Explosion scare
Military clears ammo mess
S.J. Ludescher
Staff Writer
GALLUP — No injuries, no explosion, no great fireball only a
lot oftraffic inconvenience.
A traffic mess was the end result of Tuesday's truck jackknifing on
Interstate 40 right smack dab in the center of Gallup.
The truck, a semi loaded with explosives, hit an icy spot on the highway,
jackknifed, smashed a street lamp and plowed through the chain link
security fence separating the interstate from Maloney Avenue on Tuesday
morning.
The accident closed down the interstate for nearly seven hours from
exit 16 to exit 26 and police were re-routing traffic away from the
accident.
Businesses and schools nearby were also evacuated until the explosive
ordnance team, a special team from Albuquerque's Kirtland Air Force
Base, arrived to assess the level of danger to the community from
the topsy-turvy load.
By noon, New Mexico State Police Sgt. Rick Doty the commander of the
agency's bomb squad had canceled all evacuations except for schools.
As a precaution, students were taken to the Gallup Recreation Center.
The westbound truck was carrying 518 propellant casings filled with
black powder used in cannon shells and destined for Fort Irwin, Calif.,
from Oklahoma. The 20 cartons containing the gun powder shifted off
the pallets when the truck swerved and slid off the road. Several
of the boxes opened and spilled inside the truck's trailer.
The 7,000 pounds of explosives were believed to have a blasting radius
of about 3,000 yards, not including the impact if the entire truck
had exploded. As New Mexico State Police investigated further, however,
Lt. Robert Cron said by late morning they were no longer concerned
with a sudden detonation but were more concerned with pressure or
friction triggering an
explosion.
"We're more concerned about the fire hazard now," Cron said
at the scene.
The Gallup Fire Department set up an incident command unit close to
the site to coordinate all the law enforcement and emergency agencies
involved.
Gallup city electrical workers were also dispatched to remove or replace
the destroyed streetlight.
At 3 p.m., the special team from Kirtland arrived, examined the scene
and allowed eastbound lanes of the interstate to be opened, as well
as the overpasses connecting the north and south sides of town.
A heavy duty tow truck from A-1 Towing dispatched to the scene cleared
the imperiled truck from the road and westbound traffic was allowed
in one lane.
The damaged truck still containing the gunpowder was escorted to Fort
Wingate by the Air Force and the state police explosive experts where
the load will be reloaded to another truck and continue to its California
destination.
Officers of the motor transportation team of the New Mexico State
Police said a preliminary investigation suggests that the woman driving
the truck was not negligent or careless but may have been traveling
too fast when she hit the patch of ice.
The trucking company, however, may be billed for some of the costs
incurred from the emergency and clean-up measures.
The truck was the only vehicle involved in the accident.
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I-40 accident snarls traffic, displaces
kids
Tanya Brazil
Staff Writer
GALLUP — A jackknifed semi-truck carrying explosives that caused
traffic to be rerouted off Interstate 40 made downtown Gallup look
like the days before Interstate 40 was created.
Traffic was backed up for hours Tuesday afternoon as tractor-trailer
trucks and other highway traffic were forced onto Highway 66 and Aztec
Avenue.
Sandy Aragon, director of communications at McKinley County Metropolitan
Dispatch, said announcements about the traffic delays were sent to
local radio stations and truck stops in the area.
Interstate 40 traffic had to be diverted through State Road 564 to
the Nizhoni extension and onto Highway 66.
All local law enforcement agencies assisted in rerouting the traffic,
some calling in extra personnel, and up to a five-hour delay was reported,
she said. Some unlikely places intersections saw a heavy stream of
local cars and semi-trucks, such as the Allison crossing and the Boardman/Route
66 intersection. Local law enforcement kept the traffic moving.
Initial reports indicated the truck was transporting blasting caps
but it later was revealed that the load was 7,000 pounds of propellant,
a material that enables things to explode, she said.
A no-fly zone was implemented in the area over the accident to prevent
the danger of an explosion, so the television news media helicopters
were asked to leave, she said.
People in businesses and homes within a half-mile radius of the wreck
were forced to evacuate, she said.
Angelo DiPaolo, assistant to the superintendent of Gallup-McKinley
County Schools, said there was some confusion following news of the
evacuation of about 200 children at Washington Elementary School.
