Del Rio to seat two in city runoff election
In Del Rio runoff Saturday Claudio Sotelo faces Greg Talamantez Jr for At Large Place C while Mario Chavira competes with Tina Martinez for District II Council seat. Voters in District I vote at City Hall and in District II at the Civic Center or San Felipe Middle School. The two winners will serve about two years of Valdez’s term before the 2004 election. Martinez led May 4 with 341 votes but lacked a charter majority. Chavira had 301. Sotelo led At Large with 1,344 to 1,149 for Talamantez.
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del Rio
Place C
Claudio Sotelo
Greg Talamantez Jr
Mario
Mike” Chavira
Tina Martinez
City Hall
W. Broadway St
del Rio Civic Center
Ave
San Felipe Middle School
Garza Street
Chavira
Martinez
Efrain V. Valdez
Valdez
Ricardo D
Rick” Luna
Santiago
Jimmy” Salazar
Sotelo
Talamantez
Burials Honor Vietnam Pilot at Arlington National Cemetery
At Arlington Air Force honors for Capt. Fred Patrick Clay-Cutter whose remains were found in 1997 after a 1964 crash in Lan Khan Province. Navigator Lt. Leonard L. Kaster posthumously awarded the Purple Heart as family and officers attended. Also noted were Ramones founder Dee Dee Ramone found dead at 50 in Hollywood. A murder suspect Richard Markham was arrested in Central Park after tourists identified him from news photos.
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National Cemetery
Arlington, Va
U.S
Vietnam
Air Force
Arlington National Cemetery
Fred “Patrick
Clay
Lan Khan
Cutrer
Ayka
Miss
Cutter
Leonard L. Kaster
Kaster
Los Angeles
Dee’ Dee Ramone
the Ramones
Hollywood
Ramone
Douglas Glenn Colvin
Craig Harvey
Harvey
New York
England
Central Park
Richard Markham
Francisco Alvarez
Ray Kelly
Markham
Daily News
New York Post
Marion Russell Middle School hit by vandalism causes district repairs
Tuesday vandalism at Marion Russell Middle School damaged 14 windows across the main office, classrooms, nurse station and gym. Repairs are estimated around $1,143.75, with labor about $300 and window costs varying by size. District officials note vandalism is typical this year except at Del Rio Middle School and stress rapid repairs to deter further incidents.
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Marion Russell Middle School
Rae A Ene
Chavita
Lupe Costilla
Chavira
Bobby Fernandez
Fernandez
del Rio Middle School
East Side Elementary School
news-Herald
Brian Argabright
San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Water dispute with Mexico moves to White House talks
U S Mexico water dispute shifts to the White House with talks on Mexico delivering Rio Grande water to Texas and meeting NSC officials. Mexico trails in releases and owes about 1.5 million acre feet while Vicente Fox signs a state governor pact to resolve the dispute. Participants include Eduardo Sojo and other Mexican officials.
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U.s.-Mexico
White House
Washington
Mexico
Texas
Miguel Monterrubio
Condoleeza Rice
Rice
Taylor Gross
NSC
United States
Rio Grande
Colorado River
U.S
State Department
Otto Reich
Vicente Fox
Eduardo Sojo
Fox
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Karen Gleason
Dee Dee Ramone
Inden
dreve-Herald
Juan Garcia
National Weather Service
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