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...teen-ager in rural Pennsylvania, far from the sea, Burt Webber had visions of finding long-lost treasure in sunken ships. First he took up scuba diving; later he embarked on a long trail of treasureless sea hunts, barely supporting his growing family as a peripatetic encyclopedia salesman and brickworker. But last November Webber's ship finally came in. Blessed by coincidence and new technology, the 36-year-old adventurer located the site of a 17th century Spanish galleon, the Concepción, some 80 miles north of the Dominican Republic. With his research partner, Jack Haskins...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Treasure of Silver Shoals | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

Jerry Brown and Linda Ronstadt will marry. Amelia Earhart will turn up in a Japanese jail. A thought-reading machine will be produced. A dentist will romance Olivia Newton-John. Burt Reynolds will get hurt making a rodeo shot. The achievement of formal peace between Israel and Egypt will be thwarted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: A Remebrance of Things Future | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

Keith Oberg (142 1bs.) lost to Coast Guard's Rick Burt, 4-2, but David Baer, also wrestling at 142 1bs., garnered two wins against MIT and Lowell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Matmen Pin Lowell, MIT, Drop One to Coast Guard | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...Widerman (H) pinned Thomas (CG), 1:48; 126--Kief (H) dec. Trapp (CG), 5-0; 134--Taylor (CG) dec. B. Baer (H), 10-4; 142--Burt (CG) dec. Oberg (H), 4-2; 150--Franklin (H) and Yost (CG) draw, 8-8; 158--McCaffery (CG) dec. Montgomery (H), 13-1; 167--Mason (H) dec. Metrick (CG), 14-5; 177--Chittden (CG) dec. Cimmarrusti (H), 8-4; 190--Williams (H) dec. Brown (CG), 10-8; UNL--Sattergrin (CG) pinned Beling (H), 5:23. Attendance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEEKEND SCOREBOARD | 1/15/1979 | See Source »

...undermine her credibility, Burt also painted Greta, 23, as a sexually troubled woman. Her peccadilloes, admitted before trial, included extramarital affairs, two abortions (one for a child not her husband's), and a lesbian relationship (the last she later denied). She enjoys the publicity that has accompanied the prosecution of her husband, said Burt; according to witnesses, she announced that she is going to "be rich and famous" after signing a movie contract to tell her story. Before the trial Burt protested: "There are enough problems with the marital relationship without allowing one spouse to charge the other with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Against a Wife's Will? | 1/1/1979 | See Source »

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