08 May 2000
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2000
Page
1
A brief item directs readers to Page 7 for details on Game One linked to Teacher Appreciation Week. The note signals continuing coverage and emphasizes the event context rather than the game outcome.
Before the traditional cowboy, vaqueros from Texas and Mexico pioneered lariats and rodeos. The Whitehead Museum hosts a bilingual traveling exhibit from the Institute of Texan Cultures in San Antonio through May. Photos document vaquero life with captions in English and Spanish.
Local vets organized by the San Felipe Del Rio Veterans Honor Guard appeal for community help to honor veterans who attended San Felipe schools with a 4 by 4 foot granite monument on the 7th grade campus near the flag pole. Donations will fund engraving of names including World War II servicemen such as Leonel Aguirre and Cecelio Aragon along with others listed from San Felipe schools.
Paige Scarlett Miller reports on a United States Border Patrol led effort across sectors to prevent deaths at the U S Mexico border. The campaign uses prevention, search and rescue and identification in collaboration with Mexican authorities and local officials to reduce fatalities. In fiscal year 2000 the Del Rio Sector recorded 12 immigrant deaths across heat, drownings, vehicle crashes and unknown causes.
Muhammad Ali visited a gym in Ciudad Juarez to aid hunger relief delivering two tons of food and toys for about 3000 families. Accompanied by Global Village Champions, he dispensed bags of goods and joked with Juarez Mayor Gustavo Elizondo while Yank Barry provided VitaPro products.
Houston prosecutors prepare for the trial of Angel Maturino Resendiz, the so called rail rider, on the December 1998 death of Dr Claudia Benton and linked slayings across Texas Illinois and Kentucky. Evidence includes fingerprints and DNA. The defense faced delays over an insanity plea, with a psychiatrist report completed after a six day postponement.
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