Westbrook Pegler Dies Noted Controversial Columnist
Tucson memorial reports Westbrook Pegler a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist known for scathing attacks on public figures dies at 74 after a long career. Born 1894 in Minneapolis he rose from United Press copy boy to war correspondent and famed as a loner with feuds across presidents and labor racketeers.
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Judy Garland Death Cause Under Investigation Stirs London
Report from Scotland Yard and Westminster Coroner details focus on possible sleeping-pill overdose in Judy Garland. Autopsy showed excess sleeping drugs, with further lab tests ordered. Coroner to hear evidence to determine cause. plans to display body in New York.
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William F. Wright
London
UPD
Judy Garland
Scotland
Scotland Yard
Westminster
Gavin Thurston
Mickey Deans
Miss Ganland
Deans
the Yard
New York
Frank Campbell Finneral
Miss Garland
Philip Lebon
Ten Texas Men Killed in War
Department of Defense identified ten Texans who died in Vietnam combat. The list includes Army personnel Spec 4 Walter W Becker of Beaumont and Pfc Lloyd L Buzzard of Spearman, Marine Cpl James Carbarubio of Odessa, Cpl Enrique Miramontez of Anthony, Lance Cpl Edward J Edmund of Wharton, and others, with home addresses or guardian info.
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UPI
Department of Defense
Vietnam
Army
Walter W. Becker
Walter E. Becker
Chamberlain Dr
Beaumont
James B. Burton
Mary B. Burton
Gainesville
Lloyd L. Buzzard
Betty J. Buzzard
Cook
Spearman
Paul G. Gonzales
Paul F. Gonzales
Virginia Hernandez
Ruddy
Lockhart
Harrell E. Stearns
Maxine Mms
Anise Graves
Box
Wharton
Marine. Corps
James Carbarubio
Jesuscita Garcia
Odessa
Enrique Miramontez
Amada Miramontez
Anthony
Lance
Edward J, Edmund
Stanley Edmund
Boling Road
Pic
Walter J. L. Griffin
Angelee Belcher
Hawkins
Pfc
Jose L. Salazar
Hilario Salazar
Jose Dr
Corpus Christi
Mailbag on Constipation and Enemas by DoCtOofS
Questioning constipation remedies, the column covers when to use plain warm water enemas, the limits of laxatives, autointoxication myths, Epsom salts effects, and sources of dietary roughage. It notes that 48 hours without a bowel movement may justify an enema, and discusses risks and factual clarifications.
Little Mo's Rites Set Today in Dallas
Tennis great Maureen Connolly Brinker known as Little Mo died of cancer at 34 in Dallas where she and husband Norman Brinker moved six years ago. She rose to prominence in the early 1950s with three Wimbledon titles and a grand slam, then career cut short by a riding accident.
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Admi
Pegler
Dallas
APD
Maureen Connolly Brinker
Little Mo
California
Forest Hills
U.S
Suzanne Lenglen
France
Helen Wills
Alice Brough
Billie J. King
Red Norman Brinker
Kiwanis Club Receives Plaza Project Report
Mrs. John M. Jones Jr. outlined plans to restore and beautify Brown Plaza and the surrounding area in Val Verde County. She cited support from local shop owners, a face-lift for four Plaza sides, potential Little Theatre use, artist spaces, and a move toward Spanish Mexican Western architecture with possible Urban Renewal or SBA assistance to boost tourism.
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John M. Jones Jr
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Rivers
News-Herald
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Historical Survey Committee
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Kiwanis J Club
Obituaries from San Francisco to Fort Worth
Obituaries list several notable deaths with funeral details and services. Rear Adm Marion Case Check aged 83, key WWII staffer to Adm Halsey, to have services at Treasure Island. Rep William Bates of Massachusetts, dies at 52 of cancer. in state in Salem and high mass at St James Church. James E Abrams, first Negro surrogate in Essex County New Jersey, dies awaiting surgery in Massachusetts General Hospital. Mrs Marjorie Gordon, Fort Worth Press chief photographer's wife, to be buried after services. death from heat stroke.
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United Press International
San Francisco
UPD
Treasure Island
Marion Case Check
William Halsey
Salem
Mass
Wiliam H. Bates
Bates
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Maryland
Newark
James E. Abrams
New Jersey
Essex County
Abrams
Massachusetts
Boston
Fort Worth
Marjorie Gordon
Gene Gordon
Greenwood Cemetery
First Methodist
Gordon
City Queries Highlight Local Questions and Plans
The letter column invites feedback and reports on Civil Service testing and a new sanitary landfill. A reader asks where a graduate can take a Civil Service test and the answer points to the Del Rio Post Office Civil Service clerk. The piece notes plans for a city dump on a city county tract near the current open dump, with residents of East Bean 300 block possibly opposed to nearby dumps on Serafind Street. Marcus Villareal.
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East Bean
Serafind Street
News-Herald
Marcus Villareal
Shivers' Son To Have More Surgery Today
The son of Governor Allan Shivers, 23, paralyzed from the neck down, is to undergo another operation at Wilford Hall Air Force Hospital to realign a neck bone graft. The graft was placed last week during a five hour procedure after a diving accident near Eufaula, Alabama. He was on active duty with the Coast Guard.
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San Antonio
UPD
Allan Shivers
Wilford Hall Air Force Hospital
Young Shivers
Eufaula
Ala
Coast Guard
Blaze Destroys Overturned Truck And Cotton Cargo
A tractor truck carrying a full load of cotton bales overturned near Langtry at 1 a.m. and caught fire. Del Rio firefighters fought the blaze with about five hours headstart. the truck, cargo, and 19 bales were destroyed. The truck was driven by Gilberto Villa and registered to a Pecos firm.
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Department of Public Safety
Langtry
del Rio
Bill Zorn
DPS
Gilberto Villa
Knights Plan Installation Banquet Details
The Knights of Columbus met at the KC Hall on Hamilton Lane to finalize plans for a Friday installation banquet. Del Rio’s San Felipe Council will host officers’ installation at the Macarena in Ciudad Acuna at 9 p.m., with Eagle Pass Council in charge. Grand Knight Vader Ortiz urged all members to attend and to contact Jesus Costilla or Julian Vallegos for coaching.
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Knights of Columbus
KC Hall
Hamilton Lane
del Rio
San Felipe
Macarena
Ciudad Acuna
Eagle Pass
No Trace Found Of Eight Escapees
Eight inmates escaped from a Cameron County jail using a hacksaw to cut through a window on the second floor. Sheriff officials said they received several leads but none have produced any of the fugitives.
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Brownsville
UPD
Cameron County
Del Rio News-Herald masthead and notes from field
The Del Rio News-Herald masthead lists Del Rio Texas as the publication base noon publication cadence with a Sunday morning edition. It details subscription rates carriers and mail at 175 per period and credits staff including publisher Charles T. Pingenot editor Ima Jo Fleetwood Carlos Sotelo and others while noting correction policy for errors.
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Carlos Sotelo
Mgr
James R
Cooper
Harry K
Drake
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