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Thursday, August 26, 2021 Volume 67 | Number 51
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
History and adventure takes flight at the Palm Springs Air Museum
In This Issue
Social Security Raise?..........................2 Sign Chief’s Thank You Card................3 Ways to Keep Your Mind Sharp..............4 Southwest Chicken Bundles.................5
By Alison Elsner
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amed in 2014 as one of the top 14 aviation museums in the world by CNN Travel, the Palm Springs Air Museum is a must-see attraction for everyone in the family, free for kids 12 and under. It’s home to one of the world’s largest collections of flyable World War II aircraft as well as authentic planes from Korea and Vietnam, giving visitors a chance to walk right up to the aircrafts, including Grumman F7F Tigercat, North American B-25 Mitchell Bomber, Curtiss P40 Warhawk, Republic F-105 Thunderchief and many others. For the chance of a lifetime, guests can ride in a vintage Warbird such as the T-28 Trojan, C-47 Skytrain, PT-17 Stearman, P51-D Mustang or a T-33 Shooting Star Jet, reinforcing the connection between the machines and people who sacrificed so much in his-
1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What word represents the letter “Q” in the NATO phonetic alphabet code? 2. MOVIES: Which actress, as a child, won a Best Supporting Actress award for her role in “The Piano”? 3. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: What product is advertised with the slogan “Vermont’s Finest”?
tory’s greatest conflicts. The Museum has an extensive library and a crew of trained volunteers who provide visitors with a sense of the experience of flying. There’s even a kid-sized control tower to fly simulators and a gift shop with unique aviation items. You’ll want to come back again!
The Palm Springs ir Museum is located at 745 North Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission $17.50$19.50. Free for kids 12 and under. Warbird rides start at $99. For more information call 760-778-6262 or visit palmspringsairmuseum.org.
• The Russians arrived 12 days late to the 1908 Olympics because they were using the wrong (i.e., Julian) calendar. • In 1995 a woman in Sweden lost her wedding ring while cooking for Christmas. Understandably distraught, she looked everywhere for it and even pulled up
clared you’ll hang until you are “dead, dead, dead” to which the Kid replied, “and you can go to hell, hell, hell.” But Billy escaped before he could be executed and Sheriff Pat Garret hunted him down. The sheriff caught up with him a few months later in Fort Sumner, N.M. and shot him in the chest. Bonhams is now set
to sell the Colt that Pat Garrett used to take Billy down and it is expected to fetch somewhere between $2 to $3 million.
her kitchen floor, but didn’t see it again until 16 years later, when, while gardening, she discovered it encircling a carrot that had sprouted in the middle of it.
• A bizarre dream in which cannibals surrounded him and prepared to cook him as they waved spears helped inspire Elias Howe’s invention of the sewing machine. When he awoke, he remembered that the spears had holes in their shafts and moved up and down.
• According to British law, any unclaimed swan swimming in the open waters of England and Wales belongs to the queen. The law originated in medieval times when swans were a delicacy for the wealthy. • Autism is more common than childhood cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined.
5. LITERATURE: Which 20th-century novel begins with the line, “All this happened, more or less”? 6. ANATOMY: What part of the brain deals with hearing and language? 7. FOOD & DRINK: What is the most expensive spice on Earth?
A cowboy story In 2008, the Bonhams auction house in Los Angeles sold Billy the Kid’s six-gun -- a Colt single action Army revolver -- for $64,350, says the Association of Mature American Citizens [AMAC]. Billy was tried and sentenced to hang in 1881 for his crimes. The judge is said to have looked him in the eye and de-
4. GEOGRAPHY: What is the English name for the country called Suomi by its people?
The Association of Mature American Citizens [www.amac.us] provides the Filler Files as a service on issues of concern to Americans over 50.
• “Bhang lassi” is an Indian milkshake whose main ingredient is marijuana. • The amount of copper on the Arizona capitol building roof is equivalent to nearly 5 million pennies. (c) 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
8. TELEVISION: The TV series “Melrose Place” was a spinoff of which earlier drama? 9. U.S. STATES: Which state is known as the Beaver State? 10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the descriptive name for animals that are active at dusk and dawn? © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6