Project Concern suspends Mercedes Texas clinic plan
The Board of Directors of Project Concern voted to suspend efforts to establish a medical and dental clinic in Mercedes Texas on the Mexican border citing licensing and recruiting problems. Cronk noted 70,000 migrant workers in Hidalgo and Cameron counties with 42,000 below poverty lines and lacking access to care. The board proposed leasing the Mercedes facility to other groups until the organization can resume service.
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San Diego
Project Concern
Mercedes
Texas
C. Robert Cronk
United States
Cronk
Fac
Tijuana
B.C
Mexico
Materno Infantil
Welfare Department
Bit of Mexico To Be Shown At Charro Days
Villa Maria and Incarnate Word Academy present a 60 minute Bit of Mexico show on Sunday February 25 at 8 00 p m in Jacob Brown Auditorium for the 20th anniversary charity event. The program features traditional folk dances and Mexican music in authentic costumes with the aim of sharing color and enriching students experiences. Reserved tickets available at Cruz Shoes downtown Brownsville and by calling Incarnate Word Convent or Villa Maria. General admission from Incarnate Word Academy and Villa Maria.
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Mexico
Villa Maria
Incarnate Word Academy
Jacob Brown
Cruz Shoes
Brownsville
Incarnate Word Convent
A&I to host top LSC contenders in season finale weekend
Texas A&I hosts Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin State in back to back 7:30 p.m. games at the A&I Physical Education Center. The Javelinas seek their first win over Sam Houston this era as they face the No. 1 Bearkats led by 7-0 Boyd Nobles and 6-10 James Lister, with the Bearkats favored after an 88-66 win earlier this season. Local note: police reports accompany the recreational section.
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Kingsville
Texas A&i
Javelinas
Lone Star
Sam Houston State
A&i
Stephen F. Austin State
Hogs
Bearkats
Sam Houston
SFA
Bearkat
Boyd Nobles
James Lister
Ron Battle
Floyd Allen
Robert White
Bill LeGrow
Huntsville
Lister
Javelina
Lumberjacks
LSC
Jacks
Border Aid Bills Revealed by Texas Legislators
State Representative Henry Sanchez and David Finney led a package proposing Economic Development Region status across border states and a Border Development Commission to coordinate Texas border economics. The item references past matchups and senior players in lingering college sports history.
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Henry Sanchez
Brownsville
David Finney
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas-Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Border Development Commission
List of public offense citations and fines
A compiled docket lists numerous individuals with offenses ranging from drunk in public and no operator's license to speeding and resisting arrest. Notable entries include Thomas Tyack evading a police officer with a concealed weapon charge and Donald Leon Hefner for resisting arrest and drunken disorderly conduct, with fines from 7.50 to 77.50 dollars.
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John Alongi
P.I
Juan V. Aguilar
Thomas Tyack
Mexico
Hermilo Herrera
Tampico
Mario V. Aguilar
Harlingen
Tim Ryley
Conn
William Brousseau
Andres Mireles
David Lopez
Wallace D. Huckaby
Houston
Jerry MceFarland
Ronald J. Gerdes
B'ville
Coy Elrod
Waco
Lucinda Bernal
P.1
Thomas E. Foutch
Okla
Warnell W. Lanier
Lon
Kenneth
Albert K. Polis Jr
Edinburg
David Cisneros
Corpus Christi
Lawrence M. Kemen
P. Island
Raul Leal
Pharr
Harley Moore
P.L
Death Claims Lora F Bartlett in Port Isabel
Mrs. Lora F Bartlett 80 of Port Isabel died Monday February 19 at Valley Baptist Hospital Harlingen born in Kansas and survived by a sister Mrs Henry Noll of Manhattan Kansas and several nieces and nephews Funeral services were held at Cox Funeral Home Harlingen and the body sent to Flush Kansas for burial at St Joseph Catholic Cemetery
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Lora F. Bartlett
Port Isabel
Valley Baptist Hospital
Harlingen
Kansas
Bartlett
Henry Noll
Manhattan
Cox Funeral Home Chapel
Flush
St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery
Texas Receives Maximum Federal Aid for Fisheries Projects
Texas along with six other states and Puerto Rico receives 228000 dollars in federal aid for commercial fisheries. The Parks and Wildlife Department must obligate funds to projects by June 30 1974 to avoid reversion. Texas funds 100 percent of project costs with 75 percent federal reimbursement. UT plans a baseball stadium at East 19th and Comal with 5066 seats, replacing Clark Field but keeping the name.
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Lone Star
Alaska
California
Florida
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Puerto Rico
Parks and Wildlife Department
Treasury
Austin
University of Texas
UT System Board of Regents
East 19Th
Comal
Clark Field
Cattle Theft Suspect Held in Laguna Heights
Wallace Ray Sibley thirty was arrested in Laguna Heights after a teletype from Longview Sheriff indicated he was headed that way. Police said he was taken at about 5 p.m. to a relative’s home and then transferred to the County Jail to await Longview authorities.
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Wallace Ray Sibley
Longview
Texas
Laguna Heights
MMA Sees Record Cadet Enrollment at Harlingen Academy
The Marine Military Academy in Harlingen Texas reports its second semester 1972-73 has the largest enrollment in history with 169 cadets including new plebes and one returning cadet. South Padre Island’s Cadet Pvt Richard Dwight Sessums joins MMA in the 8th grade.
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Marine Military Academy
Harlingen
Texas
MMA
South Padre Island
Pvt
Richard Dwight Sessums
Richard C. Sessums
Sessums
Yearbook El Bronco Wins Columbia First Place Award
The 1972 Pan American University yearbook El Bronco won first place from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York City scoring 950 of 1000. This marks the fourth straight year the annual gained top honors in design layout content coverage and other considerations.
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Edinburg
Pan American University
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
New York City
the Press Association
Columbia University
el Bronco
Columbia
CAF Adds Two Craft to Confederate Air Force Fleet
Two new planes joined the Confederate Air Force this week a PBY 6A flying boat that served with the Danish Air Force and a Douglas DC 3 cargo aircraft from the 1939 45 era These arrivals mark the CAFs first American cargo type from that period to join the fleet.
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CAF
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Tarpon
J.P. Court
Ramiro Rodriguez Jr
McAllen
Jeffrey Craig Schlender
Ribbon
Wis
Billy William E. Morgan
Leonel Alaniz Jr
Melvin Andrew den Jr
Corporation Court
Fish Aid
Cs Rac
Wni
Gerald M. Thompson
Huntsville, Alabama
Sandpiper Trailer Park
Thompson
Great Western Transmission Company
Great Western
S. 77
Sunshine Strip
West Elizabeth
Weste
Sam McCoy
Port Brownsville
Saul’s Seafoods
Saul's Seafoods
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