DRHS Class of 1971 T Shirts on Sale at Reunion
DRHS Wildcat 1971 shirts in maroon and gold remain available to Class of 1971 members. Contact Mrs Jill Slaughter Graff at 774-2368 or Mrs Jan Sadowsky Baize at TUS 12 for purchase. The week features museum trips for summer reading, Eastern Star gatherings, social club meetings, a story hour at Val Verde Library, blood drive in San Felipe, and local community notices.
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DRHS
Whitehead Memorial Museum
Val Verde County
Thebrary
Dorothy Gurley
Weekend blackout hits hospital patients and staff
Flooding from a severe thunderstorm knocked out power and emergency generators Friday night as 52 of the hospital's 250 patients were discharged or transferred. Surgeons completed a gunshot operation amid flickering lights while volunteers delivered meals to over 200 patients during the outage. The cooling and sterilization systems failed, forcing the operating room to stay out of use until restored.
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Woolf
Michael Wray
Del Rio Weather Outlook and Records July 7
National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures in Del Rio with a 30 percent chance of showers Wednesday. Overnight low near 70 and high near 90, southeast winds 15 to 20 mph today tapering tonight. High 93 yesterday. moxie low 7 today. All time highs and lows for July 7 noted, with rainfall 16.51 inches year to date, 7.88 inches above normal 6.63 inches. Extended South Texas forecast calls for partly cloudy days through Thursday with possible showers.
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del Rio
National Weather Service
Moxie
South Texas
NWS
NAS study unlikely to settle JFK conspiracy dispute
Washington AP reports the National Academy of Sciences will examine only the scientific validity of acoustics methods used to claim a second gunshot in Kennedy's assassination, not prove or disprove conspiracy. NAS spokeswoman Barbara Jorgenson cautions the probe will address methods, not outcomes. The FBI had challenged the acoustics team, while the House committee maintained a second shooter.
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FBI
John F. Kennedy
National Academy of Sciences
Hhe Academy
Barbara Jorgenson
Kennedy
House
Jorgenson
NAS
July opens with Del Rio police on busy theft spree
Del Rio police report a busy start to July with ten theft burglary and vandalism incidents totaling about 1700 in losses. At Val Verde Hardware a 970 value was stolen including a typewriter two bicycles a calculator and a clock radio between June 26 and 29. Richard Grayless suffered 300 in damage to four portable buildings on Ave F. A borrowed car yielded 136 in missing items from Studio One. A pistol valued at 100 was taken from Olympic Health Club on Margaret Lane between Friday and Monday.
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Brett Balze
E. Greenwood St
Studio One
E. Gibbs St
Deaths John H. Jeffus rites held for 70 year old
John H. Jeffus, 70, a retired U S Air Force colonel, died Saturday after a lingering illness. Rites were held this morning at Humphreys Doran Funeral Home chapel with burial at Westlawn Cemetery. He resided at 100 Royal Way Drive Chaparral Town Houses. Born June 29 1911 in Plainview Texas he served in World War I era and World War II era theaters including Europe and China. Survived by wife Margaret W. Jeffus and two brothers JB Jeffus of Del Rio and Worth Jeffus of Guymon Okla.
