Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1972 Page: 1 of 28
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I
RIO GRANDE
SERVING STARR COUNTY FOR SO YEARS
TPA AWARD WINNING NEWSPAPER
TEN CENTS
Vol. XXI
No. 16 Thursday
\pril 20, l<>72
Rio (frantic City, Texas
EDITORIAI
It's a matter of elimination .... The Sheriff's race
that is.
The Rio Grande Herald has studied the qualification
of each declared and serious candidate for Starr Coun-
ty Sheriff.
J.M. (Chema) Alvarez, Rene A. Solis, Reymundo
Alvarez, Roberto Pena, Raul Pena and even the ones
that dropped out of the race.
We sincerely believe that J.M. (Chema) Alvarez is
not only the best qualified as far as law enforcement
here in Starr County but is the best man anyone can
eiect for the post of Starr County Sheriff.
It used to be that you had to be a member of the
American Medical Association to hold political office
here, but all one has to do is look at the present sher-
iff and his felony federal conviction to conclude that
membership in the AMA does not really carry any
real weight.
J.M. (Chema) Alvarez has been a law enforcement
officer for this county for over 8 years. He has been
elected by you the people of this county and he has
served well.
Alvarez is not a puppet he is respected, well liked
by both adults and youth of the county.
We believe that the pressures applied to some of
the other candidates to run for the office is a clear
indication that they don't really want the job, but are
running merely to keep the party happy and off their
backs.
Certainly after all the humiliation that the present
sheriff(?) has gone through did not leave the public-
spirited attitude to seek the office over which he has
obviously had little control.
Alvarez is change, Alvarez is something we haven't
had in Starr County for over 20years. ... A working
sheriff.
We urge you to vote for J.M. (Chema) Alvarez for
Starr County Sheriff Do yourself a favor, vote
for a change.
tell it
like it
IS« • •
RAUL TREJO
HERALD MANAGING
K DI TOR
10 per cent . . . that's what it's going to cost county
employees if they want to see 'their' man in office.
County employees were herded into a county court-
house meeting room and told that they • were to do-
nate 10% of their pay-checks this month to the 'cause'.
In other words if any employee is making $300.00
a month from the taxpayer than he is expected to do-
nate $30.00 of that to the campaign funds of their par-
ties' candidates.
This of course, got the best of many county employ-
ees.
* * * * *
The employees who have to hope for a check every
month because of depleted salary funds must now turn
around and 'donate' part of their check to the cause.
*****
Early this week county employees were again gath-
ered at the courthouse to collect signatures from the
court workers.
Maybe the judge can tell the people why the court-
house, all of a sudden is the home base for a political
party.
Come to think of it .... now we can call them "The
Courthouse Gang."
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Agents tip scales on grass
to 1,526 pounds alter arrests
"You'd think they'd learn that
Starr County is not the place to
cross the weed," said Ramiro
Villarreal, special agent in
charge of the Starr County Bu-
reau of Customs.
Jay
cees nerd your
help
The Rio Grande City Jaycees
in an effort to raise money to
pay for several community pro-
jects will be sponsoring two ma-
jor fund-raising projects Sunday
and next Friday, according to
Bobby Gutierrez, corresponding
secretary for the organization.
Gutierrez said that the Jay-
cees will sponsor a dance Fri-
day, April 28 at the Rio Grande
City Multi-Purpose Center and
the dance is open to the public.
Music will be provided by Bobby
Salinas and his orchestra. The
public dance tickets can be pur-
chased from any member of the
Jaycees or at the door. Other
ticket agents are Rio Pharma-
cy, Gutierrez Lumber and Hard-
ware, Ceballos Funeral Home
or Central Power and Light
Company,
This Sunday the Jaycees will
be sponsoring a Beef-Bar-B-
Que in the parking area of Ped-
ro Pena Construction Company
on highway 83 next to Speedy
Burger. Tickets for the plates
are §1.00 and can be purchased
from the Jaycees or at the same
agents as for the dance.
Serving time for the bar-b-
que is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
according to Gutierrez.
Crash takes two
ROMA - Two women were
killed at approximately 4:30 a.
m. when a car occupied by
eight persons hit the Los More-
nos Creek Bridge on Highway
83 five miles east of Roma
and plunged into a dry creek
bed.
Dead at the scene of the ac-
cident were Mrs. TomasitaOr-
tiz, 58, of Del Rio, and Mrs.
Angelita Ramirez, 60, of Calif.
They were riding in an east-
bound car driven by Mrs. Ene-
delia Ortiz, 30, of Amarillo,
daughter of Mrs. Ramirez. The
driver and her three daughters,
Laura, 3, Norma Eliza, 2, and
Mickaela, 1, were all taken to
Manuel RamirezMemorial Hos-
pital in Roma where they were
listed in fair condition this
morning.
The other two passengers,
Victor Ortiz, 34, the husband
of the driver, and son of Mrs.
Tomasita Ortiz, and Luis Al-
berto Fernandez, 10, were tak-
en to McAllen General Hospital
where they are reported in ser-
ious condition.
According to the Starr County
Sheriff's Department, the driver
lost control of the car as she
approached the bridge an'! hit
the left side of the structure
before coming to rest in the
creekbed.
Personnel from the sheriff's
department labored more than
an hour to remove the two vic-
tims and the Fernandezboy.
Border Patrol units, U.S.
Customs Inspectors and Cus-
toms Agents combined forces
again this week to take a total
of 1,526 pounds of the illegal
grass from several persons.
Border Patrol units closed in
on Pablo Pelamante, Pablo Cor-
tez Flores, Jr., Roel Romeo
Gonzalez, Lauro Garcia Garcia,
and Eloy Aquiles Garcia to
seize some 322 pounds of the
weed. The five were arrested
and U.S. Magistrate in Lare-
do set bond at $30,000.00.
Border Patrol agents also ar-
rested William Ray Barber of
Detroit,Michigan with 41opounds
of marijuana. Bond on Barber
was set at $25,000.
Arnoldo Alaniz was arrested
by Arnoldo Alaniz this week
with 96 pounds of illegal grass.
Alaniz of Route 1, Box 41K,
Garceno was taken under arrest
by U.S. Border Patrol Agents.
Alaniz was taken before U.S.
Magistrate in Laredo.
Border Patrolmen also ar-
rested williford Dikes and Rich-
ard Allen Johnson with 31 pounds
of marijuana.
Dikes and Johnson are in the
army in Fort Hood.
U.S. Bureau of Customs and
Border Patrol Agents arrested
Thomas Marsh of Ohio with 41
pounds of grass.
Marsh was arrested in Heb-
bronville, but the weed had been,
crossed in Starr Countv.
Customs Inspectors at Falcon
Dam also had a field day with
A do If 0 Garza of Nuevo Laredo
and Rogelio Cantu Jr. of Laredo.
The pair were arrested in sep-
arate incidents. Garza was ar-
rested with 191 pounds of mari-
juana and Cantu was arrested at
the port with 230 pounds.
■ ;
Several Rio Grande City residents are expected to enter the fifth annual Old Folks
Rodeo to t>e held at Edinburg Saturda} at 8 p.m. Last year's entries included Lazaro
Rodriguez, Alonzo Lopez and Arturo Garza of Rio Grande Citj. Entry blanks, which
must be signed by the entrant's "child, children or borrowed child," require "corns,
false teeth, grey hair, wrinkles, or any other ache and pain normal to old age." Prizes
are awarded in nine events and special prizes are made for hard luck and sportsman-
ship.
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 20, 1972, newspaper, April 20, 1972; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194351/m1/1/?q=Birth+of+a+Nation: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.