On September 19, 1957, the United States detonated a 1.7-kiloton
nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site
(NTS), a 1,375-square-mile research center located 65 miles north
of Las Vegas. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained
underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout. A
modified W-25 warhead weighing 218 pounds and measuring
25.7 inches in diameter and 17.4 inches in length was used
for the test. Rainier was part of a series of 29 nuclear weapons
and nuclear weapons safety tests known as Operation Plumbob
that were conducted at the NTS between May 28, 1957, and
October 7, 1957.

NEW YORK (AP) — A very special birth certificate will be auctioned
off later this year — a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution.

Sotheby’s announced Friday — appropriately on Constitution Day —
that in November it will put up for auction one of just 11 surviving
copies of the Constitution from the official first printing produced
for the delegates to the Constitutional Convention and for the
Continental Congress. It’s the only copy that remains in private
hands and has an estimate of $15-$20 million.

Jane Powell  (Suzanne Lorraine Burce)  
(April 1, 1929 – September 16, 2021)

(Fox News) – Jane Powell, an actress known for appearing in a
number of movie musicals, has died.

Powell died of natural causes on Thursday in her Wilton, Conn.,
home, according to longtime friend Susan Grander.

Powell was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where she
achieved local fame as a child singer.