G1 Forum Convenes At Forum Building Tonight
The G1 Forum will meet at 9 oclock tonight in the Forum Building. Members are urged to attend and discuss upcoming community projects and policy directions.
16 Dec 1968
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
1
The G1 Forum will meet at 9 oclock tonight in the Forum Building. Members are urged to attend and discuss upcoming community projects and policy directions.
A fragment notes contact between Jackee and David Hoover at Pickett with a phone number 775 4038 for a possible event or inquiry.
Three astronauts including Frank Borman James Lovell and Bill Anders undergo final checks before a planned loop around the moon. Officials say all systems are nominal and the crew is ready to proceed.
Officials warn the Hong Kong flu is spreading rapidly with predictions of 300 to 400 deaths in New York City and up to 400 fatalities nationwide. City and state health leaders urge precautions as influenza strains strain hospitals.
A. F. Fitzpatrick ranch four in Quemada northeast Maverick County reports a well flowing about 1500 barrels daily. Drilled by Bud Hussey of Dallas, the oil tests 35 to 40 gravity. Maverick County oil fields have many shallow wells with little other drilling in Val Verde.
Representatives from 15 county Area 4 of the Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System meet at 1 p.m. in Del Rio at the Civic to Donato Verde Agency. Floyd Kocher directs the group which includes the Texas Employment Commission and Vocational Rehabilitation.
Weather forecast for Del Rio and vicinity indicates considerable cloudiness and a warming trend this afternoon tonight and Tuesday. Rain chances around 20 percent tonight with temperatures in the high 40s and a Tuesday high near 50.
Nixon announces Hoover and Helms retained in his administration saying no length of service limit was fixed for either. the move signals continuity in key posts amid the early months of his term.
A widely pursued couple eluded officers for a day, bound by a fuel shortage that left them isolated. They hid in brush near a reservoir before being found alive and unharmed, aided by the Vowells who kept them warm and guided responders through rough terrain.
Weather brief notes showers likely in the area Tuesday with mild temperatures lingering in the 60s toward the south. Gentle warming trend as a cold front moves eastward, bringing brief relief and period of comfortable conditions.
Paz of Del Rio appointed to seven member Region 15 Education Service Center board serving 18 counties. Newell H. Odell of San Angelo Region 15 executive director announced the action with Joseph Ward, association director of Region 1 offering service. The center provides for schools participating on a matching fund basis.
Community leaders clash over hearings on police brutality and discrimination against Mexican Americans in the Southwest. Some call the process excessive and ineffective, while others hail it as a step toward action addressing poverty and unrest among farm workers and residents.
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