Seven die in bus truck crash on Texas bridge
A Greyhound bus en route from San Francisco to Miami collided with a jackknifed rental truck on a narrow U.S. 290 bridge near Bakersfield, 30 miles east of Fort Stockton. Seven killed, many burned, with 20 injured taken to Fort Stockton hospital and two to Iraan. The crash halted traffic while investigators identified victims and responders treated the wounded.
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Fort Stockton
Jim Robinson
Department of Public Safety
Juan Valdez
Fabio Marin
Lynn Young
San Antonio
Tex
Scallion Burnett
Pecos
Safety Department
Sigrid Morgan
Austin
Greyhound
Kerrville
John McHaffey
Miami
Roger McLaughlin
Iraan
Bakersfield
Tunis Creek
U.S. 290
Davis Mountains
FE Paso
Tony Cordova
Cordova
Iraan Hospital
Lilly Jasmin
Lake Charles
Joe D. Ramirez
Ozona
E.R. Franks
Ramirez
Franks
DPS
Robinson
McLaughlin
Brooke Army Medical Center
Port Stockton
Brooke
Bus Tragedies on Narrow Bridges Echo Each Other
AP reports two deadly crashes on narrow wood bridges on US 60 84 near Fort Sumner and Fort Stockton. A December Fort Sumner bus crash killed 19 Texans with passengers recounting screams and chaos. The later Fort Stockton collision involved a fire and a similar night setting.
Evacuation Under Way at Wounded Knee S D
Women and children flee Wounded Knee as a federal deadline nears for nonresidents to depart by 6 p.m. EST. Militant Indians bolster forces and 32 more militants reportedly slip through federal lines amid tense negotiations and siege conditions.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Justice Department
Paul Manhart
Carter Camp
American Indian Movement
Roswell Youth Dies in U S 70 Crash East of Tularosa
A 19 year old Roswell man Fred Torrez died when his 1966 Chevrolet Malibu left U S 70 east of Tularosa and struck a dirt embankment. State police report the crash occurred between 2 and 6 30 a m and liquor was involved with no seat belts worn.
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Roswell
Tularosa
Alamogordo
Fred Torrez
W. Hendricks
New Mexico
Travis McCoy
U.S
Torrez
U.S 70
Regents Hearing Set for 11 Appointees to New Mexico Regents
Senate Rules Committee in Santa Fe schedules a hearing next Tuesday to consider confirmation of 11 appointees to institutional boards of regents. Ernest Wheeler, Bill Humphries, Avelino Gutierrez and others are to attend. committee may act if absent.
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Santa FE
N.M
Senate Rules Committee
Institutional Boards of Regents
Rules Committee
Senate
C. B. Trujillo
D-Taos-Mora-San Miguel
Ernest Wheeler
Portales
Bruce King
Board of Regents
Eastern New Mexico University
Trujillo
Wheeler
Bill Humphries
Lindrith
Avelino Guitierrez
New Mexico State University
William G. Abbott
Hobbs
George A. Cowan
Los Alamos
David Rice
Carlsbad
New Mexico Tech
Richard Mather
Albuquerque
New Mexico Military Institute
Francis Shipman
Pojoaque
Joe Roybal
Chamita
Northern New Mexico Technician
KC-135 Collision at Lockbourne Air Base Kills Two
In dense fog two KC135 aerial refueling jets collided while taxiing to a runway at Lockbourne Base near Columbus Ohio. Authorities report two crewmen dead and one injured in the early morning crash.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lockbourne Air Force Base
First standby draft lottery drawn for 19 year olds
Washington AP reports the first standby draft lottery assigned number one to those born June 27 1954. The draw began at 10 03 a m EST and finished at noon with capsule 95 and below classified. Pepitone noted most will remain in H holding with no contact unless needed next year and the nation relies on volunteers for armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Byron V. Pepitone
Congress
Pepitone
C47 crashes kill Golden Knights crew near Silk Hope
A World War II era C47 transporting the Army parachute team crashed in a central North Carolina cornfield. At least 14 people died, including 11 team members, two pilots, and a crew chief. No survivors reported. The crash occurred about 9 a.m. en route from Fort Bragg to Overland Park.
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Silk Hope
N.C
Army
Golden Knights
Ft. Bragg, N.C
Ft. Bragg
Overland Park
Kan
L.M. Petty Jr
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Fort Stockton, Tex
Dr. Franks
U.S. 20
Pecos County
Fort Sumner
Woodlawn Baptist Church
FBI
Federal
Ralph Erickson
AIM
Pine Ridge
Richard Wilson
Charles Soller
Interior Department
Erickson
Wilson
Roswell Daily Record
Greensboro
Roswell and Vicinity
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