Outlook for 1957 by Roger W Babson
Babson lays out cautious views for 1957 including inflation risks, higher costs for manufacturers, bank financing challenges, and stock market swings. He predicts modest price rises, possible corporate reorganizations, varied dividend yields, and a shift to a political standard in monetary policy with emphasis on safety and selective investments. He notes diverse factors from labor to foreign oil and U.S. policy shaping the year.
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Roger W. Babson
Russia
Ers
Lare Corporation
Gulf Oil
Middle East
Around Port Isabel Drive With Caution On School Streets
A plea to drivers to slow down around Port Isabel as more children ride bicycles after Christmas. The message urges careful driving to protect kids lost in daydreams and compares bikes to racing cars near finish lines.
Port Isabel Merchants Sponsor 4th Annual Stork Derby
Local merchants of Port Isabel Bayside and Laguna Vista sponsor the fourth annual Stork Derby offering prizes to the first baby born after midnight December 31. No birth location restriction. winners announced by the editor of The Press. Parents should notify promptly for eligibility and prize pickup.
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Port Isabel
Bayside
Laguna Vista
Christen family to spend holidays in Dundee Iowa
Mr and Mrs Doug Christen sen and their sons will visit Mrs Christensen's parents Mr and Mrs Lee Sanner in Dundee Iowa for the holidays maintaining family ties in the midwestern town locally familiar to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Christensen
Christensen
Lee Sanner
Dundee
Iowa
Trials Set for Three Caves Cases in Brownsville District Court
In Brownsville’s 136th District Court next week starting January 4 jury trials are scheduled for Oscar Zamora on theft charges Lino Charles on indecent exposure and Nicolas Gonzalez on DWI second offense. An Ben Bearden probation request will be heard by Judge H A Garcia. Bearden was fined 200 and given one year in jail last week after a DWI second offense conviction.
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Brownsville
Oscar Zamora
Lino Charles
Nicolas Gonzalez
Ben Bearden
H. A. Garcia
Bbarden
Port Isabel Firefighters Sponsor Christmas Tree and Candy Drive
Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department sponsored the annual Christmas tree for local children and distributed 1000 sacks of candy fruit and nuts to about 650 kids on Friday afternoon. Santa Claus visited from a fire truck ride through town as firefighters thanked donors and prepared festive lights at Lighthouse with $27 in bulbs replaced.
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Isla Blanca Park
Padre Island
al McGehee
Santa Claus
McGehee
Port Isabel
Fire Department
Port Babel
Roy Byrd
Port Isabel Ambulance Drive Receives Local and Missouri Support
Fundraising in Port Isabel brings strong local backing for the ambulance service with public donations and a Missouri check added to the tally. Port Isabel Junior High students and citizens show resilience and faith as they solicit continued help, hoping to meet ongoing needs.
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Goodwil
Fort Isabel
Port Isabel
Missouri
Isabel
Welfare Committee Distributes 30 Christmas Baskets
The Port Isabel Welfare Committee and volunteers collected food from individuals and local groups including Shrimp Fiesta and Rebekah lodge. Donations funded baskets with chickens flour lard and sugar and dinners for several in need. Freddy Gonzales chairs the effort planning future meetings and continued fundraising for next year.
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Proup
Shrimp
Fiesta - Boogters Club
Rebeksh Lodge
Port Isabel
Freddy Gon
Aaules
Padre Island Padre Resort Motel set to open January 20
The Padre Beach Development Corporation announces the Padre Resort Motel on Padre Island will unveil its first suites with a public open house and beach party on January 20. Ward McCreedy, president, says the $1 million, 100-unit luxury hotel facing the Gulf near Padre Beach advances toward opening with two pools and a restaurant.
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Padre Resort
Texas
Padre Island
Ward McCreedy
Padre Beach Development Corporation
McCreedy
el Padre
Gulf
Padre Beach
Queen Isabella Causeway
Rio Grande Villey
Port Label
Local Schools To Re open Thursday After Holidays
Local schools will resume regular classes on Thursday January 4 following holiday dismissal Friday afternoon December 21.
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Sthogh
Cregular Tins
Fishermen Record Trout Catches At Kansas Derby
Fragments show a fishing event with named participants and trout catches. Notable names include Mee Te Dunn EB and E B White, with locations in Mircola Kansas Plainview Texas Houston and Kansas. The notes reference events on Friday and Saturday in December at Surfer Jetty and Bay S Surf jetty with multiple trout limits.
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Bry
Felix Felix Amy
Patie
Léren Shinnon
Mircola
Kans
Mee
Texas DPS study catalogs licensed drivers by age race and sex
The Texas Department of Public Safety releases a 25 page report using Sept 1 1956 license records to map drivers by age race sex and license type. It shows 4 949 517 licensed drivers with 2 639 204 men and 1 409 713 women and details on operators commercial and chauffeur licenses across age groups.
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Public Safety Department
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
DPS
Vision
N. K. Woerner
Woerner
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Money Outlook
United States
Feedral Reserve Board
Robert Cutler
Eisenhower
England
France
United Nations
By Makki Sannawt
New Welfare Committee
Carl Frick
Frick’. Variety Store
Farm Fear -Loxine
Caubare
Eagplatt
Tomiatoe S
Freddie Gonzalis
Torinas
Ida Et
Ah -Fies
South Texas
Diate, McCready
Said. McCreedy
Michigan
Jnd Simmers
Padre
John L. Tompains
Witbasese Cotsik
Sktory
Geir
Accoly
Kansas
Bay S
Jett Mitchtun
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