Marisol Plans 785-Unit Recreational Complex on South Padre Island
Marisol Corporation announces a privately financed project on a 38 acre site south of Andy Bowie Park. The plan features 785 living units including 64 beach condominiums, five pool complexes, a modern marina, multiple high rise hotel motels and convention facilities. Completion is targeted across nine phases in 5 to 7 years with Phase 1 construction starting January 1, 1972.
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South
Texas
R.E. Spriggs
Marisol Corporation
South Padre Island
Andy Bowie
Park Road
Highway 100
Laguna Madre
Ft. Lauderdale
Spriggs
la Playa
G.W. Gutches
J.W. Hiester
Marvin Boland
Gaston Machado
Earle B. Giffey
Brownsville
Flynn Investment Company
Harlingen
Bahia Mar
Gulf
Halloween safety warnings announced for Port Isabel
Police urge caution as Halloween events proceed with warnings to parents and motorists. Notices remind residents to supervise trick or treaters and wear light clothing, while outlining penalties for egg throwing and property damage. Funeral details for Bartow Dunson, 76, Port Isabel, released with survivors listed.
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Chuck Londrie
Victims Still Hospitalized After Dock Blast
Ernest Brumley 23 Brownsville remained hospitalized in Brownsville with numerous second degree burns after an October 20 blast on the Miss Sheila at Calloway Seafoods in Port Isabel. Roger Grandens 18 was moved to a Galveston hospital with more extensive burns and infection risk. The explosion occurred while crew members were preparing breakfast when butane fumes ignited. boat damage was minor.
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Ernest Brumley
Brownsville
Mercy Hospital
Brumley
Roger Grandens
Galveston
Sheila
Calloway Seafoods
Port Isabel
League For The Incorporation Of Laguna Heights Meets
A meeting to discuss incorporating Laguna Heights is set for November 1 at 7 00 p m in the Merchants Marine State Bank Room Port Isabel. Taxpayers are urged to attend. Organizers include Robert Holland Gilbert Groomer and Martin Tower of Laguna Heights seeking fire protection mosquito spraying garbage collection street repair drainage and other basic services through incorporation.
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Laguna Heights
Merchants Marine State Bank
Port Isabel
Robert Holland
Gilbert
Office of Emergency Planning
Channel
City Approves New Patrol Car For Police Dept
At the city commissioners meeting on Monday October 25 bids from Brownsville Chrysler Plymouth were accepted for a 1971 Plymouth patrol car at 3355.50. A radio dispatcher is needed and applications are invited at the Police Station.
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Brownsville
Chrysler-Plymouth
Chuck Londrie
Shrimp Boat Miss Mariella Still Missing
Coast Guard suspended air and sea searches for the 73 foot trawler Miss Mariella missing since Sept 21 in the Gulf of Mexico. Port Isabel owner Ralph Ladd says a return was expected around Oct 12 but ice shortages affected catches. A port search by Bay Shrimp Co. continues from Campeche Bay to Florida as officials in New Orleans assess potential case reactivation.
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Coast Guard
Mariella
Gulf of Mexico
Ralph Ladd
Bay Shrimp Co
Port Isabel
Eighth Coast Guard District Command
New Orleans
Ladd
Campeche Bay
Florida
Port Mansfield
Mansfield
Western 16
Laguna Madre
Man Charged In Drug Case In Louisiana Incident
A Lafayette man, Marvin Joseph Malveaux, 29, was charged with possession of marijuana after police spotted him at the Miss Sheila shrimp boat site following a butane explosion at Calloway Seafood Docks. An envelope in his possession allegedly contained marijuana enough for 30 to 40 cigarettes. Bond was set at 1000 dollars.
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Lafayette
Louisiana
Chuck Londrie
Port Isabel
Marvin Joseph Malveaux
Calloway
Londrie
Malveaux
Justice of the Peace
Bud Emmons
Borrowed Hour Returns as Clocks Fall Back This Weekend
National time change marks end of Daylight Saving Time and return to standard time at 2 a.m. Sunday October 31. Clocks turn back one hour, gifting an extra sleep hour for those who adjust before bed. Local residents note earlier sunrises and cross border timing quirks with nearby areas on standard time.
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Mother Nature
Port Isabel Qualifies for Flood Insurance and Aid
Senator Tower announced Port Isabel and surrounding areas qualify for flood insurance through a federal fund. Small property owners and businesses can obtain flood coverage via local agents with subsidies, aided by HUD approval. The Farmers Home Administration extends emergency loan assistance to seven additional counties: Calhoun Cameron Hidalgo Jim Hogg Live Oak Starr and Willacy.
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John Tower
Port Isabel
Federal Fund
Senator Tower
Gulf Coast
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Farmers Home Administration
Sen. Tower
Calhoun
Cameron
Hidalgo
Jim Hogg
Live Oak
Starr, and
Willaey
Bids Open For New Port Isabel Padre Island Causeway
The Texas Highway Department invites bids today and Friday October 28 and 29 for a 2.4 mile causeway along Park Road 100 from Port Isabel to Padre Island. Structural clearances are 73 feet vertical and 275 feet horizontal across the intercoastal canal the project sits north of the Queen Isabella Causeway. The old swing bridge will be dismantled after completion and the former route will be repurposed as a fishing pier.
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Texas Highway Department
Port Isabel
Padre Island
Tarpons Tangle With Lyford Bulldogs On Home Field
Port Isabel Tarpons host Lyford Bulldogs Friday at 8 p.m. in a district contest. Coach Perez calls it a tough matchup, as Lyford fields a strong team. Band will perform at halftime and the Senior class sponsors a post game dance.
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Tarpons
Port Isabel Tarpons
Lyford Bulldogs
Perez
Bulldogs
Port Isabel
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Marisol
Lower Valley Seashore
Fomder
Cecil McDonald
Wner
Cash & Carry Building
Bob Kinney
Crisis Assistance Network
CAN
Police Dept
Bartow Dunson
Bartow Guy Dunson
Dexter
Mercedes
Boyd Harris
First United Methodist Church of
Ebony Grove
Stotler Mortuary
T.J. Rippert
Fred Dunson
Newpries
H.M. Somnitz
R.C. Jones
Jack Dunson, Jr
Kennedy
Fred Dunson, Jr
Portland
Oregon
Billie Dunson
Gene Dunson
Houston
A.V. Bombard
San Antonio
League For the Incorporation of
Alfredo Mata
Mata
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