Port Isabel Seashore Area touted as gateway to growth
The Port Isabel community editorial urges progress through Padre Island Seashore Area development. It highlights air sea and land accessibility, durable institutions, and civic strength while urging citizens to advertise locally and support bond measures for continued growth.
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Casual Observer
W.W. R. Williams
Coast Guard highlights Port Isabel unit updates and retirements
Coast Guard personnel report aboard the 95 footer and discuss recent assignments. Ramon R. Roca completes sixteen years active service on the 17th. Ed Kirchner marries Miss Lee Johnston of Brownsville on September 15. Michael J. Weekley joins from West Hollywood, Florida. Chief Alf Klein earns Coast Guard Man of the Month after eighteen years of service. The letter urges support for Port Isabel.
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Port Isabel
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Ramon R. Roca EN
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Treasury Department
Department of the Navy
United States Coast Guard
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Ed Kirchner
Lee Johnston
Brownsville
Texas
Michael J. Weekley
West Hollywood
Florida
Thomas H. Chapman
Alf Klein
Coast Guardsman
Kilgore Perspective Defends Oil and Gas Industry
In a persuasive outline, a Texas representative argues for fair treatment of all economic sectors including oil and gas. The piece details district oil activity across 13 counties with production values, employment, and land leases, noting 771 wells drilled last year and substantial investment despite dry holes.
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Hidalgo
Starr
Jim Hogg
U. S
Texas Em Commission
International Oil Scouts Association
Conditions for peacetime veterans to enter VA hospital
A peacetime veteran with disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty or receiving or eligible for compensation may be admitted for nonservice connected ailments if beds are available, even if not related to service. A separate GI Bill question notes eligibility depends on the date of the first unconditional discharge after January 31, 1955, with a three year window.
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Army
McWhorter Wins Auto in Elks Benefit Drive
T. McWhorter of Padre Beach was announced as winner of the automobile in the San Benito Fairs Lodge benefit project. Funds from the drive were earmarked for the Elks Crippled Children's Hospital.
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Padre Beech
San Benito Fairs Lodge
Elks Cripped Children's Hospital
Oil and gas industry a vital South Texas asset
The text defends oil and gas as a community asset in South Texas. It cites that producers and royalty owners fund government through taxes, noting the Fifteenth District paid 5 million in production taxes last year. It adds many school districts rely on oil and gas operators for over half their local property tax support.
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Engineers Powering Your Service Education Ties CPL
Bob Forbus, CPL engineer, highlights ongoing engineering training within CPL. GPS funds scholarships in electrical engineering at Texas Ads College, awarded over 11 years to 51 students. This year five winners begin as CPL scholars, many work on line crews or in plants before or after graduation.
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CPL
GPS
Texas Ads College
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