Atlantis ruins claim disputed by photos off Cadiz
In Cadiz Spain an American expedition says photos do not yet prove divers sighted ruins from Atlantis. Maxine Asher of the Ancient Mediterranean Research Association remains skeptical while presenting a photo of artifacts. Dr Edgerton Sykes notes lack of land settlement for 8000 years argues the ruins would predate Phoenician Greek or Roman influence.
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Atlantis
Maxine Asher
Ancient Mediterranean Research Association
Edgerton Sykes
Diahann Carroll Divorced in Reno Nevada
Singer Diahann Carroll and Freddie Glusman were granted a divorce in Washoe District Court Reno. Glusman filed June 22 citing incompatibility and surmountable differences. Carroll did not contest the divorce. they wed four months earlier in Las Vegas.
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Glusman
Las Vegas
Miss Carroll
David Frost
American firms showcase aeronautical tech in Moscow expo
Twenty seven U S companies display advanced aeronautical equipment at a Moscow exhibition to aid Soviet civil air traffic control modernization. The 10 day event opens amid Western scrutiny after a sequence of Soviet air crashes, highlighting safety and efficiency concerns.
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Moscow
Nyt
Soviet Union
United States
Parole Board Holds McGraw Hill Hoax Author Irving
Clifford Irving, author of the Howard Hughes biography hoax, is before the Danbury parole board with a decision not expected for weeks after serving 11 months of a two year term. He pleaded that his two young sons Nedsky and Barnaby were deprived of both parents while his wife Edith, 37, faces a two year Swiss jail sentence for her role in the conspiracy and the $750000 payment from McGraw Hill.
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Danbury
McGraw Hill
Irving
Bruce Lee Dies in Hong Kong At Age 32
Chinese actor Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong on Friday at 32, an AP report says. He was known as a karate and kung fu expert and recently starred in The Chinese Connection, with cause of death not immediately known.
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Bruce Lee
Hong Kong
France tests nuclear device at Mururoa atoll
Wellington reports France detonated a controversial nuclear device at Mururoa in the South Pacific on Saturday. The blast was observed by the New Zealand protest frigate Otago about 20 miles upwind. Australia and New Zealand had sought ICJ action in The Hague to halt the test over radiation concerns.
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France
Mururoa Atoll
South Pacific
New Zealand
Otago
Naval Headquarters
Australia
International Court of Justice
the Hague
Californians buy two Comstock Lode mines in Nevada
Two California men acquired the Europa and Bonanza mines for 4750 dollars at a Storey County tax auction in Virginia City. Opening bids were 298 dollars each. Wayne Milani of Alameda bought Europa for 4100 dollars. S J Carlton of Vallejo won Bonanza.
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Virginia City
Nev
Comstock Lode
Storey County
Wayne Milani
Alemda
Calif
Europa
S. J. Carlton
Vallejo
Miss Universe Crown Goes To Philippines Moran In Athens
Maria Margarita Moran of the Philippines, age 19, was crowned Miss Universe at the Herod Atticus theater near the Acropolis. Amanda Jones of Evanston Illinois finished first runnerup, with Norway, Spain, and Israel among top finalists and participants from Argentina Brazil Colombia India Lebanon Japan and Greece.
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Maria Margarita Moran
Philippines
Miss Moran
Acropolis
U.S.A
Amanda Jones
Evanston
Ill
Norway
Aina’ Walle
Maria Rocio’ Martin
Limor Schreibman
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
India
Lebanon
Japan
Greece
Mystery Road of Morgan County Walks Through History
Douglas Fuller, a Cullman native living in Decatur, investigates Stout s Road the oldest public road in Morgan County. Authorized in 1818 and cut by 1820 it linked Somerville to Cullman County and fed early mills and trade along a lone north south route. Fuller seeks the original homes of the road jury members to trace the path though two years of searching yielded no definitive locations.
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Douglas Fuller
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Decatur
Cotaco
Somerville
Cullman County
Tennessee River
Huntsville
Gandy’s Cove
Cotaco County
Fuller
North Alabama
Virginia
North Carolina
Cove
Stout
Abraham Stout
Peter Couch
John Gandy
Greenberry Wilson
Benjamin Weeks
Joseph Turney
Samuel Rhea
Federal Land Office
Stouts Road
Tuscaloosa
Elyton
Birmingham
Morgan County Preservation
Alabama Historical Commission
Mt. Hope Church
Mt. View Church
Union Hill
Falk
Couch
Gandy
Wilson
Weeks
Turney
Rhea
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Augusta College
Augusta
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Willie Duches
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Richard Frost
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Albertville
Scatar
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Fort Payne
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Homewood
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Sheffield
Snead
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