Views From THE LIGHTHOUSE Chief arrives in Port Isabel with dog in tow
Raymond R. Murphy notes the new Port Isabel police chief arriving Friday and commanding by Saturday with a large friendly German shepherd in the deputy seat. He jokes about the dog and reflects on local weather, cars, and a West Virginia columnist remarking on Sen. Robert Byrd as a Democratic alternative to George Wallace.
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Port Isabel
Schremp
West Virginia
At&t
Episcopal Church
Robert C. Byrd
Holmes Alexander
David Lawrence
L. T. Anderson
Anderson
Alexander
Sen. Byrd
George C. Wallace
Sen
Byrd
Absentee Balloting Owens In Democratic Runoff
Absentee voting for the June 1 runoff election began Monday at the Cameron County Courthouse. A five day period limited the absentee window before the vote. A deputy aids those in the San Benito area who cannot reach Brownsville.
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Cameron County
San Benito
Brownsville
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Yarborough
Smith
Cameron
Dallas Students to Lead Vacation Bible School in Port Isabel
Seventeen Dallas youths from Hillcrest Baptist Church will spend the week of June 23 in Port Isabel to lead the Vacation Bible School at the Housing Project and join other activities with First Baptist Church. They will camp on South Padre Island and hold a Thursday afternoon and evening beach party inviting Port Isabel youths.
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Dallas
Port Isabel
First Baptist Church
Hillcrest Baptist Church
South Padre Island
Local Marine Is Promoted
Jose R. Garcia son of Mr and Mrs Francisco Garcia of Laguna Heights has been promoted to Sergeant in the U S Marine Corps while serving with the First Marine Aircraft Wing He was in the five northernmost provinces of South Vietnam at promotion and worked with the aviation support wing Garcia a Port Isabel High School graduate has served four years in the USMC
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Jose R. Garcia
Francisco Garcia
Laguna Heights
U. S. Marine Corps
Marine Aircraft Wing
Sgt. Garcia
South Vietnam
U. S
Port Isabel High School
USMC
Curtis Turner Dies in Gulf Drowning Accident
Funeral services were held for Curtis Turner 64 of 1812 E Jackson St Brownsville who drowned last week in a shrimping accident in the Gulf of Mexico He was a Skyway crewmember who fell overboard while nets were drawn Crewmembers tried to save him but failed His death was ruled an accidental drowning by Justice of the Peace Bond Emmons Surviving spouse is Mond Turner.
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Curtis Turner
E. Jackson St
Brownsville
Gulf of Mexico
Hammond
Turner
Skyway
Justice of the Peace
Bnd Emmons
Port Isabel
Mond
Preschool Meet Draws Parents and Sets Summer Plan
More than 100 parents attended two meetings at Garriga School Library on May 16 as M N Caudill announced a summer preschool program. Title 1 and Head Start will boost oral English with health exams, dental checks, nutrition, and immunizations.
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Garriga School
M. N. Caudill
Point Isabel Independent School District
Maria E. Torres
Melba Caudill
Charlene Bobbitt
Mary Gutierrez
Oralia Trevino
Hazel Marlin
Flavio Trevino
Hermidia G. Trevino
Mmes
Mauro Osorio
John Perez
Casimiro Martinez
Santana Galvan Jr
Encarnacion Delgado Jr
Victor Bulerez Sr
Denver Student Drowns in Gulf Near South Padre Island
28 year old Denver man Artloff drowned Tuesday while swimming about 150 feet north of the north jetty at South Padre Island. A St. Regis College student visiting Brownsville, he was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital. He was a Germany native and US citizen with military service. Survived by brother Siegried and German parents. Funeral arrangements in Brownsville and Denver.
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Guy Artloff
Denver
Colo
Gulf of Mexico
South Padre Island
Artloff
St. Regis College
Brownsville
Germany
Armed Forces
United States
Mercy Hospital
Port Isabel
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Siegried
Delta Funeral Home
Aurora Chase Mortuary
Fort Logan National Cemetery
Legislature May Study Hospital Care For Poor
Cameron County weighs creating a hospital taxing district with a 25 cent levy per 100 dollars. funds would support indigent care in Mercy Brownsville Dolly V Santander and Valley Baptist Harlingen. County officials consider the step to present the measure to voters amid rising costs and new funding questions.
