Plane crash kills pilot near Midland County field
Jesse Donald Gathright, 49, of Richardson died after his single engine aerobatic craft tangled with power lines one mile north of Bates Field in Midland County. Passenger Gail Allen, 32, of Austin, was listed in critical condition with head and internal injuries. Autopsy planned. FAA and NTSB investigators headed to the site.
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Jesse Donald Gathright
Richardson
Bates
Fourth of July Parade Entertainer Delights Odessa Crowd
Jon Smith drew throngs along Andrews Highway near 31st Street Monday morning as he performed a colorful act for parade watchers. The route started at Odessa College and ended at the Ector County Coliseum with contest details on Page 3B.
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Ector County Coliseum
Five men accused in San Antonio abduct abuse case
An El Paso woman was kidnapped at knife point and abused during a six hour ordeal after stopping at a Northwest side market near I 10. Police arrested two men, searched for three others, and held the two suspects on aggravated assault warrants with bonds set at 15000 each. The victim fled to seek help, was treated and released from a San Antonio hospital. She had been forced into a car with four other men then taken to a Menchaca Homes apartment where the assaults continued.
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el Paso
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Men prefer male partners in crime study finds
State College based sociologist Darrell Steffensemeier reports interviews with about 50 male burglars and 20 to 25 female criminals and law authorities. He says 80 percent of male criminals would not partner with women, citing institutional sexism and viewing women as outsiders in the crime world.
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Global proxy wars flare as 15 small conflicts burn around world
An Associated Press survey draws on The War Atlas to map narrow-front fights from Lebanon to Iran, Nicaragua to Guatemala. It notes 300 wars since World War II, tens of millions dead, and proxies shaping most battles. The Lebanon crisis, Iran Iraq front, and Central American upheavals dominate, with spillovers from El Salvador and Guatemala fueling civilian tolls and insurgencies.
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Ireland
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Middle East
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