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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1963
Page
3
Church listing shows Rev. heading and schedule with worship services at 5:45 a.m and 7:30 a.m. Training Union at 6:30 a.m. Midweek prayer and choir events listed, providing Jr. Choir and general choir practices with evening times.
Priest in charge James Copeland conducts Holy Communion on the 2nd and 4th Sundays. Morning Prayer on the 1st 3rd and 5th Sundays. Holy Communion on the 3rd Sunday at 8 a.m. Evening and auxiliary activities include Women's Aux and a 7:30 p.m. service, with additional 7:30 p.m. events.
The church lists Mass schedules for the parish with times in the morning and evening on the first Friday and other days. Readers are advised to confirm exact times at the Our Lady Star of the Sea parish office.
The notice lists services for pastor J D Holland with Sunday School at 10:00 a.m. and Worship Service at 11:00 a.m.
Gospel Lighthouse Church led by Rev Don Burrows lists Sunday School at 9 45 a m Worship Service at seven p m Bible study sessions on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7 30 p m.
Kilgore urges the United States to rid Cuba of communist rule and to contain China while debating United Nations actions in Katanga and the fallout from the Skybolt program. He stresses Congress must assert the foreign policy duty and keep citizens fully informed as the 88th Congress opens.
Coast Guard details include Texas Ranger escorting Betty Kaye after Betty Kaye’s superstructure was carried away 85 miles south of Port Isabel. CG 95352 departs New Orleans for Port Isabel arrival Jan 16, while CG 953925 heads to Seattle. Personnel changes include Alex Chapman returning from leave and Connie Smith departing for 30 days.
East Alton Illinois Mrs Thomas A Greene Chicago Illinois Mr and Mrs E Cemp Saxtons River Vermont Virgil Gothmann Manete Illinois Eugene Gothmann Manete Illinois Mr and Mrs E F Eberd Clarksburg Missouri Mr and Mrs D S Bryant San Francisco California Mr and Mrs Rutherford Brosions St Paul Minnesota Mr and Mrs George E Harbert Rock Island Illinois The closing line notes that is all for this time until next week with the sun shining.
Ed Harris former manager of the Jetties Restaurant now runs the Palmetto Inn on South Padre Island. A Secre tary of the South Padre Island Scuba Divers Club notes a very important meeting at the Palmetto Inn on Saturday night January 19. All members urged to attend as officers for 1963 will be elected.
Jimmie Peyton announces large plans for the Beach Combers Ball set for Saturday February 9 at the Sea Island Resort Hotel. Local club members anticipate a festive evening with music and dancing.
The speaker urges a productive session tackling both domestic and international issues. He notes rising taxes despite promises of cuts, cites 1962 family tax burden at 3005 dollars and total family spending around 3739 dollars, and argues for tax relief tied to reduced federal spending. He pledges to vote for expenditure cuts.
The representative restates contact details for reach via mail at 303 House Office Building Washington DC 25 and Capitol phone 43121 extension 2531. Home address 4807 Newport Avenue Washington 16 DC and home phone 656 1634. Visitors named include Milton E Wentz Quintin Kin Cannon A E Day from Brownsville and Lorimer Brows from Harlingen.
Harrison Ewing of the Internal Revenue Service in Harlingen announced the IRS has developed a Texas Sales Tax Table to aid taxpayers who itemize deductions. The guide helps determine allowable state sales tax payments.
The Texas Permanent School Fund, founded over a century ago, provides a large non tax revenue source for public education. In 1962 the fund distributed more than 21 million dollars, up from 18 million in 1961, thanks to corporate securities investments and bond refinancings. By November 1962 the fund totaled over 477 million dollars with a 3.51 percent return, and over 25 years it earned more than 162 million in interest. Projections suggest 200 million in ten years, yielding substantial tax savings as Texas anticipates three million school children by 1972 call for expanded funding.
The article contrasts owner's title policy with mortgage policy, noting buyers in the $11 000 to $15 000 range often skip owner's coverage to save money. It explains mortgage policies shield lenders, not buyers, and recommends obtaining an owner's policy to protect equity, with a case of Mr Smith illustrating potential risks and costs.
The Texas Sales Tax Law began September 1 1961 and the 1961 table covered September through December. The 1962 tables apply to the full year and are available at IRS offices. They exclude items like gasoline tax five cents a gallon tobacco tax eight cents a pack and a 15 percent motor vehicle sales tax.
John G. Thomas will move from Lubbock to the Texas Agricultural Extension Service headquarters as associate entomologist succeeding C F Garner. Kennedy will transfer from Weslaco to headquarters as economist in management to coordinate area farm management work. No replacements named yet.
Texas Highway Department engineers developed buried end guard rails to reduce fatal crashes by preventing exposed rail ends from penetrating vehicles. First tested on U S Highway 59 near Corrigan, the design soon moved to Loop 224 in Nacogdoches County and other projects.
A Carthage Tenn Bureau item notes the IRS proposed receipts for every expense with purpose time and business linkage. The threat of strict enforcement could curb resorts and raise unemployment, while the relief delay altered some rules but core issue stays.
The Port Isabel Press notes a Texas Game and Fish Commission survey seeking citizen input on deer harvest in 1962. Readers are asked to mail or deliver responses by January 31 with details on tags, kill location, hit point, time, gun caliber, run distance, and hunter demographics.
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