Calinuke

John, I got some info on Calipatria, CA: (pronounced Cali PAT ria, andthey don't like it when you mispronounce the name.) The town hasbeen around since about the early 1900's, it is about 40 miles north ofMexico and 80 miles south of Palm Springs. This is the Imperial Valleyarea of deep southern California. Population about 3,200. Most notableitems include a State Prison and what the locals call "The Slabs" whichis a long deserted military site and gets the name because the cementslabs upon which quonset huts were built are about all that remains.The two nearest towns are about 10 miles away; one to the north with apopulation of about 2,000 and one to the south with a population ofabout 20,000.I started out calling directory assistance for the names and numbersunder the category of Government Offices, (thinking that maybe they hada Chamber of Commerce or an Office of Tourism, or even the Mayor'sOffice), but the only listing was for the Library: 619-348-2630. Icalled last Friday, early evening, and spoke with a very nice, veryhelpful woman - the librarian. (Despite it being about 110 degrees, 90percent humidity, with sandstorms!) Anyways, I didn't mention anythingabout UFOs, spaceships or aliens, but I told her I was doing basicsource checking on an accidental nuke drop that happenned in 1945 -she knew nothing about that - but she promised to gather some info andmail it to me.