Elizabeth Marie Wheeler born in El Paso Del Rio
Mr and Mrs Tommy Wheeler of El Paso welcomed daughter Elizabeth Marie born Dec 27 at Texas Western Hospital El Paso. Granddaughter to Mr and Mrs Troy Bunn and the first great grandchild of Mr and Mrs Eugene Heep of Del Rio. Liza Marie name honors great grandmother.
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Tommy Wheeler
el Paso
Texas Western Hospital
Troy C. Bunn
Eugene Heep
del Rio
Elizabeth Marie
Liza Marie
Cecil Worley
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Ernest Worley
Cecil
Ethel Fowle
Sabine Pass
Tex
California
Worley
Queen City Queries on San Felipe Creek Fish
Newcomer fishermen report sun perch Rio Grande perch black bass channel catfish and rough fish may be caught in San Felipe Creek. John McGonagill in 1960 caught a five pound black bass near Highway 90. Catfish weighing 14 to 20 pounds have been hooked recently.
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San Felipe Creek
John McGonagill
Highway 90
Drizzle Continues as Weekend Warmth Forecast
Cold drizzles kept moisture in the city by noon with temperatures rising later. The low reached 34 degrees, nine above Thursday. The Weather Bureau predicts warmer conditions this afternoon tonight and Saturday with a high near 60 in places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Texas Implements Broad Licensing Reform To Start 1961
Texas new licensing laws take effect January 1 with a color photo on all licenses and four year validity. The annual fee doubles from three to six dollars, provisional licenses tighten revocation rules, and stricter penalties apply for moving violations. Motorcycle operators face initial licensing requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas
Amistad Site Items Scheduled For Sale
Two bid items in the Amistad Reservoir area about 12 miles northwest of Del Rio near Lake Walk are up for off-site removal in a GSA sale in Fort Worth. Dwellings barns and sheds must be moved before the Amistad Dam waters inundate the area. The sale by competitive sealed bids opens Jan 17 at 3 p.m. at the GSA Business Service Center Fort Worth.
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Amistad Reservoir
del Rio
Amistad Dam
GSA Business Service
Fort Worth
GSA
Property Management and Disposal Service
Real Property Division
Taylor St
Tex
George and
Russell Bowers
Ben Woodson
Joe A. Hernandez
Floyd Payne
John H. McGee
Bob Hope and Raquel Welch Leave Vietnam After Final Show
Comedian Bob Hope and Raquel Welch wrapped up a two hour outdoor performance before more than 10 000 U S troops at Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam. Welch recently joined Hope's troupe after filming in Brackettville. Hope planned a trip to Clark Field Hospital in the Philippines to entertain wounded servicemen.
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Cam Ranh Bay
South Vietnam
Spl
Bob Hope
Raquel Welch
Hope
Vietnam
Navy
Air Force
Philippine Islands
Clark Field Hospital
Cam Ranh
Cold Front Diminishes in Texas Panhandle Snow Chance
United Press International reports a cold front in the Texas Panhandle dissolved in southern Colorado with no snow. The Weather Bureau warned of a small chance of snow in the Panhandle later, while most of Texas remained clear and cold. Early lows ranged from 19 at Lubbock to 59 at Brownsville. highs were mid 40s to 60s statewide with increasing clouds and a 30 percent chance of light rain in East Texas tonight.
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United Press International
Texas Panhandle
Colorado
U.S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Texas
Lubbock
Brownsville
South
Four U.S. deserters seek asylum in Sweden
Four young American sailors who deserted to protest the Vietnam War arrived from Moscow and requested political asylum. The Swedish Aliens Commission allowed temporary stay after New Year’s Day. They carried $5,000 from a Soviet pacifist group and planned to stay to continue protests, aiming to work in Sweden and start a newspaper.
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Stockholm
UPS
Moscow
Swedish Aliens Commission
Purse Stolen From Hills Bowling Lanes
Joan Gable reports a theft at Hills Bowling Lanes 1201 Bedell where a purse containing two check books military identification and a pass was taken from her while she was present.
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Joan Gable
Hills Bowling Lanes
Bedell
Marines Find 11 Fallen Comrades in Da Nang Cemetery
U S Marines, under heavy sniper fire, swept a Vietnamese cemetery below Da Nang and recovered 11 bodies of comrades shot in the head during Thursday’s helicopter assault. The battle, part of four days of fighting after the Christmas truce, left Marine deaths and continued Viet Cong losses.
