Del Rio Adopts New City Charter After Vote Tally
Del Rio's city government moved to a six member commission with a mayor after a tight election. The tally showed 1 632 in favor and 1 570 against the charter. The charter aims for staggered elections and new pay scales for officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonny Jones
del Rio
E.W. Marlowe
Marlowe
Walter Grimmer Jr
Juan J. Gallan
G.W. Cox
Grimmer
Charter Commission
San Marcos Graduation Attendees and Local Obits Noted
Around Town records San Marcos High School graduation of 235 students in Evans Auditorium with family attendees. Mentioned deaths include Grover Cleveland Winn, an Fort Worth rites pending. Ruth McCulley Wardlaw earns BS with high distinction from Our Lady of the Lake College and begins master’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Mayfield
San Marcos High School
Evans Auditorium
John T. Mayfield
Ellen
Tommy Mayfield
Jimmy Sellers
Grace Mayfield
John L. Dodson Jr
Dale
Thomas W. Wilson
Tex
Allison
Topsy
Austin
Paul Zedler
Lulling
Grover Cleveland Winn
A.J. Anderson
del Rio
Fort Worth
Ruth McCulley Wardlaw
Our Lady of the Lake College
San Antonio
W.L. Lindley
H.A. Walker
Comstock
Lindley
Watt
Lawrence Wardlaw
Denise Wardlaw
Major
Ronald Julius
Julius
Raylyn McCulley
Weather forecast for Del Rio and Southwest Texas
Weather for Del Rio and vicinity clear to partly cloudy and warm with a 10 percent chance of widely scattered thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Low tonight 74 to 77, high Friday near 100, southeast winds 8 to 18 mph. Maximum Wednesday 98, minimum 75, morning 76, humidity 76 percent at 6 am and 50 percent at noon. Sunset 8:38 pm sunrise 6:44 am. East of the Pecos River clear to partly cloudy and warm with isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers. Low tonight 62 to 75, high 90 to 102.
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del Rio
Texas
Pecos River
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Gulf
South
North Texas
Slidell
Denton
Wise
Decatur
Pilot Point
Sherman
Killeen
McAllen
Dalhart
Civil War Looms In Nigeria
Lagos reports say Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon moved to isolate the seceded Eastern Region and mobilize the army as the Eastern Region under Lt. Col. Odumegwu Ojukwu declares the Republic of Biafra. Blockades, bank freezes, and armed guards mark a tense national security clampdown.
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Lagos
Nigeria
UPD
Yakubu Gowon
Africa
East
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Independent Republic of Bi
May Rain Deficit Highlights Dry Weather Across Region
May brought only 0.65 inch of rain for Del Rio, leaving a year-to-date total of 2.65 inches and 4.03 inches below normal. The Weather Bureau noted a hot, dry month with one rain event on May 4 and record highs reaching 103 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
Shreves Goodwin
del Rio
Val Verde County
Husse Miers Ranch
Horace Fawcett Ranch
Loma Alta
May
Red Guard style training reported in Hong Kong youths
The Star reports Communist youths in Hong Kong undergo armed training on a heavily barricaded roof in a side street building. Eight youths are pictured with rifles and a submachine gun as Red leaders ordered arms training after clashes with the government.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Star
Del Rio May Building Permits Top One Million Dollars
In May the city issued eight building permits totaling 1 836 215 with the Del Rio Independent School District school project at 1 750 000 and San Felipe First Baptist Church at 211 Plaza at 37 000. Year to date construction reaches 2 293 927. Five new residence permits listed including Guillermo Calderon II 104 Calderon St 16 272 and M and W Construction Co 202 Crestline Dr 12 905 among others.
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del Rio Independent School District
San Felipe First Baptist Church
Plaza
May
Guillermo Calderon II
Calderon St
Juan Cadena
Cisneros
William R. Kitts
Crestline Dr
M & W Construction Co
Depew
Ridgewood Dr
Joe Hernandez
Lopez Mateos Near Death After Brain Bleeding
Former Mexican president Adolfo Lopez Mateos lay near death from a massive cranial hemorrhage. Doctors said his brain had ceased functioning and machines were keeping him alive. He had long suffered a balconing artery condition and was rushed to the National Neurological Institute after Wednesday’s hemorrhage. President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz and former President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines visited the hospital. Lopez Mateos had just turned 67 five days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
UPD
Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Manuel Velasco
Lopez Mateos
National Neurological Institute
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Record U.S. Casualties Rise in Vietnam War Week
Saigon reports 2,941 U.S. casualties last week including 313 killed, 2,616 wounded, and 12 missing as combat and air actions surge. Communist losses reach 2,216 with fresh ground fighting and a 7th Fleet strike on a northeast coast stronghold.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Border Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North Vietnam
7Th Fleet
Wilson Flys To America For Talks Amid Gulf Crises
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to the United States for emergency talks with President Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson on reopening the Gulf of Aqaba to international shipping. Reports note friction with France over signing a declaration, while Arab and Israeli tensions rise and Air France suspends Cairo flights as the region teeters toward conflict.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
Harold Wilson
America
Johnson
Lester Pearson
Gulf of Aqaba
Washington
United States
Britain
France
United Arab Republic
Mideast
Yemen
U.A.R
Sinai
Israel
Baghdad
Jordan
Saleh al Kordi
Cairo
Ahmed Shukeiry
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Palestine
Shukeiry
Amman
Hussein
Levi Eshkol
Moshe Dayan
Eshkol
Paris
Air France
Helicopters Make Transatlantic Hop From New York to Paris
Two U S Air Force Sikorsky HH3E Sea Kings landed at Le Bourget after a nonstop 29 hour 48 minute flight from New York. The helicopters carried five crew from the 48th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron and followed Lindbergh’s historic route. They refueled in mid flight with Lockheed Hercules tankers from New York Labrador and Iceland.
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Paris
UPD
U.S. Air Force
le Bourget
New York
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
North Vietnam
United Aircraft Corp
US Air Force
U.S. Department of Defense
Air Force
Labrador
Iceland
Sikorsky Aircraft Firm
United Aircraft
Igor Sikorsky
Queen City Queries Open Line Seeks Reader Questions
The News-Herald invites questions and comments on a daily hot line from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The note explains signed letters are preferred, but anonymity is allowed while the paper must know the writer’s identity. It also reports on driver education interest and city police qualifications.
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Queen City
News-Herald
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James Simmonds
News- Herald
By Ima JO Fleetwood
John R. Brinkley
John R. Brinkley I
Allen Dale
WOAI
William G. Burns
Brinkley
Angela
Wilson
4-H Club
Val Verde County Fair Grounds
S.S. Peimbert
Sre
SFS
J.R. Koog
Ted
Tata Mackig
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