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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1968
Page
12
The fragment shows a grim military scene with a sergeant noting most, not all, crew hardships. A speaker laments leaving a harsh environment and rejects returning, while an air unit endures stress and fear as days count down to discharge.
A CH-47 helicopter crew evacuates wounded from Hill 55 near Da Nang as heavy fighting rages. Five Marines board the craft. one is dead on arrival, another dies en route, while two survive after resuscitation efforts.
Soldiers describe daily terror in South Vietnam with artillery booms from Saigon to Da Nang and incoming rockets that strike unseen. On USS Constellation and nearby ships, crews confront war’s abstract distance while saving many lives in helicopters and coastal shelling.
The speaker notes about 200 men aboard the ship with 5,000 others on the outside. He says the conflict exists whether real or unreal, with Americans and Communists present, some live, some die, and some find a reason why.
Floyd Davis, about 60, was found shot in the left chest at Green Fair Manor Apartments on Webber Drive. An 11 year old was sent by a teenager to fetch DavIs, and a teen was arrested at the scene as police sought the murder weapon. services for Davis are pending at Sedberry Funeral Home.
Hollywood report notes William Windom, famed for The Farmer's Daughter, will play Deborah Kerrs husband in the film The Gypsy Moths. The UPI dispatch highlights Windoms casting as a key pairing in the production.
Pasadena scientists outline the circum Pacific belt as the main seismic zone. They cite frequent quakes, few great events recently, and explain movement of crustal blocks from California to Asia with Brune and Richter noting historical magnitudes and displacement estimates.
Warmer weather lifted cotton farming spirits as Lubbock saw a cool 47 degree overnight reading tied for state low. Highs reached 73 with no records set. forecasts call for around 80 later. Across Texas highs ranged 69 to 98 with heavy rains in several counties and a fatal plane crash near Alto, Texas after a lightning strike.
Gracie Eleanor Chitwood of Friona and formerly Muleshoe died Wednesday in an Amarillo convalescent home. She moved from Muleshoe in 1924 and lived in Friona since 1961. Services are Friday at 2 p.m. at Singleton Funeral Home Chapel in Friona. Burial at Muleshoe Cemetery. Survivors: husband R C., five sons, four daughters, one sister, 15 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren.
Store officials discuss copious shoplifting methods and the shift to tougher penalties. Experiments with cameras and warning signs aim to deter theft while police notes reveal demographics and techniques of offenders.
FAA proposes caps on flights at major hubs to ease congestion with Newark Kennedy LaGuardia O Hare and Washington National limited to set hourly totals. AOPA opposes citing loss of public airport access while ACTO notes controller overwork amid a summer of delays and stackups.
Congratulations are extended to several families for newborns born at Methodist Hospital. Names include James M Rogers and Edwin Standlee with sons weighing 7 pounds 1 ounce and 7 pounds 6 ounces respectively, plus other families such as Jimmie Olivarez with a daughter, Harry Gonzales with a daughter, Ricardo Mendoza with a son, and additional births to families including Abernathy Cline Delgado Mateos Warne and Standlee, each with varying weights and times. Fathers’ occupations include district manager, student, steel cutter, factory worker, truck driver, and farm laborer.
A 26 year old traffic victim’s heart and both kidneys were transplanted at the Cleveland Clinic to three recipients. The heart went to Dellett H. Lawson Sr., 50, of Akron. Kidney recipients were Robert Clapper, 29, of Minerva and Charles Mundy, 20, Airman Third Class from Berkeley, Michigan.
Services for Mrs Isabelle Montgomery 84 a former Lubbock resident will be held at 4 p m in Henderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Wallace Kirby of First Methodist Church Littlefield officiating Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery Survivors include three sons six daughters a sister 16 grandchildren eight great grandchildren and a great great grandchild
The Swedish Dentists Association says Scandinavian dentistry bodies will boycott the world congress scheduled in Bulgaria later this month in protest of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Bulgarian troops joined Soviet forces in the invasion.
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