Editor’s Note: Moments in Time is a collection of recovered newspaper briefs and other publications, compiled by local historian, Steve Hathcock, that offer a look back at the history of the Rio Grande Valley and the rest of the world.
Hot, frozen meat rescued from south Texas heat
About 30-thousand pounds of “Hot” frozen meat were put in cold yesterday after a truck hijacked in Centerville was found near Brownsville, in South Texas.
John Franks Robertson of Hillsboro, truck driver for an Arlington firm told authorities he was taking a nap when an armed man commandeered the truck, it was bound for Florida.
Robertson was left beneath a tree near Lockhart, he was not injured.
The meat was valued at abut 40-thousand dollars.
(This was originally aired on WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) on Sept. 1, 1972.)
C-section a medical first
Two Brownsville obstetricians probably had a few irritated patients today….The doctors spent most of the day at the zoo. There they delivered a two-and-one-half pound orangutan by Caesarean section. That’s said to be a medical first.
The baby is fine. The mother is doing as well as can be expected for one described by the zoo director as “homely—cross eyed—-and absolutely one of the ugliest orangutans in the world!”
(This was originally aired on WBAP-TV (Television station: Fort Worth, Tex.) on Sept. 23, 1970.)
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