"After the official reception on July 18, the civil governor, mayor of the city, president of the Provincial Council and members of the Municipal Corporation and the local Council went to the neighborhoods of Peliquín, La Lonia and Velle, to inaugurate various municipal works.
In Peliquín, the works for access to the neighborhood and other improvements to the roads were opened to the public, with a visit to the old chapel of San Lázaro, with the highest provincial authority promising the necessary financial assistance to carry out the completion projects.
The entrances and public square were then inaugurated in La Lonia, a project that was carried out by the municipality and the Technical Services. Afterwards, the delegation moved to Velle to inaugurate the access road from El Salto to the Centre for Subnormals under construction, whose works were also visited.
The value of the works inaugurated represents an investment of more than two million pesetas, apart from donations of land and personal contributions from the residents.
The authorities were received in Peliquín by the entire town, holding a cordial dialogue with the provincial top authority and his companions. Later, in La Lonia, the entire neighbourhood awaited the official delegation. The mayor of the city was presented with a delicate gift by a little girl. After twelve o'clock, the Orense Music Band offered its Sunday concert there, in the newly inaugurated public square.
All the residents of these neighbourhoods of Ourense welcomed the presence of the illustrious visitors with lively displays of sympathy and affection.
(Article from 1971)
July 19, 1921 - 100 YEARS AGO
British Labour rejects communism
The cultured journalist and lawyer Mr. Ceferino Valencia arrived in Orense from Madrid and will spend some time with his family.
-The Spanish consul in Bucharest, Mr. Javier Meruéndano, was in Orense and returned to Ribadavia. He will soon return to Romania.
-A pair of Civil Guard officers were forced to shoot at fugitive Ángel González Fernández, a resident of Pazos de Arenteiro, in Carballino, because he tried to escape when the pair were driving him to hand him over to the authorities.
-A village in Ireland is razed to the ground and burned to the ground by armed, masked men who dragged the villagers out of their homes in the early hours of the morning. It is not yet known whether the attack was carried out by the Sinfeiners or Crown forces in retaliation.
-Fascist and socialist MPs clash violently in Italy's Chamber of Deputies, with the Minister of Labour coming off particularly badly.
-The English Labour Party meeting in Brighton rejects the proposal to join communism.
July 19, 1946 - 75 years ago
Franco rebuilds the town of Brunete
Mr. Antonio Rodríguez Montero takes office as president of the Official Chamber of Urban Property of Orense.
-The tenth anniversary of the “Glorious National Uprising” had as its central event in Spain the handover by Franco of the town of Brunete (Madrid), completely rebuilt from scratch, to the mayor and authorities of the Madrid population. Scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War in 1937, with the presence of Franco himself, and one of the 210 towns and capitals totally or partially destroyed during the conflict, Brunete has been rebuilt by the General Directorate of Devastated Regions, building 250 houses, a “grandiose” Plaza Mayor and a new parish church, now having “the same number of residents as before the War of Liberation”.
-Hitler's former chief chauffeur, Ernest Kempka, declared before the Nuremberg Tribunal that he was able to see the Führer's body in person "wrapped in a blanket", and that Hitler died on April 30, 1945 between two and three in the afternoon, also stating that he saw Martin Bormann fall mortally wounded when he was trying to flee from Soviet troops.
July 19, 1971 - 50 YEARS AGO
The first female general in the United States
The O Volter bar hosts a group exhibition of 28 Galician artists, including Laxeiro, Virxilio, Colmeiro, Jaime Quesada, Carlos Quesada, Vidal Souto, Conde Corbal, Carlos Viejo and Alexandro.
-Students from the Angelines Quintela Academy who have achieved civil service positions: Purificación Rodríguez Cid, Luis Rodríguez Estévez, Consuelo Rodríguez Gil, Luisa Rodríguez López, Carmen Rodríguez Naval, Margarita Rodríguez Peña, Ángel Romasanta Armesto and Víctor Salgado Gómez.
-(1) The main authorities of the province participated in a day of inaugurations of works in the neighborhoods of La Lonia, Peliquín and Velle, in the municipality of Orense.
-Isolina Santos and Julio Outeiriño got married in the beautiful church of A Mezquita.
-A resident of Requeixo dies after being struck by lightning while she was grazing cattle at the point known as “Abelleira”, in Manzaneda.
-Jeanne M. Holm becomes the first woman to reach the rank of general in the United States Army.
July 19, 1996 - 25 YEARS AGO
Charles of England is now “free”
The former bishop of Ourense, Monsignor José Diéguez Reboredo takes possession of the diocese of Tui-Vigo, in a ceremony held in the cathedral of Tui with the presence of the outgoing bishop, Monsignor José Cerviño and the archbishop of Madrid, Monsignor Rouco Varela.
-The President of the Government, José María Aznar, and the President of the Xunta, Manuel Fraga, lead the PP pilgrimage to Monte do Faro, with the presence of, among others, the Vice President Rodrigo Rato; ministers such as Loyola de Palacio, Mariano Rajoy or Isabel Tocino; and the Mayor of Ourense, Manuel Cabezas.
-Elisa Veiga Nicole from Ourense is among the twenty candidates chosen by Parliament to form part of the new General Council of the Judiciary.
-Charles of England celebrates his divorce from Princess Diana with a party in the company of Camilla Parker Bowles and a group of friends, who accepted the agreement by which he will receive 17 million pounds, joint custody of his sons William and Harry, and the title of “Diana, Princess of Wales”, although he will lose the title of “Her Royal Highness”. Apparently Charles called Camilla, who is also celebrating her 49th birthday, to tell her the news and tell her: “I am finally free”."
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