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( Debriefing Paq Tuesday • April 22, Pilot gave no indication of sadness Ewe Hall SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Days be fore his A-10 Thunderbolt disap peared, Air Force Capt. Craig But ton wrote to friends that he loved flying the warplane and that his training was going well. “It was a very upbeat letter,” Ben Pingenot was quoted as say ing in Monday’s San Antonio Ex press-News. Ben and Rozetta Pingenot live in Fort Clark Springs near Laughlin Air Force Base, where Button was sta tioned. The base is about 150 miles west of San Antonio near Del Rio. The Pingenots rented half their 1870s limestone house to Button for 11 months until he moved to Tucson, Ariz., in February to train on the A-10. Button, 32, and his plane have been missing since April 2, when he took off from Tucson on a rou tine training mission and veered north, heading to Colorado. A he licopter crew spotted wreckage in the mountains southwest of Vail, Colo., Sunday that officials say is likely Button’s plane. The Pingenots received a letter from Button on April 3. In it, Button said nothing to indicate he was de pressed. “We read it and we shed some tears,”'Ben Pingenot said. “He loved the A-10. He said most of his flying was low, around 500 feet. And it said he would be dropping live 500-pound bombs that week. There was absolutely nothing in the letter that would indicate depression or anything like that,” he said. The Pingenots said they will al ways be haunted by the question of why Button broke formation with other jets and veered off course during the A-10 training mission. “It’s baffling,” BenPingenot said. “Nothing in his demeanor would make anyone think he was any thing but a dedicated Air Force of ficer and a true-blue American.” “He had to be incapacitated in some way, either physically or mentally ... What he supposedly did is totally contrary to the man we knew.” By JE lOneM'D ^00 TMtJSFE* Hou fi tiea / COtOHAtXLrtoH? P»t> ^0\i WEAR AjSoot THAT Ntor Uin Tuar fJo, \ rtAve/ 4 ’! tools , t hate To KoaJ . 8^ i PaRisep MM iz bnceS ' ► This day in history Today is Tuesday, April 22, the 112th day of 1997. There are 253 days left in the year. On this date: In 1509, Henry VIII ascended the throne of England following the death of his father, Henry VII. In 1864, Congress authorized the use of the phrase “In God We Trust” on U.S. coins. In 1889, the Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims. In 1898, the first shot of the Spanish-American War rang out as the L/SS Nashville captured a Spanish mer chant ship off Key West, Fla. In 1930, the United States, Britain and Japan signed the London Naval Treaty, which regulated submarine warfare and limited shipbuilding. In 1944, during World War II, U.S. forces began in vading Japanese-held New Guinea with amphibious landings near Hollandia. In 1954, the televised Senate Army-McCarthy hear ings began. In 1964, President Johnson opened the New York World’s Fair. In 1970, millions of Americans concerned about the environment observed the first “Earth Day.” In 1993, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington, D.C., to honor the victims of Nazi extermination. ► Today's birthdays Actor Eddie Albert is 89. Violinist Sir Yehudi Menuhin is 81. Singer Glen Campbell is 61. Actor Jack Nichol son is 60. Actor-writer Jason Miller is 58. Country singer Cleve Francis is 52. Movie director John Waters is 51. Singer Peter Frampton is 47. Actor Joseph Bot toms is 43. Actor Chris Makepeace is 33. Peeps By Michai A CXASA*^ \ C&~ & Weather Today Tonight Tomorrow Partly cloudy with pos sible showers. Partly cloudy. Partly sunny with a slight wind. Highs & Lows Today’s Expected High 87°F Tonight’s Expected Low 72°F Tomorrow’s Expected High 85°F Tomorrow Night’s Expected Low 68°F Sk®fch By Quatn AFTER HOURS OF SURFING. HERE WE GO... 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