| | He graduated from LJC in 1956 and transferred to the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], at which he completed his bachelor's degree in journalism in 1958. He was then offered employment by newspapers in Austin, Beaumont, and [[Dallas]] but instead became sports editor of ''The Laredo Citizen.'' From 1961 to 1963, he worked at the sports desk at ''The Express-News'' in [[San Antonio]] and ''The Caller-Times'' in [[Corpus Christi]]. In 1963, ''The Caller-Times'' opened a bureau in Laredo and named Arambula to head it. After eight years in that arrangement, he joined ''The Laredo Times'' in 1971.<ref name=death/> | | He graduated from LJC in 1956 and transferred to the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]], at which he completed his bachelor's degree in journalism in 1958. He was then offered employment by newspapers in Austin, Beaumont, and [[Dallas]] but instead became sports editor of ''The Laredo Citizen.'' From 1961 to 1963, he worked at the sports desk at ''The Express-News'' in [[San Antonio]] and ''The Caller-Times'' in [[Corpus Christi]]. In 1963, ''The Caller-Times'' opened a bureau in Laredo and named Arambula to head it. After eight years in that arrangement, he joined ''The Laredo Times'' in 1971.<ref name=death/> |
| − | Arambula covered the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]], a recurring matter that arose on the news agenda again the same weel that Arambula died when [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] opened many previously classified documents about the shooting in Dallas on November 22, 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/trump-jfk-files-thursday-release/index.html|title=Trump to release JFK files Thursday|author=Jeremy Diamnd|publisher=CNN.com|date=October 25, 2017|accessdate=October 27, 2017}}</ref>He also reported on the building of [[Interstate 35]] and the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge through the heart of downtown Laredo. He reported on the rise and fall of The Independent Club, which dominated Laredo politics prior to 1978.<ref name=death/> | + | Arambula covered the assassination of [[John F. Kennedy]], a recurring matter that arose on the news agenda again the same weel that Arambula died when [[U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] opened many previously classified documents about the shooting in Dallas on November 22, 1963.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/25/politics/trump-jfk-files-thursday-release/index.html|title=Trump to release JFK files Thursday|author=Jeremy Diamnd|publisher=CNN.com|date=October 25, 2017|accessdate=October 27, 2017}}</ref>He also reported on the building of Interstate 35 and the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge through the heart of downtown Laredo. He reported on the rise and fall of The Independent Club, which dominated Laredo politics prior to 1978.<ref name=death/> |
| | Over the years Arambula was influential in the Kiwanis Club, Border Olympics, San Agustin Historical Preservation Society, the Laredo Boys and Girls Club, Jaycees, the [[interest group]] the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Republic of the Rio Grande, the Laredo Development Foundation, the Laredo Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Daily Newspaper Association, and the Laredo Historic and Conservation Society. He helped in the creation of the South Texas Food Bank and was on the ground floor in the establishment of Laredo Literacy Volunteers of America. He was a president of the [[George Washington]] Birthday Celebration Association, the LULAC "Man of the Year," and the recipient of "Hispanic Journalist of the Year" by the [[Associated Press]]. He also won the Hearst Newspapers National Humanitarian Award and was named "Laredoan of the Year" by the city. He served on the board for more than forty-five years of the Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center in Laredo.<ref name=death/> | | Over the years Arambula was influential in the Kiwanis Club, Border Olympics, San Agustin Historical Preservation Society, the Laredo Boys and Girls Club, Jaycees, the [[interest group]] the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Republic of the Rio Grande, the Laredo Development Foundation, the Laredo Chamber of Commerce, the Texas Daily Newspaper Association, and the Laredo Historic and Conservation Society. He helped in the creation of the South Texas Food Bank and was on the ground floor in the establishment of Laredo Literacy Volunteers of America. He was a president of the [[George Washington]] Birthday Celebration Association, the LULAC "Man of the Year," and the recipient of "Hispanic Journalist of the Year" by the [[Associated Press]]. He also won the Hearst Newspapers National Humanitarian Award and was named "Laredoan of the Year" by the city. He served on the board for more than forty-five years of the Ruthe B. Cowl Rehabilitation Center in Laredo.<ref name=death/> |