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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1965
Page
2
Telephone calls from flooded areas kept San Antonio police switchboard busy early Tuesday. Most demanded rescue for the sick and stranded, while some were merely curious or hysterical. A resident feared sewer lines and rising creeks requiring barricades and closures.
The Souk Sin Antonia district trustees discussed seeking a new principal and approved sending personnel to Greek applications. They voted to construct a cafeteria at South San Antonio Aimor High School and an administration office by the high school. A. Albert Co. awarded a $4,500 contract for senior band hall conditioning.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived in Bonn Germany for a state visit signaling deepening ties with West Germany. They were met by President Luebke and Chancellor Erhard at Bonn Airport as troops paraded and a formal welcome unfolded.
A garbled OCR snippet references local residents and numbers, with unclear actions. It mentions names, counts, and possible events, but reads as incomplete with several illegible phrases and stray letters.
FBI chief J Edgar Hoover warned Congress that Soviet secret agents are expanding in the United States across newsmen diplomats businessmen and students. He cited costly probes into civil rights killings and demonstrations, predicting increased Chinese and Soviet intelligence activity if the United Nations recognizes Communist China and grants diplomatic missions.
Bolivian military government under Lt. Gen. Rene Barrientos imposes siege and mobilizes men 19 to 80 after 7000 workers clash with police in La Paz. Riots shut down the capital and spread, while a general strike disrupts the nation amid leadership turmoil and exile of Lechin to Paraguay. The Bolivian Labor Federation, led by Lechin, called the strike with 25,000 tin miners quitting work nationwide.
Mrs. Linda Davis, 21, and her months-old daughter Lau-Te were rescued by an ETSA helicopter after floodwaters rose to her neck at Villa Main Road. She described the nightmarish scene of water, floating furniture, and a roof rescue, and they were taken to Charles Spaeth’s home in Harlandale.
A severe heat wave devastated Monterrey with dehydration driving hospital overload. Hospitals report over 270 cases treated as three babies died the day prior and a further death occurred yesterday amid strained capacity.
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