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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1971
Page
1
A VEE outbreak devastates horses in the Port Isabel area with 75 dead in the region. County and city officials urge owners to bury or move horses, spray the area, and vaccinate with the experimental TC68 vaccine as human cases rise and tourism declines.
Citizens are urged to notify their local veterinarian about horses showing illness to determine the cause and necessary treatment. The notice emphasizes prompt reporting to manage the health risk to animals and the community.
The quarantine on horses in South Texas is being extended across the state. Two circuses in Houston and Dallas appear to be affected and may be unable to perform for the duration of the extension.
Mayor Galvan announced at the city commissioners meeting that the Volunteer Fire Department will not answer fire calls in South Padre Island or Laguna Heights for now. He said Port Isabel calls may be dropped as the city relocates and horses are quarantined after a firetruck collision, leaving one firetruck. The county contract to cover the two areas may not be renewed unless out of town call fees rise from 25 dollars.
Faustino Camacho and Eliseo Vega, volunteer firemen, were injured in a Queen Isabel causeway crash. Camacho lost his right leg after amputation. Vega suffered a broken leg. Both are at Valley Baptist Hospital. City will cover hospital costs and provide disability pay. Camacho will be paid while on the payroll until he can work again. Both men plan to return to service when recovered.
Island Chamber of Commerce members voted to hire Debra Cook as office manager for the newly consolidated chamber. An office was secured in Isla Blanca Park county pavilion and will move on July 27. The group plans projects including entertaining the Winter Visitors Club and hosting Poco Loco events.
A poll seeks feasibility of combining the Mid-Cameron and North Cameron units of the American Cancer Society. Officials note San Benito and Harlingen have grown together, suggesting one unit could serve a merged area. District directors in McAllen have mailed workers and officials to gather opinions.
W W Zimmerman of Port Isabel was re elected a director of the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District in heavy voting Saturday. He received 455 votes in a field of three candidates. Baldemar Sanchez of San Benito was runner up with 305 votes followed by K E Grinkey of Laguna Heights with 22 votes. Total vote was 782 according to unofficial returns.
Cameron County Commissioners named the park board members and kept the tax rate at 1.10 dollars per 100 assessed value, avoiding increases at state and county levels. Ray Curtis of Port Isabel and Fausto Yturria of Brownsville will stay on, with seven new appointees including Robert Hurst, McHenry Tichenor Jr, Steve Elam, Dominick Guerra, and Oscar Torres among others.
David Mendez an 18 year old construction worker on South Padre Island fell two stories from a platform and was taken by Laguna Madre Community Ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Brownsville. He suffered scalp lacerations back pains and remained under observation with officials noting no obvious broken bones. The Commissioners awarded a low bid of 6740 to Willis Implement Co for two tractors and mowers for Precinct 4 and approved a 10 ton roller for 14445. They rejected bids for two county highway patrol cars awaiting 1972 models.
Clyde Lyons, Port Isabel Schools business manager, told trustees of extensive summer maintenance and beautification across campuses. Readied areas include palm and shrub plantings, door repainting, fence refresh at Tarpon Stadium, bus tune ups, and cafeteria kitchen nearing completion. He asked to buy a new bus. the board authorized purchases and to explore an automatic transmission option.
School board on Tuesday authorized repairs to water damaged gym flooring. About five feet of north and south ends will be ripped out and replaced with a concrete walkway, tied to the wood floor by an aluminum strip. A soft surface will be added, likely indoor outdoor carpet, at an estimated cost near 3500 dollars. The district will seek action from the bonding company involved in the 1969 gym construction regarding liability.
Rep J A Garcia of Raymondville plans to relocate to Harlingen to seek office in the Cameron County district after redistricting removes him from Cameron Willacy. The 34 year old, serving a second term, will sell his Willacy County home by September 1 and move to Cameron County. Willacy joins Hidalgo Kenedy and Kleberg in a new multi county district effective January 1.
The county secured the final easements for the Park Road 100 extension on South Padre Island. County Judge Ray Ramon and County Engineer John Huth collected documents in Chicago after delays in right of way acquisition. The state holds about 840000 dollars for the project and bids will be scheduled soon. The plan extends park road seven miles north to the Willacy County line.
A zoning public hearing was postponed to Thursday July 29 at City Hall for objections from owners within 200 feet of railroad tracks near Marine Mart Inc and complaints about Reyes Bakery in a residential district.
Howell Fire Equipment representative Bill Pittman asked city commissioners for a factory repair estimate for the 1970 firetruck damaged in a causeway collision. He proposed stripping and storing equipment and submitting two sets of three 8 by 10 photos to Anderson Illinois factory repairmen. The report also notes Cameron County Health Department lists two new tuberculosis cases and additional illnesses.
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