St. Francis Catholic School also was evacuated and the children taken
to the Gallup Recreation Center.
The initial plan in the case of an emergency was for children to be
taken to the Neighborhood Center but McKinley County Metropolitan
Dispatch informed school officials that Washington Elementary School
children should be taken to the Gallup Recreation instead.
Joe Kaminski, Washington principal, and his staff kept the evacuation
orderly in the face of placing the children in a foreign environment.
School administrators then had to make arrangements with food service
personnel to provide lunches to the children and attempt to remain
informed about the situation at the recreation center, he said.
However, he said, problems arose communication-wise due to the limited
number of phones at the recreation center and dead batteries on cellular
telephones due to excessive use during the emergency.
DiPaolo and other school officials went to the dispatch center for
information on the status of the accident which he said continuously
changed every 20 minutes throughout the day.
He said school officials knew parents would be worried so they tried
to keep parents informed through local radio stations.
Administrators also had to work with the Gallup Police Department
which allowed school buses to cut through city traffic in order to
get the children from all schools home.
As a result, city traffic was slowed but only two school buses headed
to the evacuation area experienced delays, he said.
At first, he said, school officials were told to make other arrangements
for those children such as having their parents pick them up.
But about 3:30 p.m. the evacuation was lifted so the two buses from
Gallup High School and Gallup Middle School were able to transport
the children home.
DiPaolo said he wishes communication among the schools had been better
but that he appreciates the cooperation they received from dispatchers
and police.
He praised the district's transportation staff for their efforts to
reroute buses that carried the Washington Elementary School children
to the recreation center during the evacuation.
Steve Starkovich, the transportation supervisor, had been working
since 3 a.m. due to the district's two-hour delay Tuesday because
of the winter weather.
DiPaolo said school officials did the best they could in the wake
of the highway disaster but hopes such an incident does not happen
again but is confident they can handle it in the event that it does.
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Inmate cost may lead to tax hike
Tom Purdom
Staff Writer
GRANTS — It costs to house prison inmates, and somebody's got
to pay. Legislative options are being looked at, one of which would
enable Cibola County to increase the county sales tax by up to 1 cent
to generate funds earmarked for absorbing inmate costs.
"If we can do it, more than likely we'd approve a quarter cent
at once, then another quarter (of a cent) later and another quarter
later," County Manager Bob Ortiz said.
Should the proposed legislation be enacted and Cibola County commissioners
approved the tax hike, sales taxes in incorporated communities such
as Grants and Milan would not be affected.
The county tax now is 6.25 percent while Grants and Milan stand at
6.8125 percent, one of the highest rates in the state. The full 6.25
percent is not spent solely on inmate costs. Out of the rate, the
county has to fund some hospital money as well as currency for other
entities.
The flip side of the coin, Ortiz said, is that a 1 cent increase would
generate an additional $1.1 million. Ortiz said the county pays about
$1 million a year for inmate care, more than double the amount budgeted
just a year ago.
The legislation is a long way from being completed. In fact, it apparently
is still in the planning stages either by or with input from State
Rep. Kenny Martinez, D-Grants.
Cibola County has its financial back against the wall with escalating
jail inmate costs and so far, has no place to turn. Ortiz said if
the only responsibility of the county were to its inmates, there would
be no problem, but the county has other duties as well, such as maintaining
county roads and the sheriff's department. Factors compounding the
problem are unfunded state mandates,
such as funding the building space for county health departments and
juvenile probation.
As an example of unfunded mandates, Ortiz held up a copy of potential
legislative issues printed weekly for county officials.
Included is a house bill which calls for an increase in county election
poll workers' salary. It all sounds good on the surface, but look
a little deeper and, "There's nothing in there about where the
money to pay them will come from, just the mandate," Ortiz
said.
To county officials throughout New Mexico each of the mandates and
spiraling inmate costs adds up and as far as Cibola County is concerned:
"We're at a point where we've exceeded the services we can fund
with our current tax base," Ortiz said.
State law allows Class A counties with large population bases to allow
a one-eighth percent increase in sales taxes to fund increasing inmate
costs. There are only three or four Class A counties in the state;
the vast majority are Class B counties, such as Cibola County and
the law does not allow Cibola to increase sales taxes without a vote
of the people to fund increasing
prisoner costs.
