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TEXAS DEATHS
U.S. WIA
Airplane Crash
Kills 4 Persons
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A light plane crash that took
four lives and a rash of highway
accidents sent the violent death
toll in Texas during the long
other persons were injured
Killed in the collision were Billy
Terrell Trout, 29; his wife, Jean
ette, 28, and their 2-year-old
daughter, Lorrie. They were resi-
dents of Denton, Tex
PRISONERS
(Continued from Page 1-A)
which carried 311 million worth
of the food and drugs, a down
payment on the ransom, to Ha-
vana harbor. It arrived there at
1:05 p.m., CST. It was three
hours more before the first free
dom flight could take off.
THE ABILENE REPORTEK-NEWS A A
Abilene, Texas, Monday Morning, December 24, 1962
RANSOM SHIP GREETED
Castro Declares
‘State of Peace
Christmas holiday period on a
sharp rise Sunday. One of the worst traffic acci-
The count that started at • dents occurred early Sunday 14
p.m Friday stood at 32 violent miles south of Alice. A Houston
deaths Sunday, including 27 in man and his daughter burned to
traffic crashes • death when a car burst into
Several other deaths not in-flames after crashing with an-
OR
eluded in the holiday count re- other car. The victims were Ed- I
suited from hunting accidents, mundo V. Gutierrez and his 9- ,
stabbings, shootings and suicide, year-old daughter, Sally. His wife '
A light plane plunged to earth and two other children were seri-
ously burned.
William Fletcher, 9-year-old son -
De
in a pasture just south of the
West Texas city of Plainview
lata Sunday afternoon Four men
aboard perished
The victims were identified as
Buddy Harmel, 23; Keith Horan.
22. Eugene Bodaker. 21, and Art
Rayburn, 24, all of Plainview
Officers said the crash occurred
under clear skies about eight
of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher of
Monahans, died in an Odessa hos-
pital Sunday of a rifle
wound accidentally suffered
Saturday. The boy and his father
had returned from a hunting trip,
and the rifle discharged when tne
father was checking it.
miles south of Plainview, in Hale Other reported deaths included
County. | Willie Light Brooks, 28, Gar-
Three persons—a man, woman land, died Saturday in a one-car
and an infant—died Sunday in a accident at McKinney
pickup truck and car accident Carl Louis Block, 59. Channel-
about 14 miles north of Decatur view, was killed Saturday night at
in North Central Texas.
U.S. Death
Toll Climbs
Five Houston when struck by a car.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Traffic 250
Fires 32
Miscellaneous 23
Total 305
Traffic fatalities climbed steadi-
ly midway through the Christmas
holiday weekend, but safety ex-
perts expressed cautious optim-
ism about the toll.
In Chicago, Howard Pyle, presi-
dent of the National Safety Coun-
cil. said, “If the present trend
continues, this will be the safest
Christmas holiday on record.
The worst single crash in the
nation since the start of the holi-
day took the lives of a family of
seven near Clarks, Neb The bod-
ies of Dennis Randall Dewey, 28,
of Des Moines, his wife, Patricia.
Alonzo Resendes. 26, of San
Diego, Tex., died Saturday night
when a car flipped over three
times 16 miles east of Laredo on
U. S. 59. Four other men were
injured
Thomas Edward Day, 23, Wich-
ita Falls, was killed Saturday
night when a car in which he
was a passenger went out of con-
trol on a residential street and
crashed into a tree.
Sue Takamantez. 11-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Celes-
tino of Lubbock, died Saturday
when the family car swerved to
avoid colliding with another car
and crashed into a light pole. The
parents and a small son were in-
jured.
Mrs. Wanda Grace Maples, 25.
of Lubbock, and her small son.
Clay, died Saturday in a two-car
collision south of Gatesville, in
Central Texas.
Lunnie W. Turner, 24, died Sat-
FORECAST FOR TODAY
MEREDITH’S PARENTS
Shotgun Blasts
Fired at House
KOSCIUSKO. Miss (AP) — gation," he said.
Three shotgun blasts were fired Willie Meredith, 18, sister of the
early Sunday into the frame house first known Negro to attend the
here in which Negro James H. University of Mississippi, said the
Meredith's parents and sister live shots were fired about 12:25 a m
No one was hurt. She said two shots came through
“All we know about it is that a window, one of which lodged in
a car pulled up, three shots were woodwork
fired and the car drove off.” said The third hit a pickup truck out-
(AP Wirephoto)
WEATHER
ELSEWHERE
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
High Low Pr.
