Eulogy for Floyd Franklin Bobbitt Porto Isabel Remembers Honorary Counselor
Floyd Franklin Bobbitt 1910 1967 is praised for community service in Port Isabel where he supported the Quarterback Club Rotary Chamber of Commerce Volunteer Fire Department and school district work. The obituary notes his quiet life kindness to family and lasting impact as a trusted counselor and friend.
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Floyd Franklin Bobbitt
Port Isabel
Floyd
Fisherman's Cafe
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Bobbitt
Jake Pickle
Texas
Johnson
10Th
J. J
Jake) Pickle
Big Spring
Jake
University of Texas
National Youth Administration
Washington
Navy
South Pacific
Austin
Texas State Democratic Executive Committee
Texas Employment Commission
Congress
Dust Storms Stir local action and questions of blame
Residents accuse Brownsville and Port Isabel navigation districts and Cameron County officials of inaction over weeks of damaging dust. Leaders like Robert Roloff and Mayor Leo Sanders push pilot plots and health concerns, while critics demand open bids and accountability.
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Robert Roloff
Leo Sanders
Brownsville
Port Isabel-San Benito
Cameron County
Commissioners’ Court
U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Port Isabel
U. S. Engineers
Navigation
U. S
Cameron County Commissioners’ Court
West Point Visit Highlights Duty Honor Country Spirit
Rep. Jake Pickle recalls a West Point tour with Lucille and Jorge as he praises the Academy’s hilltop campus, its monuments to Patton and MacArthur, the Long Gray Line, and the Cadet Prayer. He frames the mission as training officers for the Regular Army and salutes Cadets past and present.
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Washington, D. C
Lucille
Jorge
United States Military Academy
West Point
Hudson River
George Washington
Hudson
Service Academy
Academy
The Presidential Campaign Fund Act Debate in the Senate
Senator John Tower argues against the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, warning it uses taxpayer funds for political campaigns, weakens free choice, and makes parties federal instruments. He urges repeal to preserve private, independent political parties and citizen judgment.
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Sen
John Tower
Senate
Congress
U. S. Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Texas Highway slide sets in demand for state scenery
In 1966 the Texas Highway Department filled over 200 requests to use its slide sets. The collections feature Texas wildflowers history and scenery as part of state outreach.
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Texas Highway Department
Texas
Texas Highways Map Distribution Sparks Wide Interest
The Texas Highway Department distributed nearly a million copies of the Official State Highway Map in 1966. The map gained world wide distribution and invited Texans and out-of-state visitors to Discover Texas, America's Fun-tier.
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Texas Highway Department
Texas
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San Benito
Long Island
Jackass
Kika’s Newsletter
Grant
U S Grant
MacArthur
General Patton
Ensign Trent
9Th
Massachusetts Regiment
Ed White
Astronaut White
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Transportation and Aeronautics
Inter - Parliamentary Union
Mexico
Rep. de la Garza
Mission
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley Chambers of Commerce
Catholic War Veterans
American Legion
Kiwanis Club
International Good Neighbor Council
Council of State Governments, Border Development
Delta Theta Phi Legal Fraternity
League of United Latin A American Citizens
Sen. Joan Tow
Hataburger
Palm Boulevard
Shop Bell's
GRAD
Swank and Hickok
Jantzen
Esquire Sox
Majestic Theater
Jade East
Brut Cologne
Manhattan
H.I.S
Freeman Shoes
SEA Ranch
Airport Service
S&s
Padre Blvd
Padre Island
Surf Rider Club
Sea Island Resort
Tex
Port Isabel - Padre Island
Trump
Fisherman's
Live It Up
White Sands Motor Lodge
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