Titanic artifact hunt sparks live TV treasure hunt
Hollywood teams with French scientists and a Texas oil man to recover artifacts from the Titanic and open three safes on live TV. Westgate Group plans a summer expedition from 12 000 feet, likening it to Indiana Jones. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute raises legal and ethical concerns.
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Boston
Hollywood
John Joslyn
Westgate Group
Lucas
Spielberg
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Logging Delay Expands Owl Habitat in Oregon
The Bureau of Land Management postponed 24 timber sales in Oregon to temporarily expand protected habitat for the spotted owl. The sales involve 138 million board feet of Douglas fir and other trees and are deferred until state director Charles Luscher decides if further environmental statements are needed before April 1.
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Portland
Ore
Federal Bureau of Land Management
BLM
Charles
Bill’’ Luscher
Weather snapshot shows cold snap and mild rebound
A brief spring spell gave a 70 degree high yesterday while this afternoon remains near 50 or below. Tonight drops to the low 20s with sunny skies returning tomorrow and a high in the lower 50s. Details on Page 2B.
Deaths of Local Residents Passed Away in Georgia and Florida
List of deceased individuals including Mattie Blocker Aiken Joseph N Burton Monetta Viola Davis New York Julia Elliott Summerton Edward Ford Hephzibah Ga Francis Freeman North Augusta Hiley Hammac Hephzibah Ga Bertha Hannah Aiken Joan Keltz Augusta J D Kight Jacksonville Fla Mary Moody Augusta Celia Moore Hephzibah Ga John Scurry North Augusta Dorothy Snipes Aiken Willie Till Aiken with locations attached for each obituary notice.
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Mattie Blocker
Aiken
Joseph N. Burton
Monetta
Viola Davis
New York
Julia C. Elliott
Summerton
Edward J. Ford
Hephzibah
Francis B. Freeman
North Augusta
Hiley Hammac
Hephiibah
Bertha A. Hannah
Joan R. Keltz
Augusta
J.D. Kight
Jacksonville
Fla
Mary S. Moody
Celia R. Moore
John H. Scurry
Dorothy
Snowstorms and Wind Hit Northeast States
A major snowstorm swept the Northeast after slamming the Great Lakes with blizzard gusts to 86 mph. Weather warnings extended into southern New England and New York's eastern Long Island with up to 16 inches of snow forecast. Downed power lines and a breached seawall along Chicago's Lake Michigan were noted as crews rushed to restore services.
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Great Lakes
Chicago
Lake Michigan
New England
New York
Long Island
North Carolina
Ohio River Valley
Betty Fladd
Erie
Jim Gurka
National Weather Service
Boston
Ohio
West Virginia
University of Akron
Kent State University
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Cleveland Hopkins International
al Munnerly
Cable franchising debated as satellite scrambling prompts row
Aiken County faces a debate over cable franchising as satellite dish scrambling by major programmers provokes outrage among dish owners and retailers. Quarles Cable Co of Greenwood meets with the Development Committee at 5 30 p m to discuss a possible county franchise alongside Budget Enterprises Inc of Moncks Corner.
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Aiken Cablevisions
Cablevision of
North Augusta
Dish
Aiken County Council
Quarles Cable Co
Greenwood
County Council
Richland Avenue
Budget Enterprises Inc
Monck’s Corner
Aiken County
Quarles
Dish Owners
Reading Gives Former Bath Mill Worker New Job Skill
Daisy Robinson, a 16 year Bath Mill veteran and former harness builder, trained with the Literacy Council of Aiken County after the mill closed in 1985. She learned reading and writing to improve her job prospects and now works in a clothing store and a mill while pursuing a high school diploma. Her tutor, Frank Manter, emphasizes the hard choice to begin learning and the commitment needed to succeed.
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Reading
Bath Mill
Daisy Robinson
Robinson
North
Augusta
Literacy Council
Aiken County
Columbia
Laubach
Frank Manter
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West
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Eric
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Associated Press
Beirut
Lebanon
U.S
Israel
Alain Steen
Steen
Shimon Peres
United States
Islamic Jihad For the Liberation of Palestine
Beirut University College
America
Robert Polhill
New York City
Jesse Turner
Boise
Idaho
Mithileshwar Singh
India
Nabih Berri
Amal
Peres
Revolutionary Justice Organization
An-Nahar
Edward Austin Tracy
Hezbollah
TV Signal Packager
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