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From: Ktperehwon <Ktperehwon@aol.com> [Karl T. Pflock]
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 12:40:15 EST
Fwd Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 23:12:59 -0500
Subject: 'Dos Equis' & his amigos stupidos

Errol and List Fiends -- Since I mentioned this letter in an
earlier post, I thought I'd provide the whole enchilada for them
as might be interested.  BTW, as a devoted cerveza Dos Equis
drinker, I was doubly (heh, heh) ticked off by the "Dos Equis"
column.  =A1Salud! -- DON KARLOS DE ALBURQUERQUE (not a typo) Y
PLACITAS

June 29, 1997

Letters to the Editor
Albuquerque Journal
Post Office Drawer J
Albuquerque, NM 87103

Editor:

	In their silly satirical attempt to capitalize on the 50th
anniversary of the Roswell UFO non-crash incident, "Latino
Spectrum" columnists Roberto Rodriguez and Patrisia Gonzales fell
into the ethnic stereotyping trap which they so often both decry
and exploit ("'Dos Equis' Reveals All on Aliens," Journal, June
28).  They, like the authors of the source of their information,
Kevin Randle and Don Schmitt's "UFO Crash at Roswell," assumed
that, because the late Dr. Lincoln LaPaz had a Spanish surname,
he spoke Spanish and used this to help the government ferret out
information about the alleged crashed flying saucer from New
Mexico's Spanish-speaking ranchers and farmers.

	The linguistic truth about Dr. LaPaz, a native of Ohio who
founded and directed the University of New Mexico's Institute of
Meteoritics and did much classified work for the U.S. Air Force,
is that he could neither speak nor read Spanish.  During my
investigation of the Roswell incident, I was told this by several
of his former colleagues and students, a number of whom speak
Spanish, and had it confirmed in no uncertain terms in a letter
(July 4, 1993) from LaPaz's daughter Jean, who worked very
closely with him:  "[M]y father was NOT fluent in spoken Spanish
[emphasis in original].  He neither spoke nor read that language,
requiring the assistance of either an interpreter during
interviews with Spanish-speaking individuals or a translator for
scientific articles published in Spanish."   Moreover, while Dr.
LaPaz did quite a bit of very important work for the Air Force on
the UFOs known as green fireballs, there is absolutely no
credible evidence linking him with the Roswell affair.

/signed, KTP/