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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1967
Page
2
Illness spares no one and hospital costs rise due to wages and new medical tech. The piece urges a flexible indigent care board including hospital and welfare reps to set a fair, income plus medical need based aid standard. It supports patient payment sharing and ongoing board authority, with a view to eventual hospital district creation.
In Port Isabel the tax measure passed 81 to 44 after a turnout of about 5 000 residents. Critics say the plan funds city operations by taxing luxuries like school supplies, raises costs for tourists and retirees, and relies on unpaid local collectors. Proponents claim state revenue will offset costs.
A collection of holiday letters from children listing requested gifts for Christmas. Debbie Gonzales asks for Suzy Homemaker items, a walking doll and a bike. Barry Ewing wants a bike, radio, pistols set, soldier helmet, rifle, and walkie talkie. Mary Claudette Rock asks for a Swing Gym Set, talking doll, baton, and doctor nurse set. Rusty Dieckard requests a large fire engine model and a bag of candy.
More than 35 tenth grade students at Port Isabel High School will take the three hour National Educational Development Tests on Tuesday February 27 1968 Principal Ruben Torres announces The NEDT battery tests English social studies mathematics natural sciences and word usage to measure application of basic learning skills and to help identify strengths and weaknesses for educational and vocational planning The tests are published by Science Research Associates Inc and have been administered to over five million students since 1959
County officials form a committee led by County Attorney F T Graham to study forming a hospital district and tax limits. A plan to delay indigent care payments to March 1 1968 is debated, while a full tax hike is avoided. The panel seeks a solution satisfying hospitals and taxpayers. The article notes 134 098 114 pounds of Gulf Coast marine products worth 52 613 036 dollars were recorded in 1966 1967.
Joe F. Staley of the Immigration and Naturalization Service notes the Alien Address Report Program spikes naturalization filings each January through March. Diplomats and certain international officials are exempt. Forms will be available at Post Offices and INS offices in January with staff ready to answer questions.
Application packets for Army scholar ships are available from the Commanding General Fourth U S Army at Fort Sam Houston Texas 78234. Packets must be postmarked by January 15 1968. A CEEB test session is set for December 28 for eligible applicants with tests not yet completed. appointments by December 21. Information available from education centers at major Fourth Army installations and listed Texas and Arkansas colleges and universities.
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Health officials report 28 people received post exposure treatment after contact with a rabid dog in Cameron County. Outbreaks around San Benito Harlingen and Brownsville prompted animal culling and the urging of dog licensing vaccination and quarantine measures to curb the fatal disease.
A veteran asks if receiving VA disability compensation affects eligibility for Army hospital care. The answer confirms entitlement to military hospitalization remains, and the veteran may also receive VA hospital care, with access to a nearby Army facility for family visits.
Winners at the Bay Area Duplicate Bridge Club meeting in Los Fresnos were Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Hogan in first place, N. H. Creek and George Landrum second, Sammy Schmidt and Harold Royer third, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Burwell fourth, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bennett fifth. All bridge players are invited to attend the weekly meetings.
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