Community events and notices in Del Rio area
Around Town highlights a free United Civic Organization meeting at 7 90 p m in the O Hall with Hoase Fernandes presiding and a list of activities in Del Rio and Acuna Mexico. A free program on Lake Amistad at Governor's Landing begins at 9 15 weather permitting, plus summer band sessions for Eighth Grade begin Monday at Guiner Street complex. a Friday closing party at Val Verde Library includes a monster pinata. Grace Lutheran Vacation Bible School runs Aug 3 to 11, Bible Way Church wraps up Bible School with Twelve Disciples for Christ, Amistad Reservoir water release reduced to 848 cfs, and First Baptist Youth head to Glorieta for four weeks starting Friday.
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Acuna
Cash
Mexico
National Park Service
Ernor
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Ton
Oorien
Giope Pyiday
Saturge
Jesse Brijalba
Guiner Street
Val Verde County
Bess Bradley
Budget compromise ends long fight on social security
The Senate and House forge a Reagan backed budget plan after a two week conference total cuts expected at 35 to 36 billion dollars. Leaders call the move a historic shift toward tighter federal spending with final passage anticipated Friday.
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Howard H. Baker Jr
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Tax cuts spark debate over oil provisions and middle income relief
Senate and House negotiators race to resolve oil tax provisions in the tax cut plan. Reagan's proposal faces liberal filibuster risk while Democrats challenge middle income targeting. Differences include oil breaks, marriage penalty relief, estate taxes, and retirement accounts. Senators Dole Bumpers and ONeill weigh in on political dynamics.
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Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Reagan
Massachusetts
Democrat
Val Verde County appoints 32 election judges and alternates
County Judge Sergio Gonzales signed an order naming 16 presiding judges and 16 alternates after a majority of the County Commissioners' Court voted for nominees supported by Democratic Chairman Coral Gurley and Republican Chairman W. W. Williams. Commissioner James Leonard moved approval. Commissioner's Rigardo Padilla and Judge Gonzales concurred. Del Rio residents listed include E. E. Schofield and Jo Beth Fawcett with 30 acceptances confirmed to date.
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Val Verde
Sergio Gonzales
Coral Gurley
W. W. Williams
James Leonard
Simon Torres
Rigardo Padilla
Gonzalez
del Rio
Mildred Hildreth
Aurelio Laing
Estela M. Dominguez
Americans to reap fatter paychecks under Reagan tax cuts
Washington AP reports most Americans will see a small rise in take home pay after Oct 1 as Reagan tax cut bills phased in. By 1984 the average tax reduction reaches about 23 percent, with ranges from 20.9 to 27.1 percent depending on income. A representative four member family with $20,000 income may gain roughly $22 weekly in late 1981, with larger changes in 1982 and 1983.
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Washington
Reagan
Knife wielding vandals strike north Del Rio
Police investigate a string of tire punctures in north Del Rio between midnight and 1 30 am Tuesday. Damages ranged from 25 to 250 dollars with numerous homes and vehicles affected on Miller Drive Philemon Drive Jaime Way North Main Street and 113 Philemon Drive. Police noted multiple tires punctured including city vehicle tire at 113 Philemon Drive.
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North del Rio
del Rio
Norman McBride
Miller Drive
William M. Wilmont
Philemon Drive
Ben Harsh
North Main St
Harsh
Robert Aguilar
Jaime Way
Jose de Leon
Jim Miceli
Richard P. Tedford
Del Rio debates nutrition funds and agency blame
City officials continue to seek answers on grant distribution for nutrition programs amid finger pointing between Maverick County Multi-Meals for the Elderly and Middle Rio Grande Development Council. Mayor Whitis and City Attorney Garcia urge clarity on funding cuts and meal provision for 106 recipients, while directing letters to state and regional officials. In a separate incident, 18 year old Mary Kathleen Cordello was cited after a red light stop revealed no license and a small marijuana possession, leading to brief detention.
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del Rio News- Herald
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del Rio
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Hospital Report at VAL VERDE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
On Wednesday admissions include Rodrigo Saldivar Alma Cano Marisol O Cervates Hermelinda Delgado Gregoria Briones Jerome J Bugno Jose Ortiz Christopher G Williams John P Hullum Julian Menchaca Irma Muambela Norma Elizondo Normalisa Rincon Discharges include Seledonio Swarez Maria Isabel Jimenez Jesus Rodriguez Oralia Venegas Maria Espinoza Donnie Rust David G Monk Oscar Delgado Tharra Jr Guillermo Rodriguez Roberto Zaragoza Raquel Tovar Frank E Mey Gonzalo Villanueva Amalia Ramos
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Alma Cano
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Hermelinda Delgado
Gregoria Briones
Jerome J. Bugno
Jose Ortiz
Christopher G. Williams
John P. Hullum
Julian Menchaca
Irma Muambela
Norma Elizondo
Normalisa Rincon
Seledonio Swarez
Maria Isabel Jimenez
Jesus Rodriguez
Oralia Venegas
Maria Espinoza
Donnie Rust
David G
Deaths: Francis Albert 39 at Val Verde ranch
Francis Albert, 39, died Wednesday at the Albert ranch in Val Verde County. Rites planned in Del Rio tentatively at 4 p.m. Saturday in Humphreys-Doran Funeral Home chapel. Burial in Westlawn Cemetery. Born March 17, 1942, in Del Rio. Survived by wife Carolyn of Comstock. sons Steven Aaron and Jimmy Albert. daughter Glenda, all of Comstock. father Aaron Albert of Midland. brothers Alvin of Comstock and James of Houston. grandmother Edna Mae Everett of Del Rio. many other relatives.
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Albert Ranch
Val Verde County
del Rio
Humphreys- Doran Funeral Homse
Westlawn
Albert
Carolyn Albert
Comstock
Steven
Aaron
Jimmy Albert
Glenda
Aaron Albert
Midland
Alvin Albert
James Albert
Houston
Edna Mae Everett
Rain and Heat Dominate Del Rio Forecast
Overnight showers added .08 inches to Del Rio’s rainfall for the year, totaling 17.08 inches, with forecasts calling for partly cloudy skies and hot afternoons in the upper 90s through Friday. Tonight’s low mid-70s. record highs and lows noted for July 30.
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South Texas
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