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Washington Post article on Groom lawsuit

The Washington Post ran a lengthy article on Groom Lake on Sunday,
July 20, 1997

See full article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1997-07/20/032l-072097-idx.html

(If missing, see Local copy of
article)


"Secrets Under the Sun"

Out in the Nevada desert is Area 51, a military base so
hush-hush it does not officially exist. Tell that to the
widows of the men who died there.

LAS VEGAS-In the dim light of her tidy trailer, the widow dabs at her
eyes and presents proof that the man she loved for more than four
decades -- "my Wally" -- existed. Proof that he was born, worked,
sacrificed, lived and died. An ordinary man, but one like no other.
His name was Walter S. Kasza, and Stella Kasza wants you to know that,
damn it, he existed. He was her man.

She displays his Army papers: He landed in Europe in '44, fought in
the Ardennes, earned three bronze stars. On the paneled wall hangs
their wedding portrait -- St. Norbert's Church in Detroit, 1950 -- and
pictures of their children. "You're together that long, you eat
together, you sleep together," Stella says, her voice dissipating to a
sigh. More tears, another tissue.

From the pantry she retrieves a brown paper bag full of empty pill
vials. For years the doctors couldn't figure out why Wally was
coughing so much, why his skin cracked and bled, turning their
bedsheets red. They prescribed unguents, antibiotics, decongestants,
pain killers. His guts ached for years, too, and when they finally
found the kidney cancer, even morphine didn't help the pain. He died
in April 1995, a wraith, 73 years old.

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