Around Town Activities and Local Meetings
Regular club meeting schedules for Saturday at 7 PM in the Masonic Hall and the City Council gathering tonight at 7 in the School Administration Building. A mother spotted a bright cockatiel or cockatoo near Buena Vista School while driving her children to class, prompting questions about ownership. Lyndon B. Johnson Day observances closed county and state offices. Prehistoric Indians of Amistad highlighted by National Park Service at Governor's Landing with free programs tonight and Friday. Rough Canyon program on native plants Saturday. Del Rio’s IMAGE group meets tonight in St Joseph's Parish Hall. Laughlin Wings registration for girls 6–11 set for Wednesday at 6 PM at Base Scout Hut with Junior Girl Scout Troop 110 as host. contact 298-3644 or 298-3288.
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Amistad
National Park Service
Governor's Landing
Lake Amistad
Rough Canyon Trailer
NPS
Laughlin
Nutrition plan sparks county dispute at regional council meeting
Maverick and Val Verde officials clash over a proposed year long nutrition center plan and CETA funding reshaping. Ed Rodriguez pushes for equity while several leaders push for current allocations and a compromise shifting slots among Maverick Val Verde and other rural counties amid training budget cuts and grants.
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Texas Education Agency
Jimenes
Congress
Maverick County
Val Verde
Zavala
Edwards, Kinney
LaSalle
Real
Uvalde
Dimmit County
del Rio
Mancha
Ancha
Rodriguez
Eddie
Cotulla
Leodoro Martinez
Leakey
Joe Chisum
Maverick
Walter Block
Dal Rio
MRGDC
Uvalde County
Whitis defeated for MRGDC seat in runoff
Mayor Herb Whitis faced a runoff after a preliminary vote for six at-large seats on the Middle Rio Grande Development Council board in Uvalde. Walter Block had sought Whitis nomination, but Charlie Danner defeated him 8-6 in the runoff, with other new at-large members named: Edward P. Rodriguez, Alfonso Esquivel, Tim Ward, Frank Guerrero, and James Black.
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Herb Whitis
Middle Rio Grande Development Council Board
Uvalde
Walter Block
del Rio
Whitis
Val Verde County
Regional Council of Governments
Real County
Charlie Danner
Danner
Eagle Pass
Edward P. Rodriguez
Elfonso Esquivel
Dimmit County
Tim Ward
Kinney County
Frank Guerrero
Zavala County
James Black
Cotulla
Juvenile Arrested in Vehicle Burglary Case
A 14 year old boy was turned over to Val Verde County juvenile rotation officers after his arrest for the burglary of an automobile. He was taken from his home about 7 30 p m Wednesday in connection with a vehicle burglary in the 400 block of East First Street around 9 12 p m Tuesday. A neighbor reported two boys entering and leaving a car nearby. No losses were reported and Patrolman Donald Weaver made the arrest under the investigation led by Acting Captain Charles Bruce.
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Val Verde County
East First Street
Donald Weaver
Charles Bruce
U S Responds to Korean and Libyan Incidents
White House officials described the Korean incident and the Libyan attack on U S aircraft as separate events with no evidence of a link. President Reagan was briefed by the White House Situation Room around 9 am PDT, with details still being evaluated by the Defense Department.
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U.S
Bhe
White House
Caspar W. Wein
Meese
Weinberger
Defense Department
Larry Speakes
Reagan
Angolan reports renew attacks in Cunene province
Angolan news agency Agnop says South African planes bombed the provincial capital Njiva in Cunene with heavy fighting near the city outskirts. No casualty details. President Eduardo dos Santos seeks UN Security Council action while Pretoria denies comment.
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Portugal
Angola
Cunene
Agnop
Njiva
Pretoria
United Nations
Security Council
Eduardo Dos Santos
Kurt Waldheim
New York
Luanda
Angop
South-West Africa
South Africa
Del Rio Calendar Sets 23 Holidays For 1981 82
The Del Rio school year will have 23 holiday days and planned activities. First day off is September 7 Labor Day for all grades. Additional breaks include November 13 and 26-27, December 21 to January 3, January 13, February 26, March 8-12, and April 9-12 Easter break.
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del Rio
Headache Pill Theft Leads to Del Rio Arrest
Griselda Watkins, 23, of 1103 Ave. E, was arrested at H E B Food Store on 701 Ave. F after allegedly leaving with a $4.15 package of headache pills without paying. Patrolman Roberto Garcia and off-duty security guard Michael Burch detained her about 3 p m Wednesday.
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del Rio
Griselda Watkins
Ave. E
H.E.B
Thief Drains Gas From Vehicle At Residence
Raymundo Mendoza reports 10 gallons stolen from his station wagon while parked at 723 Sage Drive between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday. Loss valued at 12.30 dollars as Del Rio Police investigate the incident.
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Raymundo Mendoza
del Rio
Mendoza
Rain chances rise as thundershowers push into weekend
The National Weather Service projects a 20 percent chance of showers and thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, rising to 40 percent Friday. Highs in the mid 90s, morning lows around 70s, and south winds 5 to 10 mph. All-time temp records noted for August 27. Extended forecasts show scattered showers in South Texas and mostly fair in West Texas with seasonal to near 100 degree highs.
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National Weather Service
NWS
South Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Wnewe
Herald
Del Rio man sentenced to five years in prison
Del Rio man Wednesday was sentenced to five years in the Texas Department of Corrections after he was found guilty Tuesday in 63rd Judicial District Court of distributing methamphetamines. Robert Lee Jefferson, 26, 805 Dignowity St., is one of three defendants arrested by Department of Public Safety narcotics officers on March 7. Artic Factor, 28, 200 Avant St., also was found guilty of distribution of methamphetamines and sentenced to five years in the TDC in June. The third defendant, Tamara Evans, 24, 208 E. Fourth St., pleaded guilty to the distribution charge and was sentenced to two years to the TDC in June. The three were arrested at Factor's residence following an undercover investigation that began in December. Several other defendants were also sentenced after entering guilty pleas in 68rd Judicial District Court, Assistant District Attorney Marsha Monroe said.
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del Rio Man
Texas Department of Corrections
Tamara Evans
E. Fourth St
TDC
Factor
del Rio
Laughlin Air Force Base
Gregory Rivers
Cantu Road
del Rio National Bank
Pedro Jaime Cruzzantana
Matasca
Cuba
Greenwood St
Juan Antonio Luna
Torreon
Mexico
Val Verde
Simon Torres Jr
Wernett St
Leonel Gutierrez
Broadbent St
Death of Mrs. Dorothy Word in Lubbock Rites Held in Floydada
Dorothy Word 65 sister in law of Mrs H H Petty of Del Rio died Aug 20 in Lubbock. Funeral rites Aug 22 Floydada. Wife of James Word. Survivors: husband three daughters Ann Word Carr Petersburg Texas Mary Garrett Kansas City Kaw Elizabeth Arnold San Antonio seven grandchildren.
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Dorothy Word
H.H. Petty
del Rio
Lubbock
Floydada
James Word
Ann. Word Carr
Petersburg
Texas
Mary Garrett
Kansas City
Kaw
Elizabeth Arnold
San Antonio
Rites set for John Rogers Johnson bank exec 81
John Rogers Johnson 81 longtime vice president of Del Rio National Bank will be buried in Masonic Cemetery after funeral at Humphreys- Doran Funeral Home. He died Wednesday morning at his Broadview Street home born August 18 1900 worked at the bank since 1919 married Myrtle Schubert in 1924 who died in 1977. He was a member of First United Methodist Church Hoena and charter member of the Del Rio Antique Car Club with survivors including a brother Pleas Johnson of Phoenix and a niece and nephew.
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John Rogers Johnson
de Rio National Bank
Humphreys- Doran
Frank E.T. Kennedy
First Christian Church
Raymond Brink
First United Methodist Church
Masonic Cemetery
Johnson
Broadview St
del Rio National Bank
Myrtle Schubert
del Ria
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