Hong Kong Bans Posters Amid Colony Riots
British authorities in Hong Kong imposed a law making Communist wall posters that criticize the government a crime. The statute carries up to an 875 dollar fine and two years imprisonment as a vanguard of Americans arrives from Macao after the U S Consul warning. Riots sparked by agitators in Macao last year pressured Portuguese authorities.
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Hong Kong
UPD
Executive Council
Macao
U.S
Edward Rice
Del Rio High Twirlers Plan Camp for 1967 68 Show Schedule
Del Rio High School twirlers head Elaine Smith Candy Block Cindy Mandell Lowe and Pat Mitchell plan a July 10 14 twirling camp to prep for football season half time shows. Moises Sandoval son of Mr and Mrs Jose Sandoval departs for a nine month Marine duty in Treasure Island San Francisco. The Del Rio Youth Center hosts a dance weekend with record hops for members and high school students. The Rotary Club hosts a dinner at San Felipe Country Club. reservations due by Saturday. State Senator Dorsey B Hardeman and Mrs Hardeman attend a White House dinner for Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Vacation Bible School set June 5 14 daily 9 to 11 a.m. in First Methodist Church. Local residents return from trips to Fort Worth Dallas and Europe noting travels through Genoa Beirut and Athens.
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del Rio
Elaine Smith
Candy Block
Cindy Mandell
Lowe
Pat Mitchell
Moises Sandoval
Jose Sandoval
Gutierrez St
San Francisco
U.S. Marine Corps
Moises
San Fe
Dorsey B. Hardeman
San Angelo
Hardeman
White House
Way
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harold Wilson
Great Britain
Dorsey
Storm Totals Hit City with High Winds and Heavy Rain
A severe storm lashed Del Rio and surrounding counties with 43 mph winds and up to 3.1 inches of rain at Brackettville. Elsewhere in West Texas, Lubbock area tornadoes caused widespread damage, flooding, and power outages across towns including Rankin and Smyer. Rescue crews worked through the night as airports, roads, and buildings suffered.
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Daily Dream
E. Gibbs Street
News-Herald
del Rio
Brackettville
Here
G.H. Forester Ranch
Ray Hutto Ranch
Carrixo Springs
Batesville
LaPryor
Crystal City
Shreve Goodwin
Weather Bureau
United Press International
Lubbock
Rankin
Upton County
Brownfield
Smyer
Littlefield
New Deal
Tahoka
O’donel
New Deal-Abernathy
C Civil Defense Headquarters
Bureau
Lubbock Municipal Airport
Lubbock Country Club
Jane Kuykendall
Mary E. Thackery
Reese Air Force Base
Reese Afb
Clinton Davis
Levelland
Davises
Department of Public Safety
Marines Renew Assault On Hill South Of DMZ
Marines and South Vietnamese troops again storm a heavily defended hill south of the DMZ in Lam Son 64 battles. South Vietnamese forces reportedly killed about 150 Viet Cong and captured two prisoners while air strikes and artillery support continued the daylong fighting near Con Thien Camp Carroll and the Marines’ bases.
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Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPD
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Lam Son 64
Con Thien
Camp Carroll
Mily
Abeney 4
Laughlin AFB to mark 25 years with July 1 barbecue
Laughlin Air Force Base will host a 25th anniversary celebration including a July 1 barbecue at Moore Park. The event, chaired by Philip A. Ricks, invites military personnel and all Del Rio residents, with plans for a dinner, golf tournament, and remarks by invited former commanders and Congressman O C Fisher.
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Laughlin Air Force Base
Moore Park
Philip A. Ricks
Chamber of Commerce
del Rio
Jack Laughlin
Ricks
O.C. Fisher
San Angelo
SAFE
Joseph C. O’neal
Edward W. Suarez
George W. Mundy
Emmett F. Yost
William T. Samways
Thomas L. Mosley
Samuel C. Guerney Jr
Hubert Zemke
Austin J. Russell
Barksdale Air Force Base
Andrew J. Bratton
William W. Wilcox
John A. Des Portes
A.F. Taut
German Women Face Uphill Fight for Equality
Bonn dispatch notes the federal constitution grants equality but practical gains lag. One third of West Germany’s workers are women and many are married yet 68 percent of women and 72 percent of men deem women working for wages abnormal. Women- held political seats lag across state and communal bodies.
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Bonn
UPI
West Germany
Weather Forecast for Del Rio and Vicinity
Partly cloudy through Saturday with scattered showers and thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Rain chances near ten percent. Cooler than recent days. Tonight’s low 68 to 70. Saturday’s high mid 90s. Southeast winds 8 to 18 mph.
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del Rio
Explosion at Essex rocket fuel plant kills four
A blast at the Valley Metallurgical Processing Co. in Essex killed at least four people and wounded several others. Victims’ bodies were moved to Robinson-Wright Funeral Home beside the factory. Initial reports blamed an atmospheric change affecting magnesium in barrels used to make rocket fuel.
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Essex, Conn
UPI
Valley Metallurgical Processing Co
Robinson-Wright Funeral Home
Head Start Programs To Begin In Two Districts
Head Start in Del Rio and San Felipe Independent School Districts starts Monday at 8 a.m. at Garfield Elementary and four San Felipe schools Austin Austin Lamar Houston Travis. Programs run five days weekly with meals, exams, inoculations, field trips, and a zoo trip to end.
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del Rio Independent
Garfield
San Felipe
Austin
Houston
Lamar
Travis
del Rio Independent School
Leonardo Reyna
W.J. Waddell
Cation
Homero C. Sigala
San Antonio
Three Men Killed In Clash Near Israel Frontier
Three fatalities reported in a clash near Israel's northern frontier as two Israeli soldiers and one Syrian infiltrator were killed. British PM Wilson warned time was running out on crisis solutions while reports say Israel may sign an Anglo American declaration on free passage through the Gulf of Aqaba amid Egypt's blockade and US British pressure for UN peacekeepers.
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Walter Logan
United Press International
Israel
Middle East
Ottawa
Harold Wilson
Washington
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf
Cairo
Egypt
United States
Britain
France
Wilson
Lester Pearson
Johnson
Queen City Hotline Readers Question Radio Policy
A Del Rio hot line item invites questions and complaints. A reader asks why KDLK stops English music after 8 p m and a station spokesman says responses favor Spanish programs, advising English listeners to use FM KDLK 7 a m to 11 p m. A reader also issues a knife-attack taunt toward an unknown suspect.
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del Rio
Paul Venema
KDLK
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