Park Board and Water District Approve Island Sewage Plan
Cameron County Park Board approves an 87.5 cent monthly rate hike for Isla Blanca trailer spaces starting May 1, a $3 garbage fee, and a $2 sewer charge. A surf board rental concession is set at $100 monthly from March 15 to Sept 15. A letter of intent links Isla Blanca Park to the Fresh Water District No. 1 for a regional sewer project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isla Blanca
Cameron County Park Board
Harry Lewis
Padre Surf Shop
Isla Blanca Park
Cameron County
The
Park Board
Austin
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Ambulance Out Of Service For Repaint March 13 16
Laguna Madre Community Ambulance will be out of service from March 13 through March 16 for repainting. In January and February the service answered 36 calls. Drivers included Chuck Londrie Laura Ochoa Larry Joe Keller Don Gonzalez Selma Thornton Butch Mack Joel Ochoa and Jimmy Dickens with Joe La Roche attending on ten calls. Other attendants listed include Lupita Aldrete Margie McKeown Nicho Gonzalez Raul Zamora Desi Delgado Baldemar Torres Johnny Joe Zamora Homero Torres Guadalupe Martinez and Woody Thornton. The W T Liston Company contributed 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laguna Madre
Chuck Londrie
Laura Ochoa
Larry Joe Keller
Don Gonzalez
Selma Thornton
Butch Mack
Joel Ochoa
Jimmy Dickens
Joe la Roche
Lupita Aldrete
Margie McKeown
Nicho Gonzalez
Raul Zamora
Desi Delgado
Baldemar Torres
Johnny Joe Zamora
Homero Torres
Guadalupe Martinez
Woody Thornton
The
W.T. Liston Company
Bahia Mar Phase I Bids To Open March 23 On South Padre Island
Marisol Corporation announces Bahia Mar Phase I 64 garden condominiums fronting the Gulf of Mexico with 330 day construction. Phase II plans a 215 unit 12 story hotel condominium for Vilas P. Sheldon of Artesia New Mexico with a 400 person convention center and 12th floor restaurant. Construction begins fall with completion late 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marisol
South Padre Island
Marisol Corporation
R. E. Spriggs
Bahia Mar
Gulf of Mexico
Spriggs
Vilas P. Sheldon
Artesia
New Mexico
Sheldon
Death By Own Action Ruled In Drowning
Justice of the Peace Emmons ruled the death of Maria A. Fraser age 68 as death by her own action. Fraser was found about 6 am near a Sea Ranch Motel dock between a pleasure craft and shore. Her husband said she left their trailer Sunday night and had been despondent. no note was found. Tennis shoes were recovered at the dock end as deputies and Coast Guard searched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
Bnd
Emmons
Maria A. Fraser
Detroit
Mich
Peace Justice
Sea Ranch
US Coast Guard
UR Agency Collects Back Taxes in Port Isabel Area
The Port Isabel Urban Renewal Agency collected 96 810.43 in back taxes for the City of Port Isabel Point Isabel Independent School District State and County and Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1. South Port Isabel No 1 24099.35 South Port Isabel No 2 72711.08 Some owners had not paid taxes in over 20 years leaving proceeds from sales trifling or insufficient to cover taxes penalties and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Port Isabel All-Stars Set for Texas A&I Clash
Port Isabel City Basketball League crowns winners led by Merchants Marine State Bank and Marine Mart Inc. An All-Star team from Port Isabel will play Texas A&I College intramurals champions from Kingsville on Friday March 10 at 8 p.m. in the high school gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Basketball League
Port Isabel
Los Fresnos
Merchants Marine State Bank
Shrimper's Cafe
Beachcomber Corral
US Coast Guard
Marine Mart Inc
Brownsville
Texas A&i
Kingsville
High School
Steve Woolverton
Ines Perez
Elmer Harbour
Hank Hart
Rudy Valdez
Marine Mart, Inc
Rudy Garza
Port Isabel City
Petitions Filed By Boykin Perez For Cameron County Sheriff
Don Boykin and Salvador Perez, candidates in the Cameron County sheriff race, filed nominating petitions with County Democratic Chairman Jack Skaggs by the deadline after Texas Secretary of State Bob Bullock allowed petitions in lieu of a filing fee. Petitions reportedly contained 300 and 444 signatures respectively, each from qualified voters. Other candidates include Gus Krausse Brownsville police chief and deputies Charlie Escobedo and Mike Gomez.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Boykin
Salvador Perez
Cameron County
Jack Skaggs
Skaggs
Texas
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Gus Krausse
Brownsville
Charlie Escobedo
Mike Gomez
Voter Signup Lag Behind 1971 Ahead of 1972 Election
Cameron County Tax Assessor Johnny Snow reports 1972 voter registration trails 1971 by about 10 000 despite a presidential election year. Texas law now requires continuous signup with a 30 day registration prior to the chosen election.
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Cameron County
Johnny Snow
Texas
National TV Newsman Edwin Newman to visit Pan American
Edwin Newman of NBC will speak at Pan American University April 10 at 8 p.m. He appears at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention and Pan American Week events in Edinburg, with about 250 delegates from 35 Texas colleges expected. Bill Hobby will keynote on April 9.
