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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1972
Page
3
A fragmented account describes a family facing a flood event. Joann hurried through a basement area and toward the river while carrying antique rugs and possessions. She returns home to check on a sick mother as neighbors rally.
In a chaotic flood, Joann Bugbee and family evacuate while Civil Defense and volunteers rush to shore up dikes. River water breaches bridges, 65,000 flee, buses and boats move evacuees to higher ground as hospitals, radios, and shelters mobilize amid rising waters and urgent pleas for sandbags and aid.
Radio stations NETWORK STATIONS KPYO CBS 790 KA LBW ABC 1340 Has KEND NBC 1500 KHE DAY ABC 588 NE.
Kuala Lumpur AP reports that over 300000 leaflets were dropped in western Sarawak urging Communist guerrillas to surrender as part of a new psychological warfare. An additional 370000 leaflets in English Malay and Chinese were dropped last month in another Sarawak region promising a free life to those who surrender. A guerrilla used a leaflet as a Safe conduct pass to surrender at Bintangan as insurgency threatens east Malaysian Sarawak.
Emergency radio network formed from telephone patches at the station with WAZL Hazleton and WYZZ FM Wilkes Barre. The patch system grew into the Northeastern Pennsylvania Flood Network carrying emergency information.
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