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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1965
Page
5
Trailer at Yacht Hotel Trailer Park offered by Mrs Reed. Elegant furnishings with lined drapes and air conditioning. Price 3000 dollars with small down payment and owner financing at 6 percent. Call WH.3.2823 for details.
Be it ordered by the Board of Commissioners that an election be held on the second Saturday in July, July 10 1965, to elect one Commissioner for Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District Precincts 1 2 and 3. Polls at Port Isabel Los Indios and San Benito. Presiding judges and clerks named. Returns to be made by law. Copy of order serves as notice. Dated May 18 1965 with signatures and seal.
Cameron County Park Board renamed the new South Padre Island Recreation Pavilion Isla Blanca Civic Center. Board Chairman Ygnacio Garza Jr. cited clarity and its broader civic use from shell shows and art exhibitions to plays, noting it is used several times weekly.
Seaford ey Austin report highlights show 59th Legislature enacted a $80 billion program expanding state services. Major moves include higher education reforms with a coordinating board, a $11 million teacher raise, overhaul of mental health and TB control, welfare and Medicare expansion, water development, and redistricting shifting power toward urban areas. Gov. John Connally seen as powerful figure. taxes rise with cigarette tax up to 11 cents per pack and property taxes expected to increase about $2.92 yearly for a $5,000 home.
The Press Association reports Texas Employment Commission and Texas Education Agency plan to retrain and relocate grants into permanent jobs in West Texas. Proposals include funds for housing coordination, migrant education, and migrant labor camp services, plus a day care project and a pilot for migrant services.
Governor Connallys Office of Economic Opportunity seeks 5.4 million in federal funds under the Economic Opportunity Act for a statewide migrant assistance program. The plan includes 3.2 million for six month intensive migrant student schools in 10 districts, 1.19 million for adult education home making and job training, 735 thousand for five migrant rest stops, and 302 thousand for tuberculosis screening with six regional South Texas offices.
Governor Connally announces R. Wofford Cain of Dallas to the Texas A&M University board. He reappoints S. B. Whittenburg of Amarillo and Sterling C. Evans to further terms on the board.
Local note describes oil activity nudging growth along Cameron Coast with Holly Beach and Laguna Vista noting new marinas and boat channels. Port Isabel receives spotlight as a booming area with a new marina and plans for a half million dollar hotel, while Bayview and Laguna Madre region show rising activity.
A rough report describes an intended trip to Ero for fishing and hunting without plans to fish. The group carried movie slide cameras to capture any items of interest for their men’s group and possibly others.
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