[meteorite-list] NPA 10-10-1992 Sixth Graders Give Up on Willamette Meteorite

[MARK BOSTICK]

Paper: Daily Herald
City: Chicago, Illinois
Date: Saturday, October 10, 1992
Page: 2 People / Section 1

Young meteorite fans learn that money talks

     Two-sixth-graders who tried for three years to bring the nation's 
largest meteorite back to Oregon are giving up.  Annie Campbell and 
Stephanie Corey say they don't want to be held responsible for denying any 
federal money to the American Museum of Natural History in New York.  The 
Forest Hills Elementary School pupils said the decided to quit after they 
heard that Rep. Les AuCoin, D-Ore., was considering legislation to withhold 
money from the museum if it didn't hand over the Willamette Meteorite.  The 
16-ton chunk of iron was discovered 90 years ago near Lake Oswego.  It has 
been on display at the museum's Hayden Planetarium since 1906.  The girls 
gained national attention for their effort.  The project began when the 
girls' third grade teacher told the glass that the largest meteorite ever 
found in the United States was discovered nearby in 1902.  But it was sold 
to a New York woman who donated it to the museum.

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Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
Wichita, Kansas
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