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personnel. It housed 425 FAA personnel. Later, the 120 housing units built for the FAA were supplemented by 11 homes for staff members of the Middle
America Research Unit (MARU), a medical research laboratory of the National Institute of Health (NIH).
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Cardenas, apart from one community center. In 1971, the site was characterized as "the most isolated community in the canal zone with respect to recreational facilities."
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Boy Scout Troop 14 had its meetings at the
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113:"B-173009, JUL 20, 1971"
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57:LDS Church
127:Category
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39:Overview
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