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June 9, 1887: Readers of The Comet learned of several items of local interest. Quoting from the Tomahawk, the newspaper reported, “P.G. Kiser left last Tuesday morning for Johnson City
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Former nursing assistant Reta Mays, now sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison for killing at least eight patients at a VA hospital, may serve that time at the only comprehensive medical facility for female federal prisoners.
Mays, 46, has a request to be assigned to the Federal Medical Center, Carswell, which is a federal prison in Fort Worth, Texas, for female inmates with special medical and mental health needs.
“That means that women from all security and custody levels with different medical and psychiatric conditions can be and are housed there.” said Gordon Zilberman, a San Diego-based forensic psychologist who evaluated offenders and provided mental health services for decades in prisons.
The bomber carried a 1-megawatt, air-cooled nuclear reactor that
hung on a hook inside its cavernous weapons bay that had to be lowered through the bomb bay doors into shielded underground facilities for storage between flights.
Believe it or not… it only gets crazier from there.
In theory, a nuclear-powered bomber could literally stay airborne for weeks at a time (if not longer) and could reach any target on the planet without the need to land or refuel.
Today, in the era of intercontinental ballistic missiles with truly global reach and submarine-launched ballistic missiles that can be fired from 70% of the globe, keeping a bomber in the sky for weeks on end seems ludicrous, but for a good portion of the Cold War (specifically from 1960 to 1968), that s
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The man dubbed the “oldest living general” will celebrate his 107th birthday in Riverside Saturday, with a presentation by the mayor, an honor guard salute, proclamations and other tributes to mark the milestone.
Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Harry E. Goldsworthy, who was born in 1914, will be honored in an hourlong event near his residence in Westmont Village, a gated retirement community adjacent to March Air Reserve Base.
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Goldsworthy retired from active service in 1973. His wife, Edith, died a decade ago.