Community notices span open house and meetings around town
Around Town items announce an open house at the Baptist parsonage on Ave C from 3 to 5 PM Saturday, a Saturday night gathering at Mrs. Topping’s home, a monthly lunch at St James Episcopal Church, and a four hour cancer conference at Fort Clark. Also listed are a membership meeting at Screens Country Club with a premeeting barbecue, aid to a widow with nine children, a Young Women’s Golf Association Christmas party, and parish hall CCD notes.
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New Baptist Parsonage
Ave. C
Joe Watts Jr
Fort Clark
Elizabeth Donaldson
T.P. Cook
Hi Newby
Nicolas Diez
O.M
St. Joseph's Parish Hall
THE
Women’s Golf Association
San Felipe Country Club
Christmas Decoration Contest Set
Central Power and Light sponsors this annual city contest with categories for apartments blocks yards and doors judged by out of town panelsee details and entry blanks to be published in the News Herald as soon as times and divisions are finalized
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Central Power Aire Co
Ad Garden Clubs
Cp&l
News-Herald
Sheppard Says He Carried Pistol Into Courtroom
Dr. Sam Sheppard disclosed at the Overseas Press Club that he planned to use a pistol in the courtroom if convicted of murder to prevent returning to the Ohio State Penitentiary. He claimed the weapon was his second wife Ariane's German Mauser and that he would not have used it to kill himself.
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New York
Sam Sheppard
Ohio State Penitentiary
Sheppard
Ariane
Marilyn
Cleveland
Humphrey Seeks Peace Negotiations and Uplifts Confidence
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told Miami Beach church leaders the United States will pass up no opportunity to negotiate peace in Vietnam if an acceptable negotiating partner can be found. He defended the Johnson administration and urged support for peace efforts and foreign aid while urging restraint from antiwar groups. He also offered help to resolve the Mississippi child development funding dispute involving Sargent Shriver’s Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Hubert H. Humphrey
United States
Viet Nam
Humphrey
Assembly
Johnson
Washington
Europe
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
Child Development Group
Mississippi
NCC
Saigon Mayor Arrested by U S Military Police
Saigon Mayor Col. Van Van Cua, a Ky confidant, was seized by American military police after firing a Thompson submachine gun across a river during a night out. He wore civilian clothes, carried a loaded .38 pistol, and had liquor on his breath before being released once identified. The incident provoked Vietnamese protests and official regrets from the U S ambassador.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Henry Cabot
Col
van van Cua
Nguyen Cao Ky
Dua
Nguyen Ngoc Loan
Mai
Toe Se
Cua
Maurice Bray Found Shot To Death
Maurice Bray a former SMU and Pittsburgh Steeler football player and local auto dealer was found shot to death in his TAHORA Texas office. Police noted a broken rear door window an opened door to a parts department and several radios stacked nearby suggesting an intruder was surprised and fired. Bray's wife reported he did not return from the office earlier today.
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Tahora, Tex
UPD
Maurice Bray
SMU
Pittsburgh Steeler
Texas South Plains
Bray
Ito
Randall
Connally Outlines 75 Million Plan To Double Texas Parks
Governor John Connally announced a 10 year 75 million plan to double Texas parks without tax increases. Budget director Bill Cobb said 26 recreation areas totaling 61 000 acres 41 historic sites and 14 scenic areas would join the system to create a nationwide tourist network. Entry would be a nominal one dollar per car with facilities ready by 1970, 25 of 26 sites water oriented to meet demand.
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Cobb
U S Troops Move In After B52 Raids Near Saigon
In Saigon area 25 miles north, B52 bombers pounded Viet Cong positions with heavy blasts that rattled windows. U S 1st Infantry Division units then moved in, reporting eight Viet Cong killed and 127 suspects rounded up, with no American casualties.
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Saigon
UPC
U.S
America
Long Beach
Viet Nam
Del Rio Area Weather Report
Clear and mild today with light east breeze. Cooler tonight with low 46 to 48. Overnight minimum around 54. This morning’s low near 51. Sunrise at 7:26 a.m. Sunset at 5:45 p.m.
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del Rio
Canary
Numerous Civil Service Jobs Open
State Civil Service lists provide openings in public welfare and health engineering with competitive salaries and hours. Examinations occur monthly through the Public Welfare and Texas Employment Commission. details drop in Merit System Division, Austin, Texas.
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State of Public Welfare
Texas Employment Commission
Merit System
P.O. Box
Austin
Tex
Texas Department of Public Health
Christmas Stamp Is Masterpiece in Del Rio Sale
Postmaster Douglas McGraw described the 1966 Christmas stamp as a masterpiece. The stamp reproduces Hans Memling’s painting Madonna and Angels from 1480, on wood, on sale at the Del Rio Post Office with 50 000 copies available for Christmas mailings.
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Douglas McGraw
Hans Memling
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C
del Rio
Memling
McGraw Cpeets
Othe Ee
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Brewster County
O.J. Duderstadt Ranch
Old Blue Mountains
E.E. Pearson
Jim Watters
Charles Bruce
Watters
Pearson
Corpus Christi
Bruce
Robert Topping
N. Main St
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Prosser Hall
Screens Country Club
Amistad
Canada
England
South Africa
Aere Crawley
Strawberry Lane
Constantia
Cape
CCD
ST. See
Cleveland Cour
Johnny Carson
Ous Hongweg
Port of
Connally
International Bridge
U.S. Health, Immigration, and Customs Service
Vega
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