Record Heat Sets Texas Highs Across State
Extreme heat swept Texas over the weekend shattering decades old records. Wichita Falls reached a new June high while Mineral Wells 109 and Dallas 104 topped monthly and regional marks. Fort Worth and Abilene also posted record temperatures as other cities logged triple digit readings.
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Abilene
Childress
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Wink
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Cotulla
Midland
San Angelo
Waco
Del Rio Back When and Five Years Ago
Del Rio News Herald items from June 26 1967 note a trailer house plunged off Highway 90 about 38 miles west of Del Rio with no occupants inside The 1962 item reports Brackettville and Del Rio designated as an overnight stop on the All Texas Air Tour reflecting local efforts led by Miss Robertson and the Chamber of Commerce An amendment proposal on railroad retirement was to be discussed at 7 p.m. in the courthouse open to railroad employees and interested parties
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del Rio
Ralph Wowan
Atlanta
del *Rio
Brackettville
Jonellia Robinson
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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H Ighway
Felipe
H.L
Bill. Lundberg
Fragments of Crossword Clues and Local History Notes
Readable fragments show a mixed page with a crossword clue list and historical items. It mentions Jewelry Across state, various clue numbers, and a Staged Texas event. A Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association meeting is noted, with Stevenson and the US Mexico committee on hoof and mouth disease. Also references to Junior Chamber of Commerce and a 1937 golf caddy championship.
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Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association
Coke. Stevenson
Texas
Immunizations Set Thursday At San Felipe Center
State Department rations set for Thursday from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the San Felipe Neighborhood Center. Dr M A Martinez Jr administers free doses of diphtheria pertussis tetanus polio smallpox measles vaccines for Kindergarten and school aged children. Immunized individuals receive an official certificate from the health department.
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State Department
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San Felipe
Health Department
Weekend Police Report Highlights Seven Minor Accidents
Rio drivers targeted immovable objects during the weekend with seven minor crashes. Frank Sanchez reported being forced into a car by four assailants and robbed of about $20 cash and items. A man at Verde Memorial Hospital was treated for burns after a bag of gasoline ignited. Arturo Martinez reported check forging totaling $25. Two shoplifters were arrested, a 25-year-old male at HEB and a 37-year-old female from Ciudad Acuna at Penney's.
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HEB
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Ciudad Acuna
Penney’s
S. Main
Del Rio Servicemen Earn Leadership Training Honors
Private First Class Antonio I Ortega of Del Rio Texas completed U S Army basic leadership course at Schofield Barracks Hawaii and received training in leadership human behavior counseling discipline problem solving and communications He is a clerk in the headquarters company of the 577th Engineer Battalion entered the Army in November 1971 and is a 1967 Del Rio High School graduate U S Air Force Captain Vance A Hedin of Preston Idaho has entered AFIT at Wright Patterson AFB to study for a masters degree in physics He earned a B S in 1965 from Utah State University and served eight years in Vietnam He is married to Ofilia Martinez daughter of Mr and Mrs Feliz Martinez of Del Rio Texas 506 Bowie St Del Rio Del Rio News Herald publication notes Daily except Saturday and Sunday Morning circulation details and subscription rates listed in ad notes
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Texas
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Fan Woodson
Gan Bus
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Carlos Soreto
Pedro Salazar
Traweek Heads Val Verde Masonic Lodge 646
James O. Traweek was installed as Worshipful Master of Val Verde Lodge 646 on Saturday. Officers included Lloyd Deaton Jr as senior warden and Michael Deaton as junior warden, Edwin Brown as secretary, among others. Past Master W.E. Zom presented the jewel to Edwin Brown while Mrs Brown pinned it. The Rev. B L Brown gave the benediction. refreshments followed.
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Val Verde
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Michael Deaton
Edwin Brown
Blake Brown
W.J. Wibbert
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Ronnie Montgomery
Roy Scrutchin
W.E. Zom
Death of Roy Pritchett Prompts Del Rio Funeral
Roy Pritchett 53, proprietor of the Red Boar Lounge in Del Rio, died Friday after a long Air Force career. Services set for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Southside Funeral Home San Antonio with burial at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery. Survived by wife Shirley and four children living in Minnesota.
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del Rio
St Wiford Hall
San Antonio
Southside Funeral Home
S. Flores
Ft. Sam
Houston National Cemetery
Pritchett
United States Air Force
Shirley Pritchett
Kenneth Pritchett
Beltoné offers free Beltone hearing aid sample
A Beltoné advertisement promises a free non-operating Beltone hearing aid model to readers who respond. The tiny ear level device weighs under a third of an ounce and has no wires. No cost or obligation is required. write to Beltoné Electronics Corp Department 2434 in Chicago for a sample.
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Beltoné Electronics Corp
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