Shipwreck on Padre Island during 1846 Mexican War
Baylor University features recount Dr S Compton Smith enlistment with Col Bennett's riflemen in May 1846. Shipwrecked near Padre Island, Smith and a Texan companion endured a blistering hot march, freezing norther, sand lash, and a storm while awaiting wagons to reach Point Isabel. The tale, drawn from Smith's 1857 memoir Chili Con Corne, notes wreck debris and shells along the beach, and promises further Padre Island adventures before reaching the mainland.
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Padre Island
S. Compton Smith
Galveston
Co. Joseph Bennett
Point Isabel
Brazos Island
Rio Grande
Smith
Bennett
Roberts
Santa Fe
Mier
Texas law on flashing lights and passing signals questioned
A reader asks if flashing headlights to warn of speed traps is illegal in Texas. The answer notes a state provision generally prohibits flashing lights on most vehicles except emergencies and forbids using turn signals to signal a clear to pass.
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Texas
State Comptroller’s Office
State Bar of Texas PO Bow
Awetin
Tatel
Area Students Attend Symposium At Pan American University
Over 250 students from 25 Valley high schools attended a daylong Nuclear Science Symposium at Pan American University in Edinburg. The event, sponsored by the Power and Light Company with the Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation, featured three nuclear science experts and a Q&A session.
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Valley
Pan American University
Edinburgh
Scientific Ex- Power and Light Company
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
Brownsville
Hanna, Porter
Pace
Donna
Edcouch-Elsa
Edinburg
Harlingen
la Feria
la Joya
Los Fresnos
Lyford
McAllen
Mercedes
Mission
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo
Port Isabel
Raymondville
Rio Grande City
Rio Hondo
Roma
San Benito
San Isidro
San Perlita
Sharyland
Weslaco
David Gavenda
University of Texas At Austin
James Smathers
Texas A&m University
Martin Baughman
Ralph Schilling
Don Nasser
CPL
Joe Valadez
Vitamin A: An Overlooked Fat Soluble Health Boost
Vitamin A, fat soluble and essential for night vision skin and hair health, is abundant in greens dairy and fish. P E Norris notes night blindness can be cured overnight in some cases and ten grams of cod liver oil daily may cure night blindness in a week. Halibut liver oil is a rich source and readily available through Whole Kernel Health Foods Ady.
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P.E. Norris
Goose Die Off Near Houston Linked to Mold Toxin
About 400 wild geese died at a reservoir near Houston last month. Texas Parks and Wildlife and Texas A&M pathology tests found a mold derivative called aflatoxin Bi in the birds, causing liver damage. Biologists theorize the toxin came from something the geese ingested, though the exact food source remains unclear due to the toxin’s slow action.
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Austin
Houston
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Texas A&m University
America’s Kids Need Proven Food Program
AUSTIN Agriculture Commissioner Reagan V. Brown urged a new direction in a national child nutrition program. In written remarks to the USDA Food and Nutrition Service he criticized fad nutrition language and misinformation amid a public hearing on child nutrition, noting eggs and milk as trusted protein sources.
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Austin
Brown
Chandler to Attend White House Growth Conference
Robert A. Chandler executive director of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council will join the White House Conference on Balanced Growth in Washington January 29 to February 2. He is among 500 Americans invited by President Carter to contribute to a report guiding urban and rural growth policy.
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The
Development Council
Chandler
Lower Valley
Yonker
Carter
National Association of Development Organizations
NADO
U.S
White House
Michel Koleda
Realtors Courses Slated in McAllen
The Texas Realtors Institute will run Courses 1 2 and 3 at McAllen Hilton Inn from January 3 to February 3 with concurrent classes to meet rising real estate licensure requirements. Instructor lineup includes Reese Henry Phil Mockford Jeff Bomar and Jack Cawood with fees of 150 per course and a 25 discount for early registration.
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Texas Realtors Institute
McAllen
Hilton Inn
Bob Fowler
Brownsville
Texas Association of Realtors
TRI
Fowler
Texas Real Estate Commission
Reese Henry
San Antonio
TAR
Austin
Phil Mockford
Jeff Bomar
Jack Cawood
National Association of Realtors
Cawood
TAR Education Department
Texas
Notable Feats and Records From Early Construction and Sport
The Hoover Dam construction required continuous concrete pours for two years. The first night game occurred on June 23, 1883 at League Park in Fort Wayne. The Galapagos giant tortoise is estimated to be about 190 years old.
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Hoover Dam
League Park
Fort Wayne
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Dr. Smith
Nacho Galvan
Jose Angel Medrano
Jesse Cantu
A. U.S
South Padre
Steve Elam Pupsner
Ben Ran Ng
Genere
Weneger
Advertising Director
Marthe McClain
Neaterton
Garcia
Cameron County
Port Sebe
Hwy
Health Food
Realtors
South Padre Island
OLD Fashion Breakfast
Sandy Retreat Motor Inn
Eitte Arworth Company
Caprinol
Pico
S. Padre Island
Ming
W. Price
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