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Edinburg
Edwin Newman
Pan American University
Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
Newman
Inter-American Institute
T. Lawrence White
TIPA
Texas
Dr. White
Vernon L. Davis
Pan Am
NBC
Coach Resigns Amid School Board Actions
Athletic Director Inez Perez resigns effective end of term after Tuesday board meeting. Manning Dierlam hired to appraise all district vessels for tax use. No reason given for Perez exit. Board extends S V Fonseca tax collector contract to March 31 1975. Delinquent tax attorney contract renewed to April 10 1973. Junior class prom set at Holiday Inn Matamoros. Mrs Mable Goodwin resigns as bilingual kindergarten teacher Garriga Elementary. Margarita Barrera replaces. Board moves next meeting to March 21. Boys Club boxing event planned for Saturday March 11.
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Inez Perez
Manning Dierlam
Marine Surveyor
Merchants Marine State Bank
S.V. Fonseca
Jose Martinez
Danny Ghilaii
Eliseo Vega
Holiday Inn
Matamoros
Mable Goodwin
Garriga Elementary
Nebraska
Margarita Barrera
Goodwin
Police Seek Pay Raises Studied by Port Isabel Commission
Port Isabel officials will study a request for pay hikes for all city police officers after a closed meeting. No action was taken. the matter is slated for discussion at the next regular meeting. The council had earlier proclaimed National Park Day for Padre Island National Seashore. A motion to have the city attorney review reopening of a 1964 closed alley in block 45 was proposed.
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Port Isabel
City Commission
Padre Island National Seashore
Arturo Galvan
Local Boxing Match Slated At High School Gym
The local boxing club plans a Saturday 8 p.m. match at the high school gym. They seek donations for trophies and list sponsors including Gulf Tex Seafoods Shorty and Sons Gulf Service Gencho's Conoco Circle Drive Inn Y Drive In Manuel Galvan III and Merchants Marine State Bank.
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Gulf Tex Seafoods
Shorty & Sons Gulf Service
Gencho’s Conoco
Circle Drive Inn
Y” Drive In
Manuel Galvan, III
Merchants Marine State Bank
Coast Guard Aids Angler Off Port Isabel
US Coast Guardsmen evacuated Ron King a Mercedes man while he fished aboard the Tommie Si off Port Isabel. King was stricken likely by appendicitis and taken from the vessel to a Coast Guard launch then to Knapp Memorial Hospital Weslaco at 9 p.m. Ambulance transfer was unnecessary. The Tommie Si is a 68 foot vessel owned by B and A Sea Foods of Port Isabel.
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Ron King
Gulf
King
Tommie Si
Port Isabel
US Coast Guard
Knapp Memorial Hospital
Weslaco
Coast Guard
B&a Sea Foods of
Port Isabel Track Team Earns Points in San Isidro and Raymondville
Port Isabel track team scored 23 points at San Isidro last Friday and 33 at Raymondville on Saturday. Rudy Garcia earned two second place finishes in the 100 and 220, Elias Martinez tied for third in the 880, and the 440 yard relay placed sixth. Humberto Martinez earned a ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
San Isidro
Raymondville
Rudy Garcia
Elias Martinez
Humberto Martinez
Chamber of Commerce Meets At Sea Island Resort
Regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday March 14 at 1 p.m. at the Sea Island Resort Motel. Directors meet at noon. Clark Council from Corpus Christi will present a summer advertising campaign to attract Valley tourists starting in April. Track results show Armando Tamayo in fourth in the 220 with teammates placing in medley events. The team competes at a Rio Hondo triangular Friday at 2 30 p m. Health report notes 106 influenza cases in Cameron County, plus 62 strep throat, 1 rubella, 1 meningitis, 2 amebiasis.
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Chamber of Commerce
Sea Island Resort
Chamber
Clark Council
Central Power and Light
Corpus Christi
Armando Tamayo
Jerry Salazar
Ernesto Martinez
Merrill Woods
Elias Martinez
Lupe Cantu
Rio Hondo
Los Fresnos
Cameron County Health Department
Group Tours Island Area Sees South Padre Island
A group from Arlington Heights Illinois toured South Padre Island in a chartered bus Monday. Led by Bob Lyon manager of market information the group attended a Brownsville management seminar and Dodie Meade Chamber of Commerce manager guided the island visit answering questions on ongoing construction and general topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Smith Harvester, Products, Inc
Arlington Heights
Ill
South Padre Island
Brownsville
Bob Lyon
Dodie Meade
Chamber of Commerce
Ballot Positions Set for Point Isabel ISD Trustees
Ballot places drawn for the Point Isabel Independent School District trustee election on April 1. The order of candidates is Mrs Elizabeth Martinez, Noe R Gonzales, Sabas Gonzales. Ten positions are to be filled and the two top vote recipients will win. Terms of Roberto Gonzales and Cecil Moses do not expire this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel Independent School District
Elizabeth Martinez
Noe R. Gonzales Sabas Gonzales
Roberto Gonzales
Cecil Moses
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Water District
Rio Grande Valley Pollution Control Authority
Ambulance
Bulletin
Laguna Madre Community Ambulance
City “All-Stars
Boykin, Perez
National TV
Valley
Alfonso Gonzalez
Pak Mor Co
San Antonio
Merril Woods
Humberto Curretly
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