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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1967
Page
8
An Air Force operation reports a unit planned to parachute into a flooded city northeast of Corpus Christi near the Valley area. Combat conditions and radio maintenance teams were aboard as authorities prepared for emergency delivery due to rising water.
Governor Connally reported six babies born amid Beulah flood conditions in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Judge M. J. Rodriguez delivered the infants, as 4,000 people remained in shelters and relief supplies were en route from Red Cross trucks and Air Force planes.
Birth announcements list numerous babies born at Reese Air Force Base Hospital and University Hospital with weights and times. The page also reports Sinton flood damage, record Nueces River flooding, and tornado effects in Corpus Christi with refugees and church relief efforts.
A car was swept away by a rain swollen creek near San Antonio and three people were believed drowned. One body, identified as Del Ross of San Antonio, was recovered, while police searched for two others.
Graveside services for Felicia Fernandez 41 will be held at 2 p.m. today in City of Lubbock Cemetery. She died at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital. Survivors include her daughter Josephine Deleo of the home. Deputy Mowery 46 of 814 KE 36th St. is listed in satisfactory condition after a head wound from a late Friday fight at Buffalo Lakes as sheriff's officers seek a suspect.
Griffin petitions to delay a divorce between Mrs. Roberson and Brown arguing the marriage would render her incompetent to testify in the Brown murder case. The district court awaits action as jury selection continues with prospects questioned and challenges argued.
Texas Tech officials face a mandamus case over dormitory living rules as Judge Shaver dismisses nine plaintiffs from the suit. Testimony outlines board powers, bond arrangements, and occupancy goals while details emerge on off campus housing requests and remaining plaintiffs.
Total May near 19 000 enrollment at the college tops 18 000 as 18 023 students have completed registration and paid fees in the Munici pal Coliseum. Dr Boze calls this the most realistic figure since last fall and notes the change improves accuracy in counts. Over 800 registered in the final half day with similar totals expected today.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ignacio Iribarren Borges accused the Castro regime of intervention and aggression against Venezuela. He urged condemning Havana exports of insurrection and strengthening inter American programs to curb free world trade with Cuba.
U S Navy Raiders bombed bridges and rail yards near Haiphong as warplanes fought four Mig jet fighters and heavy ground fire over North Vietnam. Juxtaposed reports touch Haiphong’s strategic bridges and regional military actions.
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