Laughlin Bass Club Tonight at Laughlin AFB
Around Town items report Laughlin Bass Club meeting at Laughlin Air Force Base at 7:30 PM. Also notes a birth in Val Verde Memorial Hospital where Edna Sanchez delivered a 7 pound 1 ounce son Rudy, with a surprise pregnancy. The piece mentions local connections, a canceled Arthritis Information Club meeting, and Independence Day Eveball hosted by Knights of Columbus.
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Laughlin
Laughlin Air Force Base
Joe Sanchez
Edna
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Rudy
Sanchez
Ting Rae
Joe
Edna Sanchez
Jody
Caroline Robertson
San Angelo
Anastacia G. Sanchez
del Rio
Arthritis Information Club
Tinte
The
Texas Society To Prevent Blindness
July 4 traffic toll tops five hundred deaths
The Independence Day weekend saw at least 537 traffic deaths on Pacific coast midnight counts, with 837 nationwide. The National Safety Council forecast 450 to 550 fatalities from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight, while Texas reported 46 deaths as weather and visibility worsened, including victims in Odessa, Lamesa, Live Oak County, Kerens, and Pampa along highways and rural roads.
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Associated Prea
National Safety Council
Pacific
Council
Texas
Odis Edward Turner
Austin
Milam County
Texas Department of Public Safety
Todd
Mary Ruth Wilson
Odessa
Diana Garrett Hunt
Lamesa
Houston
DPS
Ruby Rouse
George West
Live Oak County
Shalena Rachel Hall
Kerens
Daniel Ramirez
Pampa
Iranian governor assassinated near Resht in Iran
Beirout based AP reports two gunmen on motorcycles killed the Caspian Sea governor of Gilante identified as Engineer Ansari as he drove to his office. His undersecretary Engineer Nurani was badly wounded. The attackers used Uzi submachine guns.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
Caspian Sea
Gilante
Resht
Pars
Ansari
Nurani
Ferghan
Mujahedeen Khalq
Deaths Evert M Jones Rils in Coolidge Atta
Evert W Jones aged 85 former Del Rio resident died in Coolidge July 2. Survived by wife Nora Jones of Collidge two daughters Mrs Frank McGraw of El Paso and Mrs Jim Riggs of Del Rio four sisters Mrs Ruth Willis Mrs Lena Blackwell Mrs Preston Smith and Mrs Clyde Bayly all of Del Rio a brother Otis Jones of Globe Ariz. Alfected by service in Coolidge were Mr and Mrs James Jiggs Mrs Lena Blackwell and Mrs Clyde Blackwell of Del Rio.
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Rils
Evert W. Jones
del Rio
Coolidge
Atta
Ruth Willis
Lena Blackwell
Preston Smith
Clyde Bayly
Arother
Otis Jones
Globe, Ariz
James Jiggs
Clyde Blackwell
John H. Jeffus 70 Dies After Lingering Illness
John H. Jeffus, 70, died Saturday in a local hospital after a lingering illness. He resided at Chaparral Town Houses 14-B, 100 foat Way Drive. Rites set for Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Humphreys-Doran Funeral Home chapel with burial at Oak Lawn Memorial Park. He was a United States Air Force colonel at retirement. Survivors include his wife Margaret W. Jeffus and two brothers J.B. Jeffus of Del Rio and Worth Jeffus of Guymon Oklahoma.
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Chaparral
Foat Way
Humphreys-Doran Funeral Home
Oak Lawn Memorial Park
Margaret W. Jeffus
J.B. Jeffus
del Rio
Worth Jeffus
Guymon, Oklo
Firemen battle mattress fire sparked by Fourth of July display
Del Rio firefighters responded to a general alarm in an alley behind Mendebane and Spa Avenue to extinguish a mattress fire started by fireworks at Tom Sullivan’s home. Battalion Chief Red Tyler said 20 firemen aired returning to stations about 30 minutes later.
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del Rio
Clemente Galvan
Dawn
Mendebane
Spa Avenue
Tom Sullivan
Red Tyler
Tyler
de Rio
Del Rio man injured in motorcycle mishap
Del Rio resident Richard Hankin, 47, was listed in fair condition after a Sunday crash on U S Highway 90 W when a car driven by Rebecca Lynn Stevens turned in front of his motorcycle. Hankin suffered incapacitating injuries and was taken to Val Verde Memorial Hospital.
