Del Rio community events highlight Lions meeting and speakers
The Del Rio Lions Club gathers tonight at Wright's Steak House on Highway 90 West with cocktails at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:30 p.m. Lions Governor Ray Acosta will speak and officers will be installed. Also, Wabel Schreiber of Brownsville will speak for the Del Rio Chapter of Woman's Aglow Friday at 7 p.m. in the Del Rio National Bank community room. Additional programs cover National Park Service talks on Amistad area, San Felipe Ex-Students reunion plans, and various local arts, radio, and Round Table meetings. The National Park Service invites applications for winter seasonal jobs at Big Bend National Park with housing provided.
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Senate panel approves highway funding bill
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee adopted Sen. Lloyd Bentsen's amendment to raise Texas 1985 federal highway funds by about 64.5 million to 294.8 million, based on a broader formula including demonstration projects and discretionary money. The panel also backed 12.5 million for a Texas loop around Cleveland and approved wildflower planting along highways, inspired by Lady Bird Johnson.
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Garza County land eyed for TX low level waste dump
Garza County's 175 acre tract, two miles south of Kalgary and 40 miles southeast of Lubbock, is optioned for a potential state low level radioactive waste dump. The $1000 monthly option runs 270 days as officials drill to verify hydrology and geology. Dimmit County remains a viable alternative with an option expiring August 31 unless renewed.
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Tax fears as Texas lawmakers weigh sales tax exemptions
Industry representatives urged the Ways and Means Committee to avoid taxing exemptions, arguing utilities for industrial use and other items remain untaxed. Lone Star Steel cited $30 million annual utility costs and 4,000 layoffs as reasons to resist broader taxes, while Comptroller Bullock noted Texas exempts about $4 billion yearly. Schlueter favored trimming exemptions over immediate rate hikes amid talk of a possible personal income tax.
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Lucas indicted in three Lubbock murder cases
Grand jury charges self described mass killer Henry Lee Lucas with two counts of capital murder for the 1975 Williamson and 1976 Price slayings and a third murder charge for Naomi Martin in 1971 in Lubbock. Lucas, who says he killed up to 350, has provided statements on all three cases. He has prior death and life sentences in Texas. Houston investigators later tied Lucas to four more killings and nine unsolved slayings cleared.
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Del Rio News Herald Subscription Rates and Staff Directory
The Del Rio News Herald publishes daily Monday to Friday and weekend editions with mail and in-town rates listed. Contact numbers and staff roles are provided for ads, classifieds, legals, and circulation, plus a description of where to send payments and how to report undelivered copies.
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Weinberger urges allied unity on D-Day anniversary
Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger called for stronger allied cohesion against Soviet military power. In prepared remarks for the Normandy remembrance, he warned against appeasement and isolationism and criticized those who favor disarmament over defending freedom. He noted congressional scrutiny of the U.S. military budget.
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Border Patrol arrests 12 in smuggling ring
El Paso AP report says 12 defendants mostly Haitians were indicted in March for conspiring to transport Haitians. Indictments unsealed after arrests. suspects to be returned to El Paso for trial. Officials say hundreds more Haitians slipped across the Paso Juarez border since 1983. Defendants named include Toussaint Washington Macndesir Augustin Fenester Baptichon Arnoux Faustin Villa Cadet Cadet Victor. Smuggling route drove from Haiti to Panama and Jamaica to Juarez Mexico.
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Del Rio Weather Outlook For Week Peak Heat In Upper 90s
National Weather Service forecast for Del Rio shows a hot day with highs in the upper 90s and a mid 70s low. Skies will be cloudy this morning then sunny this afternoon, turning partly cloudy tonight and sunny again Saturday. Winds southeast 13 to 20 mph, easing to near 10 mph tonight. High Wednesday reached the low 90s with a morning low around 78.
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Amistad elevation and water stats rise modestly
Amistad elevation this morning stood at 1096.56 feet, up 0.07 from Wednesday. Water depth in the dam reached 196.56 feet, up 0.07, with storage at 21,787 acre feet, increasing by 3,192 acre feet. Water surface covered 48.77 acres, up 49 acres, and flow was 1,900 cubic feet per second.
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