Halloween party and contests at Laughlin AFB Officers' Wives Club
The Laughlin Air Force Base Officers' Wives Club hosts two contests at the Halloween Hail and Farewell party on Thursday October 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Daedalian Room. Bud Breen will demonstrate oil painting of western scenes for the Del Rio Art League at 7:30 p.m. in the Del Rio National Bank Community Room. The Art League social hour and a giveaway are limited to members.
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Laughlin Air Force Base
Officers' Wives Club
Officers' Club
Bud Breen
del Rio Art League
del Rio National Bank
League
Toastmasters Club
American Bank of Commerce
Bob Garber
Jack Sailors
M.H. Wagner
American Legion Auxiliary
The
Knights OF Columbus
K. C. Hall
Highway 9
Hamilton Lane
del Rio High School
Frank Zuniga
Moore profile highlights in Southwest Texas district leadership
This feature details Moore becoming the first district director for Southwest Texas after a 1971 boundary realignment, his role in creating the STAR area development program, and his collaboration with groups like the Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association. It notes awards from 1961 and 1981, his Air Force service, and his children’s academic careers. The page also invites readers to identify a weekly mystery picture worth five dollars.
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Janice Moore
University of Texas
News-Herald
Del Rio News Herald Subscription Rates and Delivery Info
Del Rio News Herald lists daily editions with Saturday Sunday morning papers. Rates show one month six months and yearly options for home delivery and out of town, with payment details and contact number for missed papers.
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Harte-Hanks Communications, Inc
del Rio
News-Herald
Bess Truman remembered as gracious hostess and strong as First Lady
The article profiles Bess Truman born Elizabeth Wallace in 1885, noting her memory for names, role in trimming White House staff, housekeeping genius, and social activity. It recalls her independence in Independence, salary on Senate staff, and fond recollection of life after the White House. It cites her burial beside her husband at the Truman Library garden.
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Bess Truman
Independence
Truman
Senate
White House
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace
Mrs. Truman
Bess
Bessie
Truman Library
Doctor Cardenas Honored For Pioneering South Mountain College
Raul Cardenas president of South Mountain Community College in Phoenix received regional praise from Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt and Senator Dennis DeConcino. The two-year-old campus on an $8.4 million site now houses 13 buildings offering university transfer and two-year degrees along with night classes and public cultural events.
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Raul Cardenas
South Mountain Comunity College
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Bruce Babbitt
Dennis DeConcino
Cardenas
Fransisco Cardenas
del Rio
Gov. Babbitt
State of Arizona
South Mountain Community College
Val Verde Memorial Hospital Board reviews Phase I reports
The Val Verde Memorial Hospital Board of Directors will review Phase I construction reports for the $4 million expansion Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the hospital conference room. Administrator Tom Santry said the search committee will outline its findings on a possible replacement for Santry, whose resignation becomes effective Nov. 1. The board will appoint an auditor and approve a new bank account signature for the 1982-1989 fiscal year operations.
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Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Teachers fed up with pay in Texas study
A Texas State Teachers Association survey of May shows 37.3 percent of respondents consider leaving teaching, with low pay driving many. Researchers Henderson, Darby, and Maddux warn of a continuing shortage unless inflation falls and salaries rise.
Death of Robert D Clifton at 63
Robert Daniel Clifton died Sunday in Val Verde Memorial Hospital at age 63. Rites are pending at Humphreys-Dolan Funeral Home. Born February 1, 1919, in Muskogee Oklahoma, he is survived by wife Bessie Clifton of Del Rio, daughter Roberta Dolan of Quincy Massachusetts, daughter Joan Buzzynski of Germany, brothers Rank B. Clifton of Lake Elsinore California and William L. Clifton of Jacksonville Florida, and four grandchildren.
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Robert Daniel Clifton
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Humphreys-Dolan Funeral Home
Clifton
Muskogee
Okla
Bessie Clifton
del Rio
Roberta Dolan
Quincy
Mags
Joan Buczynski
Germany
Rank B. Clifton
Lake Elsinore
Calif
William L. Clifton
Jacksonville
Fla
Hospital Report from Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Admitted Friday are Dora Linda Sosa Eustaquia Lopez Enrique Martinez Jr Maria G Sandoval Juanita Veliz David Morales Sylvestre Lopez Thomas Laskowski Enedina Discharged Friday are Inez Zuniga Willard F Massingell Ronald Barber Trinidad Cuellar Maricella D Nieto Cynthia Jean Williams Karin Sadowski Molly H Perez
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Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Dora Linda Sosa
Eustaquia Lopez
Enrique Martinez Jr
Maria G. Sandoval
Juanita Veliz
David Morales
Sylvestre Lopez
Thomas Laskowski
Enedina
Inez Zuniga
Willard F. Massingell
Ronald Barber
Trinidad Cuellar
Maricella D. Nieto
Cynthia Jean Williams
Karin Sadowski
Molly H. Perez
Thieves Strike Motel Towels and Local Bikes in Weekend Thefts
Police logged multiple weekend thefts including 10 motel towels from Rio Grande Motel storage, 4 bicycles from residents on Bean Street Kennedy Drive and East First Street, 2 six packs of beer from a convenience store, and a water spray nozzle from Park Plaza Car Wash. Items valued at 50, 229, 30 and other amounts were reported missing between Thursday night and Sunday.
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Johnnie Adair
Rio Grande
1500 Ave. F
Adair
Carmela Trabazo
Bean St
Velma Reyna
Kennedy
Topee
Minit Mart
Ployee En Ave. F
Carlos Diaz
Park Plaza
East First Street
Diaz
Bailey trial starts Tuesday in Kinney County ouster suit
Jury selection in the removal suit of suspended Kinney County Sheriff Morgan Bailey is set to begin Tuesday in Del Rio. District Attorney Tom Lee says Bailey faces criminal charges from a drug case and two indictments for official misconduct and witness tampering. Bond amounts are listed for each count.
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Gard
George M. Thurmond
Bailey
Kinney County
Grand Jury
U.S. Border Patrol
Sunny and warm West Texas forecast from NWS
Mostly sunny today with skies turning partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Highs near 90, lows mid 60s. southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. Sunday high 87, normals 83. All time high 95 in 1936, low 46 in 1940. October rainfall 14 in October, Del Rio 9.35 in. Extended outlook: West Texas warm afternoons with highs 70 to 90, lows 40 to 60. South Texas cooler Wednesday, chances of showers Thursday and Friday.
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National Weather Service
del Rio
West Texas
NWS
Panhandle
Big Bend
Rio Grande
South Texas
Hill
Amistad area water levels ease slightly this morning
Amistad elevation stood at 1112.99 feet, down .05 from Friday, with dam depth at 212.99 feet also dropping .05. Water storage reached 3,129,953 acre feet, a decrease of 3,054 acre feet, and water surface covered 61,769 acres, down 37. Downstream flow remained steady at 1,730 cubic feet per second.
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Amistad
Amistad Dam
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