Atlanta, clear
Bismarck, clear
Boise, cloudy
Boston, clear
Buffalo, cloudy
Chicago, clear
49 33
9-6
37 23
... 38 27
34 27
The brilliant winter sun was
setting as the doors of the first
big DC6 opened and the prisoners -,_________
walked slowly down the ramp HAVANA (AP) — Prime Min-
each waving his hand at the small ister Fidel Castro, in an expansive
group on hand to greet them mood, greeted members of the
More than 200 newspaper and ranson ship African Pilot Sunday
television people were at the base, and jestingly declared a 24 hour
along with a scattering of others, “state of peace” with the United
including leaders of the Cuban States in observance of the goods
Families Committee, whose long for-prisoners swap
efforts to free the men finally
were crowned with success. Au-a harbor at 9.06 --
thorities had taken precautions to inHavanaummborsat “ food with the ransom delivery on a per
limit the crowd strictly at the with SH1 million worth or sonal inspection tour of Havana,
“su then outer, came **==* * Im "SNan » w5mn d/tc amana cho
down the ramp - the men who of Pigs invasion captives supervised part of the shipping
had known the heartbreak of de- „Abour three hours later, the firstloperation, told Castro he wanted
feat of their liberation mission in
By JOE McGOWAN JR.
near Havana carrying liberated
prisoners to the United States.
American and Cuban Red Cross
officials met to arrange an inven-
tory of the African Pilot's cargo
Later, Castro visited the mooring
place, inspected the ship's papers
and chatted with her captain, Al-
NA
mistr
Jaroe
Sunda
invest
attem
dent 1
the j
The
week
when
gred Boerum
The 10.000 ton freighter died up to^^r^^X^
flights left a military air base to visit the home of the late Ernest
Cuba 20 months ago, men who
had known the despair of 30-year
prison sentences, the hopeless
misery of life in a prison crowded
with political captives.
Through long months of agon-
ized waiting while they were of
fered as commodities in exchange
- for goods they experienced many
.06 disappointments. Now they could
17 11 T gaze once again on their loved
Cincinnati clear 35 18 ones and weep unashamed tears
Cleveland, clear 36 16 .02 It was a scene laden with emo-
Denver, cloudy
24
. Hemingway here.
Jana Luan "Come with me' Castro re'
■ IODO U Vuil plied, and took in tow Prettyman.
PY Boerum, former U.S Surgeon
Leonard A. Scheele, and a news-
For Release "Castro hustled his surprised
■ guests to the Hemingway home,
through a modern, multi-million-
A name dollar housing development, past
UI AlGLICOIS an imposing array of government
buildings '"I don't like bureau-
cap, cracy.” he remarked), and down
MIAMI, Fla. (API Intensified the narrow streets of old Ha-
efforts to free 23 American pris-vana
oners in Cuba will be made after Clasping the Americans' shoul-
tion. Some of the liberated men
charged impatiently down the
Detroit, clear 28 20 .07 ramp, two steps at a time, and
Fairbanks a n onto the floodlit strip, laughing
Police Chief J. H. Harvey. He said side. Fairbanks: cloudy20 0for sheer joy.
the shots were fired from a 12- In addition to Miss Meredith, Fort Worth, cloudy 36 33 ! Most looked healthy although
gauge shotgun. who said she had just come home Honolulu, cloudy 78 59 some seemed thin One husky
We are continuing an investi-from a party, Meredith's parents, Indianapolis, clear 26 17 .41 mustached young man pushed
Moses and Roxie Meredith, were Jacksonville, cloudy 71 62 away the arm proferred by a Red
in the house, located in this cen- Juneau M M M M Cross girl, and grinning broadly,
tral Mississippi town Juneau, 1 M M M fairly skipped through the roped
Meredith, however, was out of Kansas City, clear ... 27 13 .. off lane from the plane and into
town A source in New Orleans Los Angeles, cloudy 59 52
said Friday he thought Meredith Memphis, clear 43 33
had gone to New York. Classes Miami, clear 78 66
at the university were suspended Milwaukee, clear - —
last Tuesday for the Christmas Mpls.-St. Paul, clear 5 -5 .. their wounded companions who He reported the Red Cross has fast as possible.” Rafael More
Trenesmesday for A New Orleans, clear 62 52 ----- * *4 -44 = Linel. --
HASKELL (RNS) - Funeral for. The shooting was the second New York, clear.....39 31
Elmer Turner, 68, who died un-such incident here in the past Omaha, clear i 15 2
expectedly Saturday afternoon at three months. Miss Meredith said Philadelphia, clear 37 21
his home here of an apparent several shots were fired outside Phoenix, clear 67 37
Rites Set Today
For Elmer Turner,
68, Of Haskell
Des Moines, clear ... IS
17
9
the completion of the Bay of Pigs ders, Castro joshed with them in
ransom. American Red Cross Vice high good humor, saying "What-
President Ramond S Eaton said ever is done for friendship is use-
Sunday, ful,” and, “Whatever you want
ful,” and, “Whatever you want
"It is possible that when thishere is yours.”
