Point Isabel School Board approves sign removal and transfers
Point Isabel Independent School District trustees approve removing a sign on district property and grant a student transfer allowing two girls to continue attending Point Isabel schools. The board also names the 1973-74 textbook committee, discusses a new high school site, hires a replacement teacher, and plans sporting and facility use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Isabel
Vega
Torres
Richard Trevino
Maria E. Torres
Bobbye Jean Olsen
Charlene Bobbitt
Vivian Crowe
Ellen E. Honeycutt
Edgar Hood
Bernice Witt
Robert van Vleet
Robert Honeycutt
Jean Varnum
Margaret Barrera
Manuel Mireles
Shirley Hockaday
Carl Powers
Manuel Galvan III
Noe Gonzales
Sabas Gonzales
Cecil Moses
Texas Education Agency
William K. Zimmerman
Port Isabel
Laguna Heights
Derry Area
Laguna Vista
South Padre Island
Boca Chica
Linda Sole
Ofira Grace Merkle
Ramon Venue Rule Expected in Change of Venue Motion
Judge Darrel Hester is to rule on a motion for change of venue in the murder conspiracy case of Cameron County Judge Ray Ramon and two co defendants. Prosecutor Tom Hanna seeks a venue shift citing safety concerns and extensive publicity ahead of a pre trial hearing with 29 subpoenas issued.
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Darrel Hester
Cameron County
Ray Ramon
Tom Hanna
Beaumont
Ramon
Carlos Carrasco
Noe Alaniz Trevino
Adolph Thomas, Jr
San Benito
Hanna
Cameron
Hester
Coast Guard Seeks Views on Queen Isabella and Swing Bridge
The Coast Guard invites public comment on a Texas Highway Department permit amendment concerning the removal of the pontoon swing bridge and Queen Isabella Causeway at waterway mile 668. The request seeks to keep the swing bridge and allow continued operation, with the decision based on effects on land and water transport. Citizens may send views to the Eighth Coast Guard District in New Orleans before December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Highway Department
Eighth District Coast Guard
New Orleans
The
Coast Guard
Highway Department
Queen Isabella Causeway
Eighth Coast Guard District
Customhouse
Local Councils Schedule Meetings Next Week
Four local governing boards set meetings for the coming week. Port Isabel city commission and Laguna Vista board of aldermen meet at 7 30 p m Monday November 26 in their respective buildings. Port Isabel San Benito Navigation District officials convene at 3 p m Wednesday November 28 in Port Isabel office. Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1 supervisors meet 7 p m Wednesday November 28 in the water district office Port Isabel.
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Port Isabel
Laguna Vista Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Navigation and Canal Commissioners
Port Isabel-San Benito
Navigation District
Board of the Supervisors
Cameron County
Water District
Youth 16 21 Offered Job Corps Training
The Texas Employment Commission promotes Job Corps for unemployed out of school youths aged 16 to 21. Xavier Guerra, Job Corps recruiter in Harlingen, says openings exist now for training in in demand labor market skills with room and board medical care and a small allowance. Training lasts from one to two years with residential centers mainly in Texas.
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Job Corps
Texas Employment Commission
Xavier Guerra
Harlingen
Guerra
The
Texas
Port Isabel Enacts Time Restricted Parking on Highway 100
Port Isabel city secretary Ernestina Barrera reminds residents of a new ordinance banning parking on both sides of Highway 100 between Champion and Island streets from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday from August 15 to May 31. The measure, requested by the school board, aims to reduce safety hazards near the junior-senior high school and violators will be cited.
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Port Isabel
Ernestina Barrera
Barrera
Census Bureau Survey In the Area This Week
Local representatives of the Census Bureau will interview a number of households during the week of November 1923 to gather information on employment in the area. The Census Bureau operates under the U S Department of Commerce's Social and Economic Statistics Administration.
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Bureau of the Census
The
Bureau Is Part of
U. S. Department of Commerce's Social and Economic Statistics Administration
Port Isabel Names New City Attorney After Meeting
The Port Isabel city commission selected Ben Hardy as city attorney to replace Moises Vela following a November 15 meeting. The vote included Sanders and Martinez approving while Gonzalez abstained. The panel also opposed Cameron District No 1’s move to a municipal utilities district and set a November 25 deadline for a building inspector applications. Keller given $50 raise as fire marshal. Frank Alan considered for inspector but action postponed.
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Port Isabel
Leo Sanders
Moises Vela
Juan Gonzalez
Vela
Gonzalez
Sanders
Quirino Martinez
Ben Hardy
Martinez
Hardy
Board of Supervisors
Cameron County
Commission
Larry Joe Keller
Frank
Alan
Woody Thornton
Keller
Wrecked Schooner Fairmorse Crew Safe After Breakup
All 18 crew members of the Fairmorse schooner, which broke up off Matamoros, were saved. They reached Washington beach after the ship took on water and wreckage spread along the coast. The vessel, owned by Packar Enterprises of Wilmington, California, had sailed from Port Isabel on November 15 bound for a long voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmorse
Gulf
Matamoros
Coast Guard
Port Isabel
South America
Reyburn MacNelly
Washington Beach
Navigation District
Arthur Jiminez
Packar Enterprises
Wilmington
Calif
Panel Approves Cameron County Water District Change
The Texas Water Rights Commission approved converting Cameron County Fresh Water Supply District No 1 to a municipal utilities district after hearings in Austin. Port Isabel opposed the change with Mayor Leo Sanders absent for comment. The reform expands services and shifts board terms with all members’ terms expiring in 1974.
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Texas Water Rights Commission
Cameron County
Austin
Commission
Joe Carter
State Board
Port Isabel
Water Commission
Sanders
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By Ronald Ozio
Brownsville
Port Isabel High School
Dora Gonzalez
Powers St
Census Bureau Survey
PI Commission
Ronald
Mexico
Guatemala
Gladys Porter Zog
Water District Board of Supervisors
Gilbert Groomer
E. J. Hood
Martin Tower
Walter Zimmerman
E. D. Reed
Paul Y. Cunningham Jr
W. M. Peterson
Jack Ranson
Carter
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