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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1979
Page
5
The editor notes this is the second year Clive Cussler has hunted for John Paul Jones ship Bonhomme Richard. He has spent about $140,000 without locating the vessel, yet his wealth from Raise the Titanic allows the pursuit to continue.
Author Clive Cussler leads a six person expedition funded by his foundation to locate the Revolutionary War ship Bonhomme Richard off Flamborough Head England using sonar detectors tide data and research. He plans to donate any artifacts to British US and French museums while pursuing the Confederate Hunley next year.
Wilson College, a 110 year old liberal arts school for women near the Maryland border, was saved by a judge’s injunction. Alumni, students, and faculty organized a campaign with more than 1.5 million in pledges to keep the college alive, while critics blamed management and a lack of modern, career oriented courses. The college plans to reopen with a lean program as enrollment dropped from 722 in 1968 to 214 this year.
Saunderstown curator Mrs. Kenneth Pettigrew comments on where Stuart portraits of George and Martha Washington should hang. Boston and Washington vie for the works valued at $5 million, with museums seeking to buy and match funds to keep them in Boston. Pettigrew notes mill restoration work and recalls Stuart’s boyhood home nearby.
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