San Felipe High to Host Christmas Dance and Community Notices
The Student Council of San Felipe High School will host a Christmas dance on December 17 at Feliccio's from 8 p.m. to midnight with tickets via council members and music by Matias Aguirre's Orchestra. Other items include memorial services by the Elks Lodge, a Christmas bazaar by the Woman's Christian Fellowship, a Sunday dinner at San Felipe Country Club, and a Del Rio pianist concert rescheduled for December 14.
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Feliccio’s
Matias Aguirre
Elks Lodge
Woman’s Christian Fellowship
Fellowship Hall
First Christian Church
A.J. Mello
San Felipe Country Club
Peter Nero
del Rio
Nero
Florida
Chevaliers
Laughlin Air Force Base
How Many Doctors and Nurses in Del Rio
Del Rio has 13 physicians. The city lacks a complete nurse roster. Registered, licensed practical nurses and aides exist along with 50 plus Candy Stripers and Pink Ladies volunteers at Val Verde Memorial Hospital. Laughlin AFB staff also contribute nurses and aides, totals not released. City project on related work aims to finish this winter.
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del Rio
Rio
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Iliary
Laughlin Air Force Base
Chinese Bandits Win Chamber Drive In Del Rio Drive
Del Rio Chamber of Commerce reports 50 plus new members and pledges totaling 6744.50 for the next year. The GoTeam and Chinese Bandits competed with Bandits collecting 5738 points to 3946 for Go Team amid a four day drive that boosted current membership to about 375.
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Coor
del Rio
Leonard Monroe
Chamber
GoTeam
Silas Byrd
New Chamber
C.R
Buz) Pusard
Haynes Motor Co
Fred Field
Alta Juno Co
del Rio Humble
del Rio Construction
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Union Bankers Ins
Sunset Inn
Betty’s Ranch House Cafe
Chapparral Florist
Amistad Cleaners
Guerra Medi
Cal Lab
L.M. Bishop
Jim Wal
Saniter Corp
Trading Post
Jesus S Soto Brick & Tile
Tyler
Wheel Electric
del Rio Garden Center
Tax Increase Dead For 1967
Washington (UPI) The Johnson administration’s proposed income tax hike is dead for 1967 and faces doubt for approval next year. Treasury Secretary Fowler and Budget Director Schultze left the Ways & Means hearing after failing to win support from Chairman Wilbur Mills who questioned the immediacy of inflation pressures.
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Washington
UPD
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Charles L. Schultze
House
Ways & Means Committee
Rep
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Israel says two Mirage jets downed near Suez City
Egyptian antiaircraft batteries claim to have shot down two French built Mirage jets over the western Suez Canal near Suez City at 7 10 a m EST. The pilots parachuted. one landed in the Suez Gulf waters, the other in Israeli held territory.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
Egypt
Suez City
Israel
Suez
Cairo
Levi Eshkol
Jerusalem
Middle East
Suez Canal
Suez Gulf
Jordan River
Elath
Eshkol
Defense
Moshe Dayan
Allied Units Repel Red Attack on Bu Dop Airstrip
Allied troops repelled a Viet Cong assault on Bu Dop airstrip near the Cambodian border, the third strike in three days. Pilots reported heavy fighting in a rubber tree forest beside the U.S. Special Forces camp as supplies were flown in despite the clashes. Additional fighting spread around Con Thien near the DMZ and near Dak To in the Central Highlands.
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Saigon
UPS
Bu Dop
Cambodia
U.S
Con Thien
Annual Football Banquet Slated for Del Rio Wildcats
Del Rio Wildcat Boosters Club announces 7 40 p m Dec 11 banquet at the Civic Center with Mike Gaechter Dallas Cowboys defensive back as principal speaker. Expect 500 attendees. menu includes ribeye steaks and pie. Tickets $3. Committees number over 70. honored guests include Band Twirlers Cheer Leaders and Del Rio Dolls.
