Israel's past explored by a modern archaeologist
In New York, Ya'akov Meshorer of the Israel Museum details ongoing digs across Israel, including emergency excavations tied to new coins and artifacts. He notes discoveries such as a Sepphoris coin reshaping Jewish history, a ceremonial chalice linking First Temple practices, and the fleur de lys as a Jewish symbol, underscoring how archaeology enriches Jewish, Islamic, and Christian heritage amid Israel's ongoing national journey.
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Norman Nadel
New York
NEA
Janus
Israel
Middle East
Ya’akov Meshorer
Israel Museum
Jerusalem
Meshorer
Sepphoris
Judah
Patriarch
Caracalla
Antoninus
David
Solomon
France
Judaea
B.C
Detroit firm unveils car theft proofing system
Keycon Corp of Detroit debuts a computerized device that locks doors, raises windows, closes the sunroof and disables the engine when the driver leaves the car. A coded plastic card reactivates the vehicle, targeting luxury and foreign cars and aiming to curb the about one million annual thefts.
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Detroit
API
Keycon Corp
Donald D. Richardson
Richardson
Keycon
A cryptic note on alphabets from a bygone era
A puzzling line notes AY as the first letter in all alphabets except the old German where it is the fourth and the Ethiopian where it is the 13th. The snippet preserves the peculiar reference to language order and linguistic quirks from an historical text.
Pig races and jaws display at Farm Progress Show
At the 1978 Farm Progress Show in Taylorville Illinois exhibitors promote products with a Jaws themed cornfield display and a pig racing attraction. FMC Corp Faradan and Heinold Downs pig races draw crowds as Jim Rife and Ray Holding discuss educational and promotional aims amid a sea of farm equipment and exhibits from DeKalb AgResearch subsidiaries.
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Taylorville
Ill
UPI
Heinold Downs
Prairie Farmer Magazine
Jim Rife
North Manchester
Ind
Rife
Washington
Suspect in four Chicago slayings pleads innocent
CHICAGO UP I Suspect Brian Maxey 20 pleads innocent to charges he raped and killed Katrina Tolbert 14. Maxey held without bond in Cook County Jail. Tolbert found Sept 8 near South Side by police after being reported missing five days earlier. Detectives tie him to three other South Side girls killed in past 15 months: Sarah Harmon 16 Veronica Hayes 18 Lynette Roach 14. At arrest he faced bond in Birmingham Alabama for a 20 year old slaying and an April rape case.
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Chicago
UPI
South Side
Katrina Tolbert
Brian Maxey
Cook County
Miss Tolbert
Joseph
DiLeonardi
Maxey
Sarah Harmon
Calumet River
Veronica Hayes
Lynette Roach
Birmingham
Ala
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Slims & Reg
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Faradan
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Ray Holding
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Holding
DeKalb AgResearch, Inc
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Fabric Center
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Lockport
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