The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1978 Page: 4 of 10
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Mercedes, Texas 78570 Thursday, August 24, 1978
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The program provides an opportunity for young
SAVE WITH PEACE OF MIND AT THE SAFE PLACE TO SAVE.
people who have dropped out of school to earn
a high school equivalency certificate and
improve their chances of getting a better job, or
continuing their education.
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HEP, the High School Equivalency Program for
migrant and seasonal farmworker youth between
ages of 17 and 24, may be the answer for you.
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507 NORTH 1ST STREET
HARLINGEN 423-6692
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At Tropical Savings, dividends are compounded daily, paid or credited
quarterly on all accounts. Passbook savings earn from date of deposit to
date of withdrawal Remember, passbook savings in by the tenth earn from
the first at Tropical, Harlingen’s ONLY insured association — where money
earns the highest rates permitted with maximum safety.
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Three hundred thirty-three
His wife, Anselma, lives in
Clarksville, Tennessee.
Founded in 1904 out of the forty thousand acre McAllen brothers' ranch . . . the “City
of Palms" is a modern day boom town.
Business and industry . . . tourism and international trade . . . citrus and cotton . . .
McAllen has it all!
Its elegant Spanish architecture, swaying palms and tropical flowers are the pride of
McAllen's fifty-seven thousand people.
Tropical Savings tips its hat to McAllen ... an important contributor to the Valley's
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ONE YEAR: $5 IN VALLEY
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TWO YEARS: $8.50 IN VALLEY
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Teaching Aids And Class
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Contact “ Oscar Perez, Recruiter
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Pan American University
Edinburg, Texas 78539
Phone 381-2527
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WITH $2.00 PURCHASE OR MORE
MONTH OF AUGUST
MAIN OFFICE: VAN BUREN & SECOND STREET, P. O. BOX 2188,
HARLINGEN, TEXAS 78550 PHONE: 423-2900
HARLINGEN BRANCHES: 1221 MORGAN BLVD. PHONE: 423-7322
1301 SOUTH COMMERCE (LAUREL PARK) PHONE: 423-1542
LOS FRESNOS BRANCH: 111 ARROYO BLVD. PHONE: 233-4301
ELSA BRANCH: FM RD. 88 & HWY. 107 PHONE: 262-3512
LA FERIA BRANCH: 116 SOUTH MAIN, PHONE: 797-2781
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Pablo Gutierrez, Mercedes,
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the week ending August 18,
according to W.L. Reeves,
area director of the Harlingen
Marketing Services Office.
Grower offerings were light to
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LUTHERAN SCHOOL FACULTY - Instructors at Immanuel Lutheran School of Mercedes
during the next year are shown above after a recent teachers’ meeting at the school. They
include, in front, left to right, Mrs. Sandy Glienke, third and fourth grade teacher, Mrs.
Vernette Bub, first and second grades, and Wayne Woolery, serving as principal. Behind,
same order, are Roger Tessendorf, seventh and eighth grades, Mrs. Karen Tessendorf, fifth
and sixth grades, and Mrs. Edith Drawe, kindergarten. Classes begin August 24 at the
school. [Mercedes Enterprise Photo.]
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HEARINGS ON WOMEN
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
before the House Select
Committee on Narcotics A-
buse and Control have
revealed a grim picture of
what for too long has been
hidden from official view. The
courageous statements of
Mrs. Betty Ford and, more
recently, Mrs. Joan Kennedy,
have helped to focus public
attention on the growing drug
dependency of women, now
more than 52 percent of the
nation’s population.
Each year, more than 100
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During the course, stud-
ents received instruction in
skill development techniques
and military occupational
specialty subjects.
Gutierrez entered the
Army in September 1975.
DISTRICT OFFICE was infor-
med by constituent James W.
Davis that Alamo-classified a
first class service post office
was without Saturday mail
delivery, we went to the
Office of the Postmaster
General. We were assured
Saturday service would start
in Alamo no later than July 8.
It did not, and we returned to
the Postmaster General. The
delay, we were told, was the
result of the vacant position of
Alamo postmaster. That prob-
lem must have been resolved,
because on Saturday, August
12, the mail finaly came to
Alamo.
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students of the Harlingen
campus of. Texas State
Technical Institute will be p
candidates for graduation ’
Friday, August 25. The
commencment exercises will
be held in Harlingen’s Casa
de Amistad starting at 7 p.m.
Candidates from Mercedes < ,
are Cristobal Howell, elec- 1
tronics; Rodolfo Garcia and
Reynaldo Martinez, air con-
ditioning and refrigeration
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THE RAGING WATERS
THAT LEFT DEATH AND
DEVASTATION IN THEIR
wake in parts of our beloved
state point up the challenge
facing us: flash floods now are
recognized as the nation’s
number one weather-related
killer. With and average
annual devastation totaling
200 lives and a billion dollars
in damage, flash flooding has
surpassed lightning as the
principal cause of weather
deaths. The National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Adiministra-
tion (NOAA) says that
increasing urban develope-
ment along rivers and in
narrow canyons in mountain-
ous areas is responsible for a
death toll since 1968 that is
double that of the early
1960’s, and triple the rate of
the 1940’s.
