Ancient Armenian hill reveals Iron Age Pittsburgh hub
Excavations at a volcanic hill near Metsamor Armenia uncover a Bronze to Iron Age metalworking center with 500 smelting furnaces, bone flux bricks, and early iron smelting. Artifacts include 14 bronze alloys, bones, ceramics, and an observatory aligned to Sirius.
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Metsamor
U.S.S.R
Mount Ararat
Pittsburgh
Soviet Armenia
Koryun Mkrtchyan
Ergani
Maden
Turkey
Armenian Academy of Sciences
Yerevan
Urartu
Emma Khanzadian
Sirius
Neverby Byurakay Observatory
Bauxite Boom Faces Guinea’s Poverty and Politics
Guinea near a bauxite export boom poses hopes of lifting the economy yet observers fear political instability and a crippling debt. Boke’s vast mineral riches contrast with widespread poverty as a deteriorating port and road network hinder growth. The government seeks $16 million yearly from bauxite sales mid 1970s while debt exceeds $200 million, owed largely to the Soviet Union and China.
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William Borders
N.Y
Boke
Guinea
Conakry
West Africa
Sekou Toure
France
Soviet Union
China
Kennedy seeks halt to Atlantic offshore oil plans
UPI reports Senator Edward J. Kennedy and 60 lawmakers urged Interior Secretary Rogers Morton to suspend Atlantic coast offshore drilling. They fear oil spills could devastate New England beaches and Georges Bank fisheries. House members led by Rep. Norman F. Lent called delaying leases until safer spill cleanup procedures are established and environmental studies are completed.
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Washington
UPI
Edward J. Kennedy
D-Mass
Rogers Morton
Atlantic
Cape Cod
Long Island
New England
Middle Atlantic
Rogers
Kennedy
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
National Academy of Sciences
NAS
House
Norman F. Lent
R-N.y
Morton
Interior Department
Georges Bank
Lent
Atlantic Coast
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Armenia
Walter Sullivan
Times News Service
Aza
Mkrtchyan
Mesopotamia
Toure
Mom
Halt
Hebburn, England
Brian Lumsden
Lumsden
America
Catamount National Bank
Brattleboro
Bennington
North Bennington
Manchester Center
Wise Women Shop
Save-Way Supermarket
Mammoth Mart
Grants
Grants Bradford House
Sradford House
Dart
Dodge
Williams & Bugbee Inc. , Plus Friendly Service
Vermont
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