The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1979 Page: 1 of 27
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CANADIAN. TEXAS THURSDAY 8 FEBRUARY 1979
Un-lit
tower
hazard
A CANADIAN RECORD EDITORIAL
CabinWoa'i 400-foot mlwim lower In south Canadian has been without a
warning light at Ha top (or more than a Booth now, and —eh of the time without lights at
any levd, day or night, hersusti of a malfoactkxtlng electric-ere ■ witch which has not been
repaired.
It la a time bomb which coald explode at any time a low-flying airplane, on landing
approach to nearby HemphiB Coanty Airport, or on take-off, makes a wrong ton.
In Its ibdow, In addition to several residences, Is the Edward Abraham Memorial Home
which currently has forty-two elder ddiaas h permanent reoldeoce, and a portkm of the 35
staffers In resldsucs at aO times, day and night.
The risk that one of the many airplane drivers regularly making ose of Hemphill Coanty
Airport these days (and nights] might crash Into that unllghted tower...which Is almost 500
feet above the level of the maway and leas than a mile from It...Is serious enough, It seeau to
as, to hove warranted action long before now by the Federal Aeronautics Administration to
enforce Its own raise and federal laws.
But tbs maptado of the dtoaster which night occur to the people living underneath that
Ilia i bomb In event of such a craah Is something we do not Hke to contemplate.
Since Cablevialan la abandoning the tower, having transferred their antenna to a new
tower four mfloa oouth of town and out of the airport landing pattern, we can understand
their apporout lack af Interact In maintaining Its waning system, but find It msre difficult to
undsrstand their lack of concern for the Babfflty which Is still theirs, and even more difficult
to understand their sppanut lack of for the safety of their near neighbors In that
■srtlsu el town.
Nor con we unihssfsnd the inch of coucern exhibited by the people charged with air safety,
and the enforcement of air safety isgnlatlsns. In the Federal Aeronautics Admhdstra-
tieu...bocauee the* offices have been apprised of the situatiau, repeatedly, In telephone cnlle
to ABmqnerqne, Fort Worth and Waahlngton, without visible reeuhs.
Wo an continuing efforts to exert enough pressure, through the FAA, to bring
CablevMeu'a tower In rompllanm with the law becanae we believe the sHuatian as It now
is extremely I tsus but we have concluded that It Is time to put the public on
notice, aa wo have tried to put cablevMou and FAA en notice, of the continued existence of
the hazard.
That thno bomb could go off at aay time...the risks of delay an aweoome, and the
^ for tt to too grin to contemplate If an accident should occur.
Look up erery night to Bee ii the top light Is burning. U it's not
you ought to be!
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Ezzell, Ben & Ezzell, Nancy. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 8, 1979, newspaper, February 8, 1979; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth136578/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.