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del Rio
U.S. Highway 90
Richard Hankin
Parkway St
Department of Public Safety
Javier Cortinas
Rebecca Lynn Stevens
Laughlin Air Force
Hankin
Cortinas
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Hospital Friday Admissions and Discharges List
Hospital report lists admissions on Friday including Juanita Prieto Edna Sanchez Glenn Morgan Angie Rosamond Juana Salazar Cristina Almeda Blanca Torralva Sandra Barrera Edith Haley Benito Villarreal Jonathan Hinton Luis Garcia and Barbara Sumpter Discharges on Friday include Teodoro Guerrera Vicente Alvarado Jose Garza Harris Leigh Lindsey Elizabeth Trevino Owen Monk Lupe Hernandez Erbenia Williams Hortencia Castro Fidel Bocanegra and Olivia Garza.
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Juanita Prieto
Edna D. Sanchez
Glenn Morgan
Angie Rosamond
Juana M. Salazar
Cristina V. Almeda
Blanca Torralva
Sandra Barrera
Edith Haley
Benito Villarreal
Jonathan
Burglars Steal Battery Leave Victim a Bicycle
Del Rio police report auto burglars took a $60 12 volt battery from Benny Villarreal's pickup behind his home Friday or Saturday but left a girl's bicycle. Four Del Rioans reported bike losses totaling $350 as burglars entered yards and garages from Friday night to Saturday. One curb was hurled through a plate glass window at Del Rio Pharmacy causing $150 damage.
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E. Cortinas St
Villarreal
del Rio
Del
Richard Ship
Ave. B
Edmundo Trevino Jr
del Rio Pharmacy
Losoya St
Del Rioan held on $500 bond after evading arrest
A 21 year old Del Rioan, Jose Levine, remained jailed on a $500 bond after allegedly fleeing a patrolman issuing a ticket for running a red light on South Main and Canal. He sped through multiple intersections before a stop at Albert Street. Levine was arraigned before Peace Justice Leon Best.
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del Rioan
Jose Levine
Ware Sr
del Rio Olice
Andres Manangor
Montemayor
Levine
Albert Street
Leon Best
Wreck Victims and Injured Listed Across Mexican Regions
A list of victims and injured individuals from a crash or disaster includes names and ages such as Jose Luis Herrera Serrano 19 from Piedras Negras and Reyna Valdez Hernandez 19 from Sabinas, with others from Monterrey Monclova Agujita Nueva Rosita and Zacatecas. Additional injured span Piedras Negras Agujita Zacatecas and Monterrey, plus a 16 month old from Monclova and a 4 year old from Monterrey.
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Jose Luis Herrera Serrano
Piedras Negras
Domingo Aurora Flores Hernandez
Sabinas
Reyna Concepcion Valdez Hernandez
Raul Castillo Elizondo
Nueva Rosita
Maria Araceli Mata Morales
Agujita
Celina Menchaca de Martinez
Monterrey
Josefa del Carmen Guerrero Saucedo
Carlos Martinez Soriano
Lucia Maldonado Moreno
Monclova
Estefana Garza Montemayor Chapa
Catalina Mascarro Jimenez
Sergio Flores Sanchez
Juanita Angela Meta Morales
Jose Guadalupe
Rincon Padilla
Zacatecas
Jose Cruz Rincon Santos
Jesus Garza Ulloa
Juan Martin Nenez Mascarro
Yesica Martinez Menchaca
Roxana
Maldonado Moreno
Maria del Rosario Bernal de Garcia
Marcos
Weather forecast with scattered storms and heat spike
National Weather Service projects a 20 percent daytime thundershower chance through Tuesday. Partly cloudy elsewhere with highs in the 90s and lows in the 70s, southeast winds 5 to 10 mph today becoming light tonight. Sunday high 95, today’s low 68. all time highs 103 and lows 67 for July 6. Rain year to date 16.51 inches, 7.92 inches above normal. NWS South Texas to see numerous showers and storms in far south, coast and Southeast Texas. West Texas through Tuesday will be warm with highs in the 90s and near 103 in the Big Bend. lows 60s.
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National Weather Service
South Texas
NWS
Texas
West Texas
Big End
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