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COLORADO PLANE CRASH
WARD: LIVE
wo young brothers from Houston were found alive by rescue
parties at a Colorado plane (crash site ear Glenwood Springs.
Eleven year old Mark Godfrey and his 8-yr old brother
Andrew were the only survivors..five other _ersens aboard
the plane perished.Victims included the parents
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Mr.and Mrs.William Godfrey and two of their ot~children..and pilot..Bernard Gallagher..all of Houston Godfrey..
executive Vice-President of Capital Nationa Bank in
i Houston..was taking his family on a sk' g vacation to
Aspen Colorado when the crash occ red Saturday .Rough
terrain and snow prevented re cuers from reaching the site
earlier.Godfrey was a bro er-in-law of Republican Senator
1 Lowell Weicker of Connec i tt..a member of the Senate!s
Watergate Committee.The boys who survived the crash were
taken to a hospital at Aspen..at least one of the boy is
listed in condition.1'
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Colorado plane crash], script, March 4, 1974, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1965822/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.