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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1968
Page
2
An editorial urges Port Isabel residents and property owners to join the volunteer fire department, stressing duty over excuses. It highlights the department as a long-standing, essential city body and calls on all locals, including leaders and clergy, to attend a Monday meeting.
A noisy charity drive unfolds as teens dash into offices to solicit donations for the March of Dimes. The piece praises youth energy while noting mixed motives, yet emphasizes the cause aiding birth defect research and child welfare.
This opinion piece urges active citizen involvement as the path to thriving towns. It links success to community service, voting participation, church and civic engagement, and attendance at municipal and school activities, ending with a call to discuss constructive actions at coffee gatherings.
A quick emergency repair uses soaked fiberglass cloth in plastic model airplane glue to cover a hole. As the glue hardens the patch forms a strong seal.
Mrs. Beth Toombs of San Benito writes against allowing liquor by the drink and legalized parimutuel betting in Texas. She argues religious or moral objections aside, temptations rise with fewer restrictions and revenue should not trump public welfare. She warns legalizing such activities could invite more vice and danger, citing broader narcotics and prostitution as parallels.
The Austin IRS district announces that U S residents with gross income of $600 or more in 1967 must file a federal return. Age 65 rule applies. exceptions for self employed with $400+ net earnings require filing. District includes numerous Texas counties. addresses given for filing.
The Valley Life Member Club of Telephone Pioneers heard a talk on India by Shanta Iyengaria of McAllen at their meeting. She discussed education, industries, family relationships and progress of the Indian people. Mrs. Ellis holds a Master’s in India and a PhD in Genetics from Indiana University. She was an associate professor at LSU and at East Texas State Teachers College. Her husband is an associate professor of Physics and radio astronomy at Pan American College.
Kika's Newsletter from Washington reports Rep. Solon describing a House Agriculture Committee trip to South Vietnam with General Westmoreland briefings and field observations. He highlights the cooperative effort CORDS, U S military and South Korean troops, civilian and military coordination, and ongoing construction work. He notes defectors from Viet Cong, a carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin, and a bomber crew in Thailand. He mentions Leap Year calendar error and aims for South Texas interests. He also lists visitors to his office from home since 1968.
A veteran asks if he can assign life insurance proceeds to his wife and child. The VA office can assist. Another asks about a GI Certificate of Eligibility before discharge. guidance says CE cannot be issued until DD 214 is on file, but educational assistance is available. A Viet Nam era veteran can take a course under the GI Bill with a correspondence course allowance based on course charges.
Joe F. Staley of the Immigration and Naturalization Service reminded aliens in this area that Wednesday is the deadline for filing address report forms as required under provisions of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act. Aliens who have not yet filed their address reports should do so by January 31 to avoid penalties. The law requires every alien except diplomats and certain international organization representatives to file the address report during January at the nearest Post Office or INS office.
Harrison Ewing of the IRS in Harlingen warns refunds cannot be paid without W-2 forms or tax credits for withheld taxes. Taxpayers must attach W-2s to 1967 returns, and if a return involves multiple filings, all W-2s must be included. If a W-2 is unavailable, contact the employer, or the business owner if the employer is defunct. otherwise file by April 5 with a note explaining the missing form.
In Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons court records John Ryann petty theft fined $25 Scott petty theft $25 Edwin Jimenez aggravated assault bond $1,000 Jesus Nunez Camacho shooting on Highway 100 fined $25 Alfredo Nunez Besarosa shooting William R. Tooker petty theft $25 Claude Lynn More petty theft Dale Payne license out of date $10 Alfonso Cantu Ramirez shooting William Dwight Watson drunk $75 Teodoro Castillo drunk $10.
Mrs. Dorothy Emmons reports at Padre Island as Dr. Ray Fox and Tila Loetscher visit Captain Wiley's Pier to view the revived turtle efforts by the Adams family of Brownsville. Lesley Lamberts seek an orcelunite specimen. a Petoskey stone offer follows. Low tides spur shellers and a Lamprey influx troubles Lake Michigan fisheries.
The article describes Patten making Michigan waters favorable for fishing and alewife abundance used for pet food. It notes salmon fingerlings thriving, salmon returning to spawn, and fishermen catching them by hand. The piece also mentions a tourism day in Brownsville and locals or visitors staying at the park, with several named couples traveling or visiting, and a caravan planning a Mexico tour.
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