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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1978
Page
13
The U.S. Air Force tested a buried trench protection concept for an intercontinental ballistic missile. A Boeing prototype breakout mechanism punched through ten inches of concrete and five feet of dirt in under a minute, validating the trench storage idea at Luke Air Force Base near Yuma, Arizona.
London expert Peter Seaby says an misidentified Maine coin is Norse, likely minted 1065 to 1080, and may support Viking prior discovery of North America. He notes parallels with Olaf Kyrre coins and cites finds in Newfoundland as archaeological context. The Maine piece, about an inch across, was found in Blue Hill and kept in Augusta, misidentified for years.
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