Air Force probes crash of secret spy plane in mid air collision
Air Force investigates the mid air collision of a highly secret SR71 reconnaissance plane and a KC-13 aerial refueling aircraft near El Paso. Both pilots parachuted to safety as the SR71 disintegrated. the tanker sustained minor damage and returned to flight. The SR71, from Albuquerque, was on a training mission. the KC-13 from Beale was en route. Newsman Jeff Gates of KTSM-TV witnessed the crash site where a 25 foot gouge was reported. The plane is used for global aerial photography and reconnaissance.
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EL Paso
Tex
Air Force
Albuquerque
N.M
Jeff Gates
Ktsm-Tv
Gates
Reconnaisance
CAP Agency Gets Grant for Youth Program Help
CAP Agency in San Verde County receives a 1999 grant for its youth development program under Title IIB of the Opportunity Act. Acting Director Mauro L. Paz was informed the funding is approved and becomes effective June 7.
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Ine
Val Verde County Community Action Agency
Mauro L. Paz
Texas A&M Eyes Extension Station Sites in Five Cities
San Antonio AP reports five Texas cities Corpus Christi San Antonio Uvalde Wichita Falls and Vernon are under consideration for a new Agricultural Extension Service station. Dean Harry Kunkle said a site could be chosen as early as June 4 at the next A&M regents meeting after board reviews suggested locations.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas A&m
A&m
Harry Kunkle
Corpus Christi
Uvalde
Wichita Falls
Vernon
Eagle Pass Recruit Dies at Fort Lewis
Pvt. Jose J. Garcia from Eagle Pass Texas died during a mile run PT exercise at Fort Lewis Washington. He en listed in May and arrived at Fort Lewis June 6. He was 17 and the son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Ri Garcia of Del Rio.
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PT. Lewis
Wash
Jose J. Garcia
Eagle Pass
Tex
Army
Garcia
Ft. Lewis
Oscar Ri Garcia
Ford St
del Rio
Cir
Mar.ny
Customs Officials Arrest Wanted Man
Customs officials in Laredo Texas arrested Joe Reed Mason wanted for murder in three states. He used a false name and held various IDs as he was identified at the international bridge. Mason, a prisoner who escaped in July 1969, faces charges of rape and robbery in Corpus Christi and is also linked to a Houston death and two other slayings in Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Laredo
Tex
Texas
International Bridge
Joe
Reed Mason
Hobard Mills
Calif
Corpus Christi
Mason
John Ben Shepperd Jr Dies in Mexico Car Bus Crash
In Zacatecas Mexico two men died in a head on collision when a bus and a car crashed near the city. Victims were John Ben Shepperd Jr 26 of Nuevo Laredo and John L Girvin 4 of Georgetown Texas. The bus driver was lightly injured and all other passengers remained unharmed. Funeral plans were not yet finalized.
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Zacatecas
Mexico
Texas
Atty
John Ben Shepperd
Mexico City
John Ben Shepperd Jr
Nuevo Laredo
John L. Girvin
Georgetown
Tex
Young Shepperd
Christina Longoria
Three Men Indicted For Alien Smuggling in Texas
A federal grand jury indicted Romano Urbano-Herrera of Laredo and Julio Luis Garz and Joe Guerra Jr. of San Antonio on five counts each for conspiring to smuggle and transport Mexican aliens for pay. The case details include payments, hotel transfers, and a plan to move five aliens to Illinois. A separate indictment charged Juan G. Briseno with illegal transportation of aliens.
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San Antonio
Laredo
Romano Urbano-Herrera
Julio Luis Garz
Joe Guerra Jr
Urbano-Herrera
Guerra
Garza
Piedras Negras Man Convicted In Federal Case
Vicente Hilario San Miguel Hernandez of Piedras Negras was found guilty of three counts of obtaining false birth certificates in United States District Court. The six men and six women jury deliberated under an hour and a sentencing is set for August 20. The trial began Monday with jury selection. testimony concluded Wednesday.
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Vicente Hilario San Miguel Hernandez
Piedras Negras
United States District Court
Hernandez
Arturo Gonzalez
del Rio
Kinney County 4 H Club Members Headed to Leadership Camp
Six 4 H Club members and four adults depart Brackettville for the District VI 4 H Leadership Camp at Claudcroft New Mexico to study ecology with Kinney County Agent Jon Kincaid and officials from county, home demonstration, and the U S Forest Service. Participants include Joe York III Joe Rose Minot Pratt Stella Rose Harriette Rose and Diane Davis. The group travels about 500 miles by car with accompanying county and Rose family members.
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Brackettville
Claudcroft
N.M
Kinney County
Jon Kincaid
United States Forest Service
4-H Club
Joe York III
Joe York Jr
Joe Rose
AG. Rose
Minot Pratt
Tully Pratt
John Kincaid
Sewing Class Seeks Supplies For Community Program
Field workers in the CAP Community Development program seek patterns thread buttons and fabrics to support sewing classes planned to begin next week. The group lists admitted and dismissed individuals as part of their staffing and participant orientations.
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CAP
Guadalupe Padilla
Nelda Vasquez
Olivia Fae
Delia Torrez
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Tony Gonzalez
Stephen F. Austin and
Travis
Alonzo Garza Austin
San Felipe
U.S
Gary Francis Powers
CAP Agency
Uvalde Eyed
Flopo Betty
Las 5
Fred Esquivel
Eddie
Railway Ave
Old
Hary
Anthony Altmeyer
Houston
Arkansas
Louisiana
John Ben
Shepperd
Odessa
Grand Jury
68Th District Court
George M. Thurmond
63Rd District
Luis Hernandez Sr
Thurmond
Abe Arredondo
James R&r. Beauchamp
Leroy Hutto
Arthur White
Charlene Sinclair
Angelica Lay
Gloria Carranza
Ann Kasman Stool
Emma Hill
Sam Bulita
Walter P. Haynes
Duality
Gibsons
Momey- ED Hines
Stella
Bo) Rose
Harriette
Sis) Rose
A.G. Rose
Diane Davis
Lloyd Davis
Val Verde Memorial Hospital
Robert Louis Hernandez
Ramon Salas
Sandra de Hoyos
Manuelita Rios
Lester Ralston
Sara Vara
Lilly Hartfield
Marie Armenderez
Juanita Garza
Johnny Miller
Juan Lopez
Balfour Davies
Frankie Martin
Gloria _.Martinez
Sharon Pelligrew
Helen Sellers
Candace van Dyke
Raula Gonzalez
Antonio Sotelo ,Jr
Tomasa Garcia
Mary Esther Avila
Linda McWilliams
Bernice ZumMallen
Rita
IGP
Peter Cushing
Island OF Terror
Aso Eee
Ace
Black & Decker
Berkley
Weber Texan Bbq Grill
Shakespeare
Lyes
Bleck & Decker
Arthur Fulmer
Schrade-Walden “Old Timer
Spalding
Johnny Pott
Remington
Sunbeam
Norelco
del Rio Avenue
Fort Clark Guest Ranch
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