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The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a ...
Penny Falls, the first recognizable coin pusher. The first recognizable coin pusher was Penny Falls, created by Alfred Crompton Ltd (later Crompton's Leisure Machines, LLC) in 1964. [1] [2] Penny Falls featured a single, large, moving playfield divided into 12 sections, where 12 players could play simultaneously. Players added coins to the ...
On the night of June 19, 1992, a robbery occurred at a convenience store in Oklahoma City, resulting in the death of the store owner, who was shot by two robbers. [2]On that night, at around 10:15 p.m., 31-year-old Kenneth Meers, the owner of the convenience store, was working with two employees, Tony Hulsey and Hulsey's brother, Danny Waldrup.
Buford Pusser Home and Museum in Adamsville. Buford Hayse Pusser (December 12, 1937 – August 21, 1974) was the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970 and constable of Adamsville from 1970 to 1972.
Ron Penfound was born on January 28, 1927, in Elyria, Ohio, to Archie and Marjorie (Saywell) Penfound, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.. He attended Kenyon College and shared a dorm with actor Paul Newman.
Heather Renee Penney (born September 18, 1974) is a defense policy expert at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies in Arlington, Virginia.She is best known for her role as a USAF lieutenant who was one of two F-16 pilots who flew their unarmed planes in an attempt to ram and down [1] United Airlines Flight 93 before it reached Washington, D.C., during the September 11, 2001, terrorist ...
Edwards appeared as Nan Gable in the 1958 episode, "Two-Gun Nan", on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days. [7]: 120 In 1954, Edwards announced her retirement from acting "to do the Lord's work in whatever way He wills." [8] She and her husband, Ralph Winters, planned to join the Seventh-day Adventist Church. [9]
Spillman was convicted of the April 1995 rape and murders of Rita Huffman, 48, and her daughter Mandy, 14, and the 1994 murder of Penny Davis, 9. The two had been bludgeoned, stabbed, and their bodies mutilated. Spillman had forced a baseball bat into Mandy's vagina and removed the skin from her vagina and placed it on her face.