Port Isabel considers temporary landfill use for Swilling service
Port Isabel commissioners authorize Pauline Swilling to use the city landfill area on South Padre Island for her garbage collecting service effective June 1. A second resolution extends landfill access until a definite fee agreement is set. Police and city staff address license, emergency telephone, vacation work, raises, and budget notes as the council tables the county-wide pickup issue.
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Port Isabel
Pauline Swilling
South Padre Island
Swilling
Violations Bring $40,000 For Park Users
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports $40,000 in fines through April for game, fish and water safety violations. The tally includes 611 anglers fishing without licenses and 254 boaters lacking life jackets. April saw 280 hunting violations, 43 for deer out of season, with most funds funneled to Fund Nine.
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Austin
Texans
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Parks and Wildlife Department
Fuel Supply Near Normal Amid Regional Shortage
Local drivers report general fuel availability with precautionary measures in place. Gencho's Conoco now closes at 8 p.m. Mata's Texaco and Shorty's Gulf receive monthly allocations of 20 000 and 22 000 gallons. Exxon was closed briefly after receiving an 8 000 gallon ration. Manriquez's Texaco has not rationed or altered hours.
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Gencho
Conoco
Mata
Texaco
Shorty
Gulf
Exxon
Drowning Victim Millard Hageman Found on South Padre Island
Millard Mathew Hageman 18 disappeared Friday while swimming off South Padre Island. His body was recovered Saturday by unidentified persons between the Dunes and Seagrape Motels. James T. Ault of Omaha tried to help. Hageman’s wife Lynn was with him on honeymoon. Justice of the Peace ruled accidental drowning. body sent to Perry, Oklahoma for services.
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Millard Mathew Hageman
South Padre Island
Coast Guard
Perry
Oklahoma
James T. Ault
Omaha
Nebraska
Hageman
Lynn
Cameron County
Zepeda Begins 12 Year Term For Double Murder
Antonio Rios Zepeda, 20, of San Benito, was turned over to state prison to start a 12 year sentence for murder after pleading no contest to killing two San Benito High School girls, Patricia Segura and Maria Norma Delgado. He will serve the terms concurrently with credit for time already served.
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Antonio Rios Zepeda
San Benito
Hidalgo County
Valley
Alamia
Zepeda
First Grade Honor Roll Omission Noted
The Press notes an inadvertent omission in last week’s First Grade Honor Roll. The corrected list includes Darlene Byrd Yvette Trevino Juanita Galvan Tracy Knott Hank Martin Tamsen Silk Julia Turrubiates.
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Lillian Sannady
Foar
Darlene Byrd
Yvette Trevino
Juanita Galvan
Tracy Knott
Hank Martin
Tamsen Silk
Julia Turrubiates
Powers Street Cleared for Causeway Demolition
Buildings on Powers Street facing the proposed approach to a new causeway will be demolished by year end. All business owners must vacate by September 1 per State Highway Department Project Engineer Robert Martinez. Local enterprises include V-Drive In Grocery Holiday Laundry Trump's Sporting Goods.
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Powers Street
Robert Martinez
State Highway Department
V-Drive
Trump's Sporting Goods
Kiwanis Hear Talk On Isle
The Kiwanis of Point Isabel met June 12 at 7 a.m. at the Yacht Club Hotel. Sherman Lee of Cameron County Parks and Wildlife spoke on duties and local recreation needs, urging more facilities at Andy Bowie and Isla Blanca Parks. The director warned of growing tourist demand amid a gas shortage. Local businesses announced relocations on Maxon Street including Den Russ Drugs Hazel's Fashions and Holiday Laundry.
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Kiwanis
Point Isabel
Yacht Club
Richard Trevino
Arnold Samuelson
Sherman Lee
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Cameron County
Lee
Andy Bowie
Isla Blanca
Hazel's
den Russ
Holiday Laundry
Maxon St
Two Port Isabel Boys to Attend Camp Hoblitzelle
Two boys from Port Isabel Steven and Jerry McFarland will attend a free one week summer camp at The Salvation Army Camp Hoblitzelle near Dallas. They depart June 24 for boating hiking archery horseback riding fishing swimming and Bible study supervised by staff.
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Steven
Jerry McFarland
Salvation Army
Hoblitzelle
Dallas
B. P. Little
Laguna Vista
Port Isabel
Maria E. Torres
Salvation Army Service Unit
Jerry
New Isle Council Sets First Meeting for June 20
South Padre Island Mayor William H. Neukomm schedules the new City Council’s inaugural session for Wednesday June 20 at 7 30 p m at the Volunteer Fire Station A 13 item tentative agenda includes establishing regular meeting dates and times budgeting procedures opening a bank account appointing a mayor pro tem hiring legal counsel and possibly joining the Texas Municipal League plus zoning building regulations franchise for Central Power Light Co and HUD flood insurance bid submissions and city insurance program actions.
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William H. Neukomm
South Padre Island
Board of Aldermen
Paul Cunningham
Brownsville
Cunningham
Texas Municipal League
Central Power &Ight Co
HUD
Four attend Rotary District Assembly from Port Isabel area
A four member Port Isabel South Padre Island delegation joined Rotary District 593 events in Kingsville on Saturday. Kenneth Heuer Sherman Lee Roy Smith and Troy Dillon attended multiple workshops on the four lanes of service Club Vocational Community and International. District Governor Chase Hodges of Edinburg led the assembly with District Governor Elect Elmore Borchers of Laredo also present. Borchers will assume office July 1 and Laredo proposed their city as the 1974 district meeting site.
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Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Rotary
Kingsville
Kenneth Heuer
Sherman Lee
Roy Smith
Troy Dillon
Chase Hodges
Edinburg
Elmore Borchers
Laredo
Borchers
Flag Day Address by Wilson Echoes Unity and Duty
President Woodrow Wilson’s June 14 1917 Flag Day remarks emphasize Old Glory as the emblem of national unity power and purpose. He recalls the flag’s silent speech of past sacrifices and the great history witnessed since its birth, calling on the people to honor and uphold the nation’s values.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Londrie
Padre View
Arnoldo Ochoa
Ochoa
Club
Larry Ochoa
Moises Vela
Sonny Perez
Mercedes
Tina Barrera
Palmira Ochoa
O'Neal LeBlanc
Giants
John la Roche
Braves
Richard Walsh
Junior Lopez
Ozie Pockrus
Troy Groomer
Doug la Roche
Standing
Charlie Bennett
Mgr
Rolando Gonzales
Walter Bull
Chip Hamilton
Russell Groomer
Norris Glenn
Manriquez
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Thomas Funeral Directors of
Johnny Gavito
Cameron County Health Department
Falls
Powers
Causeway
Powers St
Port Hardware & Electric
Hwy. 100
New Isle
Rotary Assembly
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