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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1969
Page
1
The writer recalls a mix of workplace antics and Christmas greetings, notes about a borrowed story and local media competition, and shares memories of friends like a Navy photographer in Christchurch. He reflects on NASA space program origins, lunar missions, and the balance between adventure and security, hinting at a continuation on page 8.
South Texas residents boosted residential electricity use by a record 574 kilowatt hours to about 6,200 per home in 1968 as CPL reports a total of 6.4 billion kilowatt hours for all customers. The year saw major plant expansions, a $35.1 million building program, and a 240 000 kilowatt addition at Victoria Power Station with several new transmissions and substations to support rising demand. CPL’s 1968 revenues neared $96 million while employee payroll topped $15.8 million amid higher taxes and operating costs.
A 30 year old Chicago man received a heart from Raymundo Montes Jr a Laureles resident. The donor widow Guadalupe Montes approved the transplant after a phone request. Ervin F Cramer is reported rapidly recovering from the operation in Chicago following Montes death in Chicago on Thursday. Funeral services for Montes were held in St Cecilia Catholic Church Los Fresnos with burial in Browns ville City Cemetery. He is survived by a two year old daughter a father a sister and two grandmothers all of Laureles.
Mrs Middleton reports a red six month old dachshund found on the island likely left by a visitor. She asks the finder to contact her so the animal can be returned to its owner.
A five day forecast indicates a warmer trend reaching Thursday followed by a cooler shift on Saturday and Sunday. Expect little or no precipitation across the period.
Search efforts for 17 year old Hector Villarreal of San Benito continued after he fell from a surfboard Friday near Padre Island. Deputies Civil Air Patrol and private planes scoured to Port Mansfield but found no sign of the youth, last seen 300 to 400 yards north of the North jetties amid rough seas.
The District 12 4-H Adult Leaders Association will hold a meeting in Alice at 10 a.m. Saturday January 4 at the Americana Motor Hotel. Thomas Richey of Batesville chairs the event with Major speaker George McArthur of College Station. District 12 covers the Lower Rio Grande Valley Coastal Bend and Winter Garden Laredo regions.
The Jehovahs Witnesses announced a three day Bible convention January 24 to 26 in Corpus Christi at Convention Hall. Delegates from Brownsville and surrounding areas plus some 700 attendees from 14 South Texas congregations are expected. The event features baptisms of newly ordained ministers and a Sunday talk by Eugene R. Brandt, with the program free of charge and open to the public.
Cameron County health officials announce a 272265 federal grant for the Migrant Health program from the U S Public Health Service. The funds support medical care and hospitalization for migrant workers and dependents meeting economic criteria, with applications through county hospitals or Health Department branches. Dr John R Copenhaver administers the program from San Benito.
Texas Representative Henry Sanchez of Brownsville was named by Speaker Ben Barnes to a special House committee to study the entertainment industry in the state. Other members include Hilary B. Doran Jr, Bill Finch, Joe Ratcliff, and Bill T. Swanson. The panel will meet across Texas and use resources from state agencies to prepare a report with recommended legislation.
A Governor's committee plan would cut Cameron County from five districts to three and reduce statewide districts from 1,218 to 354. The proposal requires local consolidation studies by county committees by Jan 1 1971 and a June 1 1971 implementation.
About 200 youths aged 12 to 17 from Cameron County will receive health examinations starting January 22 as part of the U S Public Health Service Health Examination Survey. A mobile center will visit the Texas National Guard Armory grounds in San Benito to conduct the surveys, with Census interviewers surveying households prior to exams.
Seventeen Sunny Glen Home residents hunted in Mason County over the weekend and 17 of the 18 boys bagged a deer. The Valley Sportsmen's Club will hear a firsthand account at Sunny Glen Home on January 14.
A misformatted passage argues that Texas offers ample rainfall and water resources with mild year round climate and favorable taxes to support diverse entertainment ventures. It expresses hope that a committee will push development within borders and notes a legislator's belief that support from Representative Sanchez could aid study.
The Rio Grande Council Boy Scout Banquet will be held Tuesday night January 14 at the Fort Brown Motor Hotel in Brownsville. Dr Tom Haggai will be the principal speaker on the theme Patriotism Through Religion. Silver Beaver awards will be presented to adult leaders for distinguished service to boyhood. Tickets are available from the coat office in Harlingen or from local unit leaders.
Bill Mulcahy district Boy Scout executive for the Arroyo District resigns effective January 6. Scout officials say he will not remain in the Valley area. Lynn Yantis will assist with San Benito and other sections of the district until a staff vacancy is filled.
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