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The wreck could replace Spanish galleons as a new trove for treasure hunters: on the flight were some "extremely valuable" pieces of jewelry and mail. At present the area is under guard while authorized divers try to retrieve the booty.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Wet Landing | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

Although no one has ever been seriously hurt during the derby, people have been drowned practicing beforehand, and the organizers set up an elaborate safety system of volunteers stationed onshore and in boats downstream to pull out anyone who got into trouble. The contestants had to wear life jackets; helmets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: White Water Rites of Spring | 5/22/1978 | See Source »

Land has no present plans to sell or license sonar focusing to competitors. Potentially, it has uses that go well beyond photography. For example, the small unit might be employed as an obstacle locator for the visually impaired and those who work in the dark, or as an underwater ranging...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Cameras That See by Sound | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

High winds and heavy seas had prevented French authorities from pumping out the supertanker's remaining 15,000 tons of oil (of an original 220,000 tons). Efforts to release the trapped crude with explosives planted by divers under the ship's surviving tanks had failed. So, amid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Black Tide | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

The real disappointment for Harvard in the meet came when Jamie Greacen's foot slipped on his full twist two-and-a-half and he failed the dive. Greacen, who was diving well up to that point, thus received points for only ten dives while all other divers scored on...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Toal Wins Three-Meter Diving | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

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