Space Race Week Highlights and Moon Photos
Gemini 9 near splashdown yields key NASA lessons for safe travel. Surveyor returns hundreds of moon photos after a successful soft landing. Amberoid wins the Belmont Stakes while Kauai King fades in the Derby Preakness context. Texaco plans offshore drilling off Port Isabel near an ARCO rig. Valley producers strike faces injunctions. Judge Garza declines jurisdiction. Eugene Nelson jailed for one night. Ronald Reagan runs as GOP gubernatorial candidate vs Pat Brown in November.
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Surveyor
United States
Amberoid
Citation
Texaco
Port Isabel
Atlantic Richfield
Reynaldo Garza
Eugene Nelson
Views From The Lighthouse Fathers Day Reflections From A Son
Raymond R. Murphy writes about his father a Chesapeake and Ohio Railway machinist. He details a strict, devout, Democratic father whose four fixed beliefs shaped a close family. The piece ends noting the family’s unity and the mother’s supportive influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
McAllen Chamber Publicizes Padre and Port Isabel Areas
The McAllen Chamber of Commerce publicity department sent South Padre Island attractions to leading papers in 19 states and to daily papers in 23 states between May and June. The campaign aims to draw summer vacationers and Mexico-bound travelers to South Padre, McAllen, and the Valley through September. The effort thanks Cameron County taxpayers and the Park Board for the Causeway and development of South Padre Island as a key recreation asset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
McAllen
Cameron County
Park Board
Mexco
Sea Scouts Sail Long Corpus Christi Cruise
Forty four Sea Scouts and four officers joined the MY Speedway and the MY Marian for a fourth year Rio Grande Squadron cruise from Port Isabel to Port Mansfield Port Aransas and Corpus Christi. The group inspected facilities at NAS Corpus Christi and enjoyed liberty before returning to Port Mansfield and Port Isabel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Scouts
MY. “Speedway
W. W. Zimmerman
Jean Brand
Port Isabel
Rio Grande
the Valley
Port Mansfield
Otra Vez
Ralph Jones
Mercedes
Pete Peterson
Raymondville
Port Aransas
U.S. Coast Guard
Corpus Christi
T. Head
Cox
USC
Tuoweiler
Courage
Corpus Christii Naval Air Station
Louise
Naval Air Station
Nas
Liberty
Speedway
Marion
Bolton to Head Council for Six County Region
Frank Bolton was named Junior area director for the Texas Southmost Development Council at a Harlingen meeting. A Texan from Austin and University of Texas graduate, he will start within 10 days to help move the Six County council’s program forward. The Hidalgo County merger with Cameron Willacy is expected this Friday, forming the Lower Rio Grande Valley Councils of Governments to coordinate housing, urban development, and economic projects.
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Frank Bolton
Texas Southmost Development Council
Harlingen
Bolton
Austin
University of Texas
Port Isabel
Ted Hunt
Hunt
Cameron - Willacy Council of Governments
Hidalgo County
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
McFarland Dredge Launched For Galveston District Use
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers launched the 300 foot long McFarland hopper dredge at Sparrows Point Yard for the Galveston District. The $15 million vessel displaces 9,720 tons with a 22 foot draft and can dump through bottom gates pipelines or a side cast. It will operate in Brazo Island Harbor among other Gulf sites and carries 79 crew. Local use timing remains unclear.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
McFarland
Sparrows Point
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Baltimore
John E. Unverforth
Galveston
Brazos Island
Park Board Meets Friday in Brownsville
The Cameron County Board of Park Commissioners will meet Friday June 10 1966 at 3 p.m. in the Court House Brownsville. Chairman Ygnacio Garza Jr. says discussion will focus on the contract with Oceano graphic Development Corp on South Padre Island.
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Cameron County Board of Park Commissioners
Court House
Brownsville
Ygnacio Garza Jr
Park Board
Oceanographic Development Corp
South Padre Island
Rotarians Hear UFO Discussed at Port Isabel Meeting
Port Isabel's Rotary Club met its unique Saturday noon session as Guy Bevil of Brownsville spoke on unidentified flying objects. He has addressed several civic groups and TV about the topic, linking it to possible extraterrestrial visitors. Present were Don Cland, Bob Roloff, Clyde Somers, Ruben Idelstein and Ely Holtzman.
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Port Isabel
Rotary Club
United States
Guy Bevil
Brownsville
Bevil
Honduras
Rotary
Don Cland
Mt. Pulaski
Bob Roloff
Kirkland
Clyde R. Somers
la Feria
Ruben Idelstein
Ely Holtzman
Disaster Meeting Set For June 22 At Brownsville
A Severe Weather Conference is planned in Brownsville on June 22 to help civic groups and residents prepare for hurricane season. The program runs 8:30 am to 12:15 pm at the First National Bank First National Room with speakers from the Office of Defense and Disaster Relief the Texas Department of Public Safety and Brownsville Civil Defense.
