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MAJORITY FAVORABLE
April 29, 2008
H. 4904
Introduced by Reps. Alexander, Branham, Crawford, Lowe and Williams
S. Printed 4/29/08--S.
Read the first time April 9, 2008.
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 4904) to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the unintentional release of an unarmed atomic warhead over the Mars Bluff community, etc., respectfully
Has polled the Concurrent Resolution out majority favorable.
TO COMMEMORATE THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE OF AN UNARMED ATOMIC WARHEAD OVER THE MARS BLUFF COMMUNITY IN FLORENCE COUNTY.
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly pause to thank Almighty Providence for the danger from which the citizens of this great State were mercifully spared on March 11, 1958; and
Whereas, fifty years ago when the fated B-47 out of Savannah, Georgia, left on a training mission, no one could have foreseen its role in the unintentional release of an unarmed atomic warhead over the Mars Bluff community of Florence County when a problem occurred with the pin locking the bomb into its cradle; and
Whereas, perhaps the only time such a weapon has accidentally fallen on a civilian community, the seven-thousand-pound, ten-foot-long, warhead fell fifteen thousand feet onto the Pee Dee community, tearing a crater fifty feet in diameter and thirty-five feet deep, destroying one nearby home, and cracking plaster in homes for miles around; and
Whereas, erosion and rain have filled in most of the crater, but two fragments of the bomb have remained for decades in the Florence Museum, and Florence County plans to place a historical marker in June to commemorate the unusual event; and
Whereas, under the auspices of the Florence City-County Historical Commission and Mars Bluff Historical Commission, chairwoman Marshall M. Yarborough has coordinated plans for a ceremony to mark the bombing's anniversary; and
Whereas, the members of the South Carolina General Assembly express profound gratitude that military safeguards prevented a nuclear explosion and loss of life in the disaster, and commend the citizens of Florence County for commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the event at Mars Bluff. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the unintentional release of an unarmed atomic warhead over the Mars Bluff community in Florence County.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to Mrs. Marshall M. Yarborough.
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