Friday, Aug. 25, 2000
Kvaerner employee
dies, two injured in auto accident
 GUANTANAMO
BAY – A Kvaerner employee
was killed and two others were injured Aug. 16 when their 1985
Dodge truck hit a telephone pole off Quarry Road.
Hilario “Larry” M. Abagon,
30, was pronounced dead at the U.S. Naval Hospital following
the accident. Howard Lindsay, the driver, and Wilfred A. Haynes
both sustained injuries and were treated and released from the
U.S. Naval Hospital.
After transferring to Kvaerner from
Burns and Roe in March, Abagon, a Filipino foreign national,
worked at the base Self Help Store as a painter.
More than 300 base residents attended
an Aug. 19 memorial service for Abagon at the base chapel.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Memorial service
held
for Alfred A. Francis
 GUANTANAMO
BAY – An 86-year-old Cuban exile died of natural causes
Aug. 17.
Funeral services were held for Alfred
A. Francis yesterday. His three sons and two daughters from Guantanamo
City, Cuba, attended the funeral.
Francis worked for the Public Works
Department from 1946 to 1995.
GTMO keeps
eye on
Hurricane Debby
Naval
Meteorology and Oceanography Detachment
Chief Petty Officer-in-Charge AGC(AW/SW) Tim Valle
tracks Hurricane Debby Tuesday as it approaches
Puerto Rico. GTMO was spared from Debby’s
wrath as the hurricane turned north. The base
only experienced mild thunderhowers.
Photo by YN1 Michele Natividad
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