Port Isabel Sets 10 p.m. Curfew for Youth
Port Isabel will enforce a 10 p.m. curfew seven nights a week starting Monday July 21 for residents 16 and under. Police Chief Don Hoyd said youths after 10 must be with a parent or guardian with the fire siren as a nightly signal to return home. First offenders are taken to the police station for parental contact, second offenders go to juvenile court in Brownsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Don Hoyd
Hoyd
Brownsville
Hockaday
Frank Barter
Tex Schremp
C. C. Tatum
Riverside to Decide On Dissolution Aug. 16
Riverside School District schedules an August 16 dissolution election to revert to the county system after failed consolidation efforts with San Benito and Los Fresnos. A 150-name petition prompted the move and counties set the date amid transfer and enrollment disputes. The outcome could reassign the district or parts to neighboring districts.
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Riverside
Parsons
D. J. Lerma
Ted Hunt
Guy Leggett
San Benito
Los Fresnos
Surplus Food Controversy Shakes Cameron County Court
Cameron County Commissioners heard 19 notarized statements from San Benito and surrounding areas accusing surplus food chief Juan Rodriguez of abuse and denial of aid. Spokespersons urged removal and the establishment of a complaints board as residents seek relief and expanded food stamp access.
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Rodriguez
Rownsville—Welfare
Cameron County Commission Court
Cameron County
Juan Rodriguez
Rodrigguez
Roduez
Francisca Legos
Corral St
Santo
Father
Roberto) Pena
San Benito
Gallegos
Yolanda Ramirez
Abel Gonzalez
Marta Elva Hills
Gonzalez
Tex
Cameron County Commissioners Court
Five Day Temperature Outlook with Light Rain
The forecast shows highs 93 to 105 degrees and lows 74 to 76, about 1 to 3 degrees above normal. Precipitation remains light, mainly in the first portion of the five day period.
Port Isabel Girl Killed In Home Shooting Accident
A 9 year old Port Isabel girl Estella Leora died after a rifle discharged when a gunfired while the family returned from rabbit hunting. The 22 caliber rifle slipped from a shelf as a boy lifted it. a single bullet struck her left side en route to Dolly Vinsant Hospital. Funeral services were held with Thomas Funeral Home in charge. survivors include her parents five sisters and four brothers.
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Justice of the Peace
Romeo Garza
Port ‘Isabel
Estella Leora
Dolly Vinsant Hospital
Raul Leora
Leora
Harlingen
Laguna Heights
Thomas Funeral Home
Beatriz
Maria
Teresa
Esmeralda
Frances
Pedro
Raul Jr
Cuz
Antonio
Gilberto
Parker Elected Navigation Officer
R M Parker of San Benito was re elected a director of the Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District Saturday. Parker received 256 votes to 86 for Ronald D Karg of Port Isabel. Parker carried San Benito 178 and Los Indios 37 with Karg receiving no votes in San Benito and 4 in Los Indios. Karg carried Port Isabel with 82 votes against 41 for Parker.
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R. M. Parker
San Benito
Port Isabel
Parker
Ronald D. Karg
Los Indios
Karg
Absentee Voting Opens for Aug 5 State Amendments
Absentee voting for the August 5 special election on nine state constitutional amendments opens Wednesday. Voters out of the county may cast ballots at the district clerk's office in Brownsville courthouse from 8 am to 5 pm. Shut ins and naturalized citizens may vote there too. Transfers required for residents who moved in within six months.
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Brownsville
Quiet Week for Port Isabel Police Ends Quietly
Port Isabel police chief Don Hoyd reported a very quiet week with only one arrest for drunkenness and another lunacy custody. He noted the lull extends from the Fourth of July weekend and warned the shrimp season could bring more activity.
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Port Isabel
Don Hoyd
Hoyd
Lighthouse of the past at 1862 Stokes probate ledger
A 1862 Stokes County probate ledger for Samuel Brown lists assets left to his widow Susan H. Brown with buyers paying prices in U. S. dollars. The document, aged and handwritten, evokes Civil War era life and compares its detail to a passage from The Bear while noting period quirks and currency.
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Samuel Brown
Stokes County
North Carolina
Brown
Stokes Co
Thomas Martin Adams
Susan H. Brown
The
Bear
Jules Verne
Sam Brown
E. Tucker
Gap Frazier
Confederate States of America
Jack Tilley
County Budget Brings Tax Cut as 1970 Plans Revealed
Cameron County moves to reduce the tax rate from 1.20 to 1.10 per 190 valuation and sets Aug 14 for a public hearing on the 1970 budget. Officials project a $650,558 year end surplus, $327,896 higher general fund expenditures, and a doubled Gateway Bridge revenue to $400,000 next year. Major allocations include sheriff and tax office raised to around $267,503 and $253,452 respectively, with other departments listed and delinquents to be collected.
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Cameron County
Harrison Diltz
J. R. Snoeberger
Snoeberger
Tures
New Gateway Bridge
Sheriff's Department
Civil Defense Office
Snow
Fleming
Diltz
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Johnny Cavazos
Bey Ue Ohm
Cavazos
Adolph Thomas
Thomas
Oscar Hinojosa
Hinojosa
Ramon
Bud
Buble
Ace
By Bull Young
Bud Emmons
Joe Frankie
San Benito Jp’s
la Feria
Don Boykin
Veterans Affairs
Oscar C. Dancy
Flemine
Lula George
F. T
Dut) Graham
Johnny Snow
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