Around Town Hears Story Hour at Val Verde Library
Community notices include a pre school STORY HOUR at Val Verde County Library starting 10 a.m. Wednesday. Northside Church of Christ on Twelfth Street and Avenue I hosts nightly Spanish services through Jan 2 at 7 30, guest speaker Polo Trujillo of Indio California invites all.
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Inmate Arispe Hospitalized After Hanging Attempt
Jose Antonio Arispe Diaz, 18, held on a $40,000 bond for transporting aliens, is in fair condition at Val Verde Memorial Hospital after being found hanging in his Val Verde County Jail cell Friday. Jailers Cervantes and Martinez cut him down and rushed him to care. The motive remains undetermined, with authorities noting possible influence from other inmates.
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Vandals strike three local vehicles over Christmas weekend
Three car related incidents reported to Del Rio police involve Town and Country Ford tires slashed for 300 dollars at the dealer lot, Odie Sanchez noting 200 dollars of damage to a car outside Gaslite Lounge, and Ernest Keller reporting a 100 dollar stereo equalizer stolen from a Plaza del Sol Mall lot.
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Del Rio News Herald Publishing Details and Rates
The Del Rio News Herald is a Harte-Hanks paper printed daily with weekday afternoons and weekend mornings. Subscriptions vary by duration, with mail or in-person payments accepted at 321 S. Main, Del Rio, Texas.
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Texas tops U.S. in Christmas traffic deaths
Texas recorded 44 highway fatalities over the Christmas weekend, the highest toll in the nation, with DPS officials predicting about 43 more deaths during the New Year period. Weather likely reduced deaths as ice and snow kept some drivers at home and raised caution. The worst single crash killed five relatives in a Corpus Christi Bryan family.
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Bentsen backs highway tax tweak to aid Texas funds
U S Senator Lloyd Bentsen secures an 85 percent return from the Highway Trust Fund for Texas. The five cent federal gas tax increase boosts Texas funding to about 750 million, with discretionary highway funds rising to 191 million in 1984. Cities may also access federal transit aid for rail mass transit projects.
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Zoning commissioners to review applications
The Del Rio Planning and Zoning Commissioners will hear eight re zoning requests at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Building council chambers. They will also consider street additions to Low Street and Miers Drive and discuss new subdivision regulations and the citys comprehensive plan. The panel may absorb duties from the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee and adopt revised procedures under the Dec 14 city council approved zoning ordinance rewritten by City Attorney Robert Garza in November to meet state laws.
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Local beauty queens tour Laughlin Air Force Base
Local beauty queens Miss Del Rio Tina Ricks Miss Lisa Hanson and Sonya Jones spent a day at Laughlin Air Force Base with Col Anthony Farrington Jr and Miss LAFB Toni Lunn. Four LAFE student pilots escorted them to the flight line tower hospital training squadrons and the flight simulator building. A luncheon at the Officers Club followed the morning tour. It was the first such visit for local beauty queens to become acquainted with the base.
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Val Verde County
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Mexicans sue U S over checkpoint abuse in 1979
Four Mexican citizens sue the federal government and six Border Patrol agents for 5 million dollars alleging civil rights violations at the San Clemente checkpoint in 1979. Plaintiffs say they lacked proper status, faced verbal abuse, coercion to abandon rights, and deportation actions.
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Cold Del Rio Weather With Rain Chance And Weekend Outlook
National Weather Service data forecast colder Del Rio tonight with a low near 30 and Wednesday high in the upper 40s under partly cloudy skies. A 20 percent rain chance is noted for Wednesday, with Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Amistad Dam figures show water depth at 212.43 ft, storage 3,095,625 acre feet, surface area 61,351 acres, and downstream flow 1,200 cfs.
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