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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1967
Page
8
Reports describe raids against guerrilla positions near Tam Ky and near Hanoi with several aircraft lost or damaged. Two U S planes and three crew members listed Missing in Action as missions target rail and highway bridges crossing the Dos Rapides Canal.
The Air Force publicly confirms daily bombing of Communist targets in Laos for over three years, mainly along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, with support for ground troops and U.S. Special Forces. Raids use diverse aircraft from bases in Thailand and South Vietnam, and priorities include supply routes despite limited success and ongoing North Vietnamese traffic.
A cold front in Fort Worth dropped temperatures to the 60s while heavy rains along the Rio Grande basin raised water levels at Del Rio to 13.5 feet and forecast crests near Eagle Pass and Laredo. A nationwide cold snap matched or broke dozens of August records from Wisconsin to Florida and New York to Texas, with Pellston New York and cities in Wisconsin Michigan and Missouri posting record lows.
Lubbock police recount a late night armed holdup at a station where two adults and two juveniles attacked staff. Officers returned fire, with one bullet damaging the station and authorities recovering a revolver, cash, and clothing. Suspects, including a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old, were arrested. district attorney notes possible death penalty for robbery by firearms. Lee, a station employee, was killed in the crossfire and funeral services are set for Monday. Survivors include a wife, two sons Kenneth and Jerry, a daughter Becky, and a granddaughter.
Eleven people were injured in various traffic accidents in the Lubbock area on Saturday. One Dumas teen group remained in critical condition in another incident.
Frank Tannehill 60 died Saturday night at Methodist Hospital in Lubbock. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Abernathy Methodist Church with burial in Abernathy Cemetery. He was born in Coffeen Illinois and moved to Abernathy in 1908. Survivors: wife Mildred two sons Layne Morton and Mike Abernathy grandson.
Premier Ky says U S congressmen unfairly accuse him of rigging the vote and should visit Vietnam to judge for themselves. He urges lawmakers including Fulbright Mansfield and Morse to come see the Mekong Delta and form their own view as Thieu and Ky head toward a Sept. 3 election victory.
Funeral services for 12 year old Clayton Wallace Jr. are scheduled for 2 30 p m Monday at Mount Gilead Baptist Church with Rev S R Roberts officiating. Burial will be at Peaceful Gardens Cemetery directed by South Plains Funeral Home. The youth died from stab wounds after a fight in an alley on Weber Drive 2700 block. Survivors include his parents four sisters one brother and grandparents from Beaumont and Quanah.
Graveside services for Capt. Allen E. Hendrickson 31 of Levelland will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio. Arrangements are by Brookehill Funeral Home. He was killed Thursday in Vietnam when his plane was shot down. the entire crew perished. He served in the Air Force ten years and had been in Vietnam nine months, leaving three sons and his mother and two brothers.
Lester Washington a supervisor at Kelly Air Force Base halted seven telescopic rifle sights bound for the Houston War on Poverty program amid questions of origin and purpose. The Office of Economic Opportunity said the order may have been forged and no funds were allotted while an investigation proceeds. Washington declined to detail the other factor influencing his decision.
A 14 year old boy named Boyce survived a perilous 24 hour cave in well near Williamson after being fed through a tube and given pain relief. Rescuers faced collapse half the way, with Tom Farley pulling the youth from the mud filled shaft amid cheers from about 200 onlookers.
Col Donald G Thompson of Texas Christian University presented the Silver Star to Mrs Spaulding Brown for the actions of Capt Brown who died May 16 in combat with the Viet Cong. Brown received the Bronze Star the Army Commendation Medal the Vietnamese Medal the Vietnamese Expeditionary Medal the National Defense Service Medal and two Vietnamese Gallantry crosses with bronze star.
The farmer's share of the consumer food dollar averaged 38 cents in the first half of the year, down 2 cents from a year ago. The Agriculture Department study forecasts a moderate rise in retail food costs in the second half and a corresponding uptick in farm prices.
President and Senator Kennedy push for stronger measures amid doubts on South Vietnam elections. Critics urge more than observers as Johnson faces pressure from hawks and aid from Pastore while Defense witnesses urge bombing escalation.
Services for Burton Williams 58 of Sundown will be held at 2 p m Monday at First Baptist Church Sundown burial will follow in Levelland City Cemetery with George C Price Funeral Home in charge Williams died Saturday in a Morton hospital after a lengthy illness He was born August 24 1909 in Tishomingo Oklahoma He lived in Sundown 25 years and belonged to the Church of the Nazarene and the Masonic Lodge Survivors include a daughter LaVana Buckner of Levelland two sons Clifford Ray of Hendersonville North Carolina and Vernon Don of Jacksonville Florida and a sister Mrs J B Neal of Whiteface
SHREVEPORT AP A four car pileup near here Saturday killed five people believed from the Shreveport area. State police said a turning car on U S 171 was struck by an oncoming vehicle and two more cars collided with the wreckage. The dead were identified as James W. Johnson and his passengers Lisa Barbara and Iris Johnson, Joe W. Anderson 17 of Keithville. Herbert Anderson 16 and Frank Pipkin 17, in the other car, were hospitalized in fair condition.
A climber fled the scene and drove to Sisters Oregon to report the incident to the U S Forest Service after he ran several miles to his car.
In Tacoma Washington a 33 year old Army Sgt Jeremiah Floyd Williams was shot and killed Saturday at a residence. A 43 year old woman was taken in for questioning as authorities investigate the fatal shooting.
A ranger led a rescue team to a scene arriving about 6 a.m. A sheriff's deputy said the brothers had been teaching the children how to climb mountains.
President Johnson said education of the young is our best investment. The nation marks Education Week with Colorado’s admission to the Union proclaimed and Nation Week starting November 5.
A sequence of birth notices lists numerous families from Lubbock and nearby towns receiving newborn sons and daughters. Details include names and addresses, hospital locations, birth times, weights, and parental occupations or employers. The notices cover twins and single births across several clinics and hospitals.
Tass reports mobs abducted the captain and assaulted the Russian crew aboard the ship. Chinese authorities dragged Korzhov back to the dock and taunted him as anti-Soviet graffiti appeared. The mob demanded surrender of navigator Stanislav Ivanov and another crewman, threatening “short shrift” if not handed over. Local authorities did not intervene.
Marfa Texas CAP and Civil Air Patrol units in Texas and New Mexico search for a missing Marfa plane with pilot David Gastineau and two possible passengers. The craft departed Marfa Airport Friday morning without a flight plan and aimed for Oklahoma City with refueling stops possibly in Wichita Falls and Clayton New Mexico. The area search covers West Texas and southeast New Mexico with CAP units from Hobbs Carlsbad Artesia and others assisting.
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