Park Board and Water District Set Sewage Plan Details
The Cameron County Park Board and Water District approved a sewage plan with an 87.5 cent monthly increase for Isla Blanca trailer park trailer space effective May 1 under wage price guidelines as maximum. They also approved a $3 garbage fee and continued a $2 sewer charge. A bid from Padre Surf Shop was approved.
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Park Board
Water District
Isla Blanca
Cameron County Park Board
Harry Lewis
Padre Surf Shop
Isla Blanca Park
Bahia Mar Phase I bids planned for South Padre Island project
Marisol Corporation announced bids for Bahia Mar Phase I 64 unit garden condominiums on South Padre Island. Phase II envisions a 12 story 215 unit hotel condominium with convention center and upscale facilities for Vilas P. Sheldon. Completion targeted for late 1973.
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Bahia Mar
Marisol
South Padre Island
Marisol Corporation
R. E. Spriggs
Gulf of Mexico
Spriggs
Marisola Corporation
Vilas P. Sheldon
Artesia
New Mexico
Sheldon
Ambulance Service To Repaint Grounded For Four Days
Laguna Madre Community Ambulance will be out of service from Monday March 13 to Thursday March 16 for repainting. The crew answered 36 calls in January and February, with Joe La Roche as attendant on ten calls and a list of drivers and attendants including Chuck Londrie Laura Ochoa Larry Joe Keller Don Gonzalez Selma Thornton Butch Mack Joel Ochoa Jimmy Dickens 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 contributed fifty dollars.
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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
Drowning ruled as cause of Fraser death
Justice of the Peace Emmons ruled Mrs. Maria A. Fraser 68 died by her own action. The body was found about 6 am near Sea Ranch Motel between a pleasure craft and the dock. Her husband reported she left their trailer Sunday night and had been despondent. Shoes found at Sea Ranch dock. Deputies and Coast Guard assisted.
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Justice of the Peace
Bnd
Emmons
Maria A. Fraser
Detroit
Mich
Peace Justice
Sea Ranch
US Coast Guard
UR Agency Seizes Back Taxes Totaling 96810
The Port Isabel Urban Renewal Agency collected 96810.43 in back taxes for multiple entities including the City of Port Isabel and Cameron County districts. Two parcels yielded small proceeds after decades of nonpayment, while others owed more in penalties than value.
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Port Isabel
City All Stars to Play Texas A I College Intermurals
Port Isabel crowns season winners led by Los Fresnos Merchants Marine State Bank Shrimper’s Cafe Beachcomber Corral US Coast Guard and Marine Mart Inc An All-Star lineup exclusively from Port Isabel faces Texas A I Kingsville on Friday March 10 at high school venue.
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City Basketball League
Port Isabel
Los Fresnos
Merchants Marine State Bank
Shrimper's Cafe
Beachcomber Corral
US Coast Guard
Marine Mart Inc
Brownsville
Petition filings secure Cameron County sheriff candidates
Don Boykin and Salvador Perez, Democratic hopefuls for Cameron County sheriff in the May 6 primary, filed nominating petitions by the deadline after secretary of state approval. Secretary Bob Bullock authorized petitions in lieu of the $100 filing fee, with about 280 to 444 signatures listed, while fellow candidates include Gus Krausse, Charlie Escobedo, and Mike Gomez.
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Don Boykin
Salvador Perez
Cameron County
Jack Skaggs Skaggs
Texas
Bob Bullock
Skaggs
Bullock
Speichfed
Sheriff's Post
Boykin
Perez
Voter Signup Lag in 1972 Presidential Election Year
Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector Johnny Snow says 1972 voter registration trails 1971 by about 10 000 as of January 31 despite a presidential election year. Texas law now requires continuing registration with a 30 day prior deadline to vote.
