Navy jet crash devastates Alameda apartment complex
Firefighters and volunteers comb a four story Tahoe Apartments after a 20 ton A7 Corsair from Lemoore NAS crashed nearby. Eight bodies and part of a ninth were recovered. up to 37 residents may have been aboard. Lt Robert Ward, 28, of Cary NC, feared to be the pilot. Marines searched the area as a Navy board opened investigations.
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Alameda
Calif
Ernest Servente
Tahoe
Lemoore Naval Air Station
Alameda Naval Air Station
Navy
Robert Lee Ward
Cary
N. C
Ward
William D. Collins
Troops Hold Off In Custer After Indian Protest Clash
About 166 National Guard troops bivouacked at the Custer armory as authorities feared a second clash with protesting Indians. In the town and across Texas ice and snow led to closed schools and travel disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custer, S.D
National Guard
Custer
Gene Reese
University of ‘Texas At
Ozona
San Antonio
Rio Grande Valley
McAllen
Brownsville
Austin
Gatesville
Dalhart
Amarillo
Panhandle
Alpine
Far West Texas
Lubbock
Wink
Childress
el Paso
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
del Rio
Mineral Wells
Alice
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Dallas
College Station
Longview
Vitoria
Fort Worth
Houston
Laredo
Palacios
Texarkana
Waco
Corpus Christi
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Custer County
Pecos School Board Faces Bus, Bi Lingual Issues In Heated Meeting
Parents and students pressed Pecos board over alleged illegal busing, school registration, and zoning problems. Members defended efforts to improve bilingual programs and promised follow up, while inviting questions anytime. Discussion followed Pena resignation and a walkout at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pena
Naylor
Jimmy Toone
Ed Sullivan
St. Catherine’s Catholic Church
Toone
East Pecos Junior High
Carrico
East Pecos
Pecos
Williams
Slaughter cattle prices ease in early February
Prices for slaughter cattle edged down in the week ending Feb 1 with Choice grade steers at Omaha averaging 41.34 dollars per 160 pounds, a 0.74 dollar drop from the prior week. Barrows and gilts averaged 33.62 dollars per 160 pounds, still higher than a year earlier.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Omaha
Neb
Outreach Clinics cut readsmissions in Big Spring program
The Reeves County Mental Health Clinic is part of a statewide network from Big Spring State Hospital. Eight clinics serve about 1600 people with 820 visits in a recent month, reducing hospital readmissions through community based care and preventive services.
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Big Spring State Hospital
Reeves County
Second
Cyress
Glenn Miller
Gloria San Roman
Tad Corbet
Corbet
Snyder
Scurry County
Reeves County Clinic
Harrison
Texas
Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Sandy Justiss
Bob Creighton
Sandra Neskorik
Marvin E. Grice
Grice
Big Spring
Navy Sanctuary Puts Women Aboard First All Male Ship
In San Diego the hospital ship Sanctuary added 32 women to a 469 member crew, making it the first Navy ship where women work alongside men. Captain Thomas A. Rodgers praised the adaptation, noting equal work, no guard breaches, and a few romances but no misconduct.
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San Diego
Calif
Sanctuary
Navy
Thomas A. Rodgers
Associated Press
PECOG
Associa
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Searchers Comi
Sanfrancisco
Roland W Prant
Alameda County
Frank Reynolds
Edward Motta
Fairview
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