Governor Smith Vetoes Entire Second-Year Texas Budget
Gov. Preston Smith used a statewide telecast to defend integrity and to rally Texans against excess spending. He vetoed the second year of the $7.1 billion 1972 73 budget and trimmed $5.5 million from year one. He denied wrongdoing over stock investments tied to Elmer Baum and Sharpstown linked National Bankers Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Preston Smith
Smith
National Bankers Life Insurance
Sharpstown State Bank of Houston
Elmer Baum
Democratic
Baum
Texas
Frank Sharp
Sharpstown
NBL
U.S. Dist
John Singleton
Houston
Sharp
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Del Rio Notes Orbits Of Families And Illness In Town
Around Town items report Mrs. Otis Crenshaw gravely ill in Val Verde Memorial Hospital with her husband excused from meter rounds. Visits include Mrs. Sonia Saenz in Madrid Spain and Emilios Galvan family departure to Lackland AFB. Wesleyan Service Guild to meet Tuesday at 9 30 p.m. with hostesses named.
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Claudia Jane Puda
del Rio High School
Otis Crenshaw
City of del Rio
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Tara Shannon Trask
Farrell Trask
Denver
del Rio
R.C. Robertson
George Pride
Trasks
Sonia P. Saenz
Arcelo Saenz
Andelica Caldo
Ida Cecilia Saenz
Madrid
Spain
San Felipe
San Antonio
Otra
Emilio Galvan
Amada
Gloria
Ruben
Fort Stockton
Calif
Lackland Air Force Base
Galvan
Oralia Galindo
Chavela Casillas
Ernesto Casillas
Rafael Perez
Wesleyan Sermce. Guild
The
First United Methodist Church
House of Friendship of the Church
Jack Tilson
C.M. Hellums
W.E. Kellett
Del Rio Receives More Moisture and Warm Forecast
Scattered showers were recorded in Del Rio with 0.1 inch at the Weather Office. A 50 percent chance of more thundershowers looms, as rainfall earlier this month totals 1.66 inches. Expect continued warmth with lows near 70 and highs near 90, while Amistad Dam and water metrics show small daily increases.
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del Rio
Fatal headon crash on Highway 90 near Sanderson
Rafael Longoria 63 of Ciudad Acuna Mexico and Edward Hill 48 of Hayward California died in a head on collision on U S Highway 90 about 40 miles east of Sanderson in Terrell County. Alejandro Marquez 41 of Sanderson injured with broken ribs. Bodies move to Jane's Funeral Home Ozona. Marquez employed by Southern Pacific Railroad.
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Sanderson
Rafael Longoria
Ciudad Acuna
Mexico
Terrell County
Edward Raymond Hill
Hayward
Calif
Texas Highway
Jane’s Funeral Home
Ozona
Marquez
The
Southern Pacific Railroad
Dryden 33 Car Pile Up Closes SP Mainline in Texas
Southern Pacific's transcontinental line near Dryden was halted most of Sunday by a 33 car derailment. No injuries were reported. The line reopened at 7:40 p.m. after wrecker crews and relief teams from Sanderson Del Rio and San Antonio cleared the wreck.
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Dryden
Southern Pacific
News-Herald
del Rio
Shumla
mid-Dryden
Los Angeles
Detroit
General Motors Assembly
California
Sanderson
J.A. McNair
J.L. Schwalbe
Del Rio Marines Named Best Detachment in Texas
The Del Rio Detachment of the United States Marine Corps League won the plaque for Best Detachment of Texas at the state convention in Beaumont. Commandant Richard Perez attended with Adolfo Reyes and Alfre Lay as peers from other detachments including Irving, San Antonio, El Paso, Fort Worth, Harlingen, and Beaumont. Perez noted judging weighed accomplishments, membership, and reputation as key factors.
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del Rio
United States Marine Corps League
State of Texas
Beaumont
Richard Perez
Adolfo Reyes
Alfre Lay
San Antonio
el Paso
Fort Worth
Harlingen
Irving
Lone Star
Perez
State Marine League Board of
Texas
Sig Kudlicki
Harold Schilling
Mike Morgan
U.S. Marine Corps League
Queen City
News-Heratc
Weather outlook and convention notes from Texas
DEL RIO AREA weather shows clouds and warmth with a 50 percent chance of scattered showers through Tuesday. Tonight near 70, Tuesday near 90, southeast winds 8 to 18 mph. Wreck at Shumla involved a derailment on a spur track near Highway 90 with no injuries. Dryden derailment followed. both incidents linked to a fast perishable fruits train bound for the southeast.
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del Rio
Dryden
Shumla
Walter M. Casey
W.N. Billings
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By Ima JO Fleetwood
Lud Mikusek
Mitchell
Jack Omero
Dolores Jean Romero
Mikaseki
Romeros
Laredo
Gil Perez
William Contifanti
Amistad Report
Amistad
Amistad Dam
Acuna
Headon
A.N. Clanton
Sanderson Clinic
SP Railroad
Alamo City
del Rio Marines
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