deal is concluded, freeing of the Returning the visitors to the
Americans may be added to it," ship two hours later, he instructed
said Eaton who supervised col- his aides to meet all their wishes
lection and shipment of the ran The Cubans said they probably
som supplies, could unload the 1,400-ton cargo
.. a bus waiting to take the arrivals Eaton did not elaborate
.to the processing center. Some the matter of ransoming the domestic shortages in Cuba.
stopped to shake hands with ac- Americans had not been discussed "we know you want to go back
03 quaintances on hand, including with Cuban officials for Christmas, so we’ll work as
but said within 24 hours. The goods are
badly needed to offset critical
Station
were exchanged on credit early negotiated for some time seeking Leon, interpreter for Cuban Red
in the year their release "and will continue Cross officials, told Capt Boerum.
... "Chicos, aqui estoy." (Kids, to do so with renewed effort." "This does not mean you can-
The Red Cross has not been per- not stay as long as you wish,”
mitted to see the Americans. Ea- More Leon added
(Kids, to do so with renewed effort."
here I am) shouted Armando La
his home here of an apparent tree morns: X MEET ML EN Phoenix, clear 67 37 straa, boyish looking and wan as
heart attack, will be Monday at rel S *Pittsburgh, cloudy 34 21 .04 he waved to previously returned
• — = ri—. Do=+ Chisel the house the night of Oct. 1. just Portland, Me., clear .31 19 prisoners of war who rushed up
to embrace him.
"I have now kissd the land of lib-
3 p.m. in First Baptist Church, hours after Meredith en-‘ uluanu, me., clear
Officiating will be the Rev. Hu- a few hours alter Meredith en Portland. Ore., clear
bert H Sego, pastor of the Matt- rolled at the university under fed-Richmond, clear
son Baptist Church, assisted by eral armed guard. .... St. Louis, clear
1 1 w w . the Rev. Walter Copeland, retir- "I was standing behind a re- San Diean clonde
Melvin I Ince 30. Fort Worth, ed Baptist preacher 1 frigerator in the kitchen and
Burial will be in the Rule Cem didn't see who shot," said Miss
. . ,. ■ - . . . _ — -------etery under Holden's Funeral Meredith of the latest inci-
to 10, were found Saturday in their Cumby. in North Central Texas Home’s direction, dent. But she reported a neigh-
urday when struck by a hit-and-
run driver near Avinger, in North-
east Texas
was killed Saturday in a two-car
26, and their five children, aged 2 accident on Interstate 30 west of
overturned car in a water-filled
ravine.
The family was en route to
Broken Bow, Neb., for a holiday
reunion with Dewey's parents
when their car apparently skid
ded off the highway.
The council said its estimate of
650 to 700 deaths in traffic during
the holiday compares with a to-
tal of 470 deaths for a 102-hour
nonholiday weekend.
VICTIM
(Continued from Page 1-Al
three passengers in his auto, Mrs.
Mary Ortega, 41. Linda Ortega.
18. and Carlos Ortega. 16. all of
Rotan, were treated at Ballinger
Clinic Hospital and released
Funeral for Herridge will be
held at 2 30 p.m Monday at the
7th St. Baptist Church, of which
he was a member, with the Rev
Billy Crews, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Old Runnels
Cemetery with Newby - Davis
Funeral Home in charge.
He was born Feb. 15. 1943, in
Ballinger and was a 1960 graduate
of Ballinger High School. He was
employed in the highway depart-
ment laboratory in Austin.
