Longest ballot in recent history hits Port Isabel voters
Voters in the Port Isabel area face one of the longest ballots in recent history in Saturday's Democratic primary. 75 candidates compete for offices from U S senator to precinct constable with multiple county races and district posts on the ballot. Polls open 7 a m and close 7 p m central daylight time.
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Port Isabel
U.S
Menton Murray
J.A. Garcia, Jr
Pye Quintana
Johnny Snow
Cr. Escobedo
Don Boykin
Salvador E. Perez
Miguel Gomez
Gus C. Krausse
al Senteno
Josephine Dunkelberg
Fred Galindo
Brownsville
F.T. Graham
Melchor Chavez
Harlingen
Court of Civil Appeals
T. Gilbert Sharpe
Horace S. Young
Jim Bates
Edinburg
Ray A. Mayo
Raul L. Longoria
Port Isabel Student Chosen for 1972 Congressional Seminar
Jose A. Garza, a Port Isabel High School junior, was selected to attend the 1972 Congressional Seminar in Washington D C. The event by the Washington Workshops Foundation features a Sense of the Seminar session where ten national priority resolutions are debated as if in the U S House. Selection relies on students' interest in government and recommendations from teachers and counselors.
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Jose A. Garza
Port Isabel
Washington, D. C
Washington Workshops Foundation
Association of Educational Leaders
United States
U. S
House of Representatives
House
Congress
United States Congress
Garment Firm May Build 1500-Worker Plant in San Benito Harlingen
A national clothing manufacturer is considering a San Benito Harlingen area site to employ 1500 workers. Officials will conduct a labor survey May 18 to 29 with area schools and chambers coordinating. Site must be at least 25 acres with phased expansion to 350 then 600 then 1,500 workers.
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San Benito
Harlingen
Chamber
Chamber of Commerce
John Barron
la Feria
Lyford
Raymondville
Santa Rosa
Rio
Hondo
Los Fresnos
Port Isabel
San Benito-Harlingen
San Benito Industrial Foundation
The
News Publishing Co
Theft Charge Filed Here In Port Isabel Case
Ray George Hollinde, 24, of Maryland, held on a felony theft charge with $5,000 bond in Cameron County jail for allegedly stealing $1,405 from Betty H. Shanm of Port Isabel on March 13. A warrant issued here led to his arrest in Mexico after authorities learned he was in Oaxaca following a car crash and were flown to San Antonio where FBI agents awaited.
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Ray George Hollinde
Maryland
Cameron County
Hollinde
Betty H. Shanm
Port Isabel
Holinde
Mexico
Oaxaca
Mex
Hollande
San Antonio
FBI
Bids on Dredging Channel Set for May 23
Bids for dredging Brazos Island Harbor at Brownsville Channel are due May 23 with bid openings. Plans call for removing 819000 cubic yards of material from 30635 feet of channel to depths of 38 to 40 feet, with widths from 200 to 368 feet. Bids accepted at the Galveston Texas Corps of Engineers office. estimated cost $100000 to $500000.
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Brazos Island
Brownsville Channel
Corps of Engineers
Galveston
Texas
Suspect Arrested In Kidnapping Of Dixie Kelly
Dixie Kelly was abducted at knifepoint near McAllen Texas last Thursday and freed unharmed in St. Louis. FBI agents arrested Joseph David Barnes 23 in connection with the kidnapping and he faces kidnapping charges after demanding a five thousand dollar ransom via a phone call to her parents.
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Dixie Kelly
McAllen
M.G. Smalldridge
Port Isabel
St. Louis
FBI
Joseph David Barnes
Mrs. Kelly
Texas
Barnes
County Disease Report Tops list of infections
Cameron County Health Department weekly report shows strep throat as the leading communicable disease, followed by mumps and rubella in the latest figures.
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Cameron County Health Department
Summer Recreation Program Planned
A school board meeting discussed a planned summer recreation program for kindergarten through eighth grade featuring basketball volleyball ping pong swimming bowling and field trips. The program requires coordination with the city for possible expense sharing while trustees approved continued membership in the Region I Education Service Center for 1972 73.
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Supt. Torres
Torres
Chamber managers to meet in Kingsville May 5
Mrs. Dorothy Meade, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, will attend a Texas Chamber of Commerce managers meeting in Kingsville on May 5. About 100 chamber managers and secretaries are expected at the Holiday Inn. Speakers include Dr. Les Munnekee of Texas A&I University and Steve Bosio of the Brownsville Chamber of Commerce.
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C of
Dorothy Meade
Chamber of Commerce
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Kingsville
Holiday Inn
Les Munnekee
Texas A&i University
Steve Bosio
Brownsville
Port Isabel Tourist Center Launches Regional Pamphlet Push
The Tourist Information Center of Port Isabel placed 500 brochures and other informative pamphlets in 11 Texas Highway Department entry bureaus. An ad ran in the Southern Fisherman of San Antonio to raise awareness of the area’s attractions and foster year-round tourism.
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Port Isabel
Texas Highway Department
San Antonio
Port Isabel Student to Attend Boys State in Austin
Inocente Zurita of Port Isabel High School, sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, will represent his school at Boys State on the University of Texas campus in Austin from June 7 to 12, 1972. He is a two year Distributive Education student, employed by Marine Mart Hardware, and ranks in the top ten percent of his class for leadership, social traits and community relations.
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Swanson, Hiester, Wilson
Inocente Zurita
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Port Isabel
Fire destroys home on Island
Port Isabel and South Padre Island volunteer firefighters battled a house fire on the island arriving at 4 a.m. to control the blaze. Fire crews worked to extinguish flames and prevent spread to nearby structures as residents reported the incident.
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Port Isabel
SO. Padre Island
Pair Charged With Possession and Sale of Marijuana
Sheriff Deputy Jack Allerton and Cameron County officer Jimmy Dickens arrested Lionel J. Rossignol of Paris and Phyllis Durack of Harlingen on marijuana sale and possession charges. Durack posted 2000 bond. Rossignol held on 3000 bond. Durack released. Rossignol remained jailed.
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Jack Allerton
Cameron County
Jimmy Dickens
South Padre Island
Lionel J. Rossignol
Paris
France
Phyllis Durack
Harlingen
Miss Durack
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Rossignol
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Ted Hunt
F.P. Lopez
D.J. Lerma
F.E. “Zip” Zavaleta
Constable
Encarnacion “Chon” Delgado, Jr
Aberlardo ‘‘Lalo’’ Camacho
Henry Sanchez
James Linton Renifro
Ernest F. de Leon
Sena Martinez
FN Barnes
Oph Briscoe
Persion
Sonra, Eveortt
Looney
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Farenthold
Ve mCios
Abe
Ralph W Yarborough
Alponso
Veloz
Thomas M Cartlidge
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Omaor Bissett
William J Robertson
Dallas
James
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Stanford
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Supreme Judicial
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Smylie
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Quintana
Jack
Gini West
Somme
Lawson
Eaneste de Leon
Aselardo
Lalo
Firemen’s Hall
Berkley
Shannon County
Leo F. Sanders
Region I Education Service Center
Supt
Legislative
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