2,400-year-old ship raised off Kyrenia to revive history
Oberlin College professor Michael Katzev and his wife Susan led an expedition that raised a 60-foot Greek merchant ship sunk circa 300 B.C. near Kyrenia. The crew, including 50 divers and volunteers, recovered amphorae, coins, and hull sections, planning a museum display after Carbon-14 dating set the hull at 389 B.C. plus or minus 44 years.
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Oberlin College
Cyprus
Michael Katzev
Susan
Kyrenia
Mediterranean Sea
Katzev
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
Turkey
United States
Katzer
Father’s Day reflections on family growth and guidance
A personal essay recalls Father’s Day moments across a blended family. The narrator notes five children from natural and adopted ties, with daughters achieving nursing and marriage, stepsons pursuing aviation work, and active youth in school and clubs, all shaping a lasting paternal influence.
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Hiller Aviation
End pollution forever say ecology expert in New York
Dr Elvis J. Stahl Jr of the National Audubon Society warns that survival alone is not enough and urges repairing damage and preventing pollution. He stresses environmental education as the society's key role in conservation and ecology.
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New York
UPI
Elvis J. Stahl Jr
National Audubon Society
Stahr
Army
John F. Kennedy
Audubon Society
Sojourner Truth a Pioneer for Abolition and Women’s Rights
The life of Sojourner Truth, born around 1797 near Kingston New York, who adopted the name Truth in 1843, her abolition and suffrage work, famed Akron Ohio speech on gender equality, Civil War nursing, and later years in Battle Creek Michigan culminating in her death in 1682 and burial at Oak Hill Cemetery.
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Isabella Baumtree
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Sojourner
Akron
Ohio
Lincoln
White House
Kingston
Battle Creek
Mich
Oak Hill Cemetery
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the Chronicle-Telegram
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