County Ready To Wrap Up '78 Business
Val Verde County Commissioners plan final 1978 session to approve a lease purchase for eight copying machines after bids at the Dec 11 meeting showed Xerox only. Gutierrez says five year lease saves over 15000 while not transferring ownership. Also on agenda Lake Ridge zoning, plat approval, survey practices, delinquent tax collection contract, justice of the peace precincts reallocation, Historical and Library Board appointments, and county personnel discussion led by Auditor Blizard. The session begins 9 am Thursday due to holiday.
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Val Verde
Othe
Rod Gutierres
Gutierrez
Dan Siebeneicher
Amistad Zoning Commission
Lake Ridge Properties, Inc
Highway 90
Zentner
Austin
Chester Young
Young
Justice of the Peace
Historical Board
Library Board
Jack Blizard
Commissioners Court
Around Towns Lost Keys and a Missing Chihuahua
A set of keys found in Arturo Gonzalez parking lot prompts Del Rio News Herald pickup. A lost set of keys was reported at St. Joseph Church lot with contact at Aurora's Flower Shop Plaza St. A 13 year old chihuahua named Gigi is missing near Ave J. contact Helen at 775-6223 or 615 Ave. The Business People Devotional gathers Wednesday at 7:30 am in Del Rio National Bank Community Room, led by Rev. Forrest Smith. Del Rio Rotary Club meets Tuesday noon at San Felipe Country Club for a general business session and committee reports.
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Arturo Gonzalez
The
del Rio News- Herald
St. Joseph Church
Oman
Conarete Mecmenes
Aurora
Plaza St
Ave J
Gigi
Helena
Ave
del Rio National Bank
Forrest Smith
First Assembly of God Church
del Rio
Dutch War Vet Found in Del Rio for Holland Memorial
Longstanding Groesbeek group locates Capt Anthony Stefanich wartime liberator in Del Rio Texas United States May 25 1917 birth Hidalgo was drafted 1941 He plans to attend the June 2 16 1944 dedication trip to Europe with a 82nd Airborne unit memorialized in Groesbeek Also his mother Martiana Hidalgo nearly 83 resides at 101 Jones St Hidalgo served 17 years Civil Service and has three years to retirement He may join the commemorative trip if funding and health permit.
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Mario Hidalgo
Laughlin Air Force Base
Groesbeek
Holland
82Nd Airborne Division
IMA JO Fleetwood News-Herald
Nijmegan
Anthony Stefanich
United States
G. Thuring
Ratroops
82Nd Air Division
Marketiden
Martiana A. Hidalgo
Jones St
Hidalgo
Langtry
Sanderson
Allen Langdon
C Co
Europe
C Company
del Rio
Civil Service Credit
County Court at Law Emerges In Val Verde Territory
After months of talks between Val Verde County Commissioners Court and the Bar Association a draft bill for a county court at law nears completion. The court would share civil and eminent domain jurisdiction with the district court and could transfer cases between courts. The judge would be a licensed Texas attorney with five years practice, two in Val Verde, and the salary would start at 25000 dollars.
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John Carroll News-Herald
Val Verde County Commissioners’ Court
Val Verde Bar Association
Achee
Ount
Igio Gonzalez
George M. Thurmond
Bar Association
Mage J Gonzalez
District Court
Io Court
Court At Law
State Bar of Texas
Val Verde
Funcerro
Ohegm
Nick Duncan
Ae Ee
Pees Dager
Bengarro
County Bar Association
Local Hospital Notes Mention Funeral and Burial Plans
Fragmentary OCR mentions a tentative schedule for a Requiem Mass at Our Lady Church with burials at San Felipe Cemetery. Survivors include wife Juanita Sweek of Colorado Springs, Mrs Anelia Valdez of Del Rio, three grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Fces
Our Lady Church
San Felipe
Juanita Sweek
Colorado Springs
Col
Anelia Valdez
del Rio
Weather Del Rio and Vicinity Outlook
Weather report for Del Rio area with cooler conditions through Wednesday. Light drizzle tonight and Wednesday with northerly winds 5 to 10 mph. Temperatures in the 40s tonight and mid 50s highs. Amistad Dam water storage and surface areas show modest declines. downstream flow remains steady.
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del Rio
Amistad Dam
Larry Weatherby Earns Degree in Diverse Graduation
Larry Dean Weatherby of Del Rio received a degree from the Steinke Education Center in Kingsville. The ceremony marked representation from Texas towns, with graduates from four other states and 13 other nations also acknowledged.
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Kingsville
Larry Dean
Wea
del Rio
Mencement
Steinke Education Center
Texas
Sobering rebuke at MRGDC board meeting turns tense
Eduardo Rodriguez mayor of Eagle Pass warned of disaster for the council if debates remain closed and partisan. A heated exchange over Camino Real Health Systems Agency stalled by shouting led to Dimmit County Judge Larry Speer replacing Kinney with Tommy Sergeant as the Camino Real director, while Albert Postell faced disqualification as a consumer member amid audience clashes.
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Eduardo Rodriguez
Eagle Pass
Camino Real Health Systems Agency
Memrs
Dimmit
Larry Speer
Kinety Same
Tommy Seargeant
MRGDC
Rodries
Speer
Dimmit County Hospital
Saga of Squandered Millions I CETA Abuse Probe
The AP exposes widespread CETA program abuse from misqualification and fraud to nepotism and ghost payments. Audits show 11 percent ineligible workers, $389 million to $842 million wasted, and local sponsors often lax in enforcement. District of Columbia, Fargo, Seattle cases cited. 150 investigations nationwide.
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Lee Mitgang
Associated Press
CETA
Whic
U.S
Labor
Ray Marshall
Pontiac
Mich
Springfield
Mass
Great Falls
Mont
Los Angeles
Seattle
Chicago
Marshall
Carter
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Freedom of Information Act
Public Service
New York City
Boston
Minneapolis
District of Columbia
Fargo
N.C
Co DeMarco
Office of Special Investigations
Atlanta
Miami
Harlingen
Texas
Indianapolis
Oklahoma
Ohio
Milwaukee
Ayroe
Bridgeport
Conn
Nassau County
N_Y
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Calif
Langdon
Raety
Laughlin Air Force
Seon Ha
Basilio
Marquez
Val Cadena Jr
Valeriano E. Cadena Jr
I Pecan
Texas A&m University
Amistad Report
Eoenetaeee
Larry Weatherby
Mrgdc Board
Middle Rio Grande Development Council Board of Directors
Rodriguez
Kinney Soumy
Albert Postell
Postell
Tommy Oe
Camino Real
Washington
Bob Jones
Marsha
East St. Louis
Ill
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