Del Rio district to discuss budget and new teachers
Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District board meets Monday at 7 30 p m to discuss teacher career ladder training hazardous bus routes budget and new hires. Val Verde roads funding for 1991 totals about 398 miles at roughly 2200 per mile with state maintenance aid near 300 per mile. The United Medical Centers sponsor a teens film on teen pregnancy Thursday at 3 30 p m plus free blood pressure screenings Wednesday morning. Roadrunner Square Dancers start tonight at 7 30.
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San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Val Verde
Oscar San Miguel Sr
United Medical Centers
School of Dance presents Christmas Brogan at Paul Pong Theatre
Karen McKenzies School of Dance will present a Christmas Brogan tonight at seven o clock at the Paul Pong Theatre for the Performing Arts. The program is free and the public is invited to view it as part of the Christmas spirit.
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Karen McKenzie
School of Dance
Paul Pong
Bond denied to suspects in kidnapping case
Seven suspects in the Ciudad Acuna kidnapping of Jose Alberto Gaona had bond denied after being arrested during a ransom pickup at Lake Amistad. The group faces aggravated kidnapping charges and possible life imprisonment if convicted. Gaona was abducted at gunpoint, beaten, and held across several locations before rescue by a multiagency stakeout.
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Bond
Ciudad Acuna
Jose Alberto Gaona
Gaona
del Rio
FBI
Gonzalez-Copado
Air Force weighs cuts to pilot training and F-16 program
Washington bureau reports the Air Force debating defense budget cuts and scaled back purchases of the F-16 likely to reduce pilot training. Lt. Col. John Callen of Air Training Command cites reductions at five bases with 2,381 pilots this year, about 200 fewer than 1989, while Gulf crisis and a possible F-16 cut threaten future plans and $8 billion in savings could follow from terminating the program.
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Washington
Air Force
John Callen
Air Training Command
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Callen
Vance Air Force Base
Oklahoma
Laughlin Air Force Base
Persian Gulf
Defense
Dick Cheney
House
Congress
Saudi Arabia
General Dynamics
SWTJC honors 27 staff at 26th Christmas Awards Banquet
The 26th SWTJC Christmas Awards Banquet recognized 27 employees with service pins ranging from 5 to 30 years. Special tributes remembered Minda Kone, 15 years, with a portrait and plaque in the Minda Kone Employee Lounge while her son Charles Kane Jr accepted honors. Faculty and staff received multiple anniversary pins and a Teaching Excellence Award went to John E. Lampe as Amanda Hadley announced the birth of children in college families.
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Uvalde
Southwest Texas Junior College
Ismael Sosa Jr
Joe Barker
Minda Kone
Kone
SWTJC
Charles
Kane, Jr
Faculty Association
al Ramirez
Jerald Underwood
Harry Lawrence
Jeff Sanders
Carolyn Biediger
Charles F.L. Pierpont
Frank Cimental
Alfonso Delgado
Manuel Alejandro
Luis Estrada
Wade Kenney
Evelyn Kingsbery
Reynaldo Benavidez
Jimmy Davis
Alfredo Flores
Elsa Garcia
Wesley Greer
Roy Martinez
Siegfried Morales
Juan Santos
San Juana Trevino
Wilford Box
Glenda Swink
Allison Tomas
Elisa Flores
Jose Hernandez
Florencio Rodriguez
Adriana Vasquez
Retiring Val Verde judge and commissioner honored
Val Verde County Judge Sergio Gonzalez Jr. and County Commissioner Martin Wardlaw were honored Friday for long service. Presenting the awards were County Commissioners John Cody and Bob Rodriguez.
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Val Verde
Sergio Gonzalez Jr
Jet
Martin Wardlaw
Wer
John Cody
Bob Rodriguez
Three Die In Vote Fraud Riot In Tejpilco Mexico
In Tejpilco, Mexico state, a pro PRI protest over alleged vote fraud turned violent. Police fired tear gas as shots were fired, killing two officers and a civilian and injuring scores. Foes accuse one party of rigged elections, while the PRI denounces the protest as savage aggression.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Herberto Castillo
Democratic Revolutionary Party
Castillo
PRD
Tejpilco
Mexico State
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Tiffy Taylor
Don Howard
Howard Chevrolet
Lonnie Ricks
Ricks Furniture
Roadrunner Square
Ll Ray
Abby
Tomas Barksdale
Luis Manuel Gonzalez-Copado
Becho
Felipe Contreras Jr
Canadian
Arturo Gonzalez Jr
Granbury
Armando Baeza de Alba
Pollo
Oscar Gonzalez- Marcelino
Salvador A. Copado Jr
Chava
U.S
Durwood Edwards
News-Herald
Washington Bureau
Yuletide
Retama Manor Nursing Center
Carol Arreola
First Presbyterian Church
Carmen Tijerena
Border Pedeal Credit Union
Raul Chapa
Apache Meat Market
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