Local Benefit Greets Victor Jimenez III Hospitalized
Victor Jimenez III seeks well wishes and thanks donors who helped fund his benefit BBQ plates. He hopes for Christmas blessings and invites letters to San Antonio Children’s Hospital Room 842. An account at Del Rio Bank and Trust aids kidnapping rape victims’ families with donations requested to cover costs.
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Victor Jimenez III
Victor
San Antonio Childrens Hospital
Houston
San Antonio Texas
del Rio Bank and Trust
del Rio
News-Herald
Joe San Miguel
Jose Angel Garcia
Del Rio honors football players at banquet with Newhouse speaker
Dottie Johnson of the Rams Booster Club and former Dallas Cowboy Robert Newhouse joined Thursday night at the Del Rio Civic Center for the football banquet. Newhouse served as the featured speaker at the event honoring Del Rio players.
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Dottie Johnson
Rams
Dallas
Robert Newhouse
del Rio Civic
Newhouse
del Rio
Advisory panel reviews Del Rio employment and education needs
A San Antonio Trade School meeting of local business members examined Del Rio's job preparation and education quality. They found students are learning suitable skills, but only diligent students pursue opportunities. The panel urged updates to technology and equipment, noted attitudes influence hiring, and highlighted a voluntary Personal Development program. Many graduates seek work elsewhere due to limited local openings.
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San Antonio
Dan Peterson
Control Temp
Rusty Wide
A&g Electric
Mike Shelton
U.S. Navy
Gil Murray
del Rio News-Herald
Peterson
del Rio
Rusty
East Side students gain Desert Shield pen pals
East Side Elementary students sent two large care packages and a third to Pfc. Benjamin Martinez. The bags contained basic health and comfort items along with letters and Christmas cards. San Antonio staffers Snell and Flores received about 125 letters and replied to over 70. The PTO, with 400 members, organized activities including Santa's Workshop.
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U.S
Saudi Arabia
East Side
Pfc
Benjamin Martinez
Bernardo Martinez
Linda McClure
Steve Snell
Sgt Poul Flores
San Antonio
del Rio
Snell
Banner supports troops in Texas unit project
Ole Distributing Co sponsors a 50 by 3 foot banner to be shipped to Texas units before the new year. The banner will read Nothing Beats a Texan and will be signed by supporters in several Texas cities. See SUPPORTS, Page 84.
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Ole Distributing Co
Texas
Area men face kidnapping charges in DA case
Five men from Del Rio and Ciudad Acuna, including Tomas Barksdale Contreras and Luis Manuel Gonzalez-Copado, charged in a federal kidnapping case tied to a three day ordeal. Victim abducted after being signaled at a ranch, beaten, threatened at gunpoint, and held at multiple locations near Acuna and Del Rio.
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Meno
Kid Pee
Acuna
del Rio
Ciudad Acuna
Tomas Barksdale Contreras
Luis Manuel Gonzalez-Copado
Becho
Felipe Contreras
Arturo Gonzalez Jr
Armando Baeza de Alba
Pollo
Oscar Gonzalez
Marcelino
Salvador A Copado Jr
Chava
FBI
Jose Alberto Gaona-Venegas
Luis Gonzalez
Gaona
Polly
U.S
Beebo
Avenue F
Tomas Barksdale
Lake Amistad
Beeho
Barksdale
Gibbs Street
Illinois man tied to 126 pounds marijuana plot on Tucson Chicago train
An Illinois man named George Brewer 29 was arrested on felony possession of marijuana after narcotics agents searched a passenger train in Alpine at 10:25 p m and found four suitcases containing 126 pounds of marijuana. Teammates Louis Geneana Vidal 31 Alfonso V Aguilar 26 and Mark W Davis 27 were also arrested as the train arrived in Del Rio where a fourth man was identified. A drug sniffing dog found a bag with about a pound of marijuana on Brewer as the search continued.
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Tucson
Ariz
Chicago
George Brewer
Brewer
Alpine
Narcotics Task Force
EL Paso
Lous Geneana Vidal
Alfonso V. Aguilar
Mark W . Davis
del Rio
Department of Public Safety
Border Patrol
Mariuana
Ver Val Verde Mensa event and Pace profile
Val Verde County reports on John Pace's Mensa involvement spanning twelve years, his test score path, and the group’s goals. The piece mentions regional Mensa activities, scholarships, and Pace's duties at the base weather station, plus a note on the Amistad Slagers show.
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John Pace
Mensa
San Autom Mensa
Newton Boys
David Middleton
Trinity University
Copper Canyon
Amelia Mensa
Pace
Butta NY
US 45 Force
Seid Pace
Wih
Amistad
Theos
Paul Pou
Spain
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Val Verde
Oscar San Miguel Sr
Kathy Mead
Abby
Lua Sport
Bia TV Log IA
Herald
Benigno Garcia
Joe Perezweldir
Gulf Coast Area
Desert Shield
News Herald
Rebecca Miller
Roy Miller
Banner
S Area
Dennis Smith
Auto Mart
Gonzalez
Oscar Gonzalez-Marceling Becho
Val Verde County
Mensah
Mensa Education and Research Foundation
Sai Pace Mensa
Uatard Universty
England
le Ainen van Mensa
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Pace Ale
Triple 9
Menna
Poreshw
Willen
Andres
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