By STEVE HATHCOCK
Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, offering a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley.
Boomerang feature aired locally
March 7 on the 10 p.m. news: A videotape of the nationally televised program. Who’s Who by Charles Kuralt, which features John McMahan, better known here as Billy Boomerang, which was telecast nationwide on February 1 on CBS, will be aired on KGBT. Dash TV on Monday,
Local CBS television affiliate KGBT-TV does not carry the Who’s Who program, but did agree to videotape the program and present it at a later date.
This film provided South Padre Island with 4 1/2 minutes of prime-time national television publicity, said Ralph Thompson, executive vice president of the Island Tourist Bureau. (Port Isabel-South Padre Press, March 3, 1977.)
Huge Pot Bust!
Brownsville: Officers at Brownsville say that they seized 635 lbs. of marijuana when they arrested a San Antonio man along the Mexican border in extreme South Texas.
US Magistrate William Mallet has identified the man as 26-year-old Jesse Roberto Martinez. He’s being held in the Cameron County Jail at Brownsville in lieu of a $20,000 bond.
Officers say they found the marijuana yesterday in a car driven by Martinez at the International Bridge at the small town of Roma. (WBAP-TV, Television station: Fort Worth, Tx., March 10, 1972)
Soldier Threatens
To Shoot Citizen Of Brownsville
A soldier with Sergeant stripes swaggered about Millers Hotel the evening of Saint Patrick’s Day with a six shooter in his hands, threatening to shoot down a citizen.
We would remind said soldier that the citizen pays taxes to support the army that he may be protected in life, limb, and property, and not that he may be shot down by them. Besides, shooting down people is not commendable No How. The enlightening effects of corn cordial were doubtless the great fault. (Daily Ranchero, Brownsville, March 19, 1870)