Missouri homeport dispute
January 2nd, 2009 From
>Date: Fri, 6 Jun 97 12:23:51 EDT
>From: JOHN SZALAY
>X-To: “mahan@microwrks.com”
>To: mahan@microwrks.com
>Subject: Missouri homeport dispute
>Precendence: bulk
>Sender: mahan-owner@microworks.net
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>In a copyrighted story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, There is a dispute
>being waged over the the future homeport of the Battleship Missouri.
>The ship is scheduled to be towed to Pearl Harbor, arriving in time
>for May 1998.
> The office of U.S. Rep Norm Dicks D-Wash has asked the Navy to review
>the selection for the homeport saying Bremerton should have won
>the right to have the Battleship over Hawaii. In a letter to Navy Sec
>John Dalton, the Rep asked the Sec to re-open the selection process,
>this time using an independent panel to make the choice.
>Sen Inouye of Hawaii sez the BB is going to Hawaii. Period.
>
>The Missouri will be displayed on Battleship row on Ford island
>along with the Arizona Memorial, the Bowfin submarine museum.
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> http://starbulletin.com/today/news/index.html
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> June 5 1997 issue.
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> John Szalay
> jpszalay@tacl.dnet.ge.com