Area May Get $15,000 To Study Dust Problem
Washington reports Port Isabel area could receive 15 000 dollars for dust mitigation research under the Public Works Appropriations Bill. Attempts include soil stabilization like oil and synthetic rubber spray tested on Sahara dunes. Weslaco irrigation work showing 84 percent salt reduction in five months informs ongoing arid land projects in the 15th District.
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Washington, D.C
Port Isabel
Public Works
Fouse
Sahara
Weslaco
Cameron County
Irrigation and Reclamation
Interior and Insular Affairs
Port Isabel District Director Named
A Texas born veteran immigration officer Joe F. Staley will head the Port Isabel Immigration District with headquarters at the Border Patrol Academy. Staley, a Cleburne native, joined the Immigration Service at McAllen in 1941 after Rice University football fame and earned a law degree at SMU.
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Staley
Immigration Service
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Dallas
Burlington
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D.C
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Greece
Frankfurt
Port Isabel
Border Patrol Academy
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Cleburn
McAllen
Rice University
Mr. Staley
SMU
Shrine Club Fish Fry At Padre Island Feeds 400
The Rio Grande Valley Shrine Club held its annual fish fry at the Pavilion on South Padre Island on Sunday July 11. Ten Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department members cooked for over 400 Shriners and their families, with games and prizes highlighted in the afternoon entertainment.
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Rio Grande Valley Shrine Club
South Padre Island
Port Isabel
Boat Fuel Refund Time Limits Explained
New law sets a six month deadline for filing motor fuel refunds on boats effective August 20. Invoices dated more than six months before filing are void. exemptions dated on or before February 28, 1965 must be filed by August 30, 1965. A one year allowance applies to recent legislation.
Real Estate Man J J Gorman Hospitalized in Harlingen
Local real estate figure J J Gorman has been admitted to Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen for medical tests.
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J. J. Gorman
Valley Baptist Hospital
Harlingen
CP&L to Double Power for Port Isabel Padre Island Area
Central Power and Light plans a major upgrade to the Port Isabel Padre Island sub station to add another 5,000 kva capacity. Crews will install a second bank of transformers, raising total capacity from 5,000 kva to 10,000 kva. Budgeted cost is 65,575 dollars and completion is expected by end of July. The sub station sits two miles west of Port Isabel on the Los Fresnos highway.
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Port Isabel
Padre Island
Power & Light Co
Los Fresnos High
Port Isabel - Padre Island
Central Power & Light
Jimmy Grant
San Benito
Los Fresnos Highway
Project To Put Turtles On Padre Has Happy Ending
President Dearl Adams of the Valley Sportsmen Club spent time and money to reestablish Ridley turtles on Padre Island. Eggs from Tampico were hatched in boxes, with coyotes and weather delaying emergence. Despite setbacks, hatchlings were found, convincing Adams to pursue coyote proof protection next spring and continue the personal rescue effort.
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Padre Island
Dearl Adams
The
Valley Sportsmen Club
Tampico
Adams
Padre
Ray Ran Adams
Brownsville
Valley Sportsman
VW MEETING The Port Isabel Memorial Post 8791 Session
The Port Isabel Memorial Post 8791 meets tonight at 8 p.m. at the community center. All members urged to attend as important business for the good of the order will be discussed.
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Port Isabel
Vest Named to Vacancy on Urban Renewal Board
B. C. Vest was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Port Isabel Urban Renewal board after Dorothy Jaquillard moved away. Mayor J. A. Hockaday presented the nomination and the commission approved it. The panel also discussed lowering the street grade in front of 10 lots in Block 103 beside the channel and adopting the National Fire Prevention Code with a city marshal to enforce safety rules.
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B. C. Vest
Port Isabel
National Fire Prevention Code
Urban Renewal Commission
Gertrude Gilliam
Adams Bros Low Bid in UK Park Project
Urban Renewal Agency bids for a new city park. Adams Bros. appears as low bidder at 15800 while Donald D Ferguson bids 16500. Project includes landscaping and converting Block 12 into a public park with child friendly recreational facilities. Lee Smith chairs the board.
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New UK Park
The
Urban Renewal Agency
Mrector
George Mansur
Adams Bros
Donald D. Ferguson
Lee Smith
Area Poverty Panel Nominates Local Leaders for Board
A wide list of candidates from Harlingen, Brownsville, and surrounding areas is proposed for a poverty panel that will guide a non profit corporation administering federal War on Poverty funds. Nominees include priests, educators, city officials, bankers, and civil servants led by Father E Ballard with further committee review.
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Father E. Ballard
OMI
Brownsville
Special Historical Marker Signs To Be Installed In Port Isabel
Texas program RAMPS will place two searchlight historical marker signs at Port Isabel city limits to highlight Civil War history. Port Isabel is among 193 Texas towns chosen for the markers, contracted by the State Building Commission and erected by the Texas Highway Department. John Ben Shepperd notes tourists seek local history and these signs will attract attention day and night to Port Isabel and 2,000 other markers statewide.
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Port Isabel
State of
Texas
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
State Building Commission
Texas Highway Department
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
West Re elected To Navigation Board Saturday
West was re elected to the San Benito Navigation District board in a light turnout Saturday with only 4 votes cast and no write ins or absentee ballots. A similar election in the Aarlingen district saw 32 votes.
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West
Navigation Board
San Benito
Parish Youth Meet Called by Father McDermott
Father Joseph McDermott calls Jr and Sr C Y D members to meet tonight at 8 at the Parish Hall. Brownsville Deanery July Social to be discussed and planned. all members urged to attend.
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Joseph McDermott
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church
Sr. C.Y.D
Brownsville
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