22 Dec 1966
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
1
The San Felipe High School Student Council hosts a dance tonight from 8 PM to midnight in the Crystal Room at Feliccio's Restaurant. Matias Aguirre provides the music and tickets are at the door to raise money for school beautification and special projects.
Tass quoted Hanoi Mayor Trang Gui Hung saying a third of the city population including most children has been evacuated. The figure comes amid reports of fear and U.S. air raids in Hanoi during December. American officials deny Communist charges of targeting civilians.
UPI reports American intelligence suspects up to 50 North Korean jet pilots in North Vietnam. They may be training on Russian MIG fighters or participating in combat support, though no evidence of direct U.S. plane engagements is confirmed.
Iowa Governor Harold E Hughes says Democrats must unite to support the President and the nation as they prepare for the 1968 campaign. Mrs Kennedy responds to Look magazine cuts from The Death of a President serialization. In Windsor Ontario, James Levy describes a deadly school bus crash caused by a sand-filled dump truck, noting the weight of sand overwhelmed the bus.
Kinney County Judge-elect Tom Roselle announces plans for a Kinney County Historical Survey Committee starting Jan 1. Members include Edith Seargeant Bursey, Charles Wilson, Joe York Sr, Jessie Dudley, and others to coordinate RAMPS marked preservation and Texas history efforts with state programs. Roselle expects RAMPS to boost tourism and directs committee to prepare for upcoming term meetings.
Water from one of Del Rio's largest springs gushes at 59 million gallons daily, far surpassing municipal and Laughlin Air Force Base needs. City officials note steady flow since 1964 rains, with a pumping capacity of 16 million gallons per day and storage of four million in three tanks.
In a hour long clash 350 Communist troops attacked a U S Marines unit 12 miles north of Hue in a monsoon downpour. Marines used artillery as B 52s and jet bombers pounded enemy troop buildups. Nine Communist bodies found raising total to 68 in two days of fighting as U S losses were light.
The Del Rio area sees considerable cloudiness today with a mild start. Tonight and Friday bring more clouds and a drop in temperature with a light shower possible tonight. Low tonight around 36 to 38 and high Friday about 54 to 56. Winds NW 5 to 12 mph today, shifting N 10 to 20 mph tonight and Friday.
In a Christmas message from Vatican City Pope Paul VI warned that uncontrollable circumstances could trigger a nuclear holocaust and urged an extended truce in Vietnam to allow peace talks. He called on both sides to embrace the Christmas wonder of peace negotiations.
Ed T. Rucker, 82, Edwards County rancher and Angora goat raiser, died at noon Wednesday after a lengthy illness. He served as Edwards County commissioner and on the draft board. Funeral services were set for 4 p.m. today at Doran Chapel with Rev. Roland Murray. burial in Westlawn Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter and a sister.
Last rites were held for James C. Roark 46 Alpine ranch man at First Baptist Church Alpine with Masonic graveside rites by Alpine Lodge 766 AF and AM. Roark died December 17 in Comfort Texas after a brief illness. Born January 25 1920 in Marathon Texas he married Ruth Murrah May 28 1946 in Del Rio. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the American Legion Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his widow three sons Jim George and Joe his father IC Roark Alpine and a brother Ferral Roark of Kermit. Memorials may go to the Leon Orphans Home Fort Worth.
A housewife found her husband and his brother dead from gunshots in their Coleman Texas home. Police said the double homicide appeared to be murder and suicide.
A Soviet un manned rocket Luna 13 raced toward a Christmas Day rendezvous with the moon on a secret mission that could include a soft landing and takeoff. The launch occurred with Cosmos 137, aiming to orbit the moon and gather data while Tass reported routine scientific studies.
Saigon reported UPI totals show 6,407 Americans killed in action since the first casualty on Sept. 4 1961 James T. Davis of Livingston Tenn. The week ending Dec. 17 added 88 KIA and 433 wounded, compared with 83 KIA and 559 wounded the prior week. The cumulative wounded total stands at 36,530.
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