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RIO GRANDE
"The Largest Paid
Circulation Going
In Starr County"
VOL XXXV
No. 14
Thursday January 20,1977
Ten Cents
Dr. Ramirez Named To Task Force
CONTRACT....Representatives from Mexico and the United
States met last week to sign a contract for the proposed In-
ternational Rridge to be built in Roma. Shown here (L to R) are
Placido Ramirez, Presidente Municipal de Miguel Aleman;
J.M. K'hemai Alvarez, Starr County Commissioner; Austin
Connally, Representative of the Merchants of Miguel Aleman;
Mrs. Mvrella Connally, Representative Merchants of Miguel
Aleman; Noel P. Benavidez, Roma Merchants; Governor
Enrique Cardenas Gonzalez, Governor of the State of Ta-
maulipas; Amando Pena, Starr County Commissioner; Randal
Nye, Bridge project Attorney; Javier D. Margo, Starr County
Federal Program Coordinator; Rodolfo Trevino, Representing
the Merchants of Miguel Aleman; Hector Ix)zano, Starr County
Commissioner.
Doctor Mario Ramirez of Rio
Grande City has been named to
a study group of prominent
Texans that will evaluate the
state's Medicaid program.
The task force chairman is W.
Marvin Watson of Daingerfield,
former Postmaster General of
the U.S.
Watson and Jamie Clements
of Temple, chairman of the
State Board of Public Welfare,
announced the appointments on
the group. The task force will
study the program and make
recommendations to the
Welfare Board as to whether
Medicaid can continue to
operate at present elevated cost
levels and also remain within
the constraints of recently-
lowered federal financial
participation and apparent
Legislative intent to hold the
line on State expenditures.
There are 680,000 Texans
eligible for Medicaid, which is
administered by the State
Department of Public Welfare
(DPW). The program provides
health care for low-income
Texans, most of them aged,
blind, and disabled, or
dependent children deprived of
parental support. DPW has
budgeted $734 million for
medical services for the current
fiscal year.
The first meeting of the Task
Force for the Evaluation of
Medicaid in Texas will be
January 13-14 in the state
capitol in, Austin. Members of
the study group later will visit
sites where Medicaid services
are dispensed. The scope of
Medicaid makes DPW the
largest provider of health
services in Texas.
Governor Dolph Briscoe,
whose wife, Janey, will serve on
the task force, will address the
opening session of the group on
Jan. 13. Other speakers will be
Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and
Speaker of the House Bill
Clayton, all of whom have
supported the concept of the
study group.
Other speakers will include
Dr. Walter McClure, a health
services economist from Ex-
celsior, Minn.
"The task force," Clements
said, "is composed of
Jaycee Week
Is Observed
Industrial Foundation In A
'Very Dangerous Situation Financially'
, The Starr Ctilinty Industrial
Foundation met Tuesday af-
ternoon at a luncheon meeting
held at Zeke's.
The board of directors af-
firmed that the account at the
now defunct First State Bank of
Rio Grande City had been
transferred to Metropolitan
National Bank of McAllen when
the local bank first started
having its problems.
The Industrial Foundation
had been banking with the
McAllen bank for the last
couple of months.
The board of directors then
passed a resolution to transfer
the account to the first
National Bank of Rio Grande
City.
During the meeting Dr. Bruno
Trevino pointed out that the
Industrial Foundation "is in a
very dangerous situation
financially." The industrial
foundation is at a standstill due
to the lack of funds.
Arnoldo Zarate suggested
that some of the board mem-
bers should make a trip to
Austin to talk to the head of
EDA, Joe Swanner.
The purpose of the trip is to
point out to Swanner that the
Industrial Foundation is very
interested to accomplish some
of the projects the Industrial
Foundation is working on, and
to see if the foundation can
receive EDA funds at the
earliest possible date.
Rolando Flores, Executive
Director said that he would try
to get an appointment with Mr
Swanner as early as possible.
Other business handled by the
directors was payment of an old
bill that the foundation owes.
The directors voted to pay the
bill when the foundation is
funded. Historical tours for
tourist was also discussed at the
meeting.
Flores also told the directors
tl.at tlie First Nationa* g;,rik nf
Rio Grande City had ptedged
$2000 dollars for the foundation
before the meeting was ad-
journed.
Board memVrs oresent at
the metlin,; were ai~ oldo
Zarate, Dr. Bruno Trevino, Joel
Guerrero, Manuel Cano,
Rodrigo Palacios, J.M.
