12 Aug 1981
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1981
Page
1
Mike Elliot, ex Del Rio resident, is under intensive care at Wilford Hall on Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. Also present is Mrs. Elliot, a San Antonio resident. The item notes his past involvement with the Order of the Eastern Star.
City council discussed Information and referral grants totaling 189000 across nine counties with 9000 per county. Debates over misallocated funds, upcoming voter-adoption, police patrol contracts, STEP grant, street lighting installation, and a taxi permit were noted alongside a Main Street program briefing.
The National Weather Service reports fair warm nights and hot days for Del Rio today and Thursday. Highs reach upper 90s with a 98 degree Tuesday peak and 75 degree low. record high 104 set in 1911 and low 65 in 1974. Rain total this year is 18.82 inches through August with 1.74 inches for August so far.
Stella Ramirez, long separated from family after adoption, traces her father after learning of his death in a hit and run. A sister, Blossom Flores, connects via a newspaper story, leading to a reunion with her mother Frances Marie Solis Gomez and newly discovered relatives at Hermann Hospital where the father died and a baby is born.
Tuesday admissions include Dulce Graf Norma Martinez Guadalupe Sifuentes Juan Medina Jose Armendariz Macve Marshall Marcial Sanchez Agapito Saenz Jason Ford Mark Morales Julian Morales Rita Mayorga Juanita Sanchez Juan Vasquez and Maria Garza Discharges include Serapio Cardenas Maria Grimmer Ricardo Carranza Simona Quintela Maria Cuellar Nifa Saucedo Lisa Meyer Diana Sandoval Andrea Garcia Jesusita Barrera and Geraldo Pacheco
Mrs Violet Jane Stanley aged 65 was found dead at 402 W Marlin Street with death ruled natural by Justice of the Peace Harold Reed. Funeral services planned Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Skintook Oklahoma, with burial at Resthaven Cemetery. Survivors include three sisters and three brothers across Oklahoma Missouri Florida and Tulsa.
Garza Street residents oppose a $4.50 per front foot tax to fund $15,850 in sidewalks and curbs as part of a state highway widening plan. Officials noted drainage issues and safety concerns, with the council tabling the assessment and later rejecting it 7-0. Data on alternate funding will be presented at the August 25 meeting.
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