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Civic Center
Phil Ricks
Wildcat Boosters Club
Mike Gaechter
Dallas Cowboys
Ricks
Gaechter
Dallas
Mr. Gaechter
Baltimore
Philadelphia
del Rio
Twirlers
del Rio Dolls
Del Rio Area Weather Forecast Readout
Cloudy today through Saturday with mild temperatures turning cooler. Tonight and Saturday will see low 40s to 50s and highs in the 60s, winds southeast 8 to 18 mph shifting to northwest with gusts. Sunset 5 45 p m sunrise 7 21 a m southwest Texas east of Pecos River partly cloudy and cooler with highs 59 to 72 and lows 38 to 55 in the northwest.
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del Rio
Texas
Pecos River
Snowstorm cripples region as weathermen head home
A multistate blizzard paralyzed travel from New Jersey to New England, with up to 12 inches in surrounding suburbs and 11 inches at Andrews Air Force Base. The Washington area logged record snowfall since 1888, triggering power failures and more than 1000 accidents. At least 15 people died nationwide, including three teachers near Indiana, Pennsylvania. The Lincoln Tunnel closed twice, buses idled, and flights canceled across Baltimore and Philadelphia. Local schools shut en masse as expressways iced over and traffic ground to a halt.
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New Jersey
Cape May Point
New York City
Lincoln Tunnel
Pennsylvania
New York
Kentucky
New Enee Eete
Cape Codeek
Andrews Air Force Base
Dulles International
Washington Weather Bureau
Friendship International
Baltimore
Indiana
Purchase Line High School
Phia
Missouri
New England
Teen escapes Kinney County jail with hacksaw blades
Lawrence Grant Jordan an 18 year old from Little Rock Arkansas escaped Kinney County jail after a 16 year old inmate provided hacksaw blades for a gold ring. He escaped early Monday and is being sought by officers. Jordan had been on probation and was in Brackettville custody on Fort Worth police authority.
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Kinney County
Herman Richter
Lawrence Grant Jordan
Little Rock
Ark
Brackettville
John Sheedy
Jordan
Fort Worth
Heavy Fog Forces Port and Air Closures Across Texas
Excessive humidity created dense fog across North and South Texas closing William P Hobby airport Houston port Galveston port and delaying ship traffic. About 10 vessels anchored off Galveston and two freighters delayed at Houston. Traffic around Sabine Neches River area slowed with roads to industrial plants creeping along in dense fog.
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United Press International
Texas
William P. Hobby
Houston
Galveston
Sabine - Neches River
Aio Grande
Red River
Dallas Fort
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Beverly Tabor
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Henry Mills Jr
Pat Rose Sr
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Eliquel Talamantez JR
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Cecil) Talamantez
W. Martin Sr
U.S.A.S.A
Germany
Thomas G. Lee
E. 6Th St
Lee
Guarantee Store
W.M. Stool
Gunner St
Michael Stool
Louis Allen Stool
Tributing Co
John Dickehut
Louy Younts
Bob Dobkins
Phil Arledge
News-Herald
E.H. Sheffield
Marcus Villareal
Sheffield
Queen City
E.W. Marlowe
Marlowe
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Aco
Toros Construction Co
Arocha Glass & Home
Dr. Page & Sperry
K W MC
Bouque Beauty Shop
Rio Manor Resaurant
Kitts Construction
Travelodge
Mary’s Beauty Shop
Alamo Frozen Food
Rains Wholesale Produce
Jack Daniels
Home Appliance Co
Ramon’s General Ins
Chuck Box Drive
del Rio Mobil Homes
Royal Summit
Watt Murrah Law Office
Hot Pit Bar
B & W Motor Co
Art’s Lumber Yard
Conn Gulf Service
Plaza Motel
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Mills
Congress
U.N
Thant
Mideast
Gunnar Jarring
Charles de Gaulle
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Tiran Strait
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