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$502,500 SuitSi0Over 'Dud' BlastA suit filed Wednesday in Fed-, era! Court here is asking 55ffir| 500 damages from the Unitedj Slates arising from the explosion of a dud: artillery shell on the Clyde Sears Jr. Randi about 28 miles southwest of Abilene Nov. 29, 1961;-;~ ' ft' |The suit askSVl'tf.S-OQ for the death of .1 essicrRod.rifiUez/ 14; of Knox City; 187,500 for the death of Salvador Hernandez, 22, a ranch employe; §325,000 tor the severe injuries to Jessie Hernandez, uncle of Salvador Hernandez and also a ranch employe; and 5-12,500 for injuries lo Jesse Rodriquez’s twin brother Joe Rodriquez.The explosion occurred on the porch of (he Hernandez home on (he ranch. Mrs. Sears said at the lime that the .37 mm shell had been found several days earlier and had heen resting o:i the porch prior to the explosion.Much of the ranch had been leased by the government during World War it as firing ranges for the Army’s Camp Baihc-Icy.The suit claims negligence on the part of the government in not removing the old shells from the land before releasing it andin not advising occupants of thedanger of the old artillery shells,The petition cites nine particulars.ft further charges that ear-fain warning devices to protect the public were in such a , state of disrepair “that they were unintelligible and ‘ illegible.”Sibu:\hts(aSawazli.mjibi\;Plaintiffs named in Use petition include David Rodriguez, fa* ther aisd; temporary .administrator of IJie estate of Jessie Rod* riqucz; Paula Hernandez, wife of and temporary administratrix of the estate of Salvador Hernandez; and Jessie Hernandez.The suit was submitted by attorneys James Kronzer of Houston, Malcolm Schulz of Abilene, and Torn Wobb of San Angelo.suulbe(soein;fo,in
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 21, 1966
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