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Cameron County
Johnny Snow
Texas
National TV Newsman Edwin Newman to Visit Pan American University
Edwin Newman, NBC veteran and Peabody winner, will speak April 10 at 8 p.m. at Pan Am Health and Physical Education Complex during the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association meeting and Pan American Week celebration. About 250 delegates from 35 Texas colleges are expected. Houston Post publisher Bill Hobby speaks April 9 as keynote.
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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
Rio Grande Valley
Bill Hobby
The
Houston Post
Coach Resigns as Inez Perez Leaves School Board
Athletic Director Inez Perez resigns effective end of term after Tuesday night meeting. Board may consider his contract at next regular session.
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Inez Perez
Police Seek Pay Hikes To Be Studied By Port Isabel
Port Isabel officials will study a request for pay raises for all police department members after a closed city commission meeting. No action was taken. discussion planned for the next regular session. The meeting also noted a proclamation for Padre Island National Seashore and National Park Day on March 1. A motion asked the city attorney to review reopening of alley in block 45 following a 1964 closure.
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Port Isabel
City Commission
Padre Island National Seashore
Arturo Galvan
Local Boxing Match Set At High School Gym
The local boxing club will stage a Saturday 8 p.m. event in the high school gym. The club seeks trophy donations from sponsors including Gulf Tex Seafoods Shorty and Sons Gulf Service Gendho's Conoco Circle Drive Inn Y Drive In Manuel Galvan II and Merchants Marine State Bank.
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Gulf Tex Seafoods
Shorty & Sons Gulf Service
Gendho's
Conoco
Circle Drive Inn
Y" Drive In
Manuel Galvan, II
Merchants Marine State Bank
Coast Guard Aids Angler Off Port Isabel
US Coast Guard units evacuated Mercedes man Ron King after an apparent appendicitis attack while fishing aboard the Tommie Si off Port Isabel. King was moved from the vessel to a Coast Guard launch and taken by ambulance to Knapp Memorial Hospital in Weslaco. The 68-foot Tommie Si is owned by B&A Sea Foods of Port Isabel.
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Ron King
Gulf
King
Weslaco
Coast Guard
Tommie Si
B&a Sea Foods
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Track Team Competes At San Isidro and Raymondville
Port Isabel track team earned 23 points at San Isidro on Friday and 33 at Raymondville on Saturday. Rudy Garcia took two second places in the 100 and 220 finals, Elias Martinez tied for third in the 880, and Armando Tamayo was fourth in the 220. The 440 relay placed sixth and sprint medley finished third. The mile relay was fifth and Lupe Cantu placed sixth in the mile. They travel to Rio Hondo for a triangular meet this Friday at 2:30 PM.
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Port Isabel
San Isidro
Raymondville
Rudy Garcia
Elias Martinez
Humberto Martinez
Armando Tamayo
Jerry Salazar
Ernesto Martinez
Merrill Woods
Lupe Cantu
Rio Hondo
Los Fresnos
Flu cases rise past 100 for third straight week
The Cameron County Health Department reported 106 influenza cases for the third consecutive week. Additional illnesses included 62 strep sore throat cases one rubella case one meningitis case and two amebiasis cases.
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Cameron County Health Department
Island Area group tours Brownsville seminar party
A group from Arlington Heights Illinois toured South Padre Island on a chartered bus Monday. They attend a week long management seminar in Brownsville led by Bob Lyon. Dodie Meade of the Chamber of Commerce guided the tour and answered questions about current construction and general island information.
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A. O. Smith Harvester, Products, Inc
Arlington Heights
Ill
South Padre Island
Brownsville
Bob Lyon
Dodie Meade
Chamber of Commerce
Ballot Draw Set for Point Isabel ISD Trustee Race
Ballot order released for the Point Isabel Independent School District trustee election on April. Candidates listed are Mrs Elizabeth Martinez Noe R Gonzales and Sabas Gonzales. ten seats available. The top two vote getters will win. Roberto Gonzales and Cecil Moses terms do not expire this year.
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Point Isabel Independent School District
Elizabeth Martinez
Noe R. Gonzales Sabas Gonzales
Roberto Gonzales
Cecil Moses
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