Maya decline theory challenged by Arkology experts
University of Arizona archaeologist Dr William L Rathje argues new studies in Yucatan and Cozumel show Maya history in the centuries before the Spanish conquest was not decline but reorientation. He notes Mayapan mercy ethic, rising mass living standards, and marine trade growth with large storage depots on Cozumel linked by causeways.
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Cliff Smith
Copley News Service
United States
Empire State Building
Hoover Dam
University of Arizona
William L Rathje
Yucatan
Cozumel
Rathje
Mayapan
Strange Marine recruit death prompts nationwide scrutiny
The 1970s case of Lynn E. McClure, a Texas recruit who died after a mock bayonet drill at San Diego, triggered a public inquiry led by the President and drew responses from Navy Secretary Middendorf. Investigations examined misrepresentations on his enlistment and the Marine Corps training practices amid debate over accountability.
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Marine Corps
Vietnam
Jimmy Howard
Howard
Texas
Lynn E. McClure
Betty Calhoun
Lufkin
Tex
United States
Navy
William Middendorf
McClure
Calhoun
San Diego
Lynn McClure
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
King Kong at Scottsdale Public Library Kids Film Festival
The North Branch at 7301 E. Indian Bend Rd will screen the 1933 classic King Kong at 4 p.m. on Wednesday. The free showing for elementary students runs about 90 minutes and follows the ape’s capture in a tropical isle and escape in New York.
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Scottsdale Public Library
North Branch
Indian Bend Rd
New York
World chess rules unsettled for 1978 title match
The 1978 world chess championship rules are unsettled with Fischer’s demands echoed in new proposals. FIDE and USCF debate match length, number of wins, draws, tie outcomes, and who starts with white if no tie is allowed. Anatoly Karpov opposes the bureau proposal seeking a limited games format.
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Ross Williams Copley
Robert Fischer
Boris Spassky
Ussr
U.S. Chess Federation
Fischer
World Chess Federation
FIDE
Fide Bureau
Special Commission
USCF
Ed Edmondson
Fide Central Committee
Central Committee
Fide Assembly
Haifa
Israel
Anatoly Karpov
Bureau
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King Kong
Fay Wray
USS. Air Force
Ches
Rafael
Vaganyan
Forintos
Hungary
Vaganyan Forintos
Kaiser
SUN Control
W. Indian School
Phose
Rurei
Tempe
McDowell Scottadale
Comebeck
Gleedale
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