He is survived by his parents:
one brother, Milton Gene, station-
ed with the Air Force at Walker
Air Force Base, Roswell. N.M ;
one sister, Linda Kay Herridge
of Ballinger, his paternal grand-
mother, Mrs. Clara Conner of
Paint Rock, his maternal grand-
mother, Mrs Nettis Hollis of Cis-
co
Funeral for Ransbarger will be
held at 4 p m. Monday at the
First Baptist Church with the Rev
J B Fowler Jr . pastor, officiat-
ing. Burial will be in Evergreen
Cemetery with Newby - Davis
Funeral Home in charge
He was born July 10. 1943 in
Ballinger and was a 1962 grad-
uate of Ballinger High School. He
was a member of the 1N1 football
team
Survivors are his mother, two
brothers. Troy and Wayne, all of
Ballinger
ton said.
The African Pilot, which left
.46 35
51 25
27 18
San Diego, cloudy ..59 51
San Francisco, clear . 52 44..
Seattle, clear ... 38 30
Tampa, clear 76 60.
Washington, clear . 44 25
Swiss Embassy representatives port Everglades, Fla., at 9:41
who have visited them reported p.m. EST, Saturday night,
their condition is not good, he steamed into Havana harbor at
added 2:05 p.m. Sunday, soon after tak-
Eaton declined to identify the ing on a Cuban pilot and four Cu-
ban Red Cross officials outside.
erty," shouted Oscar Cerayo. 21.
as he embraced his father, Gon-
zalo. who lives in New York An-
nother youth, standing nearby,
wept quietly.
Members of the 60-man group
of wounded prisoners who had
been released earlier in the year
Americans.
John Martino, a Miami Beach The 10,000-ton African Pilot
electronics engineer freed by rode high in the water, indicating
Prime Minister Fidel Castro last a light cargo Two red crosses
October, said in an interview that were painted on each side of its
Te e , 17 Americans—one of black bull and a Red Cross flag
he knew of 17 Americana-one of flew from the mast.
them a woman—in Cuban jails.
Sixteen of them were fellow pris- - well J
onrs with him at th Isle of Policeman Killed
I Pallbearers will be nephews, in-'bor saw "a bunch of boys in a
U « eluding Carl and Billy Smith, Sam, car" shoot at the house. Police
Jack and Homer Turner Jr , Rus-Chief Harvey said, however, that
1 1 VW 1IUI I sell and David Penick and How- police had not received this re-
ard Perry Jr. port.
An a Born July 16. 1894 in Ennis, Mr Miss Meredith said she reported. JIVKA NEWJ been forced bv Castro's regime onrs "‘u‘ "“
Turner came to Haskell County the incident to police, who sent to wear yellow as a token of Pines, he said,
i AVIGI in 1908 with his family, settling several men out to investigate shame. “A badge of honor," one
a mile south of Rule. Just one week ago. Meredith Five births were reported at man called the yellow shirt.
ROTAN — Five persons were He served in the motor trans- was arrested here on a charge Hendrick Memorial Hospital: However, none of the early-ar-
injured, two of them critically, in port corps during World War I he fai!ed to yield the right of way , Girl to Mr. and Mrs. Dois Ross, riving prisoners was wearing yel-
a one - car accident inside the and married Lula Ashley Nov. 15, at an intersection. He failed to 1125 S 7th, at 10:29 p.m. Satur-low. Most wore white or colored
- - -- -- - * -----o Mr. and Mirs Brice Gaspor Hirte. - _
ton. 3826 Concord, at 9:54 am.
Sunday •
Boy to Mr. and Mrs Robert G.
Keith. Rt 2. Abilene, at 10 24 land highly polished brown and
a.m. Sunday, \ black military shoes. This cloth-
bankment . survivors include tne wile: twopsaieu the -------- ““■ . wa- Boy to Mr and Mrs Robert ling apparently was to be issued
at Amen and Plankwan daughters, Mrs. M. L. Johnson of not hurt. I was cursed and shoved Forkner, 601 Shelton, at 2 p.m. to all the arrivals.
