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Austin American-Statesman from Austin, Texas • 9

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Austin American-Statesman A9 Saturday, May 14, 1988 Crash RF-4C crashes new balance WALK TEST From A1 If these aren't the most comfortable shoes you ve ever worn, $10 OFF REG. PRICE THIS WEEK well buy them back, M665W665 Recommended lor the walker who wants an extremely light and comfortable walking shoe. Lcaihcr Cambreifc Lined 1986 Two Bergstrom fliers from the 67th die in the crash of an RF-4C Phantom In a remote area of West Texas about 200 miles from Austin. One of the dead men is an enlisted inspector of flight equipment who was being given the flight as a reward for distinguished service. 1981 Four Bergstrom fliers from the 67th die in back-to-back crashes of two RF-4C Phantoms In the intensive Red Flag war games at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas.

The crashes were 60 miles apart on two consecutive days. 1978 Two Bergstrom AFB filers from the 67th die In the crash of an RF-4C Phantom in the Red Flag exercises at Nellis Air Force Base. Here is a list of recent crashes of RF-4C jets based at Bergstrom Air Force Base. 1988 Two Bergstrom fliers, including the deputy commander for operations of the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, parachute to safety near Austin on April 11. Their damaged and burning RF-4C Phantom crashed into a row of self-service storage units off Riverside Drive.

One man on the ground suffers minor injuries. 1987 Two Bergstrom fliers from the 67th die when their RF-4C Phantom collides with another RF-4C during training exercises near Brownwood. The fliers in the second aircraft parachute to safety. Factory Showing Microccnuiaf Oulsole son, to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, he said. Bergstrom communication officials said the accident was being investigated by a board of officers.

Early Friday evening, investigators from Luke Air Force Base near Pheonix, had arrived to begin the investigation, according to the spokeswoman. "No local officials would be involved in any medical examinations or autopsies," she said. No additional equipment was requested from local authorities. The crash was the second recent accident involving planes associated with Bergstrom. On the afternoon of April 11, another RF-4C Phantom II jet went down amid a row of storage warehouses near Riverside Drive.

In that crash, the two pilots ejected and parachuted to safety before the plane plowed into the warehouses, sparking a fire 300 feet 1 from a mobile home park. The two pilots were practicing their landings when the crash occurred. Slip Lasted Forefoot mi illliB PRESENTED BY FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE Sat. May 14th 10 am -2 pm Northcross Mall few hp. NWaHino Built-in Shank Support Wave Midsole f2ISTOEES Shoes must be returned within 7 days, NORTHCROSS MAMU 454-6102 QALLKRIA OAKS CTR The Fitting Stool gSO-8097 mat accident is still under investigation and is being led by a Nellis Air Force Base officer.

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service Compiled from news services WASHINGTON Former CIA Beirut station chief William Buckley was honored Friday during a memorial service at his symbolic tombstone in Arlington National Cemetery, nearly three years after he died a hostage in Lebanon. CIA Director William Webster eulogized Buckley, the 51st CIA agent to die in the line of duty, as a man who "lived by example." President Reagan, in a letter read to Buckley's friends and family at the ceremony, said the CIA agent "loved the United States" and "cherished liberty." The body of Buckley 58 when he died June 3, 1985, after 15 months in captivity was never recovered. Marcos pledges support if permitted to return NEW YORK Deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos said Friday he would support the government of President Corazon Aquino if he were allowed to return to his homeland. In an ABC News interview, Mar-cos again expressed a wish to return from Hawaii to the Philippines for the funeral of his mother, who died May 4. Aquino has rejected earlier pleas to allow his return, saying he is a threat to national security.

Hostage officer escapes unharmed, kills captor PORTLAND, Ore. A policeman held hostage for eight hours by two robbery suspects escaped unharmed Friday after he grabbed a gun and killed one of his drug-impaired captors, police said. The second suspect later killed himself, and fficer Larry Strayer, 43, was unharmed, authorities said. The dead men were identified as Michael Richard Ager, 37, and Albert Wesley Reinhart, 42, both of Tacoma, Wash. Strayer was taken hostage about 8 p.m.

Thursday when he went to a motel to ques-: tion the men about a supermarket robbery. The men demanded Di-laudid, a form of morphine, and safe passage out of the motel. tfB5t 7 neral Electric 21 cu.ft. Frost Free Rcil CC Refrigerator with FREE ICEMAKER! Remote Control RCA Deluxe VHS VCR lj frnznTr Cable-Ready Color TV with Remote Control I YfO jfO I $OQQ 7) $259 IJ-xu r-J--' I Union's chief diagnosed with cancer, source says Teamsters union President Jackie Presser has been diagnosed as having malignant brain cancer, according to a union official. I Presser, who last week tempo-; rarily handed the union reins of the 1.6 million-member union to General Secretary-Treasurer Weldon Mathis, was transferred Wednesday from the Cleveland Clinic to I the Burroughs Neurological Institute of St.

Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, for possible sur- gery, the source said. Teen wins math contest with brain as calculator 1 WASHINGTON Andrew Shultz, a 13-year-old Evanston, math whiz, hardly lifted a pencil Friday as he shut out the competition and won the title of the top U.S. grade school "mathlete." Andrew left rivals scratching their heads as he called out answers while they were jotting down the questions in the contest, Mathcounts. His prowess at mental mathematics "just comes," Andrew said. Sales Service Parts nun mm4 Monday Friday 9AM 7PM Saturday 9AM 5PM In Austin: RnrnM Rnarf d.fSJfi i North Austin Location South Austin Location i Round Rock Location I I I -o Georgetown I i I "2 I 1 I 1 Sam Bass Rd.

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