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>Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest!
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>Thursday September 6, 2001
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>NEVADA
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/05/arts/design/05VEGA.html?pagewanted=print
>In 1996 a group of preservationists established a Neon Museum dedicated to
>rescuing old signs. The museum's current display includes just eight pieces
>along a pedestrian mall called the Fremont Street Experience.

>CYBERIA
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>http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/chi-0109050182sep05.story?c
>oll=chi%2Dleisure%2Dhed Civil War veteran Albert D.J. Cashier, who
>participated in 40 battles and was buried here in 1915 in dress uniform
>with full military honors, was actually Jennie Hodgers, a woman who spent
>much of her lifetime passing as a man. While she wasn't the only woman to
>disguise herself as a man and serve, records indicate that she is the only
>one to officially complete a full, three-year tour before receiving an
>honorable discharge at the end of hostilities.
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>http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/73497p-1037643c.html US experts have
>retrieved the remains of at least two Americans killed during World War II
>when their Navy bomber crashed on a volcano in Russia's far eastern
>Kamchatka Peninsula. Fending off fierce winds and roaming bears, the
>experts sawed through the mangled mass of the plane's wreckage during a
>monthlong expedition. A Russian geologist found the wreckage in 1962, but
>it wasn't until 1999 that a local historian reported it to the US
>government. US officials traveled to the site a year ago and confirmed it
>was the missing plane. A 10-person team including forensics specialists
>arrived at the site on Aug. 6th, and turned up leads to at least three more
>crashed American planes in the region. The PV-1 Ventura crew consisted of
>pilot Lt. Walter S. Whitman of Philadelphia, Pa.; co-pilot Lt. John W.
>Hanlon Jr. of Worcester, Ma.; photographer Jack Parlier of Mt. Sterling,
>Il.; mechanic Donald Graham Lewallen of Omaha, Ne.; Samuel Leslie Crown Jr.
>of Columbus, Oh.; Clarence Crome Fridley of Manhattan, Ks.; and James
>Stephen Palko of Superior, Wi.
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>http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/ap_story.html/National/AP.V0627.AP-Enola-Gay.
>html The Enola Gay is headed for restoration and then display two years
>from now, much as it looked in 1945. The plane will not be seen publicly
>again until December 2003 when it will become a centerpiece of the
>Smithsonian's new Udvar-Hazy Center near Dulles International Airport. The
>Norden bombsight, the original propellers, and internal components used
>during the historic mission will be part of the restored aircraft.
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>From: Bruce Craig <[log in to unmask]> NCC WASHINGTON UPDATE, Vol. 7, #37,
>August 31, 2001 National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of
>History (NCCPH): SMITHSONIAN REACHES AGREEMENT WITH McDONALDS - The
>National Air and Space Museum has signed a multi-million dollar partnership
>agreement with McDonalds Corporation to create a McDonalds-run restaurant
>food court in the museum. Recent Smithsonian studies had documented visitor
>dissatisfaction with the current cafeteria-style Flight Line restaurant
>that is operated by Guest Services Inc. Among other findings, the study
>showed that only 6% of the school groups that visited the museum patronized
>the cafeteria. Museum officials hope that the partnership will provide low
>cost food, fast service, and brand name recognition to museum visitors and,
>through a profit sharing agreement, also generate $34 million in revenue
>for the museum. Under the terms of the agreement, McDonalds will guarantee
>the Smithsonian $1.6 million a year over the ten-year lease agreement, plus
>the corporation will also make a $5 million donation to the museum. In
>addition to being what is expected to be the busiest McDonalds in the
>country (over 1,000 seats), the plan calls for the facility to offer food
>from two other McDonalds owned fast food chains - Boston Market and
>Donato's Pizzeria. In order to prepare for the arrival of McDonalds, the
>museum will spend $3.2 million to upgrade the area of which 10% is public
>funds, the rest will come from undisclosed private sources.
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>[Editor's Note: <http://www.swanet.org/images/spiritofstlouis.jpg>. Two
>years ago, I suggested to Secretary Heyman (now retired) that the
>ubiquitous bottled water sold outside on the mall be branded with
>Smithsonian logos, and large plastic dinosaur toys (or plastic replica
>Smithsonian artifacts) be placed inside the bottles. Not only could SI
>garner profit, there would be less trash because visitors would take home
>the collector bottles.]
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