Treasure Hunters and State Share Six Million From Wreck
Divers led by Mel Fisher claim a haul near Key West totaling about 6 million in gold silver coins and jewelry from a 17th century ship. Florida will keep 25 percent with archivists counting the rest. researchers pursue exact origin amid SEC scrutiny of Fisher’s ventures.
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Tallahassee
Fia
la Nuestra de Atuche
Mel Fisher
Key West
Flo Fisher
Bruce Smathers
Achives
Fisher
Robert Williams
Securities and Exchange Commission
Havana
Atoche
Williams
The
Keys
Supreme Court shields press from listing rape victim names
The court ruled news media cannot be punished for accurately publishing information from public court records. The decision voided a Georgia law criminalizing publishing rape victim names and left open limits on reporting sealings or nonpublic records. The case involved 17 year old Cynthia Cohn killed in a Fulton County rape and reporting by WSB-TV Atlanta.
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Washington
CDN
Supreme Court
Georgia
Bryan R. White
William H. Rehnquist
Cynthia Cohn
Higher Education for the Hit Man
Detroit police say a Detroit based school for professional assassins is out of business with nearly all alumni jailed or dead. Police chief Phillip Tannian refused to share student numbers or details while noting pending prosecutions and a forthcoming policy change on officer weapon carry.
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East Lansing, Mich
Detroit
Phillip Tannian
Tannian
Michigan State University
Tauman
Chester Wheeler Campbell
Oakland County
Campbell
Filibuster Stalls Reform Effort In Senate Battle
Senator James B. Allen kept the Senate in session until 8:52 p m EDT and read from the Senate Journal for three hours to block a rules change. The chamber moved closer to a compromise by voting 51 to 40 to reverse a prior decision on ending debate at the start of a session, with reformers seeking a three-fifths threshold and opponents pushing two thirds. The plan now awaits further action, with a Wednesday vote targeted.
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Washington
UPS
James B. Allen
Senate
Allen
'Dead' Climber Survives After 244 Days Lost on Mt Washington
Edward Paton, 24, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, survived 244 days lost on Mount Washington after an avalanche and snowstorm delayed rescuers. He trekked through extreme conditions with minimal gear, sleeping in snow and using isometric exercises to endure hunger and cold. A motorist later found him near Route 11 and drove him to the Appalachian Club office for food.
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Pinkham Notch
N. H
UPS
Edward Paton
New Hampshire
Paton
Easthampton
Mass
Mt. Washington
Ron Jong
Tuckerman Ravine
Frank Jurowski
John Browns
East Hartland
Conn
Route 11
Appalachian Club
Joel White
Club
Cambodian Front Wounded Flood Strains Phnom Penh Hospital
At Military Hospital 400 in Phnom Penh doctors see about 60 new casualties daily from front line fighting. The facility, crowded with 10 beds per cubicle, lacks medicines and plasma while soldiers endure injuries and dwindling morale amid a brutal stalemate.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Tdio
Pimnora Penh
United States
Tord
Phum Thom
Khmer Rouge
Phat Pocu
PBS Nova examines ease of making an atomic bomb by public information
A PBS Nova episode recounts a MIT graduate student designing a working bomb in five weeks using public information. Swedish expert Jan Prawitz warned of a fair chance it would explode with about 100 tons of TNT yield. The design relies on minor high school algebra and film clips show terrorist groups could obtain plutonium, raising security concerns.
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Boston
PBS
Stiumee Oo Serias
Defense Department
Jan Prawitz
Prawitz
Theodore ‘Taylor
UPI
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