Tower says Armed Services panel approves 886000 for Laughlin AFB
U S Senator John Tower said the Senate Armed Services Committee approved 886000 for Laughlin Air Force Base projects including 96000 for officers quarters conditioning 445000 for alterations 135000 for chapel annex and 190000 for a gym addition. The package is part of 615 million for 21 Texas installations for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
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U.S
John Tower
News- Herald
Telegram Today
Senate Armed Services Committee
Laughlin Air Force Base
Texas Army
Navy
Air Force
Tower
Army
Ceive
Defense Atomic Support Agency
Killeen Base
Texas
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
Senate
House
Eight Recreation Sites Sought for National Recreation Area
The bill, introduced by the U S Department at request, seeks eight tracts to form a national recreation area combining outdoor recreation with preservation of scenic and historic sites under the National Park Service. Senator Yarborough and others tout the proposal as a major regional attraction with water sports potential and significant scenic value.
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Amistad Reservoir
Senate
Ralph W. Yarborough
Washington, D.C
Pecos River
Devil's Lake
Ralph W. Y
United States Department
Tion
National Park Service
Yarborough
News-Herald
Padre Island
H.M. Pettit
del Rio
Amistad Dam
John Tower
Texas
0.C. Fisher
San Angelo
U.S. House
Washington
Yarbor
Del Rio Notes From Town and Surroundings
Del Rio hosts visiting families from Georgia and Texas as Sheriff Herman Rich ter coordinates flood debris cleanup in Sanderson with volunteers from several counties. A Junior Forum dance on June 26 funds projects as David Carroll and the Arabs perform. Manuel Ortiz enrolls at Lubbock Christian summer session near Del Rio. An examination for livestock inspector positions is announced by the U.S. Civil Service Commission with postings by Jack S. Burk.
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Sanderson
W.E. Riggs
John Brinkley III
Billy Granger
Gratz Meyers
L.S. Barry
Jay
del Rio
Val Vo
Terrell County
David Carroll
Manuel Ortiz
Lubbock Christian
Uate
San Felipe
Clemente Ortiz
Cortinas Street
U.S. Ro of Agriculture
U.S. ‘Civil Service Commission
Jack S. Burk
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
North
Korea and Japan sign treaty to正常ize relations
Japan and South Korea sealed a 14 year long negotiation with a treaty to establish normal relations. In Tokyo thousands of students rioted against the accord as 90 policemen were injured and 18 students arrested in clashes near the U S Embassy.
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Zengakuren
Tokyo
U.S
United States
Excise Tax Cuts End Large Levy on Consumer Goods
President Johnson signed the $4.7 billion excise tax reduction into law, ending levies on handbags wallets cosmetics luggage jewelry furs records radios photographs televisions musical instruments cameras film and more. Auto mobiles sales saw a drop from 10 to 7 percent and room air conditioners lost a 10 percent levy retroactive to May 15. Refunds advised for buyers since then. Manufacturers and retailers vary in passing savings to customers.
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Washington
UPI
Johnson
White House
Thema
Mexican Officials Inspect Amistad Dam Site Ahead of 1969 Completion
High ranking Mexican officials led by International Boundary and Water Commission Commissioner David Herrera Jordan and Hydraulics Secretary Jose Hernandez Teran visited the Amistad Damsite 12 miles upstream from Del Rio. They inspected on both riverbanks, noted a cooperative crossing zone, and praised the project as a model of binational effort. The dam aims to control floods conserve water and generate power with contracts split between U S and Mexican firms. work began in January with a 1969 completion target.
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Cials
Amistad
del Rio
Rio Grande
Secretary of Hydraulic Resources
Boumedienne rounds up Ben Bella supporters in Algeria
Algerian Col Houari Boumedienne reportedly conducts mass arrests of Ben Bella loyalists in Algiers and other cities amid a coup. Estimates range from 200 to 600 detainees, with tension rising as authorities say the Afro- Asian summit opens June 29.
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Joseph W. Grigg
Algiers
UPI
Col. Houari
Boumedienne
Algeria
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ben Bella
Heavy Rains Hit Loma Alta Amid Flood Warnings
A heavy downpour on the R. L. Miers Ranch near Loma Alta dumped 8.3 inches in the morning as other areas report up to eight inches. Del Rio issued a flash flood warning, U.S. 277 closed, Devil's River rising, and rainfall totals across Val Verde County ranged from Trace to 3% inches, with Del Rio totaling 1.18 inches and year-to-date 9.63 inches.
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R. L. Miers
Lona Alta
Val Verde County
Bowers Ranch
San Pedro Creek
del Rio
Miers Ranch
Devil's River
Weather Bureau
U.S. 277
Devil's Lake
Comstock
Loma Alta
W. R. Whitehead
Turney Ranch
Bode Ranch
Baggett Ranch
del Rio International
de Rio
Texas
Weather’ Bureau
Pecos Valley
Edwards Plateau
Wichita Falls
Val Verde
Del Rio Weather Forecast
Time of sunrise is 5 45 am. Showers cover over 20 percent of the area with considerable cloudiness in the east and showers and thundershowers over 40 percent. Low tonight 62 to 74. High Wednesday 86 to 96.
Montague Judge Takes Over Ruby Case
Dallas dispatch reports Judge Louis T. Holland from Montague assumed the condemned slayer Jack Ruby case after Judge Dallas Blankenship invited him to succeed District Judge Joe B. Brown who withdrew. Holland, a tough minded local jurist, had briefly presided last month over a session to determine which lawyers should defend Ruby.
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UPI
Montague
Jack Ruby
Louis T. Holland
Dallas Blankenship
Dist
Joe B. Brown
Holland
Blankenship
Dallas County
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