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SUSPICIOUS BOX SENT TO BYRON NELSON (GOLF LEGEND) DETONATED
The Houston Chronicle ^
| 22 July 2006
Posted on 07/22/2006 2:05:34 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
ROANOKE — A package sent to the home of golf legend Byron Nelson was detonated by a bomb squad after his wife and police believed the parcel looked suspicious. The contents turned out to include banners from the Masters and a letter, Roanoke Fire Department Chief Mike Duncan said. He said Nelson's wife, Peggy, called police Friday after deciding the writing on the package looked peculiar and noticed that the postage had not been canceled.
Remains from the package were given to police but Duncan said nothing appeared criminal. "We just have to err on the side of caution," Duncan said. Nelson, 94, won five majors in his career had one of the greatest years in golf history when he won 18 tournaments in 1945. His ranch in Roanoke is about 25 miles from where the Byron Nelson Championship is held in Irving.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: box; byronnelson; charlesnelson; detonated; golf; roanoke
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Interesting that they overreacted like that. Someone been sending hate mail? His brother, Charles Nelson, is (was?) a fantastic singer (and a paraplegic). Wonder if Charles is still alive?
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Byron Nelson still alive? Wow! He was contemporary of Ben Hogan, wasn't he?
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:07:16 PM PDT
by
don-o
(Proudly posting without reading the thread since 1998. (stolen from one cool dude))
To: don-o
I believe so. Didn't know Byron, but knew Charles personally. Moved away and don't know what has become of that fine gentleman. Man, he could sing! Still have a picture of him on archival black & white fiber base paper -- it will last for generations.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:08:55 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I am not a bomber!!!
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:09:08 PM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Reminds me of the time I shot out the tires on a UPS truck. It looked suspicious.
Or the time I took a pizza deliver guy hostage. Looked suspicious.
Oh, yeah, and the time I got that paper boy in a burmese tiger trap. Suspicious little dude. Never saw him again.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:10:29 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
www.closecombatinstructors.com/charles-nelson.htm
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:10:56 PM PDT
by
Dick Vomer
(liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
That's an alert senior citizen to notice the postage was not canceled.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:13:03 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Hurricane season 2006 - Be prepared and have a plan)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I find it hard to believe that Byron Nelson would have an enemy, but there are crazy people out there.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:14:29 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: ovrtaxt
Well, it is like with the spam e-mails. Sender looks suspicious, or the topic- and so one hits "spam" or "delete", without opening it.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:15:11 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: Dick Vomer
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:15:19 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:17:32 PM PDT
by
kcvl
To: kcvl
As they got older they sure did look alike.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:18:29 PM PDT
by
MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
(Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: NautiNurse
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:20:29 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We gotta watch out for the Hellbazoo and the Hamas...)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Who knew The Masters was a terrorist organization?
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:20:46 PM PDT
by
GretchenM
(What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. - Admiral Josh Painter.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
You know of all the dignitary's and people that I would want to blow up, a 94 year old guy that has a golf tournament named after him just tops the list! Morons!
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:21:47 PM PDT
by
Bommer
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Terrorists are having their way. Got Americans running around scared of their own shadow.
To: don-o
Yes, he was. The two even caddied at the same course in Fort Worth growing up.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:24:03 PM PDT
by
rvoitier
(Conservatives are from Mars, Liberals are from Uranus.)
To: ovrtaxt
Remains from the package were given to police but Duncan said nothing appeared criminal. "We just have to err on the side of caution," Duncan said.
I'm not so sure that when detonated, the bomb didn't do a little damage to Duncan's noggin.
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:29:13 PM PDT
by
demkicker
(democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
To: ovrtaxt
LOL! and I know that you know we all know about Seasoned Citizens around here.
p.s. Beware of Buicks!
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posted on
07/22/2006 2:29:48 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(Hurricane season 2006 - Be prepared and have a plan)
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