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US reportedly to search again for Amelia Earhart's plane
msnbc.com ^ | March 19, 2012 | msnbc.com staff

Posted on 03/19/2012 6:43:25 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

The State Department plans to join a new effort to find the plane of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart, 75 years after she mysteriously disappeared over the South Pacific.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will take part in a ceremony Tuesday morning announcing the joint public-private search at the State Department, The Wall Street Journal reports. The event, "Amelia Earhart, a Pacific Legacy," which is pitched as a celebration of the U.S.'s pan-Pacific ties, will be streamed live at 9 a.m. on the State Department's website, a spokesman for the agency said.

Earhart's twin-engine Lockheed vanished July 2, 1937, as she and her navigator, Fred Noonan, left New Guinea (now Papua New Guinea) on their way to Howland Island in the South Pacific as part of an attempt to circle the Earth.

The half-million-dollar search, financed with private funds, will begin in July.

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To: Revolting cat!

Including Lee Harvey Oswald who was peeking over Harpo’s shoulder!


61 posted on 03/19/2012 8:39:47 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Imagine if they found Amelia in the plane still alive? People would freak.


62 posted on 03/19/2012 8:40:15 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (I am 52 days away from outliving Phil Hartman)
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To: DB

Not really. They found a few items, the most promising was a shoe that was of the same type as one that Earhart owned, but it turned out to be at least 3 sizes too large for her.


63 posted on 03/19/2012 8:49:23 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Memphis Moe

>>Robert Stack’s credentials as a historian are, of course, untouchable.<<

Never mess with Eliot Ness...


64 posted on 03/19/2012 8:55:39 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: Liberty Valance

I knew Harpo, my wife’s cousin bought his sport fisher.


65 posted on 03/19/2012 8:57:14 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: WyvernAK

>>Yep, but I bet she never missed a chance to vote in all these years!!!<<

Kennedy, carter, clinton and barry the zero all appreciate her vote.


66 posted on 03/19/2012 9:11:55 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Now if the History channel can somehow sell the artifacts on Pawn Shop, they'll have a trifecta.

67 posted on 03/19/2012 9:16:10 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

Or the Travel Channel with some sort of `Ghost Adventurers’/`Storage Wars’ angle:

“Amelia Earhart, if you’re here, say something!” Zac Bagans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hMJVXt09E


68 posted on 03/19/2012 9:29:57 PM PDT by tumblindice (our new, happy lives)
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To: tumblindice

oops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69SaPppa9jI


69 posted on 03/19/2012 9:32:08 PM PDT by tumblindice (our new, happy lives)
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To: tumblindice

oops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69SaPppa9jI


70 posted on 03/19/2012 9:32:22 PM PDT by tumblindice (our new, happy lives)
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To: Liberty Valance

She was pretty good looking from the pictures I have seen of her. The car is a 1936 Cord 810 Cabrolet. This was the best looking of all of the Cords IMHO.


71 posted on 03/19/2012 9:34:17 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
I have a map that will take you right to it.

It's not more than a half mile east of where Noah's Ark is located.

If you would like your own copy of the map I take ALL major credit cards and PayPal.

72 posted on 03/19/2012 9:37:08 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Because this is more important than our State Department working to see LIVING prisoners of war returned to the United States.


73 posted on 03/19/2012 9:37:08 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: Vermont Lt
Ok, let’s assume they find the plane. Everyone looks at each other and then what?
They will move to Europe and start searching the English Channel for Glenn Miller.
74 posted on 03/19/2012 9:39:37 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Ate her??

You know we don’t eat people in the Ozarks.

Well I mean for the most part.

I mean you know a liberal every now and then don’t hurt nuthen.

Where’s my teeth?


75 posted on 03/19/2012 9:40:12 PM PDT by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Ate her??

You know we don’t eat people in the Ozarks.

Well I mean for the most part.

I mean you know a liberal every now and then don’t hurt nuthen.

Where’s my teeth?


76 posted on 03/19/2012 9:40:13 PM PDT by Steve Newton (And the Wolves will learn what we have shown before-We love our sheep we dogs of war. Vaughn)
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To: Psycho_Bunny; Revolting cat!
If Dr. Spock couldn't find her, what makes Hillary think she can?


77 posted on 03/19/2012 9:59:42 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: Liberty Valance

I’ve only seen Cords.


78 posted on 03/19/2012 10:02:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: a fool in paradise

Why not look for Ambrose Bierce, Oscar Zeta Costa, and Malcolm Lowry?


79 posted on 03/19/2012 10:09:20 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: jmacusa

I think that’s mostly true but Ted Noonan was a known alcoholic and last minute chosen as navigator.He had been fired from Pan Am for what some say was a constant drinking problem. Originally 4 were to travel from Hawaii to Howland Island, but after Earhart’s crash in Hawaii and the time it took for repairs, the route was reversed so it would be from New Guinea to Howland and only Noonan accompanied a reportedly exhausted Earhart. Many believe she just couldn’t find the tiny Island even though she established one way (they could hear her but not vice-versa) radio communication with the Itasca just off Howland and just went down when fuel ran out. A group searched with remote subs in her estimated location and found nothing. Rick Gillespie of TIGHAR.com thinks she made it to Gardener Island now called Nikomorro (sp.?) and has been searching since the 1980’s and although some artifacts have been found, nothing definitive. I think TIGHAR had a plan for another search this year in 2012, leave it to Obama to bud in.


80 posted on 03/19/2012 10:19:17 PM PDT by MacMattico
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