Blooming lavender shrub draws local interest and events
A lavender shrub at 108 E Broadway Ave known as a barometer plant booms after rain or before rain. Robert Schnase speaks at First United Methodist Church at 7:30 PM in the House of Friendship with hostesses Mrs. W E Kellett and Mrs. Walter Hutto. Federally Employed Women meet at 7 PM in Del Rio Bank directors room. Family members are urged to call Delma Rodriguez about reunions. P T A City Council plans a workshop from 7 to 8 PM Thursday. Mayor's Committee eyes a Sept 19 Moore Park fundraising bazaar in Council Chambers.
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C.W. Aycocks
E. Broadway Ave
Walt Wardlaw
Robert Schnase
First United Methodist Church
House of Friendship of the Church
W.E. Kellett
Walter Hutto
The
del Rio Bank
Delma Rodriguez
Moore Park
Spadolini Forms Italy’s 42nd Postwar Government
Giovanni Spadolini, 57, reconstitutes a five party coalition to govern Italy, presenting the same cabinet before President Sandro Pertini and awaiting a confidence vote in Parliament. Christian Democrats lead with 15 seats, Socialists seven, Social Democrats three, Republicans two, Liberals one.
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Rome
Giovanni Spadolini
Italy
Spadolini
Republican Party
Sandro Pertini
Pertini
Christian Democrats
Social Democrats
Poles Defy Riot Police At Floral Crosses In Warsaw
In Warsaw hundreds of Poles of all ages placed banners at floral crosses outside the Old Town among thousands strolling cafes. They added tokens to crosses at St Ann’s Church and the Church of the Sisters of Visitation after Deputy Premier Rakowski warned authorities would meet protests with nerves of steel. The crosses recalled the Victory Square arrangement linked to Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski’s May 1981 funeral as police earlier fenced and repaved the plaza.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity Union
Old Town
St. Ann's Church
Castle Square
the Sisters of Visitation
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
Solidarity
Brackett ISD shifts start to Thursday
Brackett Independent School District will begin the new school year on Thursday instead of Wednesday. No breakfast program will run during the first two weeks due to construction, according to Superintendent M H Wills.
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Brackett
Brackettville
Brackett Independent
Supt
M.H. Wills
Del Rio News Herald Ad Rates and Delivery Notice
The Del Rio News Herald lists home delivery and out of town rates with monthly, six month, and yearly prices. Subscriptions are due before delivery and payments may be mailed or paid in person at the Main Street office. missing copies can be reported by phone during specified hours.
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Newe-Herald
Persen
News-Herald
Main
Dal Rio
Texas
Del Rio fairgrounds funding sparks tax clash and mystery photo
Citizens briefed on a proposed $55,000 repair package for Del Rio Val Verde County Fairgrounds as critics warn of tax hikes and welfare costs. Chamber officials tout economic benefits while local officials cite gambling linked ills. A mystery photo contest offers a $5 prize for identifying the image and location.
Texas Governor Rules Out Unemployment Tax Hike Before Election
The governor rejects raising the unemployment tax before the election and says a special session could be held in November or December if needed. Officials warn the tax could surge by about 1800 percent due to higher joblessness, tied to a formula issue in the tax calculation.
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Clements
Austin
Texas Employment Commission
Texas
Aluminum can recycling peaks in summer at local center
The Wintergarden Distributors sponsored aluminum can recycling at Plaza del Sol Mall reports 2,575,500 cans cashed in 1982 through June, paying about $21,460 to participants. Center hours are 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, 20 cents per pound with roughly 24 cans per pound.
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Wintergarden Distributors, Inc
Norman Elder
Plaza del Sc Mall
Deaths Mrs Barbarets L Prieto at El Serene Val Memorial
Mrs Barbarets L Prieto died at El Serene in Val Memorial. She was born July 13, ima. Funeral arrangements set with rites at the amphree oran. Survivors include husband Taaias Prieto and several children, mother, sister, brother, and three grandchildren, all of Del Rio or nearby.
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Barbarets L. Prieto
el Serene In
Val
E. Bowie
Mrs. Prieto
Ima
Taaias Prieto
Isaiss Prieto Jr
San Angelo
Ramiro
Benjamin, Lamel
Cresane Pology
Abigail Prieto Rio
Gymvia Prieto
Banayite
Rebecca Prisio
del Rio
Olivia Leal
Lydia Leal
Santiago Leal
Rotary governor to speak here in Del Rio
James E. McKeown, governor of Rotary District 584, will address the Del Rio Rotary Club on Our world and Rotary. He will confer with Hugh E. Williams and club officers on this year’s service activities. McKeown, a past president of Alamo Heights Rotary, was elected governor at the Dallas Rotary International Convention in June 1982 and serves through June 30, 1983. District 584 includes 38 clubs and more than 2,200 members.
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Our World
Rotary
del Rio Rotary Club
James E. McKeown
Rotary District
McKeown
Hugh E. Williams
Rotary International
Alamo Heights
Dallas
Del Rio Weather Forecast Warm Days Continue
National Weather Service reports highs in the upper 90s to near 100, with lows in the mid 70s. Sunday high reached 97, with an all time high for Aug 23 of 106 in 1917 and a low of 65 in 1940. Rainfall for August totals 0.12 inches. year to date 8.11 inches, 1.93 below normal. Extended outlooks show partly cloudy skies, warm afternoons, and isolated thunderstorms in South Texas, with 90s to 100s possible and cooler nights. West Texas expects partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and highs from the upper 80s to 103 in Big Bend valleys.
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del Rio
National Weather Service
South
Texas
NWS
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Amistad water readings show slight morning declines
Amistad elevation this morning stood at 1116.58 feet, down .05 from Friday. Dam depth 216.58 feet, down .05. Water storage 3,356,978 acre feet, decrease of 3,204. Surface area 64,509 acres, down 42. Downstream flow unchanged at 1,560 cubic feet per second.
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Amistad
Amistad Dam
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del Rio News- Herald
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Val Verde Memorial Hospital
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