Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Key player in Glomar Explorer saga dies
Christopher Fitzgerald, a CIA agent and the lead engineer in the construction of the Glomar Explorer, has died. Sounds like an interesting guy. Check out his Washington Post obituary here.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Howard Hughes history panel slated
Las Vegas can't get enough of Howard Hughes. Another panel discussion about his time in Las Vegas is set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Springs Preserve. Yours truly will be involved, as will others who actually knew the man. Lynn Zook will moderate. Please note that there is a fee to attend events at the Springs Preserve.
This discussion comes on the heels of a successful panel discussion about Hughes that I was involved in associated with the Clark County centennial celebration. Paul Winn, who worked for Hughes in Los Angeles, and Burton Cohen, who worked for him in Las Vegas, also sat on the panel.
The centennial panel was televised live, then rebroadcast about a hundred times on the county cable channel, generating a surprising number of people who told me they saw me on TV. I didn't realize so many people watched the county government channel. But there's an explanation: It's Channel 4, so it's hard to miss if you start surfing at Channel 2 or 3.
This discussion comes on the heels of a successful panel discussion about Hughes that I was involved in associated with the Clark County centennial celebration. Paul Winn, who worked for Hughes in Los Angeles, and Burton Cohen, who worked for him in Las Vegas, also sat on the panel.
The centennial panel was televised live, then rebroadcast about a hundred times on the county cable channel, generating a surprising number of people who told me they saw me on TV. I didn't realize so many people watched the county government channel. But there's an explanation: It's Channel 4, so it's hard to miss if you start surfing at Channel 2 or 3.
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