Hunt Wins Cameron County Race in Runoff Preview
Ted R. Hunt captured the Cameron County commissioner seat with 776 votes to 531 for Leo Moses of Los Fresnos. In the Texas statewide race Don Yarborough led, Preston Smith to face him in a June runoff, with other results including liquor by the drink passing and milk price-fixation defeated. Local precincts show Hunt ahead in Port Isabel and Las Vacas while margins varied across four precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Ted R. Hunt
Leo Moses
Los Fresnos
Texas
Don Yarborough
Yarborough
Preston Smith
Waggoner Carr
Dolph Brisco
Eugene Locke
Smith
Eggers
Cameron County
Democra
Locke
Ben Barnes
Cameron
Don Gladden
Gene Smith
Local editor rewrites theft tale to claim 2025 pigs stolen
A Van Horn Texas editor received a report of 2 025 pigs stolen from a farmer. After questioning, the editor rewrote the story to say two sons and 25 pigs were stolen. The piece shifts focus from a numeric error to a dramatic misreport.
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van Horn
Texas
Border Patrol Academy To Graduate 91st Student Unit
Graduation exercises for the 91st Border Patrol Academy session will be held May 10 1968 at 2 30 p m in the Academy Cafeteria. Forty new officers complete 14 weeks of training and will be stationed along the Mexican border from Laredo to El Centro. The group includes four Investigators with postings in New York City and Puerto Rico. Principal speaker will be James F Greene Deputy Associate Commissioner Domestic Control INS Washington DC. Eight graduates are native Texans and six others had Texas residences.
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Border Patrol Academy
Laredo
el Centro
New York City
Puerto Rico
James F. Greene
Central Office
The
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Washington, D. C
Washington D. C
Haron B. Carter
Southwest
Border Patrol
Cornelius P
Pre School Registration Set For Spanish Speaking Children
M N Caudill of Point Isabel Independent School District announces summer pre school for Spanish speaking children starting June 3. Parents should register Thursday May 16 at Garriga Elementary School Library. registrars will explain the program and collect birth dates from mothers.
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M. N. Caudill
Point Isabel
Caudill
Garriga
Five Day Forecast With Warm Temperatures Expected
Temperatures will run near normal highs of 87 to 92 degrees and lows around 69 to 70. Scattered showers are expected Friday and again Monday with heavy precipitation defined as more than .08 inch for the period.
Port Isabel High Names Honor Society Members
Faculty at Port Isabel High School last week named new National Honor Society members. Selection based on scholarship character service and leadership. Named members include Wanda Moore junior Joe Fred Perez and senior Phyllis Poston.
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Port Isabel High School
Wanda Moore
Joe Fred Perez
Phyliss Poston
Band Boosters Plan Meeting at Garriga Elementary
The Port Isabel Band Boosters Club will meet Monday May 13 at 8 pm in the Garriga Elementary School auditorium. New officers for the coming year will be installed at the session. All band supporters are urged to attend per president Mrs Roy Rock.
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Port Isabel
Garriga
Roy Rock
Local Students Propose Public Library Drive
Local students volunteer to help establish a city public library. Congressional representative Kika de la Garza asks for information on available assistance. Roy Rock of Port Isabel offers books from his home to support the library, with other offers and efforts underway in several quarters to acquire the collection.
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Congressional Representat
Kika
de la Garza
Roy Rock
Port Isabel
Yturria Named Cameron County Park Board Chairman
Fausto Yturria Jr. was chosen to head the Cameron County Park Board, succeeding John C. Jones Jr. who resigned for business reasons. Arthur Shafer of Laguna Vista was named vice chair. The board awarded bids totaling about $92,000 for reconstructing the Ygnacio Garza Jr. Civic Center and Multi-Service Center, plus an island office building.