Railway ” a me AAT San Antonio and Mrs. Buck Ever-around for nearly an hour before Sunday. The men attacked their dinners
way. , ett of Haskell: one son, James of being released," he said Girl to Mr and Mrs. Robert with gusto. They did not appear
nd her 1-vear-oid Watsonville, Calif.: two sisters,--------------------------------Brown, 2441 Sayles. Blvd . at 2 47 to be half-starved, but many were
son ourtus. were listed in ex- Mrs. R. H Smith of Floydada . a.m. Sunday. pale and thin
tremely critical condition at Cal- and Mrs. Elmer Penick of Rule: I I
Ian Hospital. Mrs. Carrreceived three brothers, Frank and Bob, A- DAL
severe head injuries and her son both of Rule, and Homer of *- AT ROTAN
received similar injuries. In less Sweetwater six grandchildren (Continued from Pare 1-A)
serious condition were Marilyn and three great - grandchildren (Continued ’re Page 1,
Carr. 9. and Linda Joyce Carr, 6,------------------------community Monday was the
both of whom received broken Clathina threat of traffic problems on the
legs. Jerry Wayne Carr, 3. was uOINIg IdACi dirt streets after it began raining
hospitalized but was not in sen , Sunday night. The streets have
ous condition. From Car Here been graded but "they aren't in
The driver and two other chil 1TCA Cal 11 G condition to handle heavy traffic
dren, Toni and Susan Irvin, chil- Clothing valued at 3100 was tak- if it is really wet," Mayor Per
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ir- en from an Abilenian’s auto, it kins said.
vin, received superficial injuries, was reported to local police Sun The two stores now operating ROTAN (RNS) — H. Govan. One unidentified one called late
The automobile, owned by the day afternoon in Impact have liquor licenses famed trainer for the Rotan Yel- Saturday night from New York
Irvins, was demolished. | Helen Baldridge told officers but neither has yet received a lowhammers, was the happiest City to learn the score.
Police Chief M. A. Hughes in- that burglars pried an open ventbeer license, which must be ob- man in town Sunday J. C Tittle, Austin oilman, and 5th , Anton
vestigated. glass open an,j took the clothing tamed separately. Under the liq- The Yellowhammers brought th e Y ellowhammers’ sec-U’s Highway the officer said gumu
from her vehicle uor license, various liquor, wine, home the state championship by ond coach, has been gone 34 years The truck owned by the Mistle- A
City police were investigating malt liquor and ale can be sold virtue of a 39-6 victory over In-He was at the game Saturday and toe Transport Co was travelingi
this incident and several other Mayor Perkins said he understood gleside Saturday H. brought home be told Govan "That's my boys th toward Abilene when it hit i
pre - holiday cases which were that ale and malt liquor were the football cmy Yellowhammers — I named a Klick spot on an icy highway
reported either late Saturday or available at both the new stores "The coaches and the boys gave mn * years ago , and overturned into the dividing
Sunday. The two stores ar,> scheduled to me the ball on the way home," ath tian pud saw he laceS M section of the road the officer;
Three teen age Abilene youths close at 10 p.m Monday until Govan said Sunday "That 39-6 8 1 those on people, who waited said,
and a 22. year - old Haskell Wednesday morning, with opera-and that football are the best PP setrome, e mellows ---
man were being quizzed Sunday tors of both stores reporting they Christmas presents I ever had " the
in connection with an attempted will close Christmas Day. al he declared ' 3 P
burglary Two of the youths, 18, though sales on Christmas are
and another, 17, were charged not prohibited by state law to school and get it autograph- skEo sumoar
with drunkenness and being Impact was incorporated on ed by every Yellowhammer, am for rad-e Tie the V
minors in possession of an alco-Feb. 13, 1960, by a 27-0 vote, but coach, pep squad member and row hammers Govan declared
holic beverage in addition County Judge Reed Ingalsbe re- band member," he said. " Why should pure top 1
The four youths were picked up fused to canvass the returns, hav- Govan has been waterboy. . with them another 40
by Abilene police late Saturday ing revoked the election call be- trainer and counselor for coaches years.”
