Federal Officials Inspect Del Rio School Case On Civil Rights
A three member HEW Office of Civil Rights team arrived in Del Rio to conduct a fact finding mission on Title VI compliance and HEW rules for schools receiving federal funds. They will study records, minutes, maps, and back issues to assess the district's actions amid ongoing questions about school consolidation and Mexican American student transfers.
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Office of General Counsel For Civil Rights
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
D.M. Leeman
Office of General Counsel
Defense Department
Laughlin Afb
del Rio
Leeman
Jose Uranga
General Counsel
Juan Ibarra
Office of Civil Rights
Dallas
Supt
O.B. Poole
Homero C. Sigala
del Rio News-Herald
Ibarra
Lloyd R Henderson
Washington
Henderson
Poole
Texas
San Felipe
United States Vs. Texas
San Feli Independent School
Langtry Comstock School Consolidation Vote Planned
An election on merging Langtry and Comstock Independent School Districts is set for June 15 with polling in both communities. petitions circulated yielded 28 signatures in Langtry and 24 in Comstock. Transportation burden and facility limits cited. merger would require approval from both districts and the county judge.
Billings Welcomes New Baby Adrian Nelson in Del Rio
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Billings announce the birth of a son Adrian Nelson Billings in Val Verde Memorial Hospital. He weighs 7 pounds. Grandparents are Nelson Billings of Langtry and Lucille Allen of Del Rio. mother is Ann Allen. The Del Rio Marine Association Auxiliary meets at 7:30 p.m. tonight at 310 E Bean St. Leslie Schmidt and art students Luis Leyva Miguel Campos toured Santa Fe Taos and Big Bend venues for the 1950 gallery season. A 4-H Club ticket mixer cage was borrowed and not returned. call 775-3412 to recover. Senior Citizens meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in John Rowland Community Center. A Social Security representative will be in Del Rio Thursday at the Federal Building from 9 a.m. to completion of interviews. No story hour details and library programs to be announced. Del Rio Boys Club officers meet tonight at 9:30 in the Del Rio Chamber of Commerce center.
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Warren Billings
Val’ Verde Memorial Hospital
Adrian Nelson Billings
Nelson Billings
Langtry
Lucille Allen
del Rio
Ann Allen
del Rio Marine Association
Alfred Lay
Bean St
Leslie Schmidt
Luis Leyva
Miguel Campos
Santa Fe
Taos
N.M
Big Bend
McDonald Observatory
Carlsbad
Sonora Caverns
John Rowland
San Jose
Social Security
Federal
Val Verde County
San Felipe
Thebrary
al Vanelli
del Re
Arraignment for Juan V Corona in orchard graves murders
Juan Vallejo Corona appears for a continuation of arraignment on charges tied to the killings of 10 of 23 transient workers found buried in Orchard graves. Prosecutors plan to file more charges later. the arraignment remains under closed session as defense and court navigate pleas and trial readiness.
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Keith Hearn
Associated Press
Yuba City
Calif
Juan Vallejo Corona
Dist
Atty
Dave Teja
Corona
Man Sought To Help Identify Dog After Bite
A 6 year old girl Beverly Krob was bitten on the hand by a big brown dog near East Side Elementary School. A passerby chased the dog away and is being sought to identify the dog for vaccination and reports. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon between 2 30 and 3 o'clock. Mrs Krob asks anyone who knows the man who helped to contact her at 1 775 8483.
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Verry Hammond
Larry Krob
E. 6Th St
East Side
Beverly
Austelio Laing Sr
Weather outlook for Del Rio and southwest Texas boosts warmth
Del Rio and vicinity expect considerable cloudiness late night and early morning through Thursday with mainly partly cloudy and warm conditions. A 0 percent chance of afternoon or evening showers and thundershowers through Thursday. Low tonight in the low 70s, Thursday high mid 90s, SE winds 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday high 93, low 70, today’s morning low 73, noon humidity 75 percent, sunset 8 39, sunrise 6 44. Southwest Texas east of Pecos River sees cloudy warmth into Thursday with isolated shower chances mainly north, tonight 66 to 78, Thursday 92.
