Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1974 Page: 1 of 20
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RIO GRANDE
Serving over 5000 readers over 55 years TPA Award Winning Newspaper
Vol. XXXI No. 6 Thursday, February 7, 1974
Ten Cents
Rio Grande City, Texas
Candidates file for primary...
Candidates from all over the
county came in to Kio Grande
City late Monday afternoon to
file for one position or another
as the deadline for tiling lor the
May 4 Democratic Primary
came to a close
County Judge Dr. Mario F
Ramirez filed for another term
citing several accomplishments
by the county court under his
administration and seeking
only one more term due to
several major projects that
need to l>e completed. Judge
Ramirez drew opposition from
long lime Starr County District
Clerk Bias Chapa. Chapa told
the Herald he hopes to offer the
people of Starr County his many
years of public service and
experience.
The 22!tth Judicial District
Attorney's race developed into
a lour man race. First to file
was Roma Attorney Arnulfo
Guerra followed by Marvin
Foster. Francisco (Pancho)
Cerda and Richard Gonzalez
The post is being vacated by-
Frank Randal Nye who
resigned the position Texas
Governor Dolph Briscoe is due
to appoint someone to the
unexpired term left open by
Nye's resignation.
Stale Representative Terry
Canutes drew opposition from
Frnestine Glossbrener of Alice.
Canutes who served his first
term in office this last go
around drew opposition at the
last minute from Ms
Glossbrener.
Starr included
in road project
Highway work in Starr
County is included in a year,
$250 million statew ide program
approved recently by the Texas
Highway Commission
In this area, the program
prov ides for seal coat work on
17 miles of US ti:i from Rio
Grande City, west to Roma and
from FM 14:io (Westi. West to
Rio Grande City
Statewide the 1975-77 Con-
solidated Highway Program
provides for construction or
reconstruction of a total ol
2.o:iii 1 miles of rural and urban
highway facilities Estimated
cost ot construction is $2:15
million
The program also includes
$15 million lor the state's share
ol right of way costs for I S and
Stale-numbered highways
across the state Included were
needed projects in both urban
and rural areas
Projects were recommended
for inclusion in the statewide
program by the 25 Highway
Department district offices and
by the Houston I Than Project
office in Houston for the areas
they serve, in cooperation with
local governmental agencies.
The projects are included as a
result of local governmental
requests to the district
engineer, as a result of ap-
pearances by delegations of
citizens before the Highway
Commission and by the local
district engineer's knowledge ol
the needs of the highway net-
work in his area
Also considered are the
condition ol existing facilities,
existing and projected traffic,
safely and planned area
development
Kocommenda t ions are
reviewed by the Highway
Department administration in
Austin and approved bv the
Highway Commission to insure
the continuity of highway
designs and to insure the logical
.iikI orderly development of
statewide highway systems
Approval ol a highway
program means project
planning can be started on the
individual projects in the
program
Jaycees Honor
Sgt Alarcon
Fdinburg Jay cees Monday honored detective sergeant
Rodolfo Alarcon as "Policeman of the Quarter" at a noon
luncheon
Alarcon. 27. joined the Fdinburg Police Department in
May nl lli/t). Before joining the force here, he had worked as
a plant operator in a Corpus Christi milk company. He
excelled on police patrol and was promoted to his
present rank a little over a year ago
Alarcon w as born in Kio Grande City, but graduated from
Hcbbronville High School
His special training includes 40 hours of credit in
psychology and another 40 hours in advanced law en-
forcement at the Officers Training School.
He has also had criminal investigation training at the
Texas Department of I'ublie Safety I-av. Enforcement
Academy, the U.S. Treasury Alcohol Tabacco and
Firearms School and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Areas of Alarcon's training include bombing matters,
sniper school and identification systems.
The Starr County office also
drew some stiff competition.
Starr County Commissioner
Precinct 2 Amando Pena drew
opposition from Virgilio H
Guerra. a prominent rancher
from Roma Also drawing
opposition was Reynaldo
i Moreno) Alaniz who drew
opposition from Rio Grande
City businessman Raul
llinojosa.
Brigido S. Lopez. Justice of
the Peace Precinct 1 drew
opposition from Arnoldo
Gonzalez Jr.. Justice ol the
Peace Precinct 2 Mrs. Minerva
Pena drew opposition from once
defeated JP candidate Horaeio
Dr. Ramirez
Bias Chapa
i>iL<
Vela. Bruno Lozano. JP from
Precinct :i did not draw op-
ponent Precinct Four JP Isabel
Saenz drew opposition from
long time county clerk em-
ployee Arturo Clarke Clarke
now is employed by the Rio
Grande City School District
The Starr County District
Clerk's office vacated by Bias
Chapa who will run for County
Judge will be sought by Fer-
nando Salinas and Juan
Erasmo Saenz
County School Superintendent
Juan H llinojosa Jr. drew
opposition from Romeo Lopez.
Lopez is a long time educator
■iiid administrator with the Rio
Grande City School District.
Starr County Clerk Jose S.
llinojosa drew opposition from
Flias Aguilar Aguilar is a
political new comer and is
seeking the position in hopes of
bringing a fresh new concept to
the office of County Clerk.
State Senator John Treager
drew opposition from the man
he has once defeated for the
position Oscar Carrillo Sr.
County Treasurer Jose D.
Villarreal drew opposition from
Leonardo Saenz. Saenz vacated
his position in the County
Democratic Executive Com-
mittee and was replaced by
Antonio Garcia Jr
County Surveyor E, (Laloi
Aguilar will run unopposed
Races also developed in the
County Democratic Executive
Committee.
Seeking the County
Democratic Party Chair-
manship will Ik' former District
Attorney Frank It Nye, Rio
Grande City Restaurant
operator Cesar Leal and School
Adm inistra tor Guada lupe
Villarreal
Precinct One Committeeman
w ill besought by Pedro S. Pena,
and Lloyd Van Nest, Precinct
Two by Paul M. Doyno and Jose
Adan Garcia, Precinct Three by
Gustavo Rivera and Cronelia
Alvarez. Precinct Four by
Antonio Garcia Jr . Precinct
Five by lloracio Perez and
Fedcrico Guerra Jr.. Precinct
Six by Eliza 1' Galindo and
Emma Vera, Precinct 7 by
Alfredo Garcia. Precinct H by
Miguel G Lopez Sr., and
Bernardo Garcia and Precinct it
bv Moises Gutierrez and Flizar
Gil
Local
boy wins
contest
Sen. John Traeger
It
Alex W. Gabert
&s?,y
lose Hinojosa
& . - * : •
Ifeg it
i-year old David
Box 7IK. has won first
the t Haul U Color
Amando Pena
Elcve
Trevino.
prize in
contest
The contest, open to the
children ol t Haul dealers,
attracted entries from 4K states.
David's father is employed at
Trading Post Service Station
David's prize w ill be a Snoopy
and the Red Baron game. He is
one ol 45 lirst prize winners in
various age categories. Six
grand prize winners received
new Schwinn bicycles
Key Alaniz
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Trejo, Raul. Rio Grande Herald (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1974, newspaper, February 7, 1974; Rio Grande City, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth194445/m1/1/: accessed March 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rio Grande City Public Library.