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History: Cochran, Eisenhower, Dettweiler shaped fate of golf in Indio
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBritain desperately needed airplanes and pilots from the United States at the beginning of World War...
Fastest woman on Earth — 70 years later
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoSeventy years ago, Jackie Cochran broke the sound barrier. Here’s the story of how she did it. The post Fastest woman on Earth — 70 years later appeared...
5 Female World War II Heroes to Know
Time via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCredit - National Archives Catalog (3); U.S. Navy/Wiki Commons; U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command/Wiki Commons When most people think of women's...
History: Keeping the desert sparkling clean gave Marian Henderson purpose
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn a Desert Sun newspaper profile, Marian Marsh Henderson quipped: "I am as old as I look and as...
History: From golf to B-17s, stylish 'girl' Helen Dettweiler easily kept up with 'the men'
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Girl Will Give Sports Report” read the headline in the Minneapolis Star Tribune in September 1938....
Two killed in crash involving semi-truck in Thermal on Friday
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTwo people died in a crash between a vehicle and a semi-truck in Thermal on Friday, Cal Fire...
History: Desert Congressman Dalip Saund was democracy in practice
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 2 years agoGeographically, California’s 29th congressional district created after the 1940 Census was huge —...
More festivalgoers are flying from LA to Coachella via chartered helicopters, jets
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSure, traffic between Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley is pretty bad over music festival...
Famous birthdays for May 11: Tim Blake Nelson, Jonathan Jackson
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoTim Blake Nelson attends a photo call for "The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs" at the 75th Venice Film...
Okaloosa County honors Women's Veterans Day for the first time
Northwest Florida Daily News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFORT WALTON BEACH — On June 12, 1948, President Harry S Truman signed the Women's Armed Service...
