Easter Beach Music Festival Approved by CAN Board
The crisis assistance network CAN voted 17 to 7 to sponsor a four day Easter festival at South Padre Island in 1972 to raise up to 500000 for CAN projects. Promoter Cecil McDonald of Lake Charles plans top groups, evangelist involvement, and private land use with county approval pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisis Assistance Network Organiation
Bob Kenny
CAN
Kenny
Cecil McDonald
Lake Charles
San Juan
South Padre Island
Billy Graham
Cameron County
McDonald
Melba Huber
McAllen
United States
Hidalgo County
Padre Island
Jack Whetsel
Two Brownsville Accidents Involve Area Residents
In Brownsville two separate crashes involved area residents. Lloyd Homer Keel and friend Steiner Oppedal were in a collision at Boca Chica and 14th Street leaving Keel with a dislocated foot and Oppedal cited for no license. A second crash at 12th and Madison involved Gilberto Martinez and Jack Leon Page with minor injuries and a cited failure to control speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Laguna Vista
Padre Island
Lloyd Homer Keel
South Padre Island
Boca Chica
14Th Street
Gabe Vega
Steiner Oppedal
Keel
Oppedal
Vega
Garza
Gilberto Martinez
Jack Leon
Page
12Th
Madison
Martinez
Juanita Martinez
Lopez
Valley Senator Bates Indicted on Receiving Stolen Diamond
Valley state senator Jim Bates of Edinburg indicted by Nueces County Grand Jury in Corpus Christi on receiving stolen property from Adrian Lambert, a felon and former firefighter tied to earlier burglaries. Bates released on own recognizance and plans statement. Lambert key witness with murder charges in Houston.
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Jim Bates
Edinburg
Nueces County
Grand Jury
Corpus Christi
Sen. Bates
Andrian Lambert
Edmond J. Ford
Ford
Bates
Adrian Lambert
Houston
Lambert
San
Benito
Art
Grid Contest Draws Winner
Port Isabel residents entered this week’s football contest with Lupe Torres declared the winner after guessing five teams incorrectly. No tie breaker was needed, and Torres may collect a $5 certificate at the Press office.
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Port Isabel
Lupe Torres
Torres Guesed
Torres
Tarpons Ready for Non-District Clash at Uvalde
Port Isabel Tarpons travel to Uvalde for a Friday night non district game at 8 00 p m Coach Perez notes the squad is battered from the West Oso contest but hopes for a strong showing Uvalde hosts a sturdy team yet Port Isabel bands cheerleaders and many fans will support on the road A early morning departure is planned with a return Saturday night after the game
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Tarpons
Uvalde
Port Isabel Tarpons
Perez
West Oso
Port Isabel
Pere
Four Residents Complete Course in Emergency Care
A Harlingen course on emergency care and transportation of the sick and injured ran September 14 to 16. Port Isabel residents Donicio Gonzales Larry Joe Keller Margie McKeown and Nora Leech attended all sessions sponsored by the State Department of Health and Cameron Willacy Counties Medical Society. Gonzales and Keller passed the drivers test and earned arm patches and certificates. McKeown and Leech did not test as they are emergency case attendants. The four will receive diplomas from the sponsors.
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Harlingen
Port Isabel
State Department of Health
Cameron-Willacy Counties Medical Society
Donicio Gonzales
Larry Joe Keller
Margie McKeown
Nora Leech
Gonzales
Keller
Texas
Shell Club Meet Features Snail Talk by Dr Harold Murray
Dr Harold Murray of Trinity University San Antonio will present a film and talk titled The Innocent but Deadly Little Snail at the South Padre Island Shell Club meeting on Friday September 24. The program covers freshwater snails in the San Antonio River and related medical concerns. It begins at 8 00 p m in the Civic Center Isla Blanca Park South Padre Island and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber
Isla Blanca
Port Isabel
South Padre Island
Harold Murray
Trinity University
San Antonio
Murray
Isla Blanca Park
Area Fire Department Faces Inadequate Equipment Issue
Port Isabel and Padre Island lack full fire protection as a decommissioned booster and a damaged pumper leave firefighters short of water for large blazes. The pumper has been repaired and in use since late August, but a replacement booster chassis is sought to restore normal service and water capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Padre Island
Laguna Heights
Port Isabel
Galvan
City panel approves South Padre Island motels and condos
The Cameron County Board of Adjustment granted building permits for three large motels and condominiums on South Padre Island after denying them over sewage plans. State and local boards still require compliant sewage plans before occupancy. Padre South Hawkinson Enterprises and South Padre Development Corp. plan a 112 unit condo, a 20 unit motel, and a 24 unit condo on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron County Board of Adjustment
South Padre Island
State Health Department
Water Quality Control Board
Zoning Board
Padre South Hawkinson Enterprises
South Padre Development Corp
Padre South
Canfield - Shaw Enterprises
Norman
Okla
Hankinson Enterprises
Portsabel
la Concha
Southadre Development Corp
Jallas
Causeway land needed for new Padre Island link cleared
A 3.24 acre condemnation award for South Padre Island land completes the Island side parcels for the Million Dollar Causeway. The $14,000 per acre total $45,360 award ends island-side acquisitions, with hearings slated for Sept. 29 and October for seven more parcels on the Port Isabel side. Plans include converting the present causeway into a fishing pier and proceeding with bridge construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Padre Island
Padre Island
T.R. Fehrenbach
Garcia Street
Port Isabel
Port Isabel Taxpayers League Meeting Addresses Taxation Contempt
The Port Isabel Taxpayers League will meet October 1 at 7 30 pm in the Merchant Marine State Bank Building meeting room. Cameron County Judge Ray Ramon will speak on His Taxation Philosophy. Contempt charges against local taxing officials will be discussed. doors open at 7 pm for dues and new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Ray Ramon
Cameron County
Fort Worth youths charged with weed possession in Port Isabel
Two Fort Worth college students Burton Hollis Barnes 19 and William F Bevan 18 were arrested in Port Isabel late Saturday night. They faced charges of possession of marijuana described as enough to manufacture about 300 cigarettes. Judge Bnd Emmons set bond at 2000 dollars each. they posted and were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Isabel
Burton Hollis Barnes
William F. Bevan
Fort Worth
Joe Garza
Joel Ochoa
Justice of the Peace
Bnd Emmons
Emmons
Shrimp Boat Captains Lost at Sea Near Port Isabel
Coast Guard units responded to multiple Gulf incidents over the weekend. A shrimp boat sank after a collision leaving captain Antonio Galvan missing. another vessel, the Western Five, reported a captain overboard in heavy seas and sharks were sighted during the search. Galvan, a Port Isabel native, operated the Western Five with his two sons Jesus and Santana for the Western Shell Fish Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Port Isabel
Gulf
Miss Ginger
Little Katie
Ginger
Katie
Port Brownsville
W.D. Simpson
The
Harbor Shrimp Co
Victoria
Pierpoint
Mullin
Seaman Lyons
Point Nowell
Antonio Galvan
Matamoros
Galvan
Western Five
Jesus
Santana
Western Shell Fish Co
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Marion Shirah
Wilbur Aten
Aten
Valley
Life Line
Shell Club
Area Fire Department
Highway
Taxpayers Unit
Ft. Worth
Gulf Waters
Cosme Garza, JR
Texas Highway Department
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