[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Bazooka Shells found at former Sedalia Army Rifle Range (MO)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bazooka Shells Force Park Shut Down
Munitions Found On Site Of WWII Firing Range

KCTV5 News (Kansas City, MO)
August 31, 2009

KNOB NOSTER, Mo. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will do a sweep of 
an old firing range that sits right next to the Knob Noster State Park 
after a resident found two unexploded bazooka rounds on his land.

"You were walking on that range and could've stumbled across one of 
those," said Knob Noster resident Ron Dillingham. "I figure, if it's my 
time to go, the good Lord take me, whether it's bazooka shell or wild bull."

Dillingham has lived near the old Sedalia Army Rifle Range the past 72 
years. The range was closed after World War II and Dillingham used to go 
there as a boy.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.kctv5.com/news/20655050/detail.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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