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Finger Lakes Times Thursday, December 26,1985 11

Raising Titanic

'the last

great adventure'CHI RK, Wales (AP) - From a

remote 14th-century farmstead inthe h i l ls o f north Wales, JohnPierce is p lanning the u l t imate project — ra is ing the wreck of theTitan ic f rom the depths of theNo r th A t la n t i c .

"I t 's the last great adventure le f ton Earth . . . and we can do i t , " saysthe Welshman. He has passionatefee l ings for the majest ic ocean l inerwhich h i t an iceberg and sank onits maiden voyage in 1912 with theloss of 1,513 lives.

Pierce, a se l f -taught mechanica lengineer, got started on marinesalvage in 1982 by bring ing homethe be l l and other i tems f rom theLusitan ia . That sh ip was sunk by aG e rma n U-boat off the coast ofI re land in 1915, tak ing 1,198 peop le to the ir deaths.

A Nov. 29 ru l ing by Bri ta in 's Admira l ty Court that the Bri t ishg o ve rn me n t ca n n o t c la im th e

Lusitan ia sa lvage means, Piercesays, he is assured of f inancia lb a ck in g f o r h i s mu l t im i l l i o n -d o l l a rpro ject .

He envis ions ra is ing the Ti tan icwith hydrogen-f i l led canvas bagsat tached to the hu l l by manneddeep-sea submarines. Once thewreckage is f loated, Pierce says hewould tow the hu lk back to theshipyard in Belfast ,I re land, where i t was launched

Pierce p lans a survey of thewreck next summer, then thebui ld ing of the submarines, a lreadyd e s i g n e d l y a C a na d i an f i r m , C a n -d ive. The l i f t i tse l f cou ld be t ried inthe summer of 1987, but pr obablyin 1988, he says.

Pierce, 44, is not the on ly c o n

tender though h is credent ia ls rankhim among the serious. His certa inty that no one owns the wreckdismisses a tangle of potential legalarguments.

He is undeterred by-those expertswho say i t is impossib le to haul the46,328-ton l iner f rom i ts seabedgrave nearly 2Vi mi les down.

Skept ics inc lude members of theU .S . -Fre n ch e xp e d i t i o n wh ich inSeptember located the Ti tan icwreck, 560 mi les of f the coast o fN e w f o u n d l a n d .

There is a lso the argument thatthe Ti tan ic is a mass grave whichshould be le f t undisturbed, a longwith a possib le fortune aboard injewels and other va luables.

"Un l i ke t h e L u s i t a n ia , wh ichwent down in 18 minutes, theTitant ic is not a mass grav e," Piercesays. I t sank in an agoniz ing twohours and 42 minutes on the n ightof Apