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nmniK -!n,r' t!l'^ kMed ?*° rShl hand ainputatcd. He is in lance to the perch floor, wheremore ^hen TexnlndeH «li critical condition at Hendrick U blew up.day morning on ara^Ur^s Mcmorial Hosp.lal. , '*»«cniithumct , t ku . H M zo n‘lles t D , . . . , 4, A dog also was severlv wound-southwest of Abilene. Joe Rodriquez, twin brother „d hv*the b|as|- but was stj|lKiilod by the blast were Sal- Jessie Rodriquez, is in fair alive when officers reached thevador Hernandez, 22, an em- condition with abdominal, leg scene.ploye of the Clyde Sears Jr. arK* arm injuries. j Funeral for both victims wereranch on which the accident oc- Highway Patrolman Jack pending at Spill Funeral Homecur red. and Jessie Rodriquez, Shields said the shell was de- in Winters.14. of Knox (ity. scribed to him and that it ap- Salvador Hernandez was bornI he dud. apparently a .27 mil- parently v\as of .37 millimeter Jan. 2. 1942, in San Angelo,limeter World War 11 shell, de- size. moving to Menard at age 10 Hetonated when dropped on the Mrs. Sears said it had been VVt’nt 10 w°rk for the Searstront porch of the Hernandez found several davs earlier. A Ranch in 1962. He marhome. military spokesman at Dyess Paula Ortega July 5, 1960, inRegs Amputated AFB said “these old shells in- Menard.1 he man who dropped it. Jos- crease in sensitivity with age. Surviving in addition to hisse Hernandez, 31, an uncle oi Jesse Hernandez told officers wife are his parents, Mr. andSalvador, had both legs above he had been handling it and Mrs. Pete Hernandez of Menardthe knee and the fingers of his that he dropped it a short dis- and several half brothers and. —------------------------------------------- --------half sisters.Jessie Rodriquez was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Rodriquez of Knox City and was a student in Knox City school.Longtime Runnels
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Abilene Reporter News
Abilene, Texas, US
Mon, Nov 30, 1964
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