(Chema) Alvarez Sr., Mrs. F.C.
Gonzalez, Roiando Flores.
Others present at the meeting
were Irma J. Garcia and
Chema Alvarez Jr.
The week of January 16-22 is
being observed as Jaycee Week
in Starr County, and local
citizens are urged to
acknowledge their appreciation
for the Jaycees and their ser-
vice to the community.
Ricardo Recio, President of
the Rio Grande City Jaycees,
stated that the purpose of the
week is to focus attention on
young men and the work they
are doing. The Rio Grande City
Yvonne Rodriguez To Compete
In Texas Junior Miss Contest
San Isidro Junior Miss
Yvonne Rodriguez, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jose H. Rodriguez
of Santa Elena, is among 43
outstanding high school girls
converging on New Braunfels
this week to compete for the
coveted Texas Junior Miss title.
During the week-long com-
petition, Miss Rodriguez will be
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A.M.
Moellering. Her roommate will
be Wichita Falls Junior Miss
Donna Stevens.
Bringing the Texas Junior
Miss crown back to the Rio
Grande Valley in 1962 was
Karen McMillan and in 1969,
I^aura Jan Beard, both of
Harlingen.
For the first time in the 20-
year Texas competition, all
entrants will be required to
participate in all contests
sponsored by national pageant
sponsors, Kraft (plan a party);
Breck (hair styling); Kodak
(photo), and Simplicity Ex-
press Yourself in a Jiffy
designer sewing). The fifth
national sponsor, Diamond
Information Center, will con-
duct a contest at the national
level for all state winners.
Junior Misses w inning the four
state contests will receive
either $300 or $100 cash
scholarships.
Site of the preliminary and
final competitions at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, Jan. 20-22.
will be the New Braunfels Civic
Center. Tickets may be ob-
tained from Mrs. Pat Clark, 856
W. Merriweather, New
Braunfels 78130 for
preliminaries at $2 per person
or for the finals at $5 for
reserved, $3.50 for general
reserved and $2.50 for general
admission. Reserved seats for
all three nights are available at
$8 per person or for general
reserved at $6.50 per person.
Judges for the Texas Junior
Miss pageant include Bill W.
Elliott, director of admissions
at Mary Hardin-Baylor and a
former news director of KTON,
Belton; Joe Provence, assistant
dean of students and director of
student activities at Wayland
Baptist College, Plainview, and
a director of the Miss Texas
Franchise Holders Association;
Jo An Summers, Canyon Lake,
who is involved with three
outreach ministries, a Christian
nature' basics 'magazine, a
training school of evangelism
for young adults and a Christian
television program for
children; Anita Windecker of
the Texas Lutheran College -
music faculty, Seguin, and Dr.
John W. Carley III of Austin,
assistant deputy commissioner
of the Texas Department of
Mental Health and Mental
Retardation.
Highlights of the week-long
competition include Simplicity
judging, Jan. 17; Breck
judging, Jan. 18; lunch with the
New Braunfels Rotary Club,
Jan. 19; lunch with the New
Braunfels Noon Lions Club,
Jan. 20; j'idges conferences,
Jan. 20-21; < nd the scholarship
banquet, Jan. 22.
San Isidro's brown-haired,
brown-eyed Junior Miss will be
sponsored in the contest by
Dimmit County Chamber of
Commerce. The 5'11" senior is
ranked second in her class at
San Isidro High School. She was
named Outstanding Science
Student of the Rio Grande
Valley and was voted Best
Homemaking II student of the
Rio Grande Valley.
Other honors include being on
the All Tourney Basketball
team twice, All-District
Basketball two years, 4-H Club
Treasurer, 4-H County Council
Girls' Vice Chairman, F.H.A.
Secretary, Senior Class
President, Duchess of
Petroleum at the Texas Citrus
Fiesta. Most Talented in High
School, and U.I.L. Persuasive
Speaking Regional finalist.
Yvonne's hobbies and ac-
tivities include sewing, cooking,
embroidering and crocheting,
basketball, leathercraft work,
woodworking, and running
track. She is a member of the
Catholic Church.
The talented Miss Rodriguez
plans to attend Texas A&I
University and will direct her
interests in the field of Clothing
and Textile Merchandising. She
has chosen this particular field
because of her great interest in
learning the fundamental
principles for successful
merchandising of fashion goods
and buying and marketing
procedures.
