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Vol 8, No 289

October 16, 1987

Friday Evening

Baby Jessica rescued from 8 inch well in Midland

Today in Sports
Spurs win first game, beat Virginia 116-106
SAN ANTONIO  (1973)   After losing their first four games, the San Antonio Spurs won their first game ever on this date in 1973, beating the Virginia Squires 116-106. San Antonio would remain in the ABA for their first three seasons, hosting the 1975 ABA All-Star Game at HemisFair Arena.   

Born This Date
Actor Barry Corbin born in Lamesa (Dawson Co)
LAMESA   (1940)    On this date in 1940, actor Barry Corbin was born. He graduated from Monterrey High School in Lubbock, and later studied acting at Texas Tech University before joining the marines. He is noted for playing rolls as a military leader, sheriff, or other authority in the movies and on television.
   Corbin had many rolls on television, including probably his most famous, that of a wealthy former astronaut, Maurice Minnifield in "Northern Exposure." In the movies, he played in "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", "War Games", and most recently, "No Country for Old Men".   

Trapped 22 feet down
MIDLAND  (1987)   18-month-old Jessica McClure, fell into an 8 inch well about 9:30 A.M. October 14th 1987, while playing with other children at a private day care center run by her aunt and her mother. It took rescuers 58 hours to rescue "Baby Jessica" from the hole left there by the oil industry years before. Drilling equipment was brought in and a parallel hole was drilled, and rescuers made an opening just below where she was trapped. On this date in 1987, as the nation watched on television, Baby Jessica was safely recovered from the well. She would go on to graduate high school in 2004, and in January 2006, she was married. She has no recollection of her 58 hour ordeal.

Technology Desk
KTXT Lubbock goes On-The-Air
LUBBOCK   (1962)    On this date in 1962, PBS television affiliate KTXT Channel 5, began broadcasting in Lubbock.