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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1972
Page
9
A teacher shares an eleven year old’s booklet on nature noting the music of birds frogs water sea and lion. The text argues creatures like insects threaten humanity unless birds control them and mentions diseases such as malaria yellow fever polio and cancer.
Valley elementary students share amusing letters from visits to the Santa Ana Refuge praising scientists and wildlife while a second tour is announced for up to 50 persons on Tuesday March 28 at 9 am with reservations by phone 787-3079 in Alamo between 8 30 and 9 30 am on March 27.
Kingsville Texas A and I University students will observe the Easter vacation from the close of classes Saturday until classes resume April 5. Most students have no Saturday classes and start holidays Friday afternoon. Administrative offices close March 31 and reopen April 4. the business office will distribute payroll checks Saturday April 1 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Langtry Texas offers the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center with cactus gardens and the Jersey Lilly saloon. The town, on the Pecos River east of Del Rio, features six dioramas and a legend of “Law West of the Pecos.” Open daily year round with no admission fee.
Reports from Warsaw Jan and Gulfbreeze among others describe large red snapper and drum catches, whiting and trout near marker 119 and Laguna Madre. Fishermen from Sea Ranch Motel Jerry Hokes stand and various Texas locales haul redfish, trout, sheepshead, pompono, and drum with several large specimens noted.
John J. Kunz of Brownsville hauled a 68 pound yellowfin tuna from the Boca Chica Beach surf after an hour of battle. The catch, made south of Brazos-Santiago Pass, challenges local fish records and prompts a write to the Texas Game Fish Record Committee. Other reports note a larger 115 pound tuna caught in 1970 and a 27 pound coastal record from 1969.
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