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Humphreys-Doran Funeral Home
Westlawn
United States Air Force
Chaparral
Royal Way Drive
Plainview
Texas
University of Texas
Air War College
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
National War College
Washington, D.C
Air Force
Colorado Springs
Panama
China
Europe
Jeffus
del Rio
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Margaret W. Jeffus
JB. Jeffus
Worth Jeffus
Guymon
Okla
Hospital Admits and Discharges Over Four Days
The hospital lists admitted and discharged patients across Saturday Sunday and Monday. Admits include Delfina Aguillar Joe Chambers Billy Sandoval Imelda Rivera Anthony Bovard Jose Soliz Rosa Flores Rogelio Hernandez Matias Lopez Yolanda Flores Ramon Alvarez Maria Robledo Maria Chairez Belinda Vasquez Liberato Martinez Rosa Hernandez Adrian Castro Jim Blake Feliz Guajardo Veronica Montalvo Janet Cox Delia Hernandez Esperanza Cervantez Amada Frayre Richard Hankin Maria Obregon Mary Brewer Inez Hauck Ruth Keller Joshua Hernandez Rosalinda Martinez Yvette Castillo Victor Valadez. Discharges include Franciska Veliz Luis Perez Reynaldo Andrade Leticia Martinez Olga DeLeon Ester Martinez Leobardo Hernandez Edelmira Faz Mary LaFrance Ruben Trevino Lynda Flores Olivia Castellanos Josefina Fernandez Petra Robles Juanita Prieto Glenn Morgan Jonathan Hinton Sam Dawson Domingo De La Garza Maria Luna Olivia Sanchez Aurelia Salazar Maria Rodriguez Juanita Salazar Ernesto Medrano Billy Sandoval Imelda Rivera Olga Hernandez Henry Elledge Robert McDonald Cristina Almeda Edith Haley Barbara Sumpter Delfina Aguilar Anthony Bovard Jose Soliz Ramon Alvarez Maria Robledo Victor Valadez. Admits Monday include Socorro Zambrano Leopoldo Acala Albert Vanelli Josefina Monroy Frank Fuentes Anastacio Dominguez Eduardo Prieto Debbie Stubblefield Concepcion Rodriguez Lucille Harris Daniel Peregoy. Discharges Monday list Olga Hernandez Henry Elledge Robert McDonald Cristina Almeda Edith Haley Barbara Sumpter Delfina Aguilar Anthony Bovard Jose Soliz Ramon Alvarez Maria Robledo Victor Valadez.
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Joe Chambers
Billy Sandoval
Imelda Rivera
Anthony Bovard
Jose Soliz
Rosa Flores
Rogelio Hernandez
Matias Lopez
Yolanda Flores
Ramon Alvarez
Francisca Veliz
Luis Perez
Reynaldo Andrade
Leticia Martinez
Olga DeLeon
Ester Martinez
Leobardo Hernandez
Edelmira Faz
Mary LaFrance
Ruben Trevino
Lynda Flores
Olivia Castellanos
Josefina Fernandez
Petra Robles
Juanita Prieto
Glenn Morgan
Jonathan Hinton
Maria Robledo
Maria Chairez
Belinda Vasquez
Liberato Martinez
Rosa Hernandez
Adrian Castro
Jim Blake
Feliz Guajardo
Veronica Montalvo
Janet Cox
Delia Hernandez
Epseranza
Cervantez
Amada Frayre
Richard Hankin
Maria Obregon
Mary Brewer
Inez Hauck
Ruth Keller
Joshua Hernandez
Rosalinda Martinez
Yvette Castillo
Victor Valadez
Sam Dawson
Domingo de la Garza
Maria Luna
Olivia Sanchez
Aurelia Salazar
Maria Rodriguez
Juanita Salazar
Ernesto Medrano
Socorro Zambrano
Leopoldo Acala
Albert Vanelli
Josefina Monroy
Frank Fuentes
Anastacio Dominguez
Eduardo Prieto
Debbie Stubblefield
Concepcion Rodriguez
Lucille Harris
Daniel Peregoy
Olga Hernandez
Henry Elledge
Robert McDonald
Cristina Almeda
Edith Haley
Barbara Sumpter
Delfina Aguilar
Anthony Boyard
Controlled burning turns, rages into grassfire in Del Rio
Four Del Rio firefighters fought a 3:15 p.m. grassfire on Ridgeline Drive that burned about two acres owned by C B Clements after a supposed controlled burn got away. Firefighters returned to G W Cox Station about two hours later.
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C.B. Clements
Ridgeline Drive
Albert Sandoval
Clements
Sandoval
G.W. Cox Memorial Station
Re Bo
Enrique Munoz
Eighth St
Cora Cattle
Ave
Del Rio man charged in New Mexico killing
Benito Almaguer, 31, a Del Rio truck driver, is jailed on a 500000 dollar bond in Lordsburg New Mexico for the June 28 tavern killing following a late night dispute. The victim died from injuries after a scuffle and Almaguer was arrested within an hour.
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N.M
del Rio
New Mexico City
Benito Almaguer
Las Cruces
News- Herald
Almaguer
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