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Saigon
UPTC
U.S
da Nang
An Hoa
West Texas duo to direct film in Texas
Andrew V McLaglen who just finished Bandolero at Alamo Village Brackettville will direct John Wayne in Hell Fighters a Red Adair life film. Filming planned across West Texas near Odessa Cristova Big Lake McCamey and Ozona.
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Andrew V. McLaglen
Alamo Village
Brackettville
Dean Martin
Jimmy Stewart
Raquel Welch
Texas
McLaglen
John (Duke) Wayne
Red Adair
Houston
Odessa
Cristova
Big Lake
McCamey
Ozona
Son Missing in Texas City Man Reported By Father
Guadalupe Reyes Rodriguez 20 of 1605 McLymont was reported missing by his father Lino Rodriguez. The father told police he had been missing since Wednesday.
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Guadalupe Reyes Rodriguez
McLymont
Lino Rodriguez
Ten Austin residents arraigned in U S District Court
Ten of the twenty Austin suspects indicted by a federal grand jury were arraigned in U S District Court with Judge D W Suttle presiding. Seven more defendants sought court appointments. trials set for Feb 19. at least one defendant remains at large.
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Austin
U.S. District Court
D.W. Suttle
Fl Paso
Judge approves attorney for Leavenworth prisoner amid shoes and funds talk
U S District Judge D W Suttle learns prisoners at Leavenworth make shoes and cotton fabrics and that their prison earnings go to a convict fund. Clifford Bowen, among 17 arraigned in Wichita, requests a lawyer but offers $400 held in prison bank. Bowen says funds are for prisoner spending and release needs. Judge grants court appointed counsel. Bowen and 19 others face conspiracy, bank burglary, and interstate prostitution charges from an Austin grand jury indictment.
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Jerry Ray James
FBI
Joan Dobbs Taylor
Jerry Wix Lemond
Mary Farmer
Chester Arthur Schutz
Pond Creek
Okla
Big Spring
James Overton
Darrell Overton
Benjamin Thomas Tisdale
Walter Korn
Curtis Glenn Garrett
U.S
Val Verde County
Suttle
Texas
D.W. Suttle
Leavenworth
Kan
Clifford Bowen
Bowen
Austin
Suspect Arrested in Cross-State Stolen Vehicle Case
Police Thursday arrested William L. Styles, 22, of Compton California, on suspicion of transporting a stolen vehicle across a state line. Styles also allegedly lacks a draft card and is described as a female impersonator using the alias Lolita.
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William L. Styles
Compton
Calif
Styles
Lolita
Weather outlook for Del Rio and Southwest Texas
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer this afternoon tonight and Saturday morning. Sunset at 5 54 p m sunrise 7 37 a m. Southwest Texas east of Pecos River then increasing conditions.
Britain plans East of Suez pullout within three years
London reports a likely complete withdrawal of British forces east of Suez by 1970 to 1971 as part of sweeping defense cuts under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The plan includes relocating 40,000 troops and 40,000 civilian staff from the Far East and shifting remaining units to Europe or the RAF.
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London
UPD
Britain
Suez
Harold Wilson
Wilson
United States
Far East
Persian Gulf
Scot Abestiams
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E.W. Billings Jr
Z.H Pannell
Fort Eustis
Emery Davis
Jack Moore
Dr. Carrall
Dr. Davis
Donato Guajardo
Boots and Bowl Club
E.W. Marlowe
Herman Richter
James R. Brown
Los Angeles
Hugh Brown
Col. Brown
Frederick P. Henry
Bruce
Bill
Marvin Ellis
Republic of
Malagasy
Maj
Henry
U.S. State Department
Merced
Jo Ann Ellis
Henrys
Mrs. Ellis
Pandale
Inlaw
Mrs
Henry Mills Jr
John Kallinger
Pueblo
Colo
Paul Kallinger
Southern Colorado State College
James Moore
Dallas
John
Kallingers
Queen City
Internal Revenue Rules
Immigration and Naturalization
International Bridge
Joe Schafer
General Services Administration
Schafer
News-Herald
Amistad
Jin Fort Worth
Raquel
Miss Welch
Sweden
Richard Bailey
Jacksonville
Fla
John Barilla
Catonsville
Michael Lindner
Mt. Pocono
Craig Anderson
San Jose
Scandanavian Airlines System
SAS
Hanoi
Haiphong
Duy Xuyen
Tam Ky
Hoa
West Texas
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Farmer
Elizabeth Sherman
Jan Eae
Europe
Royal Navy
Royal Air Force
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