[meteorite-list] NP Article, 12-1954 Meteorite Will Be Returned To Its Victim (Sylacauga)

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:45 2004
Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV140vYMeGnA100013282_at_hotmail.com>

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Paper: Chronicle Telegram =20
City: Elyria, Ohio =20
Date: Thursday, December 02, 1954
Page: Second Section, Page 1

Meteorite Will Be Returned To Its Victim

SYLACAUGA, Ala. (UP) - The Air Force agreed today to return a meteorite t=
o a 31-year-old housewife who was badly bruised when the 10-pound object =
crashed through the roof of her home.
A spokesman at Maxwell Air Force Base near Montgomery, where the meteorit=
e was taken immediately after it came to earth Tuesday, said the fragment=
 will be returned to Mrs. Hewlett Hodges just as soon as the Air Defense =
Command completes tests on it. He said the Air Force had no intention of =
entering into a controversy over it.


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P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Meteorite Will Be Returned To Its Victim</P> <P>&nbsp;</P=
> <P>SYLACAUGA, Ala. (UP) - The Air Force agreed today to return a meteor=
ite to a 31-year-old housewife who was badly bruised when the 10-pound ob=
ject crashed through the roof of her home.</P> <P>A spokesman at Maxwell =
Air Force Base near Montgomery, where the meteorite was taken immediately=
 after it came to earth Tuesday, said the fragment will be returned to Mr=
s. Hewlett Hodges just as soon as the Air Defense Command completes tests=
 on it. He said the Air Force had no intention of entering into a controv=
ersy over it.</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, =
a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HT=
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