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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1995
Page
1
Stanley Dewane Farris, 21, lost a hand when a rope tug of war at a Gold Bond company picnic tore it off. Paramedics stopped the bleeding and he was taken to Erlanger Medical Center in fair condition. doctors said the injury was too severe to save the hand.
In Harlingen a deadly pattern unfolds as migrants ride sealed boxcars under extreme heat while coyotes lock them inside with little food or water. The Border Patrol cites rising crossings amid drought and economic strain in Mexico. Reports note 529 railroad trespass fatalities in 1994, with many victims unaccounted by immigration status.
Thousands of military workers and citizens joined Gov. Bush and lawmakers to oppose BRAC plans targeting Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio and other Texas and Oklahoma bases. Critics warn closing Kelly would devastate Hispanic employment and San Antonio’s economy, with fears of widespread layoffs and regional job losses.
ED BOGART reports Laughlin competitors face questions at the BRAC session while Laughlin highlights strengths. Retired Col Don Craigie for Vance AFB cites an Air Force study listing Laughlin with 29 uncontrolled civil airports and four training delays versus Vance zero. He says Grumman Aviation maintenance lowers Laughlin costs. He notes Vance has 43 fewer personnel but offers no cost comparison. See LAUGHLIN Page 5A
Former Val Verde County Judge Sergio Gonzalez died Friday at 90 leaving a legacy of service. He helped build the Alice Mae Fitzpatrick Building annex to the courthouse and the Dink Wardlaw Agricultural Complex. The county jail was mentioned in 1993 records.
County Judge Ray Kirkpatrick, 71, has been a pilot for over 50 years and still flies monthly, seeking daily flight time. He built three planes, logged more than 35,000 hours, and began flying as a boy after his father supported his dream. He earned a pilot’s license in 1940, trained as a civilian instructor, joined the U.S. Air Force in 1944, flew in Europe and the Philippines during WW2, then transported postwar and through Korea with Braniff Airlines. See GROUNDED Page 3A
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