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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1978
Page
2
Snowbird couple Mel and Lauretta Gerspacher praise Port Isabel for renewed pride and improved streets, storefronts, and public spaces. They thank residents and the paper for cooperation across officials and business leaders, urging continued momentum in this evolving coastal town.
Volunteer firemen battled two fires on Isle South Padre Island. One blaze destroyed two adjacent apartments at South Island Apartments, March 11, with units 11 and 12 sustaining about zero percent loss and total structural damage estimated at 44,574.54 dollars. Electrical space heater caused the fire, which started in one unit and spread. A second March 6 fire near Treasure Island Boutique and the Burger Shack, at a building under construction by George Cail, prompted arson investigators to inspect the scene after Cail suspected arson.
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