Scientists Save Early Christian Art From the Nile At Aswan Dam
Scientists using delicate thads peel 1 300 year old frescoes from plaster at Aswan and Faras preserving 169 works dating to about 600. Polish and Dutch teams apply adhesive layers and protective material to lift paint without damage, then ship pieces to Cairo for age and material testing. The two groups preserve Byzantine style mosaics and figures of apostles and saints tied to early Christian heritage of Alexandria and Copts enduring under Islamic rule.
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AIRO
Faras
Sudan
Michalowski
Ikenésso
Mugeum
Cairo
Nile
Ban on parked vehicles on Lovers Lane proposed
Whitefish Bay residents pressured the village board to curb litter as lovers lane sees beer bottles piling up after 10 p.m. The measure bans parking there from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. but council member Glenn B Elliott doubts the ban will stop the problem, saying couples will park anyway.
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Whitefish
Blay, Wiss
Upsy
the Village - Board
Glenn B.elliott
Worried Pig acquittal ends 10 month case in Oceanside
Ralph Prater of Escondido was acquitted by Municipal Court Judge Daniel Leedy in a nonjury trial of grazing a pig for profit. Eleven witnesses testified as Prater, president of the North Country Fair Boar, faced a greased pitching contest set for June 8. He was arrested before the event and the judge found the prosecution failed to prove the pig was worried.
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Oceanside
UPI
Ralph Prater
Ascondido
Daniel Leedy
Prater
North Country Fair Boar
Police and fire unions press for 200 million NY pay raise
In New York police and fire unions join to demand an estimated 200 million dollars in wages and benefits. They urge the city to bargain jointly with the Patrolmen's Benevolent Society and the Uniformed Firemen's Association to lift salaries about 10 percent at the bottom and up to 20 percent at the top.
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N.Y
New York
Patrolmen's Benevolent Society
UniformedFiremen's Association
Biologist Discusses Life Made in Test Tubes
University of Illinois biologist Sol Spiegelman described producing in a test tube an RNA strand plus chemicals that formed self duplicating, mutating nucleic acid. He argued some view this as life while others say viruses are not independently living. scientists aim to understand replication to control diseases like polio and cancer.
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Phoenix, Ariz
University of
Sol Spiggelman
Illinois
Spiegelman
Jys
Aid
Ilinois
John
Vatican
Dr. Spiegelman
Spiegel
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