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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1967
Page
1
Del Rio High School pep squad members meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in Central Cafe teria near the high school, with five dollar deposits for jackets. A special meeting for the Del Rio Retarded Children's Association is at 8 p.m. tonight at First Presbyterian Church. Tony Garcia urges all members and interested parties to attend.
In Cincinnati bands of vandals attacked about 30 stores late at night injuring three newsmen and a police captain while police armed with clubs tear gas and riot guns patrolled the streets. In Tampa rioters overturned cars looted stores and set fires during a six hour disturbance linked to the slaying of a Negro youth by a policeman.
Tass reports two Soviet space probes on Venus missions. Venus 4, a four month journey, leads the way while Cosmos 165, the 165th flight, trails. Mariner 5 the U.S. Venus probe aims to within 2,000 miles. Venus 4 nears October rendezvous as Bolshevik anniversary looms.
The county board of equalization in Val Verde County, led by Judge Jim Lindsey, set valuations for corporation lands today. Members include L D Whitehead Walter Gillis Henry Mills and Val Cadena. Jack Stone of Pickett and Co. met with the board. Local lands were evaluated last week. the present tax rate remains 0.80 per 100. Commissioners Court met to approve routine bills.
The City Council rejected a proposal to cut water rates for public schools from 15 cents to 10 cents per 1000 gallons citing cost to pump water at 15.3 cents. They approved a radar unit for police, new dishes for the Del Rio Civic Center, and named the center lounge the Ceniza Room. The council extended city limits to the Rio Grande, added a Customs Office area, and a parking lot. They authorized a Yucca Cedar street light, a Moore Park barbecue pit for Laughlin AFB’s July 1 anniversary, and approved May bills totaling 15 848.66.
U S jets destroyed the Thanh Hoa power plant in a rapid strike, the third such attack in three weeks. Pilots described a massive explosion as if the facility were packed with TNT, with a Phantom jet bailing out and rescued at sea.
Senate ethics leaders defended their 14 month case against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd claiming he used campaign donations for personal expenses and overbilled travel. Sen. John C. Stennis and Sen. Wallace F. Bennett urged fairness as debate began in a crowded chamber.
Weather in Del Rio and vicinity remains cloudy to partly cloudy with continued warmth today tonight and Wednesday. Isolated afternoon and evening thundershowers are possible at 10 percent. Low tonight around 74 to 76 high Wednesday 98 to 100. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph and gusty.
President Johnson announces Thurgood Marshall as the first Black justice to join the Supreme Court. Marshall will replace Justice Tom C Clark, who retires after his son Ramsey Clark is named attorney general. Clark ends active service as the term closes.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told NATO ministers that everybody involved in the Arab Israeli conflict suffered in position and prestige. He rejected Western calls for UN peacekeepers on both sides and urged strengthened UN troops to stabilize the frontiers alongside critical remarks from Paul Martin and George Brown.
Moscow reports that the Soviet Foreign Ministry plans a special UN General Assembly session to condemn Israel for aggression. Israel vows it will not return captured territory from the six day war. Dayan warns that the war is only beginning, as Arab nations with Soviet backing harden stance and Western oil power fears rise. King Hassan of Morocco may seek U.S. support, while Cairo sources say Nasser may gain free hand amid postwar reorganizations.
A reader asks about credit lines for Roy Perkins and Gratz Myers in photos and cites favoritism. The column reports the city completed a cleanup of 257 loads of trash, mainly north of the railroad, with city manager E W Marlowe confirming.
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