Causeway Opens South Padre Resort Access on July 3 Dedication
The Queen Isabella Causeway near Brownsville Texas marks a new 3 mile link to Gulf beaches and Isla Blanca Park. Texas Governor Allan Shivers and Secretary Ezra Taft Benson join Mexican officials for the ceremony. Traffic already tops 10 000 daily, with yearly projections near one million visitors.
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Gulf of Mexico
Ro Grande Valley
U. S
Ezra Taft Benson
Texas
Allan Shivers
Don Jose Felix de Lequerten
Navy
Coast Guard
Brownsville
Dela Blanca Park
Cameron County
Miami Beach
Florida
Mexwan
Rio Grands Valley
Tesus
Queen Iscatella
Isla Blanca Park
Pleasure Craft Channel Under Construction at Padre Beach
John L. Tompkins of Corpus Christi received a U S permit to dig an eight foot deep pleasure craft channel along the west bank of Padre Beach at Laguna Madre. The 74 by 50 foot water level widening will be dredged and filled with earth to form sloping banks for yachts and small boats as part of the Padre Beach resort development.
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Laguna Madre
Padre Beach
Padre Island
John L. Tompkins
Corpus Christi
U. S. Engineers
Galveston
Tompkins
Isi
Palm Trees Planted in Clusters at Padre Island Parks
Park commissioners plan to plant 1100 palm trees in clusters rather than rows at three Cameron County parks on Padre Island. Port Shabel official Stuart Adkins says clustering provides better shade and protection. Adkins, a Cameron County Park Board member, explains the approach.
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Cameron County
Padre Island
Stuart Adkins
Port Shabel
Adkins
Cameron County Board of Park Commissioners
Record of 272 Gulf fish varieties near Padre Beach
W. Stuart Adkins of Port Isabel catalogs a growing Gulf coast fish list as Padre Beach yields diverse catches. He notes blue marlin and sailfish frequent the area, with ongoing development and a new Port Isabel causeway boosting resort growth and offshore parks.
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Adkins
Central Power and Light Company
Port Isabel
Gulf Coast
Cire- Port Leate
Padre Beach
Port Jaabel
Trafic
Cameron County
Nee Ton
Fourteen Vessels Used In Building Causeway Project
Fred W. Heidenfels Jr. announced that a fleet of fourteen work vessels aided the $2 225 000 Cameron County causeway construction across Laguna Madre from the Lower Rio Grande Valley to Padre Island. The fleet included eight Pervin towboats crewboats and other craft.
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Cameron County
Laguna Madre
Rio Grande Valley
Padre Island
Fred W. Heidenfels Jr
Heidenfels Brothers
Corpus Christi
Pervin
Heldenfels
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South Padre
Queen Isabella Causeway
Joyce Thompson
Harlingen
University of Texas
Lome
Sumer
Tompking
Mexico
Oppetten
Lower
Exas
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra 1. Benson
First National Bank
Edinburg, Texas
Progressive Banking Institution
F.D.I.C
Gulf
Queen's Crown
Port Isabel, Texas
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