Roswell WWII pilot Tom Hoover recalls boxing and coaching
The Roswell veteran, soon to be 79, reflects on wartime service and a later life coaching youth boxing. He recalls training hard as a high school athlete, sparring with legends, and mentoring fighters while assisting at local centers and a police substation.
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Roswell
Coyotes
Bobby Grayson
Grayson
Frankie Albert
Albert
Pappy Boyington
Black Sheep Squadron Fame
Boyington
Boyington Roundhouse
Pappy
Cattle Baron
Main Street
New Mexico Military Institute
Tom Hoover
Marjorie
Roswell Mall
Jerusalem bomb and rocket attacks escalate Middle East violence
A Palestinian suicide bombing in Jerusalem killed nine Israelis and injured many, including children. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for earlier attacks as Israeli forces retaliated with shelling, while Palestinian factions denounced civilian violence. Dozens of police and soldiers died or were wounded in the ensuing clashes. Israel later pulled troops from Balata camp near Nablus.
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Associated Press
al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Jerusalem
Aviva Nachmani
West Bank
Israel
Arafat
al Aqsa
Nablus
Ramallah
Qalqiliya
Balata
Afghan Battle in Snowy Hills Struggles Against Talban Regrouping
In rugged eastern Afghanistan forces pursue Taliban and al Qaeda fighters amid heavy combat. Maj. A C Roper reports intense firefights as a coalition of 1,500 Afghan allies and U S Special Forces pressure fronts from Gardez and Khost with air support. Thermobaric bombs are used to disrupt cave complexes as ground momentum stalls.
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Afghanistan
A.C. Roper
101St Army
Kandahar
U.S
Gardez Bazaar
Gardez
Sarmad
Safi Ullah
Gardez Town Council
Shura
Khost
Paktika
Rehmatullah
Surmad
Mohammed
Shah-e-Kot Range
Families honored at Eagles Hall with Supreme Sacrifice Medals
Police officers killed in the October helicopter crash were honored at a ceremony where Albert Hill presented Supreme Sacrifice Medals to Roberta Solis and Bonnie Talbott. The two families embraced as the audience applauded, and their names will be added to the National Law Enforcement Memorial Wall in Washington D C during a May ceremony.
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Washington D.C
Solis
Talbott
FOP
Albert Hill
Martin Gollob
New Mexico Department of Corrections
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Chaves County
Camilo Romero
Charles Yslas
Roswell Police Department
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New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
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Rhonda Harrison
Chaves
Rebecca Blanchard
Cindy Steinbach
Connie Stuart
Robert Scribner
Otero Federal Credit Union
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Roy Cahill
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