Thanksgiving guests mingle as Del Rio notes extend
Readers in Del Rio recount Thanksgiving visits from relatives including Mrs. Te Hickma and Dr. Su gan Eakin of Baylor University. The piece lists local families hosting kin from Corpus Christi, Houston, Panama City and Fort Worth, plus births and attendees at Laughlin Air Force Base hospital. It concludes with hunting plans for December and the Powder Puff football game hype at Matcy Martin Field to fund the Student Council.
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del Rio High School
Sugan Emita Eakin
Baklor University
Waco
Eakin
Det
Rio
Ben ‘Bakin
Frank Korbel
L. Sawyer
Panama ‘City
Florida
William Contifanti
Laughlin Air Force Base Hospital
Carolynn Lucy
Wiliam Contifanti
Bristol
Pennsylvania
Rafael Perez
del Rio
Eric Edward Newman
Edward
Nancy Pearson Newman
Texas A&m
Nassau
Bahamas
Kyle Field
Eric
Stanley Newman
Miami
Allen V. and
Rhea Pearson
Nex
War Horses
Nanny Goats
Matcy Martin Field
Caracas braces for presidential vote as terror threats loom
In Caracas and other cities Venezuelan air forces urged voting while armed groups lobbed threats and fired on police. Four pedestrians and a gallica mari were wounded as snipers menaced streets ahead of the election. Police mobilized 10,000 officers with National Guard support. national polling stations housed about 49,000 troops.
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Caracas
Cit
FALN
Cuba
Lo: Betancourt
National Guard
Cause of Flaming Jet Crash Sought
Canadian and American experts join Saturday in a search for the cause of the fiery crash of a Tranq Canada DC8F jetliner that killed 118 people. The disaster near Sainte Therese de Blainville followed takeoff from Montreal Dorval Airport for Toronto.
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Ste. Therese DE Blain
Ville, Que
First Freeze Here First Freeze Here
Frost glistened on lawns and shrubs and rooftops early Saturday morning as Texas endured a cold front with lows around 28 to 38 degrees. The Weather Bureau forecast a gradual warmup Sunday with highs 68 to 76, while mornings ranged from 19 at Dalhart to 45 at Galveston.
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Theeason
Laughlin Air Force Base
Loma T
Ercury
Herman Richter
de Rio
Texas
Weather Bureau
Moat Areas
Rio Grande Valley
Dalhart
Upper Panhandle
Galveston
Oswald Papers May Yield Clues On Motives
Dallas AP reports vast Oswald file notes his pro Castro links and possible contacts across the country. The Dallas Morning Herald says handwritten items include a New York Communist HQ thank you and New Orleans Full Play for Cuba Committee activity. Oswald’s draft card and small telegram payments are noted.
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Lee
Harvey
Oswald
Herald
Oxwald
John F. Kennedy
New York
New Orleans
Cuba
George Carter
FBI
Washington
Assassination Shifts GOP Poll Lead After Kennedy Death
Washington AP reports Richard Nixon leads GOP contenders in a first nationwide poll after President Kennedy's assassination, with Lyndon Johnson dominant at 53 percent and Goldwater and Rockefeller trailing. Harris cautions results may shift as the nation mourns and emotions fade.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Louis Harris
Washington Post
Nixon
Kennedy
Harris
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Goldwater
Johnson
Rockefeller
Weather Summary for Del Rio Southwest Texas
Partly cloudy conditions with a warmer trend through the weekend. Sunday highs are forecast in the upper sixties to around seventy degrees. Low winds and light sun may occur with a cooler start Saturday morning.
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del Rio
Texas
Pecos River
Johnson naaoked for thrift in government budget
President Johnson pledged thrift in government and asked top officials for a year in review of actions and a plan for next year to tighten operations. He met with Budget Director Kermit Gordon and White House aides to prepare a 1965 fiscal year plan and provide a January Congress-ready report.
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Douglas B
Cornell
Washington
Jonhson
Johnson
Tharton
Kermit Gordon
Congress
District of Columbia
Charles Korsky
White House
Earl Warren
John F. Kennedy
Waship
Northeastern coast battered by fierce storm and snow
A violent Nor’easter battered the northeastern coast with heavy rain and gale force winds while western New York State faced a blizzard. At least ten deaths were attributed to the weather. Coastal towns reported widespread destruction of shore homes and flooding isolating roadways and lowland areas. Capsized and damaged boats, evacuations along Cape Cod and Long Island, and power outages marked the storm's impact. Police reported 25 shore homes leveled in Mattapoisett and Crescent Beach with no casualties among 15 occupants. Snow depths reached up to eight inches, delaying traffic in New York state. Tides rose ten feet above normal at Cape Cod as the coast faced near-total disruption.
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New York State
Teant
Bureau
Portland
Maine
Cape Cod
Mattapoisatt
Mass
Crescent Beach
Woods Hole
Onte Boing
Blouante
Neveral Formliek
Long Island
Muntic Beach
Dighton
Coat
Vietnamese girl immolates self in Saigon protest
A 20 year old Vietnamese woman, Tran Bath Nga, set herself alight in Saigon in a protest tied to the war crisis. She reportedly burned herself in front of villas housing international observers from India, Canada and Poland at the International Control Commission site. Authorities noted parallels to Buddhist self immolations used against the Diem regime.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Tran Bath Nga
Miau Nga
Ngo Dinh Diem
International Control Commission
Mina Nga
Saldon
Tok Police
Hiersely
Cuba Registers Men for Service
Cuba’s Armed Forces Minister Raul Castro urged all men aged 17 to 45 to register for military service to repel what he called Yankee imperialist aggression. He announced registration would take place Sunday and Monday and said youths 17 to 20 would be in the first ranks with no deferments or exceptions.
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Miami
Fla
Raul Castro
Fidel Castro
Airline Service For Del Rio Starty Monday
Del Rio residents vote in city elections next week as campaign talk heats up. SIDNEY BLANKS reports on local politics and the eve of the election.
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del Rio
Wv del Riogans
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