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moderate. Trading was mostly
slow with only a few mixed
lots selling at prices tanging
from about 46 to 60 cents per
pound, with most prices being
from 58 to 59 cents per
pound. Grade 41 and better
and staple 34 with premium
mike averaged from 58.50 to
59.50 cents per pound.
Cottonseed prices to pro-
ducers ranged from $80 to $90
per ton with the majority
priced at around $80 to $82
per ton. Forward crop
contracting interest increased
for 1979 cotton with prices at
around 60 cents per pound
being offered to farmers.
Picking operations neared
95 percent complete in most
of the MSO territory. Scrapp-
ing operations were winding
up in the coastal counties.
Second picking of irrigated
cotton areas was well under-
was as field conditions
remained near ideal for
harvesting.
Approximately 48,000 sam-
ples were classed the week
ending Friday, August 18,
bringing the season’s total to
225,400. This compares to
about 219,100 as of this date
last year.
Grade 41 has predominat-
ed so far, comprising 46
percent of the samples classed
this season. Grade 31 made
up 20 percent and grades 40
and 51 each were seven
percent. Staple 34 accounted
for 61 percent while staple 33
made up 30 percent. Eighty-
nine percent had micronaire
readings in the desirable
range of 3.5 through 4.9.
Mr. Reeves stated that
cotton quality, price, and
related information can be
obtained daily by dialing the
Harlingen Marketing Services
Office’s market news tele-
phone tape service at (area
code 512) 425-1061.
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ten for tranquilizers, 60
million for analgesics, 28
million for barbiturates, and
14 million for amphetamines.
Of these, women receive twice
as many as do men.
One in three narcotic
addicts, and one in three
alcoholics, are women. Yet
only 18 percent of all persons
receiving federal treatment for
alcoholism, and only 26
percent of all persons clients
treated for narcotics abuse
with federal funds, are
women. Most women who
abuse drugs are of the
child-bearing ages of 15 to 40.
We need to get at the
underlying causes of female
drug abuse to prevent this
disease before we have to
treat it. Both the public and
private sectors must start
helping the woman who, for
one reason or another, must
use drugs.
MEANWHILE, THE ON-
GOING TRAGEDY OF “AN-
GEL DUST” ABUSE was
highlighted in dramatic testi-
mony offered by Senator Lloyd
Bentsen at a Select Committee
hearing at which I presided.
Angel Dust, or PCP, heralds a
new generation of entirely
sythetic drugs not obtained
over the border, or from
meeting a ship at sea. These
drugs, made from legal
chemicals, are produced
cheaply by amateurs from
materials obtained locally.
A $600 outlay at a chemical
supply house can become, in a
basement, garage, or van, a
coumpound with a street value
of $100,000.
IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR
PRESIDENT CARTER TELL
BEEF PRODUCING Missouri
farmers that he will not
permit more beef imports this
year. The President also said
he will not allow unrestricted
beef imports next year, and
that he is opposed to price
controls on meat. The problem
of imports and their effect on
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our cattlemen have long
concerned me, and my own
legislation was designed to
protect domestic producers.
Earlier this year, the Admini-
stration allowed an additonal
200 million pounds of beef
imports with the rise of retail
meat prices.
THREE TEXAS FISHES
HAVE BEEN PROPOSED
FOR THE ENDANGERED OR
THREATENED SPECIES
LISTS BY THE Interior
Department’s U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. They are the
Leon Sprigns pupfish, the
Goodenough gambusia, and
the Devil’s River minnow.
The action comes as the
Subcommittee on Fisheries
and Wildlife Conservation and
the Enviroment of the
Committee on Merchant Ma-
rine continues to amend the
Endangered Species Act.
We must be sure we do
not weaken the act while we
provide a mechanism for the
satisfactory resolution of pos-
sible conflicts. Common sense
shoul be the rule and not the
excetion.
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service; Juan E. Cantu and (
Richad Vega, automotive ,
mechanics; Joe Garcia, J. ’
Silvestre Guajardo, Mike I
Ledesma and Raul Rivera, |
building construction crafts- T
men; Jose Cano and Juan P. i
Valdes, Bookkeeper and Gua- J
dalupe de la Torre and "
Cynthia Galvan, clerk typist. " 4
Other candidates from J
Mercedes are Margarita Can-
tu, Lynda Cox, Esperanza '
Flores, Graciela Garza, Leticia
Olga Gomez, San Juana C. ‘
Palacios and San Juanita I , I
Ybarra, general office clerk. I
the city of McAllen .
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The Mercedes Enterprise (Mercedes, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1978, newspaper, August 24, 1978; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1438724/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Library.