During 1976 Miss Rodriguez
was crowned Miss Starr County
and Starr County Youth Fair
Queen.
Aliens Must
Report
Joe F. Staley of the San
Antonio Immigration and
Naturalization Service has
again reminded all aliens to
report their addresses during
January.
Cards with which to make the
reports are available at Post
Offices and offices of the Im-
migration and Naturalization
Service throughout the country.
The reports must have a 13c
stamp affixed to the card.
Parents or guardians are
required to submit reports for
alien children under 14 years of
age.
Mr. Joe F. Staley urges all
aliens to report before the end
of January, as willful failure to
do so may lead to serious
penalties.
-Texans Must Register Vehicles-
AUSTIN - Texans will begin
registering their motor vehicles
for fiscal 1977 February 1.
Registration renewal notices
will be in the mail soon.
Some vehicle registration
renewal notices will arrive a
little later this year. Usually
they are mailed immediately
after Christmas to facilitate
postal distribution. However,
this year, inmates at the State
Department of Corrections
prison facilities at Huntsville
are sorting by zip code all of the
' approximately 10 million
renewal notices.
The State Department of
Highways and Public Tran-
sportation will save ap-
proximately $50,000 in postage
discounts for performing this
service, which is contracted by
the prison system.
The 1977 stickers will have a
solid red background with white
year figures and state name.
The sticker serial number will
be printed in blue in the upper
right-hand corner. Fiscal 1976
stickers had a blue background,
white figures and red serial
numbers in furtherance of the
Bicentennial theme which will
be continued in 1977.
Robert W. (Bob) Townsley,
director of DHT's Motor
Vehicle Division, said he an-
ticipates less motorist -
confusion in affixing 1977
stickers to the metal license
plates.
DHT first issued multi-year
metal license plates in fiscal
1975. Last year was the first for
attaching annual stickers to the
metal plates.
"Although most motorists
followed instructions and ex-
perienced no problems, others
failed to read the instructions
for affixing the stickers with -
sometimes -- laughable
results," Townsley commented.
The 1977 stickers will be
applied to the depressed area in
the upper right-hand corner of
the rear license plate.
Inmates of the Wynne Unit
industrial plant at Huntsville
make license plates, print
stuikers and prepare record-
KtK
keeping materials for DHT and
county tax assessors-collectors
who are responsible for actual
registration processes.
As previously, mail
registrations will be accepted
from vehicle owners for an
additional fee between
February 1 and March 1.
Motorists who wisi. register
their vehicles in person can
save time, energy and
frustration by visiting county
tax offices as soon as possible
after February 1 Deadline for
having the stickers affixed is
midnight April 1.
Above all, avoid lengthy-
registration lines by not waiting
until the last minute to obtain
1977 stickers. Said Townsley:
"Motorists can ease the pain by
heeding the Christmas war-
nings - shop early!"
Beginning in 1978 the State
Department of Highways and
Public Transportation will
initiate a year-round licensing
system with some registrations
expiring each month thereafter.
This will mark demise of the
half-century-old, 60-day
registration periods and one-
date deadlines for acquiring
and affixing new stickers
without penalty.
DRIVE
distinguished Texans from
across the entire state. I am
sure Dr. Mario Ramirez will
make an outstanding con-
tribution to this important
study."
The 46-member task force
will report to the Board of
Public Welfare in mid-March
its recommendations for
reducing or altering Medicaid -
services.
Jaycees have done an our-
standing job in development of
young men through community
services.
The week also celebrates the
founding of the Jaycees in 1915,
when Henry Giessenbier saw a
need for a young men's civic
group and organized the first
chapter in St. Louis, Mo. The
movement spread so fast that in
1920, the U. S. Junior Chamber
of Commerce was formed with
24 cities represented.
The name of the national
orgainzation was changed from
U. S. Junior Chamber of
Commerce to the U. S. Jaycees
in 1965 at the national con-
vention of the young men's civic
group.
Built to create opportunities
for leadership training through
community betterment
projects, the Jaycees today,
350,000 strong, are active in
8.500 communities in the United
States.The organization's -
headquarters are located in
Tulsa, Okla.
In the Rio Grande City Jaycee
newsletter, "Service to
Humanity," Recio praises the
local organization's service for
1976 and looks forward to an
active year in 1977.
One of the projects of the local
club is their Flag Project,
which is carried out by all the
members. They supply, repair,
and display the flags for local
businesses and homeowners of
certain designated holidays.
