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Posted by Olphart]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:06:41 -0600 Arkansas Times
Did you know that Kenneth Starr went to Harding for a while? When I first heard that, my first reaction was "why am I not surprised?".

The book I mentioned earlier IS available on Amazon. Do you think they'd pay me a penny if I provided the link? Probably not, so find it yourself.

I am trying to find my copy of the book to verify the disputed yield of the bomb as discussed before. I haven't found it yet. It's been several years since I've read it but I remember quite a bit about it because I once wrote a poem about the Titan II missile for a class I took for fun at UALR. I know, I know. Ain't that just like a liberal to attempt poetry about a weapon system? You know how many words rhyme with "thermonuclear"? Fortunately, the prof wasn't real big on rhymes anyway.

Guilt is another big thing with liberals so here's the link payoff or not.

http://www.amazon.com/Titan-Tales-Diary-Missile-Commander/dp/0965554600/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1361861775&sr=1-1&keywords=titan+tales

One funny review of the book from Amazon sounds like it could have been written by one of our resident trolls:

"if this is the major womack that i'm thinking of, i was on a crew with him. i wouldn't buy the book as i wouldn't want to advantage him in any way as i thought that he was a jerk."
Posted by Olphart]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:02:46 -0600 Arkansas Times Harding would not let boys and girls in their pool at the same time. That was the only venue where that was an issue, ever. It reminded me of Iran. Religious wack jobs. Road trip?
Posted by Hombre]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:40:48 -0600 Arkansas Times
I didn't get the 20 megaton figure from my usual source i.e. roughly half-way down my body on the dorsal side. I got it from a book, Titan Tales: Diary Of A Titan II Missile Crew Commander by retired Air Force Major John H. Womack. He was commander of a silo near Searcy (he never said which one). He said that at the time the book was written that the size of the thermonuclear device hadn't yet been declassified but he wasn't afraid to say that the yield was somewhere between 20 and 21 megatons. I can't say whether that was right or wrong, but if you're in an area hit by one of these, it probably wouldn't make a whole lot of difference whether it was a 9 or a 20.

I doubt that the book is still in print but you might find a used one on Amazon. Regardless of the size of the weapon, the book is a very interesting read for any of us who grew up in the area.
Posted by Olphart]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:24:33 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/ency…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGM-25C_Titan…
Posted by Sound Policy]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:39:12 -0600 Arkansas Times
The problem with Searcy has always been Harding College. George Benson was the college president in the 50's and he scared everybody off with all his anti-communist carrying-on. I'm surprised he didn't accuse Joe McCarthy of being soft on communism. He scared all us Searcy kids to death because, according to Benson, Harding College was so feared by the Ruskies that we'd be the first target in any nuclear war. Then to make it even worse, in the early sixties, the Air Force surrounded our little town with Titan II missile silos, each carrying a tidy little 20-megaton hydrogen bomb. I'm surprised we weren't all nervous wrecks.

The Church of Christ itself caused a lot of resentment even among other Christian denominations. They were THE Church and referred to themselves as THE SAVED.
Naturally, there were several other of "the one true religions" around town too. Yet another thing to worry about for us kids: you had to pick your church wisely cause the consequences were going to be horrible if you picked the wrong one. Everybody knew that Hell was gonna take up several square miles and Heaven, at most, half an acre. Yeah, Searcy was a lot of fun.

I gotta give Harding credit on one thing though. They banned dancing because it was only 1 small step from fornication. I always doubted it 'til many years later, Pfizer came out with those Viagra commercials on TV. Viagra allows you to dance again. Gotta give credit where credit's due.
Posted by Olphart]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:00:38 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 19:33:06 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by heatherbrowning]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:39:58 -0600 Arkansas Times
Never mind.
Posted by scrapper72]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:49:29 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Citizen1]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:00:33 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by CatMan Did]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:41:36 -0600 Arkansas Times
Robert Randolph, the man who set them free:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDxrkYl_-Pc

More on the Liberation of Harding U :
http://www.arktimes.com/RockCandy/archives…
Posted by eLwood]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:21:32 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by louie]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:10:36 -0600 Arkansas Times
LRU was a nice small college back then. UALR not so much today......in my opinion.
Posted by larock72]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:05:33 -0600 Arkansas Times
When I was teaching high school and we played Harding in football, we arrived early and enjoyed Little B's Mexican. They later opened another restaurant in Conway. I haven't been to Searcy in years exccept for a funeral wake since Conway is eqwual distance and offers more connections.
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:56:45 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by HolyGuano]]> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:52:37 -0600 Arkansas Times