Scouts Board Jamboree Flight To Japan
Scout Mike Cateora of Port Isabel sails with ten Rio Grande Council youths as part of 7,000 U S and international Scouts heading to the 13th World Jamboree near Mt Fuji Japan. The event runs in Asia for 20 days with 33 charter flights and a 800 acre tent city at Asagiri Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Council
Houston
United Sates of America
Mt. Fugi
Tokyo
Japan
John Brady
San Juan
Douglas Cantwell
Harlingen
Mike Cateora
Port Isabel
Connor Duffy
Brownsville
Hauge Dunlap
la Feria
Jamey Jones
Boby McNabney
Weslaco
Allen Levine
Grady Deaton
Cleve Massey
Wes
Asia
Mount
Fjui
Asagiri Heights
Austria
Canada
Great Britain
France
Iron Curtain
Boy Scouts of Nippon
U.S
Mikko
Kyoto
Congress
Toshii Watanabe
City Deeds Land For Causeway
City commission approves conveyance of submerged land to the State of Texas for the proposed new causeway improvement and highway widening project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Texas
Blood Samples Taken At Port Isabel To Check VEE
About 250 residents were tested at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church to determine if Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis is present. Health officials predict the disease may return next year and plan a vaccine for all residents. Tests aim to reveal germ presence even without symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Our Lady Star of the Sea
Cameron and
Hidalgo Counties
Chill Wills Joins Texas International Fishing Tournament
Actor Chill Wills arrives as guest of Bob Hurst for the Texas International Fishing Tournament in Port Isabel. He is greeted by Poco Locos Greeters and chamber officials, plans to fish, and will greet participants while recounting his Texas ties and film career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chill Wills
Bob Hurst
Merchants Marine State Bank
Wills
Nita Flewelling
Elaine Cahoon
Poco Locos Greeters Group
Bob McCausland
Port Isabel - Padre Island
Wichita Falls
Texas
Port Isabel
John Wayne
Port Isabel Shows Uptick in Area Shipping Patterns
Galveston Texas ports set a 1970 cargo record with 193 451 615 tons handled by waterborne commerce. Port Isabel rose from 359 835 to 39 489 short tons, while Brownville grew to 4 986 243 tons. Data will be published in Waterborne Commerce of the United States 1970 Part 2. Copies available for $1.50 from the U S Army Engineer District New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Texas
Nolan C. Rhodes
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army Engineers
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Corpus Christi
Texas Coast
Valley
Port Isabel
Brownville
Gulf Coast
Mississippi River System
Antilles
United State
U.S. Army Engineer District
P.O
New Orleans
Lot Sales Approved By City Commission
At the July 26 meeting the City Commission approved sales of Urban Renewal Agency lots. Lot 4 Block 10 Port Isabel sold to Santiago Ochoa III and Sofia C. Ochoa for 1000 dollars. Andres Barrera Jr. bought Lot 15 Block 10 for 1200 dollars. Jaime R. and Maria Ester C. Garza purchased Lot 14 Block 10 for 1350 dollars. Alfonso and Enriqueta Gonzalez bought Lot 14 Urban Renewal No 3 for 950 dollars.
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Urban Renwal Agency
Port Isabel
Santiago Ochoa III
Sofia C. Ochoa
Andres Barrera
Jaime R
Maria Ester C. Garza
Alfonso and
Enriqueta G. Gonzalez
Urban Renneal No. 3
Navigation Unit Seeks New Isle Sale Bids
Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation District plans to reopen bids after only one offer of 401000 by McAllen Attorney John Freeland. Freeland would pay in cash but wants to finance as land develops. district to meet Friday to decide next steps likely to call for new bids. Freeland already leases the land with a 99 year option, needing 400000 cash. district aims to retire bonds and reduce the 10 cent tax levy. Carl Kruger of Rockport linked to development.
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Port Isabel
McAllen
John Freeland
Freeland
Ben Hardy
Hardy
Carl Kruger
Rockport
Car Collides With Telephone Pole on South Shore Drive
A 1971 International jeep driven by Dr. Welty John Allen of Harlingen struck a telephone pole on South Shore Drive last Sunday afternoon, causing about 800 dollars in pole damage and breaking the pole in half. He was charged with failing to keep the vehicle under control. No jeep damage estimate given.
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South Shore Drive
Welty
John Allen
Harlingen
Joe Garza
Allen
Park Improvements Authorized on South Padre Island
Park Board chairman Fausto Yturria Jr. and planner W M Peterson won approval from the commissioners to proceed with 101000 dollars of county park work on South Padre Island. The county will perform the project on a force account basis using engineer John Huth and auditor Kermit Cromack with county personnel and equipment. Work includes showers restrooms two lifeguard towers beach access ramp two vinyl shade shelters and open air picnic shelters.
