09 Oct 1981
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1981
Page
1
Youth of Bible Way Church at 409 E Cortinas St offers chicken barbecue plates for two dollars today and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Deliveries to schools and offices tour, orders to 775-9921, eat on premises or take home.
Advertising department hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. For editorial coverage of Del Rio area events contact the appropriate department. The News-Herald is a member of AP and the Texas Daily Newspaper Association.
Guerra is accused of abducting Ms. Hamilton during a July 11 robbery at Blondies Steak-Out on South Main Street. Her nude body was found the same morning. autopsy showed strangulation. About $200 was missing from the lounge. Guerra, jailed on $200,000 bond, may see bond revised after a 90 day waiting period ends October 16. Trial date not set. defense and prosecution plan laboratory tests.
State Treasurer Warren G. Harding announces that next week statewide distribution of 25.77 million dollars will go to 254 Texas counties from the Lateral Road Fund for construction and improvement of county roads. Val Verde County receives 92772.10 dollars from gasoline tax revenues.
Pedro Berreles, 64, died Thursday at 5 p.m. at his home 101 Perez St. Rites set for Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with a Requiem Mass at Our Lady Queen of the University Catholic Church in Comstock and burial in Comstock Cemetery. Survivors include wife Carmen. sons Jose Miguel Pedro Jr and Juan of Del Rio. daughters Micaela de la Garza Idalia Barrera Irma Tabor of Del Rio Grand Prairie and Hutchins. brothers Juan of Ciudad Acuna Enemencio of Junction. sisters Paula Salazar and Concepcion Talles. 12 grandchildren. Burial directed by Don's Funeral Chapels of Del Rio.
Maria S. Chairez, 76, died Thursday at her home 118 Albert St of natural causes. Rites set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Rosary tonight at 7:30 in Humphreys- Doran Funeral Home chapel. Born Feb. 11, 1905 in Mexico. Survivors: son Jose Roberto Chairez. five daughters Maria D. Esquivel Enedina C. Jones Mary Lou Ramon Sylvia C. Chairez of Del Rio and Frances Hollenbeck of El Torro Calif.
Sheriff Koog explains the need for 15 deputies to cover night duty and court bailiff work. He describes transport duties to Huntsville and the state hospital, plans to use Border Patrol charges, and a banked prisoner funds system after a 1970s jail break. He notes Maria Sandoval as the sole full deputy and details his career from Del Rio PD to sheriff.
An unidentified man believed to be Mexican, without ID, was decapitated Thursday night after jumping from a westbound freight train to elude Border Patrol agents. Precinct 4 JP Leon Best said the body, found east of the Avenue F overpass, was pronounced dead at 10:45 p.m. The deceased, who appeared young, had no ID and was taken to Don's Funeral Chapels. If unclaimed, the county will bury him.
The National Weather Service expects partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures this afternoon. Tonight will be fair and mild with lows in the mid 60s and highs near 80, rising to upper 80s by Saturday. Extended South Texas outlook shows isolated showers Sunday with mostly warm days, while West Texas remains partly cloudy with cooler nights and highs mid 70s to near 90. Amistad and related water metrics show slight increases in elevation and storage, with downstream flow steady at 1,650 cfs.
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