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F. T
Dut) Graham
County Mercy
Brownsville
Dolly Vin
San Benito
Adolph Thomas Jr
Cameron Hidalgo Pact Sets Floodway Right of Way Split
Cameron County and Hidalgo County Commissioners agreed on a 65 percent Hidalgo and 35 percent Cameron split for floodway rights of way. The plan, labeled Phase I, calls immediate work on the splinter dam near Mercedes and upgrading floodway structures without a bond issue, while the major future work will need bonds. Courtly debate centered on past Anzalduas Dam costs and equity, with the group stressing urgency after September flooding and bond approval as the only obstacle.
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Cameron and
Hidalgo County
Luerlam Manor
Brownsville
Cameron County
Oscar Dancy
Hidalgo
Anzalduas
Milton D. Richardson
la Ter
Mercedes
Richardson
Judge Richardson
Cameron
Ramiro Guerra
International Boundary and Water Commission
Cameron County oil and gas adds 1.3 million annually to economy
The Cameron County oil and gas sector contributes about 1.3 million dollars yearly to the county's economy. The Texas Mid- Continent Oil and Gas Association reports Cameron County produced crude oil valued at 27 thousand dollars in 1966 and natural gas worth 1.3 million, with Texas overall oil output rising about 5 percent in 1967.
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Cameron County
Texas Mid- Continent Oil & Gas Association
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Texas
State Railroad Commission
U. S
Corbin J. Robertson
Houston
Association
Texas Oil
Rinehart
Texas Employment Commission
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Francisca Zurita Dies At Age 67
Francisca Zurita, 67, of Port Isabel, died Friday at Harlingen Hospital. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Monday in Brownsville with burial in Port Isabel Cemetery. Survived by husband Matias Zurita, a foster son Guadalupe Rivera, six daughters and three sisters and six brothers. Funeral arrangements by Garza Funeral Home in Brownsville.
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Francisca Zurita
Port Isabel
Harlingen
Brownsville
Matias Zurita
Guadalupe Rivera
Guadalupe Z. Valdez
Juanita Z. Esparza
Margarita Z. Martinez
Ester Z. Ramirez
Dallas
Benigno Rivera
Antonio Rivera
Reyes Rivera
Fabian Rivera
Matamoros
Carmen R. Ramirez
Juanita R. Cena
el R. Garcia
Garza
Rotarians Attend International Meet in Mexico City
About 25 local Rotarians and families attended the Rotary International Convention in Mexico City from May 11 to 16. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Part, Mr and Mrs E W Cateora and sons Mike and Ray, and other couples. The event featured tours to Xochimilco bullfights Chapultepec Castle and Museo Anthropologico. A report on the trip will be given at Saturday’s Rotary meeting after a moving picture on the Dallas Cowboys 1967 season presented by Rotarian J J Jaudon.
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Rotary International
Mexico City
John Part
E. W. Cateora
Mike
Ray
A. W Shafer
Joy
Susan
H. O. Carson
Martn Tower
Margie
R. O. Curtis
Stuart Adkins
Robert Roloff
Lee Smith
Larry Allen
National Auditorium
Xochimilco
Chapultepec Castle
National Place
Museo Antropologico
Dallas Cowboys
J. J. Jaudon
Fire Equipment Given By VFW
Port Isabel Veterans of Foreign Wars Post donated three oxygen masks with tanks and regulators to the Port Isabel Volunteer Fire Department last month. The post also gave two large spotlights for the fire trucks, valued at about $200. Post commander is Justice of the Peace Bud Emmons.
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Port Isabel
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
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Ernest McGinley
Army Aeronautical Depot
Corpus Christi
John Norton
McGinley
U. S. Army
U. S. Army Aeronautical Depot Maintenance Center
Department of the Army
By Raymond R. Murphy
Owens
Carlos Gonzalez
Co. C
Spt
101 Airborne Division
Francisco Gonzalez
Right
Saigon
Cayetano Gonzalez
Rita Gonzalez
Gulf
Thomas
Gested
Equitable
Snoeberger
Richardson and
Ted Hunt
VFW
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