Florida Couple Named Tourists of the Month in Del Rio
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Safko of Miami were flagged down by highway patrolmen while traveling toward California. The pair were escorted to City Hall, named honorary citizens of Del Rio, and received a free motel stay a gas fill up and a car wash. The trip included a tour of Del Rio Amistad Dam and an evening in Acuna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Safko
Miami, Fla
del Rio
Grady Sessums
Travis Locker
Acuna
la Macarena
California
Locker
Walter Grimmer
Bill Erwin
Chamber of Commerce
Amistad Dam
Miami
Fla
News-Herald
Del Rio Teens Injured In Morning Loop 406 Accident
Two Del Rio youths received minor injuries in a one vehicle crash on Loop 406. John Larson aged 18 and Guy Henderson aged 19 were treated at Val Verde Memorial Hospital. driver Fred Slover 19 escaped serious injury after swerving to avoid a deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Loop 406
John Larson
Ave. D
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Guy Henderson
Fred Slover
Ave. J
Travis Locker
Riots erupt as Buffalo Negroes clash with police
In Buffalo and nearby Niagara Falls mobs estimated at about 1000 Negro youths and residents looted and fired on police. At least eight were wounded and 50 injured as snipers used windows and dark corners to target officers in a chaotic two night outbreak. Police used tear gas amid rock throwing and firebombing in a one square mile East End area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
UPI
Niagara Falls
East End
Local Roundup Highlights Youth, Military Visit, and Stock Show
NOEH GARCIA, a 12 year old from Del Rio, was hospitalized after a horse fall on June 21 and has since returned home doing well at 511 Arteaga Street. Lt General and Mrs George Mundy plan to visit Laughlin AFB anniversary events in Del Rio as Mundy is retired in Arlington, Virginia. Raymond Suarez of Del Rio earned a spring semester engineering honor at New Mexico State University as a civil engineering sophomore. Junior GI Forum members Cory Benitez Olga Padilla and Frank Flores head to San Antonio for the 19th annual convention with sponsors the Chaviras. Mrs G W Dragoo traveled from El Paso after her grandson William J Hines Jr marriage. Mr and Mrs James W Stone announce their baby daughter Jaimie Lea Stone, the Stones’ sixth child, born at Val Verde Memorial Hospital weighing 8 lb 4 oz. Next Union Stockyards stocker feeder show and sale in San Antonio set for July 13 features Hereford Angus and Brahman-Cross judging in heifer and steer classes in 10 20 and 30 head lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noeh Garcia
Efrain B. Garcia
Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio
Arteaga Street
del Rio
Raymond Suarez
B.M. Morrell
West Sixth Street
College of Engineering
New Mexico State University
James William Stone
E. 9Th St
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Jaimie Lea
Stones
Margaret Leu
Deborah Kay
Herbert Louis
James William Jr
Philemon Charles Stone
Bill Stone
Loop Road
Phil B. Foster
Foster Circle
Union Stockyards
Honeymoon Youths Riot in Niagara Falls
A group of about 200 Negro teenagers rioted in Niagara Falls New York near the honeymoon capital. Police Chief John Collins said 30 officers broke the crowd into small groups after windows were smashed around 11 p.m. No injuries were reported and the motive appeared unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N.Y
UPD
Buffalo
John Collins
Collins
Long Chase Captures Fugitive in Brackettville
Port land brothers Bobby Ray Allen 18 and a 17 year old surrendered after a day long chase by officers from Uvalde Brackettville Del Rio and Eagle Pass across near Brackettville Texas. The 1966 Plymouth stolen from San Antonio was wrecked during pursuit. Both youths face auto theft charges and additional counts may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brackettville
Portland
Ore
Grady Sessums
del Rio
Roger Long
Eagle Pass
Bobby Ray Allen
Joe Gatewood
San Antonio
Uvalde
Mickey Goulla
Highway 90
Goulla
Highway Patrol
Long
Sessums
Kenneth Kelly
J.K. Wipff
F.E. Boyd
Travis Locker
Clay Oltersdorf
Bobby Barnes
L.K. Burgess
Travis Raven
State Highway Patrol
Long F
Bill Lindeman
Kelly
Deputy Wipff
John Sheedy
Marshal Goulla
Driver License Ruling Upholds Suspensions
The Texas Supreme Court ruled that traffic courts may suspend a driver's license even if the offender does not appear in court. It reversed a Midland County outcome and upheld licenses suspensions for John Casselman Jr. and Odie Morris after convictions for habitual traffic violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
UPI
Texas Supreme Court
High Court
Midland
Court of Civil Appeals
John Smith Casselman Jr
Odie Lavoy Morris
Supreme Court
Department of Public Safety
Weather overview for Del Rio and Southwest Texas
Partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers. Winds southeast 10 to 20 mph. Low tonight 74 to 77, high Friday 96 to 98. Maximum 101 and minimum 77 Wednesday. Humidity 62 percent at 6 a.m. and 52 percent at noon. Sunset 8:47 p.m. Sunrise 6:47 a.m. Southwest Texas east of Pecos River also partly cloudy with widely scattered thunderstorms this afternoon tonight and Friday. Low tonight 162 to 78, high Friday 90 to 104.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
del Rio
Texas
Pecos River
Cavalry Overruns Viet Cong Camp in War Zone D
US Air Cavalry using a Viet Cong deserter map overran a Communist base camp 48 miles northeast of Saigon in War Zone D. 400 Viet Cong fled toward the Dong Nai River as 11th Armored Cavalry pressed through dense jungle, wounding 10 Americans and trapping the remainder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
United Press International Saigon
Dong Nai
Saigon
11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
S. Donald E. McArdle
New York
Roy W. Farley
Washington
D.C
Springfield
North Vietnam
Navy AG
7Th Fleet
Gulf of Tonkin
Panhandle
Vinh
United States
U.S
Jayne Mansfield Dies In New Orleans Auto Crash
Actress Jayne Mansfield 34 killed when a chauffeured Buick convertible crashed into a slow truck on U.S. Highway 90 near New Orleans. Her lawyer Sam Brody and chauffeur Ronnie Harrison die. Mansfield’s three children, injured but released, were in the back seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy G
James
United Press International
New Orleans
UPI
Jayne Mansfield
Mississippi
Miss Mansfield
Sam Brody
Los Angeles
Ronnie Harrison
Mississippi City
Mickey Hargitay
Miklos
Zoltan
Maria
Charity Hospital
Police Juvenile Bureau
Richard Rabeau
Pensacola
Fla
Bruce Cuevas
Gulfport
Miss
Cuevas
Israelis Hand Old City of Jerusalem to Civilians
Israel transferred control of Old Jerusalem from military rule to Israeli civilian authorities marking a de facto annexation of the area seized from Jordan in the war. The move drew criticism from President Johnson and US officials, who said it does not settle the city’s future status. Movement between sectors was to be unrestricted from noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Israel
UPC
Johnson
Old Jerusalem
Jordan
Old City
Jerusalem Post
Middle East
State Department
Holy Places
United States
Israeli Defense Ministry
Elizabeth and Philip Start Seven Day Canadian Visit
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip travel to Ottawa for the Canadian centennial events and Expo 67 in Montreal. They will skip Montreal proper and Quebec City due to past anti crown demonstrations, with security pledged to shield the royals. The couple sails the Britannia up the St Lawrence to Expo 67 then to Kingston, Ont. for the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
UPI
Eliezabeth II
Prince Philip
Quebec
Ottawa
Montreal
Britain
Gilles Gregoire
House of Commons
Gregoire
Prince
Philip
Expo
Quebec City
Elizabeth
Canada
Britannia
St. Lawrence
Atlantic
MacKay Pier
Kingston
Ont
New State Game Warden Is Due for Duty in Del Rio
Claude Mack Caudle of Cotulla is commissioned as a game warden in the Del Rio area and will report Monday for duty. He is among 32 graduates from Texas A&M University’s warden training school selected from over 500 applicants. Other new appointees are James William Reece of Uvalde to Rio Grande City Starr County, James Melton Stinebaugh Crystal City to Freer Duval County, Venus Gorman Welch Sonora to Van Horn Culberson County, and Leslie Max Whittington Brownwood to Fort Stockton Pecos County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal City
Freer
Duval County
Venus Gorman Welch
Sonora
van Horn
Cubberson County
Leslie Max Whittington
Brownwood
Fort Stockton
Pecos County
S P Announces Cut In Force For Del Rio
The Southern Pacific Railroad will trim the mechanical supervisory staff in Del Rio by two on July 7, reducing foremen from three to one. The plan includes a swing man from Sanderson two days weekly to cover the remaining shifts, cutting the Del Rio to Sanderson Valentine area workforce from eight to five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railroad
del Rio
A. J. Anderson
Jody Pronson
John Antes
Sanderson
Anderson
del Rio-Sanderson-Valentine
City pool rules spark debate over Del Rio usage
The Val Verde Community Action program takes over Moore Park pool for July and August with access limited to participants until noon daily. City Manager E W Marlowe says afternoons and weekends are open to the public, with pool use from noon to 9 pm by all. Donato Rodriguez Jr. notes funding shortages for the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Park
Val Verde
del Rio
James Blake
Marlowe
Donato Rodriguez Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florida
Safko
Slover
Jack R. Crosby
R.M. Crosby
National Community Television Association
Crosby
del Rio Television Cable Corp
KDLK
KTEO
San Angelo
MA JO Fleetwood
George W. Mundy
Paul J. Poag
Laughlin Air Force Base
Gen. Mundy
SAFE
Mundys
Arlington
GI Forum
The
Forum
St. Anthony Hotel
Cory Benitez
Olga
Padilla
Frank Flores
Robert Chavira
Rworu
Ignacio Medina
Gus Stevens
Biloxi
Roosevelt Hotel
Wdsu TV
NBC
Lake Pontchartrain
Crescent City
Claude Mack Caudle
New State
S-P
Queen City
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!