Port Isabel Taxpayers Plan to Pressure Local Taxing Agencies
Port Isabel residents met in the Merchants Marine State Bank community room for a third Taxpayers League session. They pushed for broader personal property inclusion on tax rolls, tighter delinquent collections, and possible foreclosure as a last resort. Board members criticized Port Isabel Mayor Speck Sanders and the Port Isabel Press over an August headline, while discusses aimed to involve Santiago Fonsica and the Sept. 15 equalization board.
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Merchants Marine State Bank
Port Isabel
Therby
Speck Sanders
League
Sanders
Bob Bell
Bell
Floyd L. Seals
Santiago Fonsica
Board of Equalization
Seals
Moe
Officials Ready School Bells Set To Ring Tuesday
Port Isabel prepares for the new school term with teachers undergoing in service orientation and students set to start Tuesday. About 1,500 pupils expected. staff work through Friday to finalize registrations, schedules, and classroom setups as the year begins.
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Port Isabel
Barry
Bridges
Lee Jones
Region I
Service Center
Jones
Sail Bridges
Texas Employment Commission Aids Vietnam Veterans in Texas
Texas Employment Commission offers free expert help to Vietnam era veterans returning to employment. In April to June TEC offices processed 26,009 veterans from all wars. Harlingen placed 165 veterans in nonfarm jobs. Each office designates a Veterans Employment Representative to interview, counsel, and match veterans to openings or training, including priority referrals and Project Transition support.
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Texas
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Harlingen
Henry Mobley
Jobseker
TEC Ofice
Veterans Home Area
Veterans Employment Representative
Kirkconnell In Southeast Asia Airman on duty at Udorn AFB
Airman First Class Robert Kirkconnell, son of Mrs. C A Kirkconnell of Port Isabel Texas, serves as an ejection systems repairman in a Pacific Air Forces unit at Udorn Royal Thai AFB Thailand. He arrived from the 3525th Field Maintenance Squadron Williams AFB Arizona and is a 1967 Port Isabel High School graduate.
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Robert Kirkconnell
C. A. Kirkconnell
Port Isabel
Tex
Udorn Royal Thai Afb
Thailand
Kirkconnell
Pacific Air Forces
3525Th
Williams Afb
Ariz
Port Isabel High School
Port Isabel man receives M A degree at Sam Houston State
Ernest William F. Holland of Port Isabel was awarded his masters degree in education at Sam Houston State University commencement exercises in Huntsville on August 23. Hollands degree was a Master of Arts in Education.
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Huntsville
Ernest William F. Holland
Port Isabel
Sam Houston St. University
Holland
City Seeks Police Patrolman For Local Force
Port Isabel police chief Don Hoyd announced open applications for a police patrolman after Ernesto Flores resigned to join San Benito. Requirements include age 21 or older, height at least 5 feet 8 inches and weight 160 pounds, plus good moral character. Applicants should visit the police station at city hall to discuss salary and raises.
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Port Isabeli
Don Hoyd
Ernesto Flores
San Benito
Hoyd
Chief Hoyd
Camille Playhouse Seeks Cast for Barefoot In The Park
Tryouts begin September 2 in Brownsville for Camille Playhouse production Barefoot In The Park. From September 2 to 5 applicants may audition between 7 and 9 p.m. at No 1 Dean Porter Park. casting six actors four males and two females is planned.
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Brownsville
Camille Playhouse
City County Meet in Cameron County Falls Short
A Monday night City County meeting collapsed with only Brownsville official present while Port Isabel leaders and Camero n County figures failed to attend. Mayor Leo Sanders and Port Isabel commissioners discussed a $280 000 local share for right of way on a new Bay Bridge and other city business including a police resignation and contract for planning work on a community facilities building and ballpark site. Sanders sought direct payment from Rio Grande Valley Gas for city bill collections and said formal talks with the county and highway department are needed before financing details can be set.
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Port Isabel
Cavazos
Laguna Madre
Ted Hunt
Ernesto Flors
Flores
San Benito
W. M. Peterson
Wilcox Marina
Sanders
Petersen
Rio Grande Valley Gas Company
RGV
State Highway Department
The Lighthouse by Bill Young Travels and Trials Across New England
The narrator recalls leaving Texas for education in New England and a motorcycle journey via Houston Bristol Bluefield and other stops. He details bus travel hardships a lonely mood and a hotel stay in a town straddling Virginia and West Virginia as part of the journey.
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Texas
Olr
New England
Boston
Houston
Harlingen
Big H
Bristol
Bluefield
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Five Day Forecast Sees Warm, Rainy Period Ahead
Temperatures will average near normal highs of 92 to 97 and lows around 73 to 74. Moderate to heavy precipitation is forecast over the five days with thundershowers likely for most of the period.
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Southeast Asia
Port Isabel Padre Island
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
Bayview
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Cameron County Commissioners Court
Leo Sanders
Charles Motley
Juan Gonzalez
Lucilla Lopez
Johnny Cavazos
Speck’ Sanders
By Bill Young
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