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Yturria Jr
Brownsvill
Mame
County Board of Park Commissioners
Yturria
John C. Jones Jr
la Feria
Jones
Con
Aurthur Shafer
Laguna Vista
Park Board
John Jones Sr
John Jones Jr
Ygnacio Garza Jr
Shouting Commissioner and Farmer Trigger Court Row
County Commissioner Ted R Hunt tried to keep order in Commissioners Court as Precinct 2 Commissioner Johnny Cavazos and farmer Robert Lopez Gavito heatedly argued over drainage. Gavito said an overflow on his property has stalled for three years despite Water District 5 Manager Jim Webb. He blamed Cavazos, while Hunt noted the issue belongs to the water district and adjourned the court amid tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted R. Hunt
Commissioners’ Court
Precinct 2
Johnny Cavazos
Robert Lopez
Gavito
Hunt
Water District 5
Jim Webb
Water District
Cameron County
Brownsville
Oil Tanker Pemex D Freed From Sand Bar at Brownsville Port
The Mexican tanker Pemex D with 105,000 barrels of oil was freed from a sand bar near Brownsville and berthed at 1:25 a.m. The vessel, hampered by heavy surf, was offloaded from the bar by Wade Towing Co. tugs Falcon and Mania at 3:50 p.m. Tuesday and entered port under its own power. No serious damage or cargo loss reported. navigational error suspected as the likely cause.
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Brownsville
Here
Tues Navigation District
al Cisneros
Wade Towing Co
Falcon
Pemex
Examinations Set For Port Isabel Seniors And Juniors
Port Isabel Junior Senior High releases exam schedule with seniors and eighth graders testing May 27 28. Exemptions may apply for high averages and minimal absences. Report cards May 31. school out at 2 p.m. May 31. Baccalaureate May 26 8 p.m. Our Lady Star of the Sea. Graduation May 30 8 p.m.
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Port Isabel
Ruben Torres
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church
No One Starving, County Surcharges Questioned
Cameron County surplus food director Juan Rodriguez told County Commissioners that claims of starvation in Cameron County are untrue. He denied a Citizens Board of Inquiry charge that Cameron County was among 30 Texas counties with people starving, aligning with an earlier statement by County Health Director Dr. John Copenhaver.
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Cameron County
Juan Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Citizens Board of Inquiry
Texas
John C. Copenhaver
Two Former Press Employees Headed For Duty in Viet Nam
Two NEWS Publishing Co. veterans on leave head to Vietnam in 1968. Ist Lt. Mervin Benson, a former circulation and sports assistant, and Ist Lt. John Brito, ex Port Isabel Press editor, are both entering service in 1966 and heading overseas this month. Benson trained at Quantico and Pensacola before serving as a communications officer in Dong Ha, near the DMZ, after selection to Marine Corps officers programs. Brito, a Fort Polk and Fort Dix graduate, rose from specialist to second lieutenant in artillery via Officers Candidate School and served as a forward observer with the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood. Benson is married to Jay Lauren Hennessey and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Benson.
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The
News Publishing Co
Vietnam
Ist
Mervin Benson
John Brito
Benson
Brito
Port Isabel
U.S
Quantico
Pensacola
Fila
Marine Corps Ground Officers School
Third Marine Division
Dong Ha
S, Vietnam
Travis Afb
Calif
da Nang
Dmz
James Benson
Virginia
Jay Lauren Hennessey
U. S. Army
Fort Polk
Fort Dix
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Fort Sill
Oklo
Fort Hood
2Nd Armored Divi
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Moses
Austin
Padre Island
Milk Commission
Las Vescas
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Carr
Olmito
Crawford
John C. White
General Land Office
Jerry Sadler
Robert S. Calvert
Dallas
Jesse James
Lee
James Langdon
Supreme Court of Texas
Sears McGee
Matt Davis
Tom Reaviey
James Denton
M. Vicars
U. S
Kika) de la Garza
State Board of Education
Paul Greenwood
138Th District Court
H. A. Garcia
F. T. Graham
Boynton Fleming
Johnny Snow
Jack Skaggs
By Reymond KR. Murphy
Cleve Breedlove
Ara Breedlove
Franklin
Baylor
Breedlove Insurance Agency
Terrell Bozarth
Velma Salazar
Cleve Cleared
Detroit
Garcia Street
Honor Society
State Farmer Cause
Missioner
Viet Nam
ST. Mervin Benson
Johnny Brito
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