Coast Guard Launches Emergency Crews Near Port Isabel
Coast Guard emergency pumping and rescue operations were launched after a 43 foot motor-sailboat Pacifica reported taking on water while returning from Veracruz. The vessel lost its propeller shaft near marker 133 in the Intracoastal Canal north of Port Isabel and was moved to the docks. A 44 foot launch diverted to assist a disabled shrimp trawler Dolly B and towed the trawler W J Jr. to safety. Durable recovered the Dolly B tow and no word on the missing Betty H, a 52 foot fishing vessel overdue from a 12 day Gulf trip, captained by Larry Kincade of Brownsville.
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U.S. Coast Guard
Houston
Veracruz
Mexico
Pacifica
Intracoastal Canal
Port Isabel
Bill Goldapp
Brazos- Santiago
Coast Guard
W.J. Jr
Christian Humble
Brownsville
US Coast Guard
Durable
Port Brownsville
Dolly B
Yucatan
Panama Cana
Hawaii
Betty H
Gulf
Larry Kincade
Area Children urged to join Texas Reading Club
Laguna Vista Public Library invites area youngsters to join the Texas Reading Club this summer. Read twelve books to earn a Certificate of Completion signed by the State Librarian. Registration ends July 14 at 122 Fernandez St. Library hours are 3 to 5 pm on Tuesdays and Fridays. In 2023 over 71,000 youths statewide participated.
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South
Texas
Texas State Library
Austin
Texas Reading Club
Laguna Vista Public Library
Fernandez St
Laguna Vista
Shrimp Captains Fined Over Closed-Waters Fishing
Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons fined five shrimp fishing captains a total of 512.50 after guilty pleas to fishing in closed waters off the Texas Gulf Coast. Fines ranged 102.50 each. arrests followed on Sunday for more violations. Gulf waters near Texas will remain closed to shrimp trawlers until July 15 to protect young shrimp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Texas Gulf Coast
Israel Martinez
Charlie Warren Jones, Sr
Resaca
Joseph Salinas
Babyguy
Floyd Joseph Ratcliff
Dynamarine
Vidal Cantu
Jet
State Parks and Wildlife Department
Emmons
Larry Thomas Battle
Che-Vos
Harley Moore
Rolland and
Linwood
Leroy la Bell
Proud Rebel
Antonio Torrio, Jr
Gulf
Texas
Double Murder Pre-Trial Hearing Reset to July 13
Antonio Rios Zepeda Jr. of San Benito remains indicted on two counts of murder in the April deaths of Norma Delgado and Patricia Segura, both 15. A pre trial hearing was postponed to July 13 as his attorneys were reportedly detained in Hidalgo County. He is held without bond in Cameron County. The defense filed 22 motions including change of venue, suppression, and exculpatory evidence requests.
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Antonio Rios Zepeda, Jr
San Benito
138Th District Court
H.A. Garcia
Hidalgo County
Rios Zepeda
Norma Delgado
Patricia Segura
San Benito High School
Cameron County
U.S
Texas
Planning Grant For LRGVDC In Texas for 1973
The Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council in McAllen was named one of 26 regional planning bodies to receive a 1973 criminal justice planning grant. The $29,500 award from the Criminal Justice Council funds 44 weeks of regional police training, a radio communications plan, and a police helicopter patrol program for Cameron Hidalgo and Willacy counties. The region contributes $3,356 locally to the effort.
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Austin
Lower Rio Grande Valley
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Lrgvdc
Cameron
Hidalgo
Willacy
Two Drown In Island’s Surf On South Padre Island
Two swimmers died in separate incidents Sunday off South Padre Island. Mauro Amarante a 46 year old Monterrey Mexico industrial executive was pulled from the surf alive but died en route to Mercy Hospital. The second body Guadalupe Partida 17 of Harlingen was recovered Monday evening after searches resumed. Funeral plans were set through Garza Funeral Home.
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South Padre Island
Mauro Amarante
Monterrey
Mex
Miramar
Amarante
Mercy Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Guadalupe Partida
Jose Partida
Harlingen
Gulf
Partida
Jose, Jr
Ricardo
Reynaldo
Ruben
Rogelio
Matamoros
Dolores Gonzalez
Garza
Four Coast Guard Honored With Coxswain Ratings
Four U S Coast Guardsmen received coxswain ratings at dockside ceremonies at the Coast Guard station on S Padre Island. Chief Warrant Officer John H Douglas presented the awards to Petty Officers J K Martin Port Mansfield R E Fincher Birmingham M H Rudy San Antonio and J A Clink Roosevelt Calif designation makes them qualified to skipper search and rescue craft for the local facility. They will lead tow and assist missions inside and beyond the Brazos Santiago Jetties and perform on scene judgments during all SAR missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Brazos-Santiago
Open House At Laguna Atascosa Refuge Draws Residents
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge hosts a 10:00 a.m. open house with lecture by Dr. Wayne M. Ahr of Texas A&M on pesticides’ Gulf impact. About 20 Youth Conservation Corps members, ages 15 to 19, participate for eight weeks. Tours, free on-site guides, and refuge history highlighted as visitors explore the 40,000 acre site near the Laguna Madre and Padre Island with wildlife, gunnery mounds, and the rare Caracara eagle.
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Dickie Marshall
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
Wayne M. Ahr
Geology
Texas A&m
Ahr
Gulf Coast
Youth Conservation Corps
Laguna Atascosa
States
U.S
Los Fresnos
Rio Hondo
Ed Jackson
Laguna Madre
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
U.S. Army Air Corps
United States
Bueau of Fisheries - Wildlife and Wildlife Refuges
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Reading Club
Blackburn
Price
Port Isabel Lumber
Garcia
Torus
Ibatteries
Terlon
Uret Gost
James Haley
Laguna DE Los Patos
Phil Senterfitt
Jim Foley
Youth Conservation Corp
Anne Rugaart
Teresa Soto
Edelmiro Castillo
Vicki Hendricks
Maria Monserrat Zavieta
Laguna Atascosa Refuge
Paredes Line
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