This project is significant in
that it beautifies and shows the -
patriotic feeling of our com-
munity.
Each month a Jaycee of the
Month is recognized for his
community. Recognized this
fall were Sabas Ozuna, Jaycee
of the Month of September;
Benito Saenz, Jr., Jaycee of the
Month of October; Cesario
Barrera, Jaycee of the Month of
November; and Eddie I^opez,
Jaycee of the Month of
December.
Jaycees present programs at
their weekly meetings and
receive awards such as "Speak-
up", "Spoke," and "spark
Plug" for their participation.
Other awards include Jaycee of
the Year and five and ten year
membership awards.
The awards will be presented
this year at the Jaycee Dance
and Award Night scheduled for
Friday, February 18, at the
Knights of Columbus Hall in Rio
Grande City. New officers,
which will be elected early in
February, will also be installed
during the evening at Award
Night.
The Rio Grande City Jaycees
have actively supported the
Muscular Dystrophy
Association with national and
local projects, and they have
many other projects of service
to Starr County. Their mem-
bership has increased from the
low twenties to the upper
thirties this past year. They are
a growing, active organization
which deserves recognition and
praise
Baldemar A. Chapa
Chapa Appointed
Postmaster In Roma
Baldemar A. Chapa of Roma
was one of forty-four new
postmasters in the eleven state
southern region appointed by
Regional Postmaster General
James J. Symbol this week.
Appointments were effective
Saturday, January 15, 1977.
Nineteen of the new post-
masters are in Texas, seven in
North Carolina, five in
Arkansas, four in Alabama,
three in Ix)uisiana, two each in
Mississippi and Oklahoma, and
one each in Georgia and South
Carolina.
Postmaster selections are
made on the basis of merit from
a list of qualified candidates
submitted to the Regional
Management Selection Board.
The board, composed of
representatives of the United
States Civil Service Com-
mission. the American Ar-
bitration Association and two
postmasters, selects and
recommends to the Postmaster
General the best qualified
person for appointment to each
vacancy.
ESAA—Title VII
Plan Joint Meeting
The ESAA Bilingual-Basic
Program Districtwide and
Student Advisory Committee,
together with the Title VII
Advisory Committee, will meet
jointly for their regular mon-
thly meeting on Tuesday,
January 25, at 7 p.m. at the Title
VII Bilingual Office located in
Fort Ringgold.
Besides the reports by both
programs, a public hearing will
also take place on the newly-
proposed applications for the
Title VII Bilingual Program
which will be submitted to the
federal government for ap-
proval. The Title VII Program -
proposes to provide bilingual-
bicultural instruction to grades
K thru 4, supplementing the
existing ESAA Bilingual
Program. Other components
are in the planning stages and
will be presented to the public
at this hearing.
This meeting will be a con-
tinuation of the joint meetings
that are taking place by ESAA
and Title VII.
Mrs. Yolanda T Alvarez,
ESAA Community Aide, and
Mrs Patricio Garza. Title VII
Community Agent, urge all
committee members to attend.
Glossbrenner Named
To Committees
Austin - House speaker Bill
Clayton named State
Representative Ernestine
Glossbrenner from Alice to the
Committee on Business and
Industry and to the Committee
on Health and Welfare, Thur-
sday. Representative
Glossbrenner represents
District 58 which includes
Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells and Starr counties.
Representative Glossbrenner
said, "I am pleased with my
committee assignments since
both committees are especially
important to the people in my
district and, in a sense, are
interrelated We will never be
able to help our people move off
of welfare and gain control over
their own lives if we cannot
provide employment op-
portunities for them."
The Committee on Business
and Industry has jurisdiction
over all matters pertaining to
commerce, trade, manufac-
turing, tourism and consumer
protection. The Committee on
Health and Welfare has
jurisdiction over all matters
pertaining to welfare, health,
and mental health and retar-
dation.
"1 look forward to working
with Speaker Clayton and the
members of the 65th
legislature and hope we have a
very productive session," she
stated. She encourages citizens
from the district to contact the
office by writing to P.O. Box
2910. Capitol Station, Austin,
Texas 78769, or to P.O. Box 707,
Alice, Texas 78332.
Rep. Glossbrenner added,
"To have effective state
government not only demands
responsive elected officials but
active citizens who care and
participate in government, and
I welcome any suggestions or
questions trr|pi the citizens of
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Solis, Tony. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1977, newspaper, January 20, 1977; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194595/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.