Ortiz said there are other options, neither of which citizens would
like. One would be to cut services such as road maintenance or make
cuts in law enforcement. He said if no additional revenues come into
the county, then those options may have to be looked at anyway.
In addition to the "cuts" options, Ortiz said discussions
are under way to generate revenues in another way, such as imposing
a liquor excise tax like McKinley County does and Sandoval County
is considering.
Cibola County contracts with Cibola County Corrections Center, a Milan
detention facility, to house county inmates. The center is owned by
Corrections Corporation of America, a Nashville, Tenn.-based private
prison company. It used to be owned by Cibola County, but the county
sold it to CCA a few years ago. Inmate costs stabilized for a while,
but then began to escalate as
more and more people broke the law in Cibola County.
Ortiz said the county made several attempts to set up negotiations
with CCA to re-negotiate its contract, but failed. He said CCA will
not even talk to the county about the issue now and with the current
contract swiftly coming to an end in April, the picture appears bleak
with CCA. In an effort to reduce costs Cibola County contracts with
McKinley County to handle overflow
inmates.
In a county commission meeting last month, commissioners directed
Ortiz to have jail builders and operators submit proposals for a turn-key
jail operation. The operator would be responsible for financing the
project, building the jail and then running it.
The county would lease the facility to the turn-key operator. Such
an arrangement, Ortiz said in previous interviews, would enable Cibola
County to have more control over its inmate costs.
Ortiz now has two turn-key proposals and is in the process of forming
a committee of professionals to review each proposal.
In the meantime Cibola County earlier this month filed district court
action against Grants to recoup what the county calls lost revenue
from housing city inmates.
It all leads back to the big question for Cibola County money for
rising inmate costs and how to deal with it.
Inmate costs are the No. 1 drain for counties other than employee
costs.
"Cibola County is not alone in this," Ortiz said. He said
he recently returned from a New Mexico Association of Counties Mid-Winter
Convention where the same problem cropped up again and again in discussions
by other county officials.
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Gallup Catholic boys win, girls lose
to Lynx
Abelita Rose Freeland
Staff Sports Writer
REHOBOTH — The Gallup Catholic Panthers remain undefeated in
District 6A beating Rehoboth 83-46 in Tuesday night basketball action
at Rehoboth High School.
The Rehoboth Lady Lynx blew out the Gallup Catholic Panthers 47-25.
Boys Gallup Catholic 83, Rehoboth 46
The Panthers were able to take a big lead in the first quarter on
tough defensive play and secured the lead in final quarter to win
83-46.
"I though we did pretty good all the way around. We pressured
the ball and played a really defense. We put a lot of pressure on
the ball and I think that is what hurt them," Panther head coach
Vince Lonetree said.
"We just came out flat tonight," Lynx coach Mark Charles
said. "Gallup Catholic is a tough team and the played a good
defense tonight."
In the first quarter, the Lynx Andy Yazzie opened the quarter on a
steal taking the ball to the basket, giving Rehoboth a 2-0 lead.
The Panthers then retaliated setting the tone for the rest of the
game with a 13 point run.
Panther Bryan Sparks had on offensive rebound, D.J. Biava and Sparks
both sank a jump shots, Biava assisted Sparks on a play and Sparks
made a pair of free throws.
Lynx Toby Crooks ended the run and his team scoring for the first
on a jump shot, leaving the Panthers up 13-4.
Gallup Catholic ended the quarter on a nine point run.
Panther Michael Estrada made a basket on an assist from Sparks and
Estrada finished the three-point play at the line, Carl Georges assisted
Brian Morris for a basket, Sparks sank his second pair of free throws
and Biava finished with a jump shot, with the Panthers leading 22-4
going into the second quarter.
The Panthers continued to widen their lead in the second quarter outscoring
the Lynx 20 to 15.
The Panthers started out with Georges going 1-for-2 at the line and
Morris with an offense rebound.
Lynx Yazzie came back on an assisted pass to Jeff Van Haitsma and
Everett Miller made a three-pointer before Gallup Catholic went on
an eight point run.
