Veronica Moreno home for Christmas after heart surgery
Six year old Veronica Moreno of Del Rio has returned home from Driscoll Foundation Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi after open heart surgery on December 8 to repair a lung heart blood flow issue. Her migrant family faces medical bills. a trust fund at Del Rio Bank and Trust account 10-5602-6 is set up for donations. She will have Friday and January 6 checkups in Del Rio and Laredo respectively.
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Veronica Moreno
Veronica
del Rio
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Mario and
Paulita Moreno
Driscoll Foundation Children's Hospital
Paulita
Santa
Laredo
del Rio Bank and Trust
Billings to manage Roy Bean Center in Langtry
Neal Billings a Langtry native will become manager of the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center at Langtry taking over from Jack Skiles after 18 years. Willis Alborado of Austin praised Billings as a qualified Langtry resident with deep regional roots and noted the center attracts over 90 000 visitors yearly from broad global sources. Billings a Vietnam veteran and Comstock High School graduate who has worked with Winters Ranch Company in Del Rio looks forward to guiding the frontier tribute family legacy persists.
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Neal Billings
Val Verde County
Roy Bean
Highway Department
Judge Roy Bean
Langtry
Billings
Jack Skiles
Willis Alborado
Texas
Alborado
America
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Europe
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Comstock
Sul Ross
Texas A&i
Winters Ranch Company
del Rio
New Texas sales tax rate hike takes effect Jan 1 1987
State Comptroller Bob Bullock reminded taxpayers of the sales tax increase from 4.125 to 5.25 percent as of New Year’s Day 1987 and noted local rates could push combined taxes to 7.25 percent. The motor fuels tax rose five cents to 15 cents a gallon, and businesses were urged to update cash registers and train staff for the new rates.
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Austin
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Texas
Comptroller’s Office
Texas cattle sail to Colombia on first Houston shipment in 20 years
171 American Gray Brahman cattle ship from Houston aboard the Zebu Express to Colombia's Rio Atrato, marking the first cattle shipment out of Houston in two decades. Officials say quarantines and port facilities were key, with potential future routes by water offering cost efficiency for larger herds.
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Orlando A. Puig
Houston Export International
Puig
J.D. “Hudgins
Hungerford
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rio Atrato
Gulf of
Uraba
Del Rio News-Herald Publishing Details and Staff
The Del Rio News-Herald publishes Monday through Friday afternoons and Saturday and Sunday mornings with a Wednesday edition. The paper lists its address as Drawer 4020 Del Rio Texas and provides subscription rates for 1 month six months and one year. Staff include publisher Turko Terglafera producing director and editors.
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del Rio News-Herald
The
del Rio Publishing Co
del Rio
Texas
HOS Vlg Lyery
No clues after year long probe into museum robbery
A yearlong investigation into the December 24 1985 theft of 140 artifacts from the National Anthropology Museum yielded no solid clues. Officials say a top theory remains that professional thieves sold pieces to a private trafficker, with items smuggled abroad for private collections.
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National Anthropology Museum
Federal Attorney General's Office
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Thought for the day: wartime leaders, not peoples
A quotable line attributed to Ralph Bunche, Nobel Peace laureate, emphasizing that war is driven by leaders rather than nations. The remark frames conflict as a result of leadership choices rather than inherent group character.
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Ralph Bunche
Deaths Elizabeth Mary Heep and Jose C Hernandez
Elizabeth Mary Heep 84 of Del Rio died December 22 1986 at Vista Hill Health Care Nursing Home El Paso born November 21 1902 in Stonewall Texas. Services December 27 10 a.m. Sacred Heart Church burial Sacred Heart Cemetery Rosary December 26 7 p.m. Humphrey Doran Funeral Chapel. Survived by daughter Pat Brown son Eugene W Heep Jr three sisters eleven grandchildren nine great grandchildren Pallbearers listed. Jose C Hernandez 84 of Del Rio died December 21 1986 at Val Verde Memorial Hospital born August 12 1902 in Del Rio. Services December 23 3 p.m. St Joseph's Church burial Oak Lawn Rosary December 22 7 p.m. Survivors include wife Clara D Hernandez sister-in-law two daughters Luz Nanez Beatriz Villarreal two sons Jose P Hernandez Preciliano Hernandez fourteen grandchildren five great grandchildren.
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Vista Hill
el Paso
Stonewall
Texas
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Humphrey Doran
Pat Brown
Flatonia
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Kerrville
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San Antonio
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Larry Bunn
Greg Bun
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Val Verde Memorial Hospital
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Luis de Leon
Luz Nanez
Beatriz H. Villarreal
Jose P Hernandez
Preciliano Hernandez
Corpus Christi
Adults Enrolled in Del Rio ABE Night Classes
About 200 adults currently receive basic education help in reading writing and math through the Adult Basic Education program at Del Rio Middle School. Classes meet Mondays and Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. with eight instructors and Mauro L. Paz as local director. Classes paused for Christmas on Dec 17 and will resume Jan 5 1987.
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ABE
Virgilio Luna
Lupe Sotelo
Frances Serrano
Filiberto Antu
Richard Hernandez
Freddy Mireles
Daniel Chaviray Jr
Mario Gonzalez
Mauro L. Paz
Jose L. Calderon
Southwest Texas Junior College
Uvalde
Plene Call Paz
Taiwan flu may be peaking in Texas during holidays
Health officials say Taiwan flu outbreaks appear to be peaking across Texas in mid October as influenza tracks rise. Jeff Taylor of the Texas Department of Health notes the surge may be at a high point just as holiday activities begin.
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Dallas
Taiwan
Texas
Jeff Taylor
Texas Department of Health
Amistad Weather and River Flow Update
Amistad elevation remains 1108.50 feet and water storage at 2,860,242 acre feet with 58,201 water area. Release 2,320 cfs. Inflow at Patford Crossing 504 cfs Pecos River 452 cfs Rio Grande Foster Ranch 6,790 cfs. Del Rio area mostly sunny with highs in the lower 60s and light easterly winds. tonight partly cloudy with lows in the upper 30s. Sunset 5:51, sunrise 7:36.
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Patford Crossing
Devil's River
Pecos River
Rio Grande
Foster Ranch
del Rio
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