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Alma
Carribbean
Office of Defense and Disaster Relief
Texas Department of Public Safety
Civil Defense Director
Brownsville
First National
First National Bank
Father Sexton
Sacred Heart Church
Texas
Antonio Gonzales
Connally
Ernest Rice
State Health Department
Harry Lewis
More Drilling For Oil Planned Off Port Isabel
Texaco filed with the Corps of Engineers for a permit to drill for oil off Port Isabel in the Gulf of Mexico using a mobile platform. The operation would be about 13 miles east of Port Isabel, near Atlantic Richfield’s 27,000 acre lease area, with a platform 188 by 150 feet and a 234 foot derrick. Atlantic Richfield started drilling late in May about three miles southeast of Padre Island jetties.
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Texaco Company
Corps of Engineers
Port Isabel
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Richfield
Padre Island
Five Day Forecast Above Normal Highs
The forecast calls for temperatures averaging 1 to 4 degrees above normal highs of 90 to 91 and lows of 73 to 75. Expect minor day to day changes with modest fluctuations.
Port Isabel Mayor Orders Strict Velocity Enforcement
Port Isabel Mayor Leo F Sanders directed Police Chief Charles F Barter to crack down on speeding and reckless driving. He said the aim is safety and compliance with posted limits for both visitors and locals, with radar use and license checks possible. Barter promised firm action and clear warnings give way to enforcement.
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Port Isabel
Leo F. Sanders
Charles F. Barter
Sanders
Barter
Grass on runways prompts airport funding talk
County Engineer John Huth examined the Port Isabel Cameron County Airport grass issue and verified EDA eligibility for aid after a May 31 letter questioned county filings. Texas Research League's Robert Norwood outlined studies on county government roles in metropolitan areas with findings due by year end. A request to hire a second secretary for the County Veteran Service Officer was tabled to the 1967 budget.
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Port Isabel
Cameron County
Economic Development Administration
Washington
Ted Hunt
South
Texas
EDA
Oscar C. Dancy
John Huth
Real Estate Research Corporation
Huth
Robert Norwood
Texas Research League
Commissioners’ Court
Norwood
Hugh Ramsey
Mrs. Lucy Tjosvold Dies at 84 in Port Isabel
Lucy Rebecca Tjosvold 84 of 408 North Shore Drive Port Isabel died Saturday at Mercy Hospital after a brief illness. Funeral services were held June 6 at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church with interment at Port Isabel Cemetery beside her husband Carl M. Tjosvold who died in 1952. She was born June 2, 1882 in Hokah Minnesota and lived in Port Isabel since 1942. She leaves a daughter Ruth J. Mras Port Isabel Postmaster, three sisters and a brother in Minnesota. Pallbearers were local men. Known as Lulu she was remembered for humor and storytelling.
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Lucy Rebecca Tjosvold
North Shore Drive
Port Isabel
Mercy
Hokah
Minnesota
Ruth J. Mras
Stella McKaller
Ruth Meany
Marie Hogan
Austin
Minn
Emmett Gavin
Pat Camacho
Roger Villarreal
Eliseo Vega
Marcus Garza
Juan Gonzalez
Lalo Camacho
Tresvold
Lulu
Barter Reports May Police Activity In Port Isabel
Port Isabel police reported 43 arrests in May in a monthly update to Mayor Leo F. Sanders. Police Chief Charles F. Barter said 87 calls were handled, with 21 people lodged in the local jail. Fines totaling 787.50 were assessed across seven misdemeanor cases including speeding and red light violations, plus one burglary arrest, one attempted entry, seven larceny and seven assault cases. Nine drunk arrests were recorded.
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Port Isabel
Leo F. Sanders
Charles F. Barter
Port Isabel Native Aids Gemini 9 Effort at Cape Kennedy
John La Roche a Port Isabel native now living near Cape Kennedy has worked nine years on space projects converting liquid oxygen and pumping oxygen for Saturn missiles and Apollo capsules. He views Gemini 9 with Florida fans while noting Port Isabel’s future potential. He toured with his sister Mrs Ambrose Pechacek in Laguna Vista during a two week visit.
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Port Isabel
John la Roche
Merritt Island
Fla
Cape Kennedy
la Roche
Space Project
Los Fresnos
Navy
East
William
Fred la Roche
Florida
The
Aped
Ambrose Pechacek
Laguna Vista
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Ronald Reagan
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Pat Brown
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International Brotherhood of Machinists
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Padre
Alfonso Gonzalez
Lorenzo Barrientez
Juan A. Gonzalez
Sanitation Department
Francisco Villarreal
John Hugh
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