Foster Resigns as Val Verde County Attorney
John R. Foster announces resignation as county attorney for Val Verde County with the resignation to be effective after a successor is appointed. He urges the court to notify eligible attorneys and set July 7, 1967, 12 noon for applications. Foster, a Del Rio native, has served since November 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Foster
Val Verde County
Commissioners’ Court
Foster
Val Verde
Jim Lindsey
del Rio
Arab monarch to visit White House for talks with Johnson
The Arab leader Hussein will come to the United States for an exchange of views with President Johnson at 1:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday. The meeting follows Johnsons Glassboro summit with Kosygin and comes as Hussein warns the UN to condemn Israel or risk renewed war. Hussein, once allied with the U.S., has just seen his kingdom shaken by the six day war.
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Alvin Spivak
White House
United Nations
Hussein
Johnson
Mideast
U.N. General Assembly
U.N
Israel
New York
Iking
Amman
Et N. Kosygin
Glassboro
Sime
Kosygin
United States
Middle East
Del Rio Social Notes Highlight Family Visits and Birth
Mr and Mrs J Frederick Jones and children Jim Charisse and Keith of Atlanta are visiting Del Rio with her parents Mr and Mrs Harold Shepperd before continuing vacation in California. Mrs Jones is Jackie Farris former Del Rio resident who runs Jacquelyn Jones Commercial Talent Firm. Abe Ramirez and family welcome a daughter Adriana born at 4 40 a m in Del Rio Hospital weighing eight pounds two ounces.
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J. Frederick Jones
Jim Fred
Charisse
Keith
Atlanta
del Rio
Harold Shepperd
California
Jones
Jackie Farris
Jacquelyn Jones
Abe Ramirez
del Rio Hospital
Adriana
Anabelia
Abe Jr
Aurelio H. Ramirez
Fidencio Cuellar
Reds Open Hail War With Guns
In Boulder Colorado Dr Walter Orr Roberts head of the National Center for Atmospheric Research notes cropland damage from hail storms can be cut with new hail suppression methods. He cites a 1965 study showing an eighty percent reduction in hail damage after suppression efforts.
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Boulder
Colo
Walter Orr Roberts
Roberts
Garrison Faces Backlash Over Suspect Arrest Claims
New Orleans district attorney staffer William Gurvich, who helped seven months on the Kennedy case, says he doubts the probe of a New Orleans plot and has asked the Orleans Parish grand jury to hear his testimony. Garrison defends the inquiry and accuses establishment forces of trying to discredit it.
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New Orleans
UPD
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Garrison
Kennedy
William Gurvich
Orleans Parish
Gurvich
City Hall lines up with charter details and a mayor
Walter Grimmer Jr. endorses Mr Marlowe and urges residents to consult the City Charter and City Hall for complaints. He notes past meetings and papers signed about the San Felipe Sewer System and urges attendance at the open City Council meetings. Mrs McKone thanks a Texas Highway Patrolman Grady Sessums for aid near Del Rio.
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Marlowe
San Felipe
Austin
Washington, D.C
Walter Grimmer JR
del Rio
Texas Highway
Grady Sessums
Department of Public Safety of Texas
Sam McKone
Eagle Pass
Texas
Family Returns to Uvalde in Shared Venture
Mr and Mrs Worth Stewart return to Uvalde after about 16 years. Stewart previously connected with Citizens State Bank in Carrizos and now teams with brother J W Stewart in the local grocery business.
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Uvalde
Spl
Worth Stewart
Stewart
Citizens State Bank
Carrizos
J.W. Stewart
Pastor resigns to take Winters church post
Rev. Harry A. Grantz of the First Baptist Church in Carrizo Springs resigns after five years to accept a new pastorate at the First Baptist Church in Winters.
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Carrizo Springs
Harry A. Grantz
First Baptist Church
Winters
Cartwrights Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary in Carrizo Springs
Mr and Mrs E B Cartwright recently marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary in Carrizo Springs with family and friends attending the local celebration.
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Carrizo Springs
E.B. Cartwright
Pena resigns as San Felipe ISD superintendent
J B Pena has resigned as superintendent of the San Felipe Independent School District and will remain in the system in another role. The board is accepting applications for a new superintendent through July 10, with Daniel Rivas and Jesus Salazar handling submissions. Pena has led the district since 1951 after rising from teacher to principal at Sam Houston Elementary.
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J.B. Pena
San Felipe Independent
Pena
Daniel Rivas
Jesus Salazar
del Rio
del Rio High School
Howard Payne College
Sam Houston
Weather forecast for Del Rio and vicinity
Del Rio area records clear to partly cloudy skies through Wednesday with hot days and warm nights. Lows tonight 76 to 78, Wednesday's high 100 to 102 with southeast winds 10 to 20 mph. Monday's high around 101 and low near 77.
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del Rio
Israel Moves to Annex Old City of Jerusalem
Israel, led by Premier Levi Eshkol, proposes laws to fuse Jerusalem’s twin city councils and secure freedom of access to Old City holy sites. A seven year prison penalty is set for violations, with a government minister appointed to implement the plan after consultations with religious leaders. Curfew and a census were imposed as annexation prep.
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Jerusalem
UPD
Israel
Old City
Jordan
Levi Eshkol
Knesset
Parliament
Hannan Bar-On
Foreign Office
Bar-On
Councils
Councilmen Meet With Zone Group on Ceniza Drive Rezoning
City Planning and Zoning Commission members met with Del Rio City Councilmen Monday to hear Val Verde Theaters Inc. propose rezoning about 10 acres on the old Ceniza Drive from residential to local commercial. No action was taken. next regular meeting will review again.
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City Planning and Zoning Commission
del Rio
The
Val Verde Theaters Inc
Artillery Barrage Kills Marines Near DMZ in Vietnam
United Press International reports a heavy Communist artillery attack near Gio Linh and Khe Sanh left six U.S. Marines dead and 96 wounded as U.S. forces answered with large B52 air strikes. American spokesmen say North Vietnamese forces fired 146 rounds while bombing and shelling infiltration routes and supply depots in South Vietnam.
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Eugene V. Risher
United Press International Saigon
UPD
U.S
South Vietnam
Leatherneck
Gio Linh
Khe Sanh
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Dmz
Prea
Ven Loe
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Bedell Avenue
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Bedell
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