07 Dec 1965
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1965
Page
1
A line listing with a Dallas Texas address and box number 8 8066 for Wicrofilm Service and Salve. The entry appears to be a contact or mailing address reference in a historical newspaper context. It notes a P O Box 8 and a Dallas location for the service.
Space officials report Gemini 6 in good shape and ready for a rendezvous with Gemini 7, with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell expected to attempt a link as weather cooperates. Clouds have hampered tracking but controllers remain confident.
Report notes a rise in defense outlays by the Soviet Union totaling 666 million dollars as part of an ongoing effort to expand forces and modernize equipment amid a broader military buildup.
The Soviet Union boosts peacetime military spending for 1966 by 666 million dollars, a five percent rise cited to counter U.S. efforts in Vietnam. Finance Minister Garbuzov unveils a 116.99 billion dollar budget with 14.87 billion for defense, though observers doubt the total reflects actual arms outlays.
Around Town reports palm trees unwanted by residents may be moved from Laughlin AFB grounds with Betty Henderson coordinating. Call the Chamber of Commerce if you can donate palms. Also, 8 Bill and Helen Stool host their 20th annual Christmas party for store employees at their Gunner Street home Wednesday evening. Boy Scouts Troop 202 sell pine trees on Avenue F near 8th Street to fund projects. Bill Edwards will be at the lot at 10 a.m. to run the sale. Auxiliary to the American GI Forum meets tonight at 7:30 in Forum Hall and United Civic Organization holds a meeting at Target School with new officers to be elected. Medicare health insurance for seniors is discussed by Leo Vidaurri in Del Rio on Wednesday. West Texas Boys Ranch receives deer donations. venison can be delivered to local locker plants for the ranch near San Angelo. Del Rio hosts visiting military brass including Major General A J Russell Colonel John Harvey and Brig General John Des Portes, guests of Noble Taylor.
Partly cloudy and warmer today with southerly winds 6 to 16 mph. Highs reach 76 to 78 F, Monday 75 F, lows around 40 F, sunrise 7 26 am and sunset 5 45 pm. Southwest Texas east of Pecos River remains cloudy and warm through Wednesday with nights 35 to 50 F.
U S Customs agents seized two grams of heroin valued at 300 dollars and detained a man and a woman from Midland near the International Bus Station Sunday night. Juanita Lerma and Manuel Maldonado were arraigned before U S Commissioner W P Wallace Jr with Maldonado held on 2500 dollars bond. The Plymouth auto they traveled in was impounded.
Washington and congressional sources report McNamara’s cost cutting targets eight Texas locations with a $40 million yearly reduction. Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin will gain 2,000 personnel with the 12th Air Force HQ moved from Waco and three squadrons reassigned while a bombardment wing is phased out.
Del Rio residents at Laughlin AFB Buena Vista Addition Loop Road and nearby lanes may enter a nine category Christmas lighting contest. Entries require blanks from the Del Rio News Herald with rules and judging details to follow.
U S infantrymen of the 1st Division clash with Viet Cong near the Michelin rubber plantation 40 miles northwest of Saigon. The battle ends with moderate American losses and an estimated Viet Cong death toll of 231. B52 bombers hit targets near Plei Me and Zone C. Two sailors die in a Kitty Hawk fire. Near Saigon a Vietnamese paratroop unit kills nine Viet Cong as jets bomb in the region.
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