                 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                               No. 96-50873
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                   LUCILLE CHRISTIE BLAKLEY;
                 LUCILLE CHRISTIE BLAKLEY TRUST

                                                        Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                                   versus

                     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                   Defendant-Appellee.
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              Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Western District of Texas, Midland
                           (MO-94-CV-224)
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                           February 6, 1998
Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*

           AFFIRMED. See Local Rule 47.6.




     *
            Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this
opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited
circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.
