Weekly News Summary Skies Ring With Sports Wins and Church Clash
Billy Casper wins the U S Open over Arnie Palmer while Le Gran Charles dominates Moscow outrunning Napoleon in the same town. Baptists win in Texas as pad res crosses into Browns ville Diocese sparking church tensions. Farm worker strike action gains attention as Valley reports Port Isabel drowning scare. Mediterranean fruit fly invasion looms over Valley crops as bug hunters converge. Carlos Ortiz defends lightweight title with a TKO over Johnny Bizzarro in Pittsburgh.
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Brownsville
Carlos Ortiz
Johnny Bizzarro
Pittsburg
Views from The Lighthouse by RayMond R MurPhy
A literary column by RayMond R MurPhy reflects on coastlines and harbor life from a lighthouse vantage. Observations mix weather, navigation lore, and personal reflections on solitude and duty at sea.
Los Fresnos Horse Show Opens Three Day Run Tonight
The 15th Annual Lions Club Charity Horse Show opens tonight in Los Fresnos with top entries from Texas and Louisiana. A $6,000 purse funds 29 classes across three evening performances and two daytime shows. Proceeds support Lions charities including eyeglasses for children and camp programs.
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Los Fresnos
Lions Club
Southwest
Fresnos
Ura J. Breedlove
Texas
Lions Charities
Valley Boys Ranch
Rio Grande Valley
Los Fresnos Lions Club
Nina Scott
Harlingen
Rebel
James W. Ross
Skip
Bob Peroni
la Feria
San
Port Isabel Urban Renewal Grant Approved for No. 2 Project
Federal funds totaling 933 578 were approved as part of a 1 083 878 project cost for Port Isabel Urban Renewal No 2. The grant covers about three quarters of costs and will fund rehabilitation and conservation in the 77 acre area south of the central business district with ongoing improvements including water lines and sewer provisions. The plan aims to provide standard housing for roughly 40 percent of the southwest population amid past slum clearance and infrastructure upgrades.
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Port Isabel
Ralph Yarborough
Ann
Department of Housing and Urban Development
South Port Isabel No. 2
Business District
Manautou Street
Beachcombers Art Show Set for July 24 on South Padre Island
Harlingen Art Forum sponsors the Beachcombers Art Show scheduled July 24 on South Padre Island from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gladys Dixon says the seventh annual event now draws over 100 artists, expands beyond eight cabanas to use all cabanas and Civic Center facilities, with large crowds expected.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harlingen
Preliminary Studies on Bridge and Road Projects in Cameron County
County projects in Cameron County dominate the Commissioners' Court meeting with progress reported on a South Padre Island road near completion and fast-moving Gateway Bridge plans. Engineering work for the island road is slated to finish by mid July as part of a grant application to the Economic Development Administration.
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Cameron County
Oscar C. Dancy
Port Isabel
Ted R. Hunt
Mile Road
South Padre Island
Innis
Gateway Bridge
Economic Development Administration
Andy Bowie Park
Park
Local Chambers Plan Signs To Direct Traffic To Padre Island
Port Isabel Padre Island Area Chamber of Commerce directors voted to join with the South Padre Island Chamber to seek highway signs directing traffic to Padre Island and South Padre Island. Helena Sandlin was named area chair with Ethel Edwards, Art Shafer and Dale Anderson on the committee. future meetings were planned and letters to government officials including Mrs. Johnson were suggested to gain aid.
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South Padre Island
Helena Sandlin
Port Isabel - Padre Island
Bud Franke
South Padre
Johnson
Local Boy Drowns Near Port Isabel
Gerald Tucker nine year old son of Mr and Mrs James Tucker of Port drowned Friday while playing near the Laguna Madre inlet from Texas Trimaran. Survived by parents four brothers and one sister and grandfather. Funeral held Monday June 20 at Hinkley Mortuary Brownsville with burial in Buena Vista Cemetery. Rescue efforts by fishermen Coast Guard police and deputies failed to locate the body within two hours searchers dove within 20 yards of the slip location.
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Gerald Tucker
James Tucker
Port
Port Isabel
Laguna Madre
Texas
Hinkley Mortuary
Brownsville
Gene Dickson
First Baptist Church
Los Fresnos
Buena Vista Cemetery
Coast Guard
Sheriff's Deputies
Pe Tee
Sere
Don Hockaday
Nell
Cet Sa Lee
Skipper Optimistic About Big Gulf Supply Run
CTRAC supply craft began a Gulf operation 50 miles offshore Port Isabel supplying Humble Oil crews. Captain David J. Martin said three Gulf locations are served and two rigs will be moved along the coast. The crew of 35 aboard will be supplied from Port Isabel with gear and personnel.
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Humble Oil
Port Isabel
Gulf of Mexico
David J. Martin
Houma
CTRAC
Cheramie Brothers
Golden Meadow
Gulf
Humble
Here
Martin
Humbie
Shreveport
Gulf Coast
Caldrill Offshort Drilling Co
Ventura
Calif
Joseph E. la Fleur
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Billy Casper
Arnie Palmer
Kuwai King
le Gran Charles
Moscow
Napoleon
Baptists
Padres
San Antonio
Bunney Deep
Canal
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Santana Galvan
Don Hoyd
Caetusen
Aesiien
Fire Department
Coast
BPW
Garden Club
Shell Club
Chamber of Comeaejecting
James D. Ward
Younsters
Accee Eng
Proall
Ciudad Jarez
Jimmy Tucker
Jo Kent
Tucker
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