Port Isabel City Meeting Actions March 2 1978
City commissioners authorized a $100 payment to Emmy Ochoa for a six month lease refund and $850 for Torres Mansonry to repair the ambulance building. An ordinance creating a Library Board was approved with seven members and vacancies to be filled by the City Commission. The Mayor may seek federal planning funds with consultant help. March 23 bids open for a new city van for the elderly. A study on changing the city name to Point Isabel may prompt a special election. Next meeting March 13 at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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Emmy Ochoa
Torres Mansonry
Water District
Little League Park
Colvin
Point Isabel
State Board of Human Resources
Great Town Hall Controversy Chapter I Inners
Ward E. Thompson, Alderman, denounces a local petition against the Town of South Padre Island project. He argues the group propelling the petition is obstructive, misleads residents, and would have halted essential services and infrastructure if successful. He recalls past votes and defends board actions and public programs.
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Town Hall
Claus and Co
Claus
South Padre Island
E. Thompson
Obituaries of James Henry Stakes and Mary Letha Downs
James Henry Stakes 84 of Laguna Vista died February 7 in Brownsville. Graveside services February 9 at Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens. Survived by wife Lydia Stakes, two sons, two daughters, two sisters, two brothers, six grandchildren, one great grandchild. Mary Letha Downs 95 of Bayview died February 27 in Harlingen. Native of Jewett Texas, resident since 1919. Survivors include daughter-in-law, four granddaughters, one grandson, twelve great grandchildren, four great great grandchildren. Funeral at Darling Mouser Brownsville. burial Buena Vista Memorial Park.
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James Henry Stakes
Laguna Vista
Valley Community Hospital
Brownsville
Orange
First United Methodist Church of
Port Isabel
Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens
Bobby Palmes
Lydia Stakes
Walter Zimmerman
William Zimmerman
Irene Landry
San Antonio
Edna Gravenor
Johnson City
Dewey Stakes
A.O. Stakes
Mary Letha Downs
Bayview
Valley Baptist Medical Center
Harlingen
Jewett, Tl
Fresnos United Methodist Church
O.E.S
First Presbyterian Church
Noel E. Ryall
Darling- Mouser Funeral Home Chapel
Buena Vista Burial Park
Texas poised to open deepwater port despite federal limits
Gov. Dolph Briscoe signed an executive order creating the Texas Deepwater Port Authority as major oil firms back Seadock a nearly billion dollar offshore terminal near Freeport. Federal rules and profit caps threaten financing, with Seadock proposing license transfers while Exxon Mobil and Gulf exit the consortium. Briscoe aims to appoint nine authority members as debates over private funding and state revenue bonds continue.
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Austin
Dolph Briscoe
Texas
Briscoe
Texas Deepwater Port Authority
Seadock
Freeport
Hugh L. Scott
Seadock Inc
House
Senate
Scott
Exxon
Mobil
Gulf
Seadeck
Pre-registration for grades five to seven scheduled here
Pre-registration for students in grades five through seven is set for March 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Library Secondary School. Principals and counselors will help parents select courses. sixth and seventh graders may choose regular or bilingual tracks.
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Library
Capsule photography course offered by Bill Landry in Brownsville
A capsule photography course will begin in March, meeting Thursday nights at Padre South Hotel. Led by Bill Landry under the Port Isabel South Padre Island Chamber of Commerce, it is open to all with interest in photography. Fee is per session, with both residents and winter visitors welcome. note mentions of fern blooms and gold are nonessential asides.
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Bill Landry
Brownsville
Padre South Hotel
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
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Commission On Judicial Conduct
Texas Board of Private Investigators
Bill Clayton
House Agriculture Committee
Chase Untermeyer
Railroad Commission
Secretary of Interior
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Lorraine Bruce
Ming Auto Beauty Center
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