Panther Biava went one for two from the line, Marco Marquez made a
pair of free throws, Estrada had a steal for a basket, Spark sank
a trey, Biava made a lay-up and Sparks went 1-for-2 at the line, giving
the Panthers a 36-9 advantage over the Lynx.
Lynx J.M. DeYoung ended the run on a jump shot, Chris Gill sank a
trey finishing the four point play at the line and Gill assisted a
play to Van Haitsma, leaving the Lynx down 36-17.
Gallup Catholic ended the quarter with a basket from Marquez and a
drive to the basket from James Kezele and the Lynx Gill finished with
a drive to the basket, with the Panthers dominating the first-half
42-19.
In the second-half, the Panthers continued to control the game keeping
the lead more than double.
Gallup Catholic outscored Rehoboth 19 to 12 in the third quarter and
22 to 15 in the fourth quarter, giving the Panthers the 83-46 victory.
"I am proud of the boys and how they did. I am just really impressed
with their defense," Lonetree concluded.
"We played good defense. We told the team that we have to move
our feet and keep our hands up and that was all we did, but the whole
game we just had good defense," said team captain Estrada who
tallied nine points and snatched five steals "We came in their
place, so we though it would be more like their game but we just came
out strong and took to the game right away. I just
think we are going to go all the way this year, it is the year of
the Panther."
Panther Sparks led his team with 25 points, eight rebounds and a blocked-shot.
Marquez walked away with 13 points and grabbed three steals and Georges
finished with 10 rebounds and three steals.
Van Haitsma and Yazzie led the Lynx with eight points each. Yazzie
added eight rebounds and four steals and Josh Fredericksen grabbed
10 rebounds before they both fouled out.
Gallup Catholic (15-1, 4-0 in district) will play Ramah on Tuesday.
Girls Rehoboth 47, Gallup Catholic 25
The Rehoboth Lynx were able to take a lead in the first-half against
the Lady Panthers, walking away with a 47-25 win.
"We did really well except we had quite a few turnovers and we
didn't rebound enough," Lady Lynx coach Elmer Yazzie said.
The Lady Lynx started the first quarter on a nine point run.
Lynx Tara Meekhof sank a pair of free throws, Jeanene Jones put in
a jump shot, Chrissy Begay went 2-for-2 at the line and followed with
a trey and Jones finished on a drive to the basket.
Panther Maggie Mosher ended the run and quarter on an offensive rebound,
with the Lady Lynx leading 9-2.
The Lady Panthers entered the second quarter with a lay-up from Kathleen
Mason and Janelle Estrada with a jump shot, but the Lynx answered
back with baskets from Megan Molloy and Karen Louis, making the score
13-6.
Panther Mosher then went one for two at the line before the Lady Lynx
went on a six point run.
Lynx Louis sank a jump shot, Molloy made a pair of free throws and
assisted Sierra Yazzie on a play.
Behind 19-7, Panther Mason sank a pair of free throws and Lynx Yazzie
finished the quarter on a lay-up, leading the Lynx into half-time
with a 21-9 lead.
The lead the Lady Lynx took in the first-half secured their win outscoring
the Panthers 8 to 7 in the third quarter and 18 to 9 in the fourth
quarter, with the Lynx walking away with the 47-25 win.
Lady Lynx Begaye led with eight points and Louis grabbed five steals.
Panther Mason led in the effort with 12 points, 11 rebounds and three
steals.
The Lady Lynx (2-3 in district) will play Friday at home against Tohajiilee.
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High schooler's loss spurs tough new
DWI bills
Walter Howerton Jr.
Managing Editor
SANTA FE — Giles Good lost a friend to a drunken driver. The
drunken driver had eight previous DWI convictions. It seemed so unfair
that Good decided to try to do something about it.
Good, 17, a junior at Rio Rancho High School, wrote the original draft
of a bill introduced to the New Mexico Senate on Tuesday by Sen. Joseph
Carraro, R-Bernalillo and Sandoval. The bill would toughen penalties
on repeat DWI offenders in the state.
Good's friend, Karen Ferreira, 15, died on Jan. 15, 2000. Her older
brother, Doug, also a friend, was badly injured in the same accident.
Good said that when he visited the family after the accident, he always
found Ferreira's mother wandering around in what he described as a
"rambling stupor" over the fact that an eight-time DWI offender
was left on the road to kill her daughter. "She gave me the idea,"
Good said...
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Laguna school moving ahead
Tara Drolma
Staff Writer
GRANTS — The first phase of construction for the new Laguna/Acoma
High School should begin in late May or early June if all goes well.
Grants/Cibola School Superintendent Linda Coy told a task force of
teachers, administrators and architects on Monday they would be able
to break ground on the first wing if they "are lucky" in
late spring.
The Laguna/Acoma High School Task Force met Monday at the present
Laguna/Acoma High School to review plans for the new school and discuss
details of the first phase of construction which will include classrooms
for science, business, language labs and general education classrooms...
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County schools still at bottom
Gomez calls report unfair
Bill Donovan
Staff Writer
GALLUP — The Gallup-McKinley County School District received
its annual report card from the state this week and the grades weren't
pretty.
According to the annual state accountability report, the county
district scored in the bottom quarter of the districts in the state
in almost every category.
But county School Superintendent Robert Gomez said the comparison
of the local district with the other 88 districts in the state
really wasn't fair because of the unique problems faced by district
teachers and administrators.
He said the accountability report "is really useless as far
as we are concerned" in comparing how well the district is
teaching county students...
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Tuba City teams win big
Stan Bindell
Special to the Independent
TUBA CITY, Ariz. — Three players scored in double figures as
Tuba City used a balanced offense and a stifling defense to whip Pinon,
62-37 in girls high school basketball action Tuesday night.
In the boys game Tuba City defeated Pinon 72-58
Girls Tuba City 62, Pinon 37
The Warriorettes improved to 21-3 overall and remained undefeated
in ten games in the Enchantment Conference. Pinon fell to 15-11 overall
and 1-8 in the Enchantment.
Tammie Secody topped Tuba City with 11 points, Jayme Lomakema and
Amy North tossed in ten each, Sharlimar Navaho netted eight, Nicole
Tsingine scored seven and Tia Semallie added six. Fawn Gene fired
in 15 and Molina Lewis added 11 for Pinon...
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No more snow due in N.M.
Associated Press
New Mexicans can always choose red or green, but they don't have
much choice when it comes to white.
Unlike chili, which rapidly disappears from plates and bowls, snow
on the ground in eastern and northern New Mexico will linger.
But crews working to clear roads finally will have the weather working
for instead of against them...
Deaths
Stephen Upshaw
ST. MICHAELS, Ariz. — Services for Stephen Upshaw, 34, will be
held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at St. Michaels Catholic Church.
Father Meldon Hickey will officiate. Burial will follow at Charley
C. Upshaw Memorial Cemetery.
Visitation will be at held 3-5 p.m. today, Jan. 31, at Cope Memorial
Chapel. A rosary will be recited at St. Michaels Church at 7 p.m.
tonight.
Upshaw died Jan. 27 in Prewitt. He was born June 7, 1966, in Fort
Defiance, Ariz., into the Folded Arms People Clan for the Hairy People
Clan.
Upshaw attended Window Rock High School. He served in the U.S. Marines
and was honorably discharged. He was self-employed as a licensed general
building contractor.
Survivors include his wife, Christina Lynn Upshaw of Prewitt; son,
Kyle Upshaw of Ganado, Ariz.; daughter, Amanda Upshaw of Ganado; mother,
Julia Upshaw of St. Michaels, Ariz.; brothers, Irvin Upshaw, Raymond
Upshaw and Herman Upshaw, all of St. Michaels; sisters, Vivian Upshaw
of Window Rock, Julianna Upshaw of St. Michaels and Victoria Upshaw
of Flagstaff, Ariz.; and grandmother, Marian Upshaw.
Upshaw was preceded in death by his father, Raymond Upshaw Sr., and
grandmother, Desbah Castillo.
Pallbearers will be Herman Upshaw, Irvin Upshaw, Marcus Lynch, Leo
Sandoval, Darryl Martinez and Ben Upshaw.
The family will receive friends and relatives after the burial services
at St. Michaels Parish Hall.
Cope Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Alonzo Allen Hardy
CHINLE, Ariz. — Services for Alonzo Hardy, 30, will be held at
10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at the Potter House Christian Center, Chinle.
Artie Aragon will officiate. Burial will follow on family land, Many
Farms, Ariz.
Hardy died Jan. 26 in Navajo. He was born Dec. 30, 1970, in Ganado,
Ariz., into the Mescalero Apache Clan for the Red Bottom People Clan.
Hardy graduated from Window Rock High School in 1990, where he received
awards and medals. He was employed with Ironhorse Inc., as an abatement
worker. His hobbies included basketball, fishing and wrestling.
Survivors include wife, Edith Tsosie of Fort Defiance; sons, Morgan
Tsosie, Bryce Hardy and Caleb Hardy; daughter, Tatum Hardy; parents,
Claudette and Wilson Tapaha of Fort Defiance; brothers, Travis Hardy
and Adrian Tapaha, both of Fort Defiance; sisters, Valonia Hardy,
Monica Tapaha and Ashley Tapaha, all of Fort Defiance; grandparents,
Lorriane and Gee
Hardy of Chinle, and Paul and Mary Guy Sr. of Chinle.
Pallbearers will be Ronald Billie, Jerald Tom, Philbert Lookingback,
Aaron Nelson, Torres Oliver and Dugan Yazzie
Tse Bonito Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Catalina Estrada-Martinez
GALLUP — Services for Catalina Estrada-Martinez, 84, will be
held at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 01 at Saint Francis of Assisi
Catholic Church. Father Diego Mazon will officiate. Burial will follow
at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from noon to 7 p.m. tonight at Rollie Palm
Chapel.
A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. tonight at Saint Francis of Assisi
Catholic Church.
Estrada-Martinez died Jan. 25 in Gallup. She was born Dec. 2, 1916
in Santa Maria-Jal, Mexico.
Estrada-Martinez was a former member of the Catholic Daughters, Guadalupana
Society. She attended the Casa Reyna Chapel of Perpetual Adoration.
Survivors include her sons, Anthony Estrada, Genero "Howard"
Estrada, Julian Estrada, and Robert Estrada all of Gallup, Jimmy Estrada
of Gamerco and Richard Estrada of Albuquerque; daughters, Esther Candelaria
and Lupe Ramirez both of Gallup, Susie Dominguez of Albuquerque, Antionette
Estrada of Gamerco, Tommie Herrera of Silver City, Mary LeBlanc of
Los Angeles, Calif. and Jennie Maldonado of Milan; 68 grandchildren;
92 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great grandchildren.
Estrada-Martinez was preceded in death by her husband, Manuel Estrada
Sr.; husband, Jose Santos Martinez; parents, Felix Torrez and Mazadonia
Santos; sons, Jose Estrada and Manuel Estrada Jr.; and daughters,
Julia Estrada and Josie Olguin.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Estrada, Genero Estrada Sr., Jimmy Estrada,
Julian Estrada, Richard Estrada, Robert Estrada and
Anthony Olguin Sr.
Rollie Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Thomas A. McCabe
PHOENIX — Services for Thomas A. McCabe, 72, will be held at
11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, at Lakeshore Mortuary, 1815 S. Dobson Road,
Mesa, Ariz. Burial will follow at Veterans National Memorial Cemetery,
23029 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix.
McCabe died Jan. 26 in Phoenix. He was born April 29, 1928, in Ganado,
Ariz.
McCabe received an associate of arts degree from Pasadena City College.
He was a plumber, journeyman, pipefitter and nuclear
steam specialist.
He served in the U.S.Marine Corps during World War II and in the Army
during the Korean War. He received numerous
medals, Combat Infantry Badge, Paratrooper Wings, the United Nations
Service Medal and the Korean Service Medal with
three service stars, the World War II Army of Occupation Medal (Japan)
and two Purple Hearts.
His hobbies included silversmithing, cooking and reading.
Survivors include his wife, Fannie Roselyn Bradley McCabe of Mesa,
Ariz.; daughter, Larenda Bradley of Tucson, Ariz.;
brothers, Edward McCabe Jr. and Donald A. McCabe, both of Albuquerque,
and James L. McCabe of Gallup; sister, Margaret
Wilcox of Tsaile, Ariz.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
McCabe was preceded in death by his parents, Helen B. and Edward McCabe
Sr.; brothers, Maurice, Norman, Kenneth,
Wayne and Robert; and sisters, Alyce and Barbara.
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