night and were still in custody fore it was held because of rumors and teams in Rotan for 40 years J
Sunday Criminal Investigator H. that alcoholic beverages would be Nobody knows whether the Yel-
M Emerson said the youths would premises consumption lowhammers could play without
be questioned in connection with On June 14. 1961, the Supreme him on the sidelines. He has miss-
the Alleged offense and that for Court ruled that Ingalsbe could ed only one game in 40 years
the allezed. may te not legally revoke the election and The final playoff game at Tem-
9 t res ordered the canvass. Impact resi- ple Saturday was literally a home-
* bool, valued sio dents voted 18-2 to legalize the coming for Govan and many for-
A pair of ski borts, valued of all alcoholic beverazes on mer Yellowhammers They came
to 315, was reported taken appar-sas re“ from all over the state and out
ently sometime Saturday night by Sept. 18, 1961. Later a city ordi-l-------------------
John Shultz of 4526 Don Juan, nance was passed forbidding on-
. premises consumption
s t The City of Abilene and a group
Loraine Man of citizens filed quo warranto ac-
tion contesting Impact's incor-
poration and it is on that suit that
DugAHI) null the Supreme Court is scheduled
LORAINE (RNS) - J E. Price, to hold hearings Jan 16
retired farmer, suffered minor in- Mayor Perkins said that the
juries in a two - car accident near ordinance prohibiting the sale of
here about 7 p.m. Sunday intoxicants for on - premises con
An official spokesman at John-sumption is a city ordinance
son Hospital said that the Loraine which could be revoked by the
man received a laceration on the city council without another elec-
right temple, requiring several tion being necessary He gave
stitches and was released shortly no indication however, that such
after treatment action is contemplated
The accident reportedly occur- Under state law, on - premises
red at an underpass on Highway consumption applies only to beer
80 near here, land wine
city limits of Rotan at 1 p.m. Sun- 1916 at Mount Sylvan, Tex. They appear in City Court on Wednes-
day. moved to Haskell from Rule in day and forfeited 310 bond
Mrs Columbus Carr, 32, and 1947. He had been an automobile After his arrest, Meredith ac-
four of her six children were in- salesman for the past 20 years cused Kosciusko police of mis.
jured when the auto driven by and was a member of the First treating him. 0
Willie Johnson, 28, a brother of ------
Mrs. Carr, crashed into an em-
Baptist Church and the American treating him.
Legion. I “They threatened me and man-
Survivors include the wife; two handled me somewhat. But I was
Winnipeg, clear .... 5-10
(M-Missing; T-Trace)
T
STORK NEWS
were at the air base, wearing
yellow tee-shirts as a mark of
homage to the arrivals, who had
He appealed for action to gain
their release
“If United States tax money can
By Shotgun Blast
be used to pay 353 million to free CORSICANA (AP)— A city po-
Cubans, shouldn't we consider liceman, apparently patrolling
whether these Americans also de-alone, died Sunday night from a
As the men emerged from the
process center, they were wearing
U.S. Air Force khaki uniforms
serve some attention’" Martino shotgun blast fired from a car
asked he had stopped on a city street.
He suggested that a Committee a few blocks from downtown
for Freedom of American prison- The patrolman was Bob Robin-
ers be formed, along the lines of son, 27-year-old father of a small
that organized by exiles to press child and son of Police Chief \
the campaign to free 1.113 Bay George Robinson Sr at Clifton,
' of Pigs prisoners. Tex
------—---Navarro County Sheriff Rufus
_ , DI J Pevehouse said Robinson had
cy Road Blamed stopped a motorist on US 75,
• inside the city limits, and was
T.scl frack giving the driver a ticket.
rOr ITUCK Urdiil He said the shotgun was fired
from inside the car while Robin-
H. Govan Gets
‘Victory Ball'
■ ANSON — Two Stamford men son stood beside it The car sped
escaped serious injury Sunday away, he said.
night when the late model truck One bystander said he thought
in which they were passengers there was only one man in the
'overturned a half time due to an car A search by officers in a
ice slick highway near here wide area surrounding this North
Driver of the vehicle was Her-Central Texas town was imme-
. man T Walton, 49. and H W. diately launched.
Welch was a passenger. Neither Robinson, who has a brother
a required hospitalization. Oscie with the Texas Highway Patrol,
k Renfro, investigating officer of the George Robinson Jr., was dead
Department of Public Safety, said, on arrival at a hospital here
The mishap happened about 8:30 shortly after 9 p.m.
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Russian Airplane
MIAMI, Fla (AP) - U.S. jet
fighters intercepted a Russian
turbo-prop passenger plane about
50 miles east of Palm Beach Sat-
urday, a U.S official said Sun
day
F102 fighters scrambled from
Homestead Air Force Base late
in the afternoon when radar
screens reported an unknown ob-
ject. the North American Air De-
fense Command said •
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 191, Ed. 1 Monday, December 24, 1962, newspaper, December 24, 1962; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1672533/m1/4/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.