hotel as headquarters. Jimmy Vacek chairs the Galveston program and Mexico is expected to join creating a larger international highway group from New Orleans to Isla Mujeres Yucatan.
Four trustees unanimously approve a tax rate increase from 1.65 to 1.70 per hundred dollars valuation and adopt a 646 108 budget including 587 600 operating funds and 308 Title 1 and 2100 adult education. The meeting notes limited attendance and details on football, band, and staff decisions.
The Amistad Area Tuberculosis Association announced a Christmas campaign beginning November 14 aimed at reaching 83 000 residents. The effort, in cooperation with Texas and National TB Associations and the TB Services Division, seeks to control and eradicate TB amid the region’s high incidence. Board members from Cameron County include Ygnacio Garza Jr Ted Hunt Keith Kennedy J B Owen Jr Mra M Sanchez and George Shimek.
Art Partin park ranger is flown to the Pacific Northwest to help in firefighting efforts. He is reported to be working in the Montana state area according to received reports.
Jim Gilliam son of Port Isabel City Secretary Gertrude Gilliam studies human chromosomes at high detail. He explains DNA and protein roles in nuclei and how karyotyping arranges cells for study. Gilliam and Dr LeBlanc compare amniotic fluid analysis to prenatal sex determination.
Oscar Garra of Brownsville is named head of the State Health Department immunization office. He serves as Health Program Specialist for 24 counties to lead mass campaigns and educational efforts. The program targets polio diphtheria tetanus whooping cough and measles with vaccines provided for preschool children. Garra, a Brownsville schoolteacher for six years, will arrange talks through the county health department for groups seeking information.
A traveling party of 31, identified as Carnine tour 20, visits Amsterdam and Bonn with a boat ride on the canal and a Rembrandt gallery. They tour St Nicholas Church and the Anne Frank house, then proceed through Heidelberg Innsbruck Bozen Padua Verona Verona to Verona Italy, noting lodging and local life.
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