Nuclear blast test tests excavation via explosives
In Buckboard Mesa on November 11, the AEC detonated five 20 ton nitromethane charges in a canal digging test named Operation Dugout. The blasts hurled boulders 400 feet and a nuclear version would take years to develop. Amelia Earhart’s solo trans Atlantic flight is noted as May 20-21, 1939.
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Buckboard Mesa
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S.S.R
Amelia Earhart
Newfoundland
Ireland
Sorority Dinner Meeting Highlights Psi Epsilon Sigma
In Markleville and Frankton, Alpha Epsilon Sigma clubs hosted a Mothchatter and Founders Day dinner with prize drawings for members including Martha Chadwick Ruth Thomas Mildred Morrison and Betty Elliott. Guests shared songs and gifts as Hil Gred Dennis presided with Jo Thornburg and Faun Markle speaking on ES A meanings.
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Goldie
Carolavis Roger Doctor
Fort Wayne
Alpha Ty
Irene Conklin
Mary McClainers
Pauline Stroup
Georgia Mroz
Sean Belleigh Acres
Pany
Wilma Hurst
Georgia Hancher
New Castle
Talbers
Hull
Tipton
Kathy Flanagan
Rel “Batoy
Faun’ Markle
Doris Sullivan
Ruth Keesling
Maureen Jacobs
Ruth Thomas
Faye McPhedran
Jeannie Barbier
Chris German
Maxine Milburn
Hailie Blake
Martha Chadwick
Hil Gred Dennis
Faun Markle
Jo Thornburg
E.S.A
Ruby Beckner
Latrene Collins
Ruby Jones
Lena Sullivan
Mildred Morrison
Betty Robbins
Helen Keller
Joan Goberville
Betty Elott
Hildred Dennis
Betty Eliott
Marklevile -Amvets
Charles Shrake
Anderson
Connersville
Martha Dudley
Doris Shrake
Markleville
Two U S convicts escape from Indiana prison grounds
Melvin Henley and John Kenneth Vincent escaped from a federal penitentiary work detail near Terre Haute Indiana. Henley was spotted driving a stolen car before fleeing into woods as police closed in. Both men were serving three to five years for interstate transportation of stolen cars.
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Terre Haute
Ind
UPI
Federal Penitentiary
T. Wade Markley
Melvin Henley
Chicago
John Kenneth Vincent
Henley
Ito
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Indiana
Delco-Remy
J. D. Rich
Wholesale, Inc
Frigidaire Dealer
G.M
Delco-Remy Engineering and Research Center
Sy-Pass
Geeting’s
Delco Remy Research and Development Laboratory
Delco- Remy
Mid-West
Muncie
Deiclo Remy
Indiana& Michigan Electric Compa
Chummy Chatterers
Ward
Ward’s
AY Greene Ag Ward
U. S
Potosi
Bolivia
Ertl
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