Editorial on scrips and global debt in wartime economics
The piece compares company scrip to a debt trap when a mine or company fails. It likens France under De Gaulle to a strategic debtor pressuring the United States over war debts and gold, warning of economic destabilization. It calls for assertive policy and marble-game diplomacy to force payment and end passive defenses.
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France
Vietnam
de Gaulle
United States
Charlie
Sell Your Vote Dearly in a Time of Many Candidates
Editorial urges voters to demand merit over promises as they cast ballots. It warns that voting for untrustworthy or self serving candidates risks expensive government and corrupted rewards, and advises voting only for strongly qualified individuals, even if that means voting for fewer candidates.
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School Board
Shang Ocr
Post Office History in Port Isabel Through 1958
The Port Isabel post office shows a long sequence of postmasters from Elizabeth Garriga in 1898 to Ruth Mras in 1958. Locations moved from Tar nava Street to a new building after Beulah's destruction, with multiple interim posts and notable figures including Charlie Champion and Beatrice Lightbourne shaping the office's evolution.
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Port Isabel
Elizabeth Garriga
F. B. Garriga
Elizabeth Hills
Charlie Champion
Beatrice Lightbourne
Harriet R. Case
Joseph Mielke
Harriet Case
Isaac Dobell
John Mahurin
Pioneer Area
Ray S. Wait
Wait
M. Elizabeth Graves
Floyd M. Bobbitt
Post Office Department
Lucille M. Lowery
Ruth Mras
Tarnava St
Maxon and
Powers Streets
Beulah
Post Office Employees Honored for Duty During Hurricane
Post office staff moved mail to San Benito and later to Merchants Marine State Bank meeting room to serve Port Isabel area residents. The department cited their outstanding devotion to duty during exceptional times, while the community salutes their conscientious service as normal operations resume.
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San Benito
Port Isabel
Merchants Marine State Bank
Department
Post Office
Daily Gas Tax Nears 23 Million in 1968 Revenue
The combined state and federal gasoline tax was about 22.9 million dollars per day in 1968, up 83 percent from 1958 when daily collections were 12.5 million. In January 1968 the average tax rate stood at 10.72 cents per gallon, equating to a 47 percent sales tax on regular gasoline. Total fuel tax collections for 1908 are forecast at about 8.4 billion dollars, averaging 953 thousand dollars per hour and 15,885 dollars per minute.
Governor candidate Eugene Locke visits Rio Grande Valley tour
Candidate Eugene Locke visits Mercedes to tour the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and holds meetings in Pharr Edinburg and Weslaco. Friday March 22 schedule lists stops at Whitewing Hotel Raymonville First National Bank La Feria and Browns ville Civic Center with a Brownsville departure from the airport.
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Eugene Locke
Mercedes
Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show
Pharr
Edinburg
Weslaco
First National Bank
la Feria
Harlingen
San Benito
Civic Center
Brownsville
Brownsville Municipal Airport
Poor workers rise under pressure to perform
A remark notes that poverty can spur diligence, suggesting economic hardship drives labor and productivity among many people.
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Company B
Ladre Island
Laguna Heights
Laguna Vista
Point Isabel
Gariga Elementary School
Texas
Whitewing
Raymondville
LOS Fresnos State Bank
Los Fresnos
Los Fresnos, Texas
A & M School OF Business
Essie Marchman
George C. Wallace
Perry Brooks
P. D. Box
Austin
American Party
Alabama
Norge
N. Sam Houston
Pol
Wallace
High Building
Montgomery
Seymore Trammell
Port Isabel - Padre Island
Trump
Charlie's Sporting Goods Co
E. Berry and Clyde Privett
Sherwin Williams
Keillor Construction and Lumber Company
Ocean Blvd
Fisherman's Cafe
A LA Carte
Port
Isabel
Brummet-Lenger CO
William Brummett
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Chamber OF Commerce
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