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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Dave McBride held an old, rusty, 4-foot-long bomb and explained how it was used in target practice training on Albuquerque's West Mesa during World War II. It was found, he said, by workers during the construction of Double Eagle II Airport in 1982. The West Mesa was littered with these dummy "bombs" as crews flying AT-11 Beechcraft Kansan airplanes trained to become bombardiers for larger aircraft, including the B-29 Superfortress, the B-17 Flying Fortress and the B-24 Liberator. McBride, leader of the Lobo Wing of t...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP, Oct. 1, 2016) — Bob Shipley dislikes illiteracy and enjoys repurposing things. So, fashioning a couple of used newspaper vending machines into libraries seemed like a natural thing to do. The now-retired educator, bicycle shop owner and engineer had been volunteering as a mentor in an adult literacy program, knowing that "reading proficiency in this state is abominable," he said. Wanting to do something else to combat the problem, he set up the Little Free Library stations in front of his home on the 6900 block of B...