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del Rio
Texas
Pecos River
San Felipe Names Equalization Board and Key Faculty
San Felipe school board appointed a three-member equalization board Maria Flores Hermilo Valdez and Frank Cuellar and announced three faculty appointments Athletic director Al Soto oneyear contract counsellor Frank Zuniga and USAF retiree Chief Master Sergeant Don B Davis named as first Junior ROTC instructor for the new program at San Felipe High School set to begin next September.
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San Felipe
Homero C. Sigala
San Felipe Independent
Maria Flores
Hermilo Valdez
Frank Cuellar
al Soto
Mustang
Frank Zuniga
Don B. Davis
USAF
Biloxi
Miss
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
San Felipe High School
Slight Chance Of Rain Predicted In Local Forecast
The Weather Office reports only a 20 percent chance of rain this afternoon and tonight with more cloudiness late tonight and early Thursday. Temperatures will run warm with a low in the 70s and a Thursday high in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Areas from San Angelo to Abilene and east of Lubbock saw most activity today, but moisture remained elusive.
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San Angelo
Abilene
Lube
Amistad Dam Elevation and Water Levels Change
Amistad elevation this morning stood at 1057.91 feet, down from Tuesday. Water depth at the dam was 157.54 feet, down 0.54. Water storage reached 954,004 acre feet, down 12,767. Water surface covered 23,497 acres, down 292. Downstream release was 8,470 cubic feet per second, below Tuesday's 8,510 cfs.
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Amistad
Amistad Dam
Open Border Debate Colors U S Mexico Talks at Puerto Vallarta
Senators and representatives at a Mexico U S inter-parliamentary meeting in Puerto Vallarta voiced cautious support for an open border over time. They cited improved ties but acknowledged unresolved issues on drug trafficking immigration and river salinity. Meanwhile Val Verde County prepares a 20 person grand jury for next Monday.
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Mexico City
Lloyd Bentsen
D— Tex
Mexico
U.S
Puerto Vallarta
Bentsen
Telieve
Robert Nix
D.pa
Colorado River
Federal cloud seeding eyed to ease South Texas drought
Federal officials announce readiness to launch Project Teadrop a one month cloud seeding program amid drought across a wide South Texas corridor from Del Rio to the Gulf of Mexico A civil project and an Air Force effort are planned to operate from San Angelo and possibly Corpus Christi with June offering a window for operations.
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San Antonio
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Archie Kahan
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Engineering and Research Center
Denver
San Angelo
Bureau of Reclamation
Air Forcc
Kahan
del Rio
Colorado River
Austin
Air Force Project
Corpus Christi
Carrizo Springs
South Texas
Rio Grande Valley
U.S. Office of Emergency Preparedness
Clements Todd
Ureau
Atmospheric Water Resources Cement
Todd
el Campo
Gulf Coast
General Charged In Viet Nam Murders
The Army charged Brig. Gen. John W. Donaldson with murder and assault in eight Vietnam civilians. The 47-year-old West Point graduate, then a colonel commanding the 1st Infantry Brigade, faces charges for incidents in Quang Ngai Province between November 1968 and January 1969 tied to the My Lai area. He was a top Joint Chiefs planner and is the first U.S. general charged with a war crime since the era.
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Ans
West Point
Timeline shifts on My Lai and Donaldson case details
Fragmentary notes indicate My Lai timing and that Donaldson did not assume brigade command until October 1968, over six months after the massacre. Calley faced a life term for civilian murders, with limited case details and a separate investigation reportedly launched after statements by a helicopter pilot attached to the 11th Brigade.
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My Lai
Donaldson
Calley
My Lato
11Th Brigade
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J.J. Hawkins
van den Heuvel
G. Dave Teja
Administration of Justice
Hoje
Yuba County
Marysville
Twin Cities
Feather’ River
Zuniga
Sul Ross State University
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Dixie Connolly
John W. Donaldson
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