News 6 Mashup: May 16, 2022

Here is this week’s News 6 mashup of stories for the week of May 16, 2022, straight from AWN News 6 Correspondent, Jolene McNutt:

Water Advisory Lifted at Ft. Bliss Medical Center

William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss, Texas has resolved its water contamination issue, one month after it was initially discovered, reported Stars and Stripes. “The hospital’s water has been deemed safe and an advisory was lifted.” A valve failure caused the hospital’s water softener system to introduce salty water into the water system.

Gun Safe Exempt from PCS Weight

A new PCS rule will allow service members to “ship gun safes up to 500 pounds” without it counting against their household goods weight allowance, as long as weight does not exceed 18,000 pounds, shared Military.com. “Defense Department officials said Wednesday the new benefit is part of an overall effort to encourage safe weapons storage to protect children from accidental deaths and prevent suicides or tragic outcomes from domestic violence.”

Nepali Man Breaks Record: Climbs Mount Everest 26 Times

A Nepali mountaineer broke his own world record after summiting Mount Everest for the 26th time, said NPR.org. “Kami Rita Sherpa has set and broken the world record for Everest ascents almost every spring for the past four years.” Sherpa has been climbing for over 35 years and his father was one of the first professional guides “when Nepal began allowing international climbers in 1950.” Sherpa began working as a porter transporting gear to Everest’s base camp at age 12.

This Week in History

On May 15, 1940, brothers Dick and Mac McDonald opened their first McDonald’s drive-in restaurant with car hop service in San Bernardino, California. They began streamlining their operation, calling their swift system the: Speedee Service System and by 1948, they transformed from a drive-in to a self-service drive-in restaurant with a severely reduced menu that featured nine items: a 15 cent hamburger, cheeseburger, soft drinks, milk, coffee, potato chips and a slice of pie. Within a year, the menu transformed again, french fries replaced the potato chips and a Triple Thick Milkshake arrived. By 1955, the first McDonald’s franchise was opened east of the Mississippi river by Ray Kroc and they made $366.12 on their first day open. Kroc envisioned there would be 1,000 McDonald’s restaurants across the U.S. Now there are over 36,000 restaurants in over 100 nations. The McDonald’s website shared that the most recent opening was in Kazakhstan in 2016. Check out more McDonald’s history  and see the evolution of the McDonald’s architecture!

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