Marfa Lights on Today Show and Aerostat Visit
A parent recalls watching Marfa Lights on the Today Show with daughter Allison in New Orleans. The segment showed the east Marfa entrance, courthouse, Don Judd sculptures, and locals like Julia Plumbley and Carolyn Renfroe. Also describes an Aerostat visit with Florida engineers, noting its size and future radar installation and rope-net needs before operation.
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Allison
New Orleans
Marfa
Don Judd
Highway 67
Julia Plumbley
Carolyn Renfroe
Fritz Kahl
Marfa Senior Carrasco Attends Girls State Program
Jessica Carrasco, a Marfa High School senior, returned from a 10 day Girls State session at Texas Lutheran College Seguin sponsored by the Marfa American Legion Auxiliary Unit 79. She was chosen for character leadership and scholarship in a program teaching citizenship duties.
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MARFA
Jessica Carrasco
Marfa High School
Girls State
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Marfa American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 79
Carrasco
Remisio
Ana Maria Carrasco
Marfa Aerostat Inflation Completes for GE Radar Balloons
GE Marfa Aerostat agents inflated the U S Customs radar balloon near Marfa Texas starting midnight Sunday and finishing Monday morning. Site manager Gary Metzger credited the three shift crew and GE staff for more than 18 hours of work. Crews prepared the balloon for flight ahead of radar equipment arrival.
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Marfa
General Electric Co
Marfa Aerostat
U.S. Customs Service
Gary Metzger
Florida
U.S. 90
Metzger
Aerostat
Balloon tether tests target 15000 feet for drug interdiction
Officials described a Big Bird package balloon capable of carrying a payload aloft to about 15000 feet. Test flights may start in the second week of July, with the drug interdiction operation slated to be active later this summer.
Alpine Brewster County Hospital District approves Presidio director
Alpine and Presidio hospital boards unanimously seat a Presidio County director on Alpine hospital's home health care program advisory board. Presidio board earlier voted to contribute 15,527 dollars to the program, aiding its continuation after Brewster's April funding request.
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Alpine
Brewster County
Presidio County
Alpine Hospital
Presidio Hospital
Presidio
Marfa
Maples
Brewster Memorial Hospital
Don Karl
James Pennington
Bonnie McNamara
John Telles
Our Lady of Peace
Adventurer lands plane in Marfa after wind storm
Gerry Spiess, famed for circumnavigating the United States borders and daring voyages, landed his home built 65 horsepower plane at Marfa Municipal airport to refuel after a rough flight. He has sailed from Norfolk to Falmouth and Long Beach to Sydney, and cycled across the country. Local fixer Ray Hegy helped repair the aircraft after it was damaged during a Van Horn wind storm.
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Marfa
Gerry Spiess
United States
van Horn
Spiess
Marfa Municipal
Norfolk
Falmouth
England
Long Beach
Calif
Sydney
Australia
Unites States
Ray Hegy
Hegy
White Bear Lake
Minn
Mysterious death of Presidio justice of the peace
Raul O Ramos 49 Presidio County Justice of the Peace was found dead at La Junta Silhouette Gun Club firing range five miles west of Presidio. Authorities ruled suicide after autopsy. Ramos had been under investigation for missing public funds from his office with audits showing shortfalls. The case prompts possible interim appointment to fill precincts four and five until 1990.
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Presidio
Presidio County
Justice of the Peace
Raul O. Ramos
Ramos
la Junta Silhoutte
Bailey
Marfa
el Paso
Richard Barajas
Peace Justice
Barajas
Ojinaga
Thompson
Martinez
Sheriff's Department
Marfa council grapples staffing as police chief retires
Marfa City Commission accepts policeman Louis Hernandez resignation effective July 15 and plans an executive session to discuss staffing the two man police department. The panel also weighs a possible out of court settlement with former city secretary Skip Hill and considers tax incentives for redeveloping El Paisano Hotel. Programs include childcare site approval, new stop signs and school speed zones, and dangerous building actions.
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Marfa
Louis Hernandez
Hernandez
Fort Stockton
Bob Bigler
Jake Brisbin Jr
M.W
Skip” Hill
Hill
Linda Webb
Schrader
Commission
Marta
John Minniece
Wyoming
el Paisano
Lincoln St
Teryn Muench
Lincoln Street
Summer Streets
Curtis Schrader
Barbara Thompson
Alfredo Brijalba
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O&a
Robert
Pat Ryan
Dog
Presidio Port of Entry
Mexico
Customs
Big Bird
Maria Aerostat
Hospital
PCHD
Spress
Border Patrol
Hegg
Adventurer Gerry Spiess
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