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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1966
Page
6
Severe storms cause widespread flooding across the state and Dallas. Night workers return to flooded homes as cars plunge from washed-out bridges. Police report seven named victims including W. L. Perryman and Robert Buck families. Power outages hit a city of 750,000 amid property damage.
President Johnson outlined a 1966 civil rights bill to ban interference with voting education housing employment jury service and travel rights with graduated penalties. He proposed adding 100 FBI agents and enabling lawsuits to end discrimination in jury selection and housing while preserving state fair housing laws. He framed the measure as essential to uniting urban America and expanding liberty for all citizens.
The notice reports several birth announcements: a daughter weighing various small amounts plus times at Methodist Hospital, a son weighing 32 ounces at 919 pm, and other newborns listed with mothers and fathers including laborers, welders, construction workers, and managers. Locations include University and Methodist hospitals, with names and addresses of families.
An overheated motor sparked scare at Hulan Hall on the Texas Tech campus Thursday night. Nine firefighting units rushed to the dorm shortly before midnight, discovering minimal flames and heavy smoke with little fire present.
Funeral services set for Danel Irving Lee 70 longtime Dickens County resident who died Wednesday in El Paso. World War I veteran and member of Church of Christ and American Legion. Burial with military rites in Spur Cemetery directed by Campbell Funeral Home Spurs. Survivors include wife one daughter six sisters and two grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Coronado High School junior Kenneth Chaffin was named Carrier of the Year at the Avalanche Journal eighth annual banquet for exceptional sales service and collections. He received a plaque savings bonds a trophy a watch an orchid and other honors with 11 star carriers announced alongside.
Winds along Lake Erie eased after a 24 hour gale that lashed 100 miles of Michigan and Ohio shoreline. More than 5000 residents returned to damaged cottages and homes as mud and debris threatened health. Coast Guard called the storm the worst in over a decade from Sandusky to south of Detroit.
Tech rodeo squads led by Dan Reding Skipper Driver and Dale Johnson dominated events at the world’s largest indoor collegiate rodeo. Bulls refused eight seconds while Tech claimed top spots in bareback, calf roping and women’s barrel events with riders like Jerry Blocker Eddie Puckett and Tra Lee Inman shining.
Middleton backs away from eliminating the BCD as City Council debates his starter petition and a possible second measure to halve the millage. Mayor Rogers questions motive while Eastman urges orderly planning and a charter study committee to rule on ballot timing and BCD funding.
In Dallas and Garland, motorists recall escaping floodwaters after a Thursday storm. Dick Cleaves and Dennis Ridgley recount being swept from a station wagon and saved by Ridgley, while George Wagner swam for life as waters swept his car away. Garlands reports note homes along Duck Creek and a rescued woman motorist injured, with several residents displaced by rising floods nearby.
Erratic Thursday rainfall moved northward leaving trace precipitation at Seminole Denver City Sea graves Andrews Brownfield and Slaton. Lamesa measured 02 Spur 25 Snyder .60 Lamesa rain mid morning. Post recorded three quarters inch with heavy showers north of Tahoka in Lynn County after a two day respite following last Sunday's downpours up to three inches.
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