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April 8

North Warren High School - Park City, Kentucky

On July 5, 1951, there was an explosion that took the life of a one Cleveland Kincheloe, at North Warren High School in Park City, Ky; who was the school janitor at the time.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1697&dat=19591025&id=wvoeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2UUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7099%2C3798479

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=coaly&id=I127717

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19510706&id=cbMhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xJwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3931,1969199

A woman by the name of Carolyn Cooke was hit by some debris from it 300ft away, she was 11 years old at the time, so born in 1940.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1913&dat=19510707&id=gEUpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Q2cFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4790,325312

I added North Warren High School to the Warren County, Kentucky page (since it didn't have a North High school listing): but have no idea how to proceed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_County,_Kentucky

I'm not sure if google newspaper clippings are a viable source, and I'm not sure how to go about making a page on here, but I think these lives and this event should be on record.

Can anyone help me, or create this page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleveland.Kinchaloe (talk • contribs) 05:33, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

According to the school district website, North Warren High School no longer exists, and students from Smiths Grove now attend Warren East HS. Maybe a brief mention of the explosion might be worthwhile in Smiths Grove, Kentucky#Education, but if your intention is to create a memorial page, then please don't - it is against Wikipedia's content policy. Astronaut (talk) 12:01, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

For the sake of completeness, this findagrave.com entry lists Grover Cleveland Kincheloe, Sr.. Dru of Id (talk) 11:27, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

I undid changes to the OP by an anonymous editor whose main point seems to be that NWHS is in Smiths Grove, not Park City. —Tamfang (talk) 09:51, 23 April 2018 (UTC)

And here we go again. Look, whoever you are, it's fine to add clarifying comments, but you do NOT alter another editor's SIGNED work on a page like this. That's putting words in someone else's mouth. —Tamfang (talk) 05:28, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

Gun cleaning cotton patches

I'm new to guns and I was looking for gun cleaning patches for my 9MM. They list a few different types: .17-.22 Cal, .243-.270 Cal, .270-.35 Cal, .38-.45 Cal. Which one of these would I get for a 9MM? Also, how would you convert 9MM into a caliber size like the ones above? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.169.35.212 (talk) 11:17, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Well, 9 mm = 0.3546 inch (9 x 0.0394). Alansplodge (talk) 11:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

I get 9/25.4 = 0.3543. —Tamfang (talk) 21:04, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

What's 3/10,000ths of an inch between friends? Alansplodge (talk) 22:45, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Our conversion chart: Caliber#Metric_versus_Imperial. StuRat (talk) 14:55, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Do you have a gun store near you? Presumably you bought the gun from one, so why not go back there and ask for help? Dismas|^(talk) 03:38, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Corporate Headquarters Located in Commute Distance to Countries' Capitals

Corporate Headquarters Located in Commute Distance to Countries' Capitals. i think people would like to know what corporate headquarters are located in commute distance to countries' capitals, including in country capitals. i live in DC, and i would like to buy from tokyo, or paris or pretty much any country's capital, there are a lot of branches of international buisinesses here, like chinese food, but tons of different countries' foods. capital city headquarters are sometimes international, and if you can find an international branch of a headquarters of a country's capital city then you can find world wide investing in goods. also, in washington DC, and I am guessing all countries' capitals there are many international language speakers, and it might be pretty hard to find ethnic items living in a new country. a page with corporate headquarters located in commute distance to countries' capitals would help out people a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.190.170 (talk) 12:51, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

This sounds like a basic bit of research that someone seeking a job overseas ought to be conducting on their own. 'Commuting distance' by itself is a very flexible concept, and will depend on how much time a person is willing to spend travelling, how much money they are prepared to spend, whether or not they have access to their own automobile, and so forth.

Moreover, the assumption that capital cities will necessarily represent the most extensive or reliable indicator of a multicultural, international community is flawed—and potentially particularly unhelpful if one is looking for a particular language or heritage. In the United States, major cities with widespread, highly-varied cultural communities would be missed by this capitals-only category—New York (which is a major center for international businesses, but neither a national nor a state capital) comes immediately to mind. Of course, if one were looking for a healthy Norwegian community in the United States, one would be better off to search in the upper midwest—nearly a third of North Dakotans boast Norwegian ancestors. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 14:34, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, don't look at Australia to see what you describe. Our national capital, Canberra, is hardly representative of anywhere or anything else at all. HiLo48 (talk) 00:18, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Do they grow Cranberries in Canberra? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:09, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Not that I'm aware of. It could be a productive industry, and I'm not sure if that's allowed ;-) HiLo48 (talk) 01:20, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

As one who lived in Canberra for over 25 years, I'd have to agree with HiLo48. Canberra certainly doesn't represent air pollution or traffic jams, which are the sine qua non of every other world capital and Australian state capital. How shockingly backward they are in Canberra. -- ♬ Jack of Oz ♬ ^{[your turn]} 09:29, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

1993 pontiac firebird

I have a 1993 firebird with an LT1 engine. The car will shut off as I am driving down the road. It will turn over, however will not restart. When it goes to the shop the next day it starts and runs fine for 2 weeks, then does the samething. This has happened twice and the mechanic can not figure out the problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeff57 (talk • contribs) 20:58, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

It could be a number of things. Faulty fuel pump or dirt in the fuel line? Overheating? Dirty or maladjusted spark plugs? If a professional mechanic cannot determine the cause hands-on, I suggest you find a better mechanic.--Shantavira|^{feed me}

The all-or-nothing nature of the problem makes me think faulty electronics, like an engine control module with a loose connection. StuRat (talk) 03:41, 9 April 2012 (UTC)