Special burdens of cops' spouses loom in divorce talks
Chuck Moad says he is not a big bad policeman but a cop who cannot always be there for his wife. Wives like Mead worry about their husbands' safety. Lt Richard Pate notes many divorces in his small Ector County department and describes separate law enforcement and non law enforcement cliques within marriages.
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Chuck Moad
Moad
Mead
Ector County
Richard Pate
Pate
Jan Pate
Bomb blast rocks small town in Oklahoma shockwaves injure dozens
Inter state 40 eastbound traffic halted after a truck carrying 10 bombs collided with a car near Checotah. Explosions left a 35 foot deep crater, shattered windows, and fires. At least 48 injured, no deaths reported. seven bombs partially or fully exploded, with three detonations confirmed. Evacuation lasted about eight hours as authorities assess damage.
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Checotah
Okla
North Carolina
Oklahoma
U.S. 69
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cmdr
Ray Feller
Fort Sill
Bob Wilson
Oklahoma City
KTVY
Thelma Blackburn
Midland airport to get wind shear detector next fall
Midland Regional Airport lacks wind shear instruments linked to the Delta 191 crash near Dallas Fort Worth. FAA official Eddie Upchurch says equipment will be online by fall to relay wind info to pilots. Officials note no prior Midland crashes from wind shear and outline emergency drills and response plans.
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Midland
Delta Air Lines
Dallas
Fort Worth
Eddie Upchurch
Federal Aviation Agency
Upchurch
FAA
Jay Stucki
Stucki
Delta 191 aborted landing after warning at Grapevine
Federal investigators pursue whether Delta Air Lines Flight 191 had struck ground when a controller ordered a go around. Tape from the tower records the jetliner still very low as it descended through heavy rain north of Dallas Fort Worth.
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Grapevine
Delta Air Lines
Bursley
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Five Texas inmates scheduled for death this month
Five inmates in Texas face lethal injections at the state death chamber this month with two on the same day and four within days. Murriel Crawford Jr and Leonel Torres Herrera lost habeas appeals. Crawford also denied a stay. Crawford, 28, killed Edith Whitfield during a 1975 Amarillo robbery. Herrera, 37, faces Aug 16 for the 1981 shooting of rookie officer Enrique Carrisalez and the later murder of DPS officer David Rucker. The Aug 15 pre-dawn double execution was set after two judges issued back-to-back dates on the same day.
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Huntsville
Texas
Texas Department of Corrections
Murriel Crawford Jr
Leonel Torres Herrera
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Crawford
Herrera
Edith Whitfield
Amarillo
Los Fresnos
Enrique Carrisalez
Texas Department of Public Safety
David Rucker
Carrisalez
TDC
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Jan
Becky Pate
Tulsa
Stucks
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Delta
Delta 191
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