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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1958
Page
11
The editorial notes Texas school bus fleet entering its second month of operation carrying nearly 2,000,000 pupils each weekday. It stresses driver responsibility and cites 229 accidents last year involving school buses, with five deaths, urging motorists to stop when buses load or unload and proceed slowly with caution.
The river is at 13 feet with 17 feet expected by Sunday or Monday and flood stage at 23 feet. Farm land between the river bank and flood control dikes, especially on the Mexico side, is flooded. Independent pumpers with river bank pumps are warned to move them.
Local leaders clash over courthouse site with Brownsville leaders vowing strength to keep it there. La Feria banker urges relocation near Russelltown while San Benito and Harlingen reps weigh convenient options. Precinct and county officials named as organizers and supporters amid ongoing discussion.
A brief note discusses a boat owner needing to buy pearls at a price that ensures a comfortable profit upon sale. The fragment hints at market considerations and buyer risk in maritime trade.
The Dallas Museum of Health and Science will publicly display a Body Bank during the 1958 State Fair of Texas October 4 to 19. The exhibit, part of the Higher Education in Texas project, features an artificial heart lung apparatus enabling open heart surgery and a surgical skin eye bone blood and artery banks.
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