PAU Approves 300000 Biology Lab On South Padre Island
Pan American University receives authorization to build a 7500 square foot marine biology facility on a 4.3 acre Cameron County site just north of the picnic pavilion. Construction planned for late March to January 1974, designed by Kenneth Bentsen, replacing a hurricane-destroyed trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan American University
South Padre Island
D.L. Sorensen
PAU School of Science and Mathematics
Sorensen
Cameron County Park Systems
Kenneth Bentsen
Pau
Area Trio Still Missing
No new leads in the disappearance of Port Isabel men since December 5. David Williams and Mike Land remain missing after their submerged sailboat was found six miles from Barros-Santiago Pass. no trace of them. Also missing is David Viscaino, lost overboard from a shrimp trawler about 100 miles south of the jetties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
David Williams
Mike Land
Barros-Santiago
David Viscaino
Weekly Weather Report from Coast Guard Station Island
Weather summary lists last week's high and low temperatures recorded at the Coast Guard Station on the island. Readings show daily highs and lows, with notes on any unusual temperature swings or conditions observed during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
First Aid Classes Offered On Port Isabel Island
Red Cross offers a Tuesday and Thursday First Aid class in Port Isabel City Council Room taught by Gordon Lancaster from South Dakota. Attendees include residents of Port Isabel South Padre Island and Laguna Heights plus Boy Scouts led by Sherman Lee and Everett Saynes. Certificates earned are required for ambulance drivers and attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Port Isabel
Gordon Lancaster
Lancaster
South Dakota
South Padre Island
Laguna Heights
Boy Scouts
Sherman Lee
Everett Saynes
Chuck Londrie
Jaycees Attend Drug Seminar in San Antonio
A six member delegation of Port Isabel Jaycees attended a drug abuse seminar in the Pear Beer Brewery hospitality room in San Antonio on Saturday December 9. Speakers from the medical association law enforcement mental health and drug abuse agencies addressed sessions on drug abuse knowledge rehabilitation and the crusade against drug abuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Pear Beer
San Antonio
Port Isabel
Eliseo Vega
Carlos Martinez
Roger Villarreal
Robert Garcia
Ray Garza
Charlie Galvan
Medical Association
City Adopts Social Security Program
Port Isabel City Commission approves a Social Security plan for city employees with an escrow deposit of 4424 dollars based on 5.85 percent of estimated next year wages, after Mayor L F Sanders clarified no employee election is needed without a retirement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
L.F. Sanders
Sanders
Port Isabel
Tina Barrera
U. S. Revenue To Pave Streets In Port Isabel
City officials will use the first federal revenue sharing funds for street repairs. The six month check of 26293 arrived and will fund resurfacing on South Shore Drive and other unpaved Port Isabel roads with caliche and asphalt. A body was taken to a pathologist for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission For
Wade Donaldsow
George W. Schroeder
Texas Nautical Aids Co
Chuck Londrie
Port Isabel
Lee F. Sanders
Yule Party Set For Area Children
Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department plans an early Christmas party for area children on Sunday December 17 at 2 p.m. at the Firemen's Hall. About 1200 bags of fruit and candy will be distributed and Santa Claus will visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
Port Isabel
Fire Department
Santa Claus
Jolly Ol’ St. Nick
Air Raids Target Illegal Shrimpers Along Texas Coast
Texas Parks and Wildlife officers conducted 110 hours of air patrols across the Gulf Coast and docked 38 shrimp boats in closed waters under the Shrimp Conservation Act. Fines totaled 9140 dollars and 13962 pounds of shrimp were confiscated, adding 10365 dollars in state gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas Gulf Coast
Parks and Wildlife Department
Annual Xmas Concert Slated by The Silver Tarpon Band
The Silver Tarpon Band directed by Manuel Mireles presents its annual Christmas concert at Derry Elementary Auditorium tonight at 8. The program includes traditional and contemporary pieces such as White Christmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer O Holy Night and Jolly Old St Nicholas. The audience may join in a medley of Christmas tunes and the event is free of charge as the band invites community members to share in a musical Merry Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Tarpon
Derry Elementary
Manuel Mireles
Water District Sewer Progress Cited at Hearing
The Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 faces a Texas Water Quality Board hearing at Stillman Town Hall Browns ville reviewing three sewage plant proposals for Port Isabel and South Padre Island. Expected to serve Port Isabel Laguna Vista Laguna Heights and South Padre Island with 500 000 gallons daily discharge each. Final Austin decision anticipated January or February 1973 on the proposed 1 600 000 dollar project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Cameron County
Texas Water Quality Board
Austin
Ccfwsd
Port Isabel
So. Padre Island
Isla Blanca Park
Andy Bowie County
Ccfwsd No. 1
E.D. Reed
Paul Cunningham, Jr
W.M. Peterson
W.P. Watts
Hearing Commission
Water District
Reed
Regional Jaycee meeting draws fifteen South Texas delegations
Approximately fifteen Jaycee chapters from South Texas attended a regional meeting Tuesday, December 12 at Merchants Marine State Bank. About 70 JC officials were present including State President Arthur Oswald and guest speaker Bob Standish from Pittsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycee
South Texas
Merchants Marine State Bank
Roger Villarreal
Port Isabel
Earl Massie
Kingsville
Area
Eugene Torres
Mercedes
Texas
Arthur Oswald
Tex
Jcs
Bob Standish
Pittsburg
Penn
U.S
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R.E. Getz
White Sands Motor Lodge
R. Leo F. Sanders
J. Mary Anderson
Laguna Madre Business & Professional Women’s Club
Getz
Juanita Voltaggio
Island
Oklahoma
Cleo Buford
Brownsville
Phillip Wayne Smith
Dolores L. Smith
Smith
Albert Landrith
Port Motel
Landrith
Londrie
Buford
Justice of the Peace
Tandy
Thomas Funeral Home
U. S
Water District Sewer
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