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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1977
Page
1
The Cameron County Fresh Water Supply Board authorized General Manager Gilbert Groomer to file with the Texas Water Commission to alter the district’s 4.2 million dollar bond plan. The change would allow a 52,500 dollar payment to South Padre Island to compensate for street repairs caused by sewer line installation. The Oct 12 meeting also covered proposed penalties for employees.
A total of 49 police officers attended a training seminar on sex crimes and explosive devices at the Holiday Inn on South Padre Island on Wednesday Oct 12. FBI special agent Ken Lanning led the session with officers from multiple area departments and certificates were awarded. A follow up seminar on probable cause and search and seizure led by FBI special agent Jim Echols is planned for Nov 3 at the same hotel.
Abel Reyes Hernandez of El Paso faces formal murder charges after a Port Isabel shrimper, 44 year old Rolf Edwin Knudson, was found dead in the back seat of a wrecked car on the Queen Isabella Causeway. An autopsy found death by stab wounds with arrest docs noting DWI charges and a $10,000 bond. Hernandez was arraigned and held without bond at Cameron County Jail as investigators continued the case.
Queen Isabella Days crowned a new Miss Queen Isabel II Diana Lee Schrantz 20 of Harlingen chosen from Valley contestants. First runner up Suzette Hill Donna second runner up Evangelina Castillo Port Isabel. Prizes 100 50 and 25 dollars. Local winners named for Miss Laguna Madre and runners up. Talent beauty contests treasure hunts fajita and chili cook offs parade and prizes awarded. Trout fishing results noted.
At the South Padre Island Board of Aldermen meeting taxpayers and the Taxpayers League pressed the Tax Assessor Collector Vernon Warren over valuation methods and apparent inequities in the tax rolls. They questioned why hotels and industry were taxed differently and highlighted that outside appraisers determined valuations. Approximately 18 million dollars of valuation came from Laguna Vista, Laguna Heights, and industrial properties, with about 40 million from Padre Island. The Board of Equalization authority was limited and will delay decisions until after tax certification, potentially prompting legal action. The board also approved six fire hydrants at 278 each and discussed uniform rear yard setbacks from the zoning amendment.
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