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by Paul Harris (To print, first click on
puzzle, then print)
Solution will be in the next issue.
This month's puzzle is on Nininger

Across
6 Who did Nininger encourage months before his death.
12 Booklet published in 1947 about tektites
13 The Nininger Laboratory took the name The _______ Meteorite Laboratory in
1937
14 First name of youngest Daughter
15 Nininger moved The American Meteorite Museum from near Meteor Crater to
______ Arizona in 1953.
Down
1 ______ State University purchased the remaining Nininger meteorite collection
in 1960
2 Term coined by Nininger for the metallic droplets at Meteor Crater
3 Nininger picked up over 12,000 small iron fragments at Meteor Crater with a
______ rake attached to his car.
4 ____9, 1923. The night that changed Nininger's life forever.
5 The name of the buffalo wallow excavated by Nininger.
7 This device was used by Nininger and his som Bob at Odessa Crater
8 Australian meteorite described as a medium octahedrite but corrected to a
________ by Nininger
9 Largest meteorite ever recovered by Nininger.
10 Nininger's American Meteorite Museum open in 1946 on ______ near Meteor
Crater
11 Nininger's first job during World War II was as a _______ investigator
