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Campbell in JuarezICelebrate Freedom Of MexicoLARFDO, Tex. (UPI) — Mexican - Americans and other Texans celebrated Mexi-n-can independence Friday with 'parades and speeches and the “abrazo” (embrace) of friendship.The memory of the “Fath-leen,r„ The Municipal Folklore Bal-w-let of Nuevo Laredo enter tamed. Friday, military and jj civilian groups paraded in u’ Nuevo Laredo, e At San Antonio, dignitaries nf from Mexico and Texas put a wreath at Hidalgo’s statue at Romana Plaza. Mexican Undersecretary of Treasury ,/ Francisco Alcala Quintero and Texas Sec. of State John Hill gave the “abrazo.” Hill represented Gov. John Con-nallv and Quintero representer of Mexican Independence,” Miguel Hidalgo, was honored e* in the ceremonies. And there ix were fireworks, receptions, and speeches. n At Laredo, Mayor J. C.F Martin Jr., and the mayor r of the neighboring Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo. Ru-perto Villarreal, met. at the on middle of the International )t. bridge and embraced each •jo other.te Traditional ‘Grito’up Nuevo Laredo had its bigks celebration Thursday night, *s,ist the night of the traditions “Grito,” or yell of indepen dence. Several thousand per sons gathered in the Nuevo Laredo Plaza in front of city Clhall for the program. A large Cltldi] delegation from Laredo at- Atended. I p;1|i/Ied Mexican President G u s- ^IX* tavo Diaz Ordaz. l' Mexican “Charro” bands 11played in a parade at San airAntonio Thursday. naihe Friday, the “Fiesta de Li-re hertad,” festival of liberty, was held in San Antonio at an V111 it a Assembly Hall.“ Democracy t\ith Deeds ntf) V.JUAlcala Quintero told an mi-Itif iarec
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Albuquerque Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Sat, Sep 17, 1966
Page 8
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