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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
1
A 1 million mechanical shredder at a Holland Michigan scrap metal firm reduces a complete car with engine and tires removed to cornflake-sized crumbs in about two minutes. The facility expects to process over 10 400 abandoned cars within a year, meeting steel recycling standards.
Special to the News reports that a Cameron County couple will need about 46 dollars a day to travel comfortably this summer, a 16 percent rise over two years. A two-week trip would cost at least 644 dollars excluding amusements, with food 16, lodging 17, gas 9, and tips 4 per day, based on 300 miles daily at 14 miles per gallon. Annual car ownership costs for 52,630 cars total about 1.55 million dollars, up from 1,448 in the prior period, while area gas stations gain receipts totaling 13.38 million dollars, up from 13.10 million.
A Sunday morning crash on Highway 100 east of Highway 510 left Phillip Bonflinger of Pasadena with a broken leg after his car struck a tree. He was transported to Dolly Vinsant Memorial Hospital in San Benito by Laguna Madre Community Ambulance drivers Chuck Londrie and Woody Thornton and listed in satisfactory condition.
Happy birthday and anniversary notices for July 8 9 and 10. Local notes report W A Collinsworth returning home after foot surgery, Johnny Ronspie z on leave from Spain visiting family, and Mrs Ernie Hollon planning travels. First Lt John Terrell Bozarth posted in Shreveport and met by his parents in Lockhart during travel.
Texas is projected to reach 7.2 million motor vehicles registered in 1971, second only to California. Dallas County registrations for January–May 1971 rose 2 252 from the prior year, with expectations of a 10 million annual total in a few years as state leaders push for a Texas Motor Vehicle Commission. Port Isabel visitor reports and notes on Alvino Deimes’ leave from Vietnam are also mentioned.
Harold R. Dooley announces through July 8 1971 the Region One Education Service Center program inviting educators health professionals and law enforcement personnel to join a four week Drug and Crime Education Training Institute. Three sites McAllen Houston Midland will host up to 100 each with stipends 75 weekly and required regional workshops and a statewide conference in 1971 72. Applications from Edinburg Texas 101 South Tenth Street or call 383 5612 for details.
A report notes that temperatures in the Antarctic are colder than those measured in the Arctic, highlighting extreme polar conditions and the stark contrast between the two regions.
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