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...that he's asked to supervise the salvage operation ("He'll only take a crack at something if it sounds impossible; otherwise he wants no part of it," says Admiral Robards of his mercenary friend). And David Selby is Dr. Seagram, a scientist who, somewhat inexplicably, learned enough at Cal Poly to both devise the laser shield and figure out how to find the Titanic. There is even a woman, Anne Archer, who plays a reporter for The Washington Star...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: SINK THE TITANIC | 8/8/1980 | See Source »

...light bulb. He (or increasingly she) is doing complicated electrical and plumbing jobs that used to be considered hands-off for amateurs. Hardware stores report a growing market for difficult-to-install bathtubs and showers. Professional tools like a ramset, a heavy-duty stud gun that uses .22-cal. cartridges to drive nails into concrete, are enjoying wider use. Energy-conserving improvements, such as the installation of wood-burning stoves and clock-activated thermostats, are among the most popular weekend projects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Sound of America Hammering | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...example of play-acting when Alvin Lee King III, 46, burst in as the congregation was singing More About Jesus. King was wearing Army fatigues, a flak jacket and helmet, and carrying an arsenal: an AR-15 rifle with a bayonet, an M-1 rifle, a pearl-handled .22-cal. pistol and a .38-cal. pistol. Slung over his shoulder was a pack stuffed with 250 rounds of ammunition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: This Is War! | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

...This is war!" he shouted as he opened fire with the AR-15. He killed five people, including a seven-year-old girl, and wounded eleven before fleeing to a nearby fire station. There he critically wounded himself with a shot in the forehead from the .22-cal. pistol. When policemen went to his isolated farmhouse eight miles from Daingerfield (pop. 2,800), they discovered his wife Gretchen bound to a kitchen chair with rope and telephone cord. On a table was a note: "Jeremiah says the King is the King of Kings." In the basement, the officers found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: This Is War! | 7/7/1980 | See Source »

Earlier in the week, the heavies copped a fourth-place finish in the collegiate division, won by Cal-Berkeley...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Radcliffe Heavies Compete In National Title Races | 6/23/1980 | See Source »

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