[meteorite-list] NPA 07-20-1977 State of California Sued for Old Woman Meteorite

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Valley News
City: Van Nuys, California
Date: Wednesday, July 20, 1977
Page: 1

Please don't move that old meteorite

     The state of California Tuesday sued to block the acquisition of the 
"Old Woman meteorite" by the Smithsonian Institute, in Los Angeles Superior 
Court.
     Claiming the three-ton meteorite, discovered last year in California's 
Old Woman Mountains, is a natural resource under state law, Atty. Gen. 
Evelle Younger's office asked the court for injunctions barring its removal 
from the state.
     Deputy Atty. Gen. Daniel Selmi is expected to seek a temporary 
restraining order today against Giles W. Meade, director of the Los Angeles 
County Museum of Natural History.
     The meteorite has been on display at the museum for several weeks since 
a military helicopter plucked it out of the ground 170 miles east of Los 
Angeles.
     It is scheduled for removal from the museum and transported to 
Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

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Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
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