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Park Board
Fausto Yturria Jr
W.M. Peterson
Commissioners Court
South Padre Island
John Huth
Kermit Cromack
Press Staffer Is Resigning From Port Isabel Press
Susan Smith news editor of the Port Isabel Press resigns to pursue full-time college study at the University of Texas this fall majoring in journalism. Emily Mellis will fill the summer post assisting Business Manager Carlos Martinez.
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Susan Smith
Port Isabel
University of Texas
Carlos Martinez
Emily Mellis
Valley City Officials Seek Moratorium on Pollution Laws
The Valley City Officials Association passes a two year moratorium resolution on air pollution laws requiring burial of brush. Copies go to Valley and Texas delegations in Washington and Austin. Signed by San Benito Mayor C.T. Adams Jr. acting director of Region 12. The measure argues no local air pollution problem and cites impractical sanitary landfilling due to high water table and rising costs threatening Valley cities.
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Valley City Officials Association
Valley
Texas
Washington
Austin
San Benito
C.T. Adams, Jr
33rd Fishing Tourney Gets Underway Here
The 33rd Texas International Fishing Tournament runs Thursday through Sunday with participants from around the state. Sea Ranch Marina hosts operations as registration began Wednesday, the fleet blessed by Rev. John Covey, and weigh-ins scheduled 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. daily at Sea Ranch Dock. Ivy Ann Richardson of Brownsville serves as hostess. a Sunday fish fry funds a Port Isabel Fireman’s medical needs after a July 4 accident. prizes and the Texas Grand Champion Fisherman are announced at 2:00 p.m.
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Sea Ranch Marina
John Covey
All Saints Episcopal Church
San Benito
St. Andrew's By the Sea
Port Isabel
Gulf
Coast Guard
Sea Ranch
Rio Grande Valley
Ivy Ann Richardson
Brownsville
Motels Face Cancellations Amid VEE Scare on Padre Island
Motel owners on South Padre Island report heavy cancellations from Houston Dallas and north Texas totaling up to 5000 with losses of 3000 at one large property and 2000 at others. McAllen hoteliers seek Valley Chamber aid to reassure visitors that no human danger exists in the Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
Houston
Dallas
North Texas
McAllen
Valley Chamber of Commerce
Valley
Pi CYO Girls Capture First Place Championship
The Port Isabel Catholic Youth Organization girls softball team, ages 15 to 19, won first prize against Harlingen and McAllen at San Juan. They plan an August trip to Houston with sponsor Roger Villarreal and reporter Patti Patane of KRGV expected to travel.
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Port Isabel
Valley To Get Boost In State Advertising
Texas will launch its ninth year of national travel advertising with a 48000 schedule for the Texas Tropical Trail. The plan covers six magazines and five newspapers reaching 8.3 million readers in the Midwest South and Southwest.
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Austin
of Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Tourist Development Board
Midwest
Southeast
Far Southwest
National Geographic
Better Homes & Gardens
Southern Living
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Metro St. Louis
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
New Mexico
Southern Livings
Southwest
Trailer Life
Woodall
Trailer Travel
Ecologist Plans Mercury Study During Tournament
Dr. George Blanton of Ft. Worth will study mercury levels in edible tissues of Gulf bay and nearshore fish during the Tournament. He aims to establish normal background mercury levels and compare with fish from areas with mercury contamination to assess migration and food web position, reporting results to state and federal agencies.
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George Blanton
Ft. Worth
Blanton
Gulf
Donations Sought for Firemen Benefit Fish Fry
Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department and civic groups host a fish fry after the fishing tournament this Sunday to aid Faustino Camacho a volunteer firefighter badly injured in a Fourth of July weekend truck accident Doctors say he will remain hospitalized for about a month Donations of fish are requested arrangements coordinator Larry Joe Keller or Donicio Gonzalez in charge of storing the fish will be contacted for drop off details
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Larry Joe Keller
Donicio Gonzalez
Port Isabel
Faustino Camacho
Camacho
Council Approves Modern Venice Code Revisions
Port Isabel changes to the building and zoning code follow planning and zoning recommendations to speed Modern Venice additions. New rules limit height to two stories or 25 feet, set minimum indoor areas of 700 square feet for houses and 500 for mobile homes, restrict one mobile home per lot, require 50-foot-wide lots, and allow sea walls and parking provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Governor approves $15,000 grant for Brownsville plan
Gov. Preston Smith announced the approval of a $15,000 supplemental community action grant to Cameron County Community Projects Inc in Brownsville. The funds, under Title II of the Economic Opportunity Act, run from July 1 1971 to March 31 1972 to extend Family Planning services.
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Preston Smith
Cameron County Community Projects, Inc
Brownsville
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Spencer Tracy
The
Motion Picture Academy
Navigation Unit
New Isle Sale
City Group
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Sun Times & Daily News
Kansas City Star
Minneapolis Tribune
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Texas Highway Department
Robert E. Conwell
Edwin D. Hunter
John R. McCarty
Brazos Santiago
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Tift
Council
Venice
Eliseo Vega
Vega
Merchant Marine State Bank
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