Tarpon Football Heads to Corpus Christi for CCA clash
Port Isabel's Tarpon football team seeks a third straight win as they travel to Corpus Christi for a clash with Corpus Christi Academy Cavaliers. QB David Privett, Ralph Barrera and Rene Garza produced a touchdown each in a 24-0 win over St. Joseph Academy. The squad boasts strong conditioning, depth, and plans a 25-man, air conditioned bus trip to Corpus.
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Port Isabel
Tarpon
St. Joseph Academy
Tarpon Stadium
Jim Moses
Corpus Christi
Texas
Alaniz
Pablo Martinez
Privett
Barrera
Garza
Moses
Corpus
SBA Grants Partial Forgiveness for Small Disaster Loans
Congressional action may forgive part of SBA disaster loans up to 1800 dollars for borrowers since July 1967 with a 500 dollar minimum. Details pending White House signature and official procedures. In Cameron County about 6826 Beulah loans totaled 29 million dollars. exact forgiveness share unknown. Representative de la Garza helped align deadlines to cover Beulah losses.
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SBA
Congress
House
Senate
U. S
Kika de la Garza
Harlingen Sba
Washington
Cameron
California
First Two Winners Named in Pick the Winner Contest
L. C. Lopez and Jeronimo M. Cruz, both of Port Isabel, win the first two weeks of the annual Pick the Winner contest. Each receives a $5 gift certificate redeemable at advertisers on the Press football page. Certificates await Cruz and Lopez at the Press office across from the lighthouse. A weekly winner is declared as the 22 games listed on the football page are scored.
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L. C. Lopez
Jeronimo M. Cruz
Mth
Lopez
Port Isabel
Cruz
Press
Pan Am Sets Date For Teacher Examinations
Pan American College offers National Teacher Examinations on four dates for education majors. Seniors may take tests on November 8 January 31 April 4 or July 18 at Pan American College. Robert Burks, VP for student affairs, notes application and test information are available from his Pan Am office.
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Edinburg — College
Robert Burks
Pan American College
Burk
Pan Am
Local Man Named Port Isabel Junior High Principal
Eugenio Garza son of Mr and Mrs Serapio Garza of San Benito has been named junior high principal at Port Isabel for the coming school year. He earned a B S in 1966 and an M S in 1968 from Texas A I University and has spent the last three years with the Port Isabel School District.
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Eugenio Garza
Serapio Garza
San Benito
Port Isabel
Garza
Texas A&i University
Five Day Forecast Sees Slightly Cooler Highs
Temperatures will run one to three degrees below normal highs of 93 to 95 and lows of 71 to 75. Isolated thundershowers indicate light to moderate precipitation across the period.
Eight Local Men Arrested After Docks Fight
Eight men and a juvenile faced charges after a Sunday night brawl on the docks. Officers responded with five lawmen aiding, leading to arrests on assault and peace disturbance counts. Fines ranged from 25 to 55 dollars. two adults face additional charges for assaulting officers.
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Rene Martinez
Manuel Martinez
D.J. Lerma
Jesus Cantu
Port Isabel
Bud Emmons
Cantu
Emmons
David Martinez
Matilda Pinto Sanchez
Constancio Martinez
Salvador R. Martinez
Joel Ochoa
James Dickens
Chuck Londrie
Cleo Beauford
Port Label
Arnold Villarreal
Ochoa
Martinez Boys
Rene
Manuel
Dickens
Livya Jr
Port Isabel Coin Show Draws 500 Fans at Sea Island Motel
The Port Isabel Coin Club hosted a Sept 21, 1969 show at Sea Island Motel on South Padre Island attracting about 500 attendees. Seventeen tables showcased coins, jewelry, paintings and artifacts with door prizes hourly and a grand prize of a ten peso gold piece.
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Port Isabel
Sea Island
Quarterback Club Sets Next Meet
Port Isabel's Quarterback Club will hold another meeting at the junior high school cafeteria this coming Wednesday at 5 p.m. This is the third meeting of the year. Any interested person is invited to the weekly meetings. Membership dues may be paid to any present member.
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Port Isabel
Villa Madre Brings New Units to Port Isabel
A Port Isabel Development Corporation representative opens a Villa Madre Apartment complex office next to the Press. Fifty two housing units promise more guests and new workers, boosting local merchants as tourism and growth continue on South Padre Island.
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Frank Phillips
Port Isabel
Villa Madre
South Padre Island
Port Isabel Council Votes On Preliminary Budget Plan
Port Isabel Mayor Speck Sanders unveiled a preliminary budget at the Monday council session showing about 3 000 in the red with expenditures of 190 000 and revenue of 159 000 at a 1 25 per 100 evaluation tax rate. The Taxpayers League attended as Sanders invited input and hinted at possible city employee layoffs and the purchase of a new pump truck for the volunteer fire department to sustain lower fire insurance rates.
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Port Isabel
Speck Sanders
Sanders
Taxpayer League
City Volunteer Fire Department
Gas Company Seeks New City Office Location
On Monday the Rio Grande Valley Gas Co notified the city it will move its offices to another location in the city. The city council had authorized Sanders to seek rent from the gas company for use of city facilities and personnel. The company had been paying a city employee $65 per month to handle gas business. The gas company did not want to pay office rent.
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Rio Grande Valley Gas Co
Sanders
City to announce new RGV site and audit rate hike
The city plans to publish the location of RGV's new site and join Valley cities in hiring a McAllen firm to audit whether the rate hike is justified. Port Isabel will pay about 22 dollars toward the cost. The Urban Renewal Agency approved land sales in blocks 14 and 8 to be overseen by George Mansur. A pet owner complained a city sanitation worker struck a dog with a bottle seeking veterinary bill payment.
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RGV
McAllen
Port Isabel
Urban Renewal Agency
George Mansur
Sanitation Department
City investigates dog attack injury and owner claim
A dog persisted in barking at a man on a truck and inflicted a head laceration requiring stitches after an employee hurled a self drink bottle with accuracy. Renifro and Renifro, representing the city, agreed to review potential owner damages claims.
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Renifro and
Renifro
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