05 Jun 1966
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1966
Page
1
A jumble of local notes from Del Rio covers a spacewalk record title, obituaries, school orientations, graduation news for Jim Hansen, Head Start enrollments, and regional announcements. Included are Mrs. Ida Mae Wolfe, Elsi Tabola family notes, and Samuel Lopez with SWT College degrees.
Cecil T. Sonny Adams won the Democratic runoff for Val Verde County treasurer with 948 votes to 515 for Moises Villarreal amid low turnout. Unofficial returns from 13 of 15 boxes showed Adams leading as total votes neared 1,465 of the county’s 6,200 potential voters. The only other local race was Texas attorney general where Crawford Martin led Franklin Spears 571 to 882.
UPI reports American bombers and allied ground units pressed a fifth day of strikes across North and South Vietnam. In a Saigon area engagement, B52s and helicopter fire supported an Army push trapping a Viet Cong unit of about 100 men in the Vinh Thanh Valley, with at least 74 killed. Farther north, a 13th straight day of B52 raids targeted an estimated 1,200 Viet Cong in Quang Ngai province, with results still unknown.
Two transient suspects fled the City Jail Saturday night after an escape between 5 15 and 6 pm. A large-scale manhunt included City police sheriff Border Patrol Highway Patrol Texas Ranger Purvis and FBI agents though they remained at large at 9 30 pm. They are being questioned for writing worthless checks.
Police logged twelve auto accidents in the past week with one person hurt. Estimated vehicle damage surpassed $5,220 and an additional $45 to property. Multiple weekend crashes occurred on South Main, Academy, International Road, Avenue E and Seventh Street, involving cars such as a 1966 Pontiac and a 1960 Ford. One victim, Elia Salinas, suffered cuts and bruises and was hospitalized.
After treatment at Dallas Medical Center, the patient returns home to 100 Ricks Drive and is described as doing fine. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clyde Harris and related to prominent local figures including Mayor Walter Grimmer Jr. of Del Rio.
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