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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1957
Page
2
The recent Fiesta parades and coronation drew large crowds along the street routes with cars filling parking areas and the docks crowded with spectators. Voters and participants alike contributed time and effort, producing two outstanding shows that impressed judges and viewers, each float and boat earning praise.
The report details a bustling shrimp catch week with aboard vessels like Mary Louise and Prairie, including barrels landed at Magic Valley and Southweet. Observers note good weather aided fishing, with several boats reporting double digit totals and crews upbeat about Thursday through Saturday hauls.
A battered OCR reel records daily barrel counts from multiple vessels across Southwest Seafoods and Producer's Marine Service. Boats like the Little John, Bahia Heado, and Buccaneer report varying barrels while crews such as Sammy Jr and Sherry dispatch small catches. Several ties appear among the Valley Sun, Linda Anita, and Valley Wind, with notable tallies for the Pride of Paces Aloutre and Valley Dawn.
Fragmentary text mentions Captain Tingle St dewph and the ship with marine terms. References to Mise Carmen Louise Carlotte f Walling are garbled and unreadable. No clear event, date, or outcome is discernible.
Sheriff Boynton reports 118 cases cleared from the department caseload and recovered property worth $2 268 13 returned to owners. The office handled 3 462 radio calls and kept 174 prisoners. Case counts show burglary 15 7 rape 2 4 aggravated assault 2 4 felony theft Wie misdemean or theft 3 robbery ekewindling 7 marcities 4s juvenile delin quents 17 17 auto theft 3 missing persons 2 2 forgery 1 4 and miscellaneous 66 66.
About four million square miles larger than the United States are affected by sleeping sickness, a disease often called the curse of Africa, with widespread impact reported across multiple areas.
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