[News Script: Plane crash] Page: 1 of 2
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PLANE CRASH
A private crashed between two houses in a
residential section of Austin last night killing
eight persons.
The right engine of the plabe c ashed into the
home
bedroom of one/killing Fred Bobbitt. His wife Peggy
was fatally burned. The Bobbitt's 4-months old son
was unhamed.
The victims aboard the plane were identified as
Dr. B, E. Becker Junior and Dr. Robert Farris, Mrs.
Farris and their two daughters Judy 17 and Marilyn 13,
_ ~sixth "
all of Austin. The victim aboard the plane
was James T .ckens, a third year medical student from
Galveston.
, was returning from x
The group medical conference in
Washington DI; C. and had attempted an instrumentlanding at Austin's municipal airport.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Plane crash], script, April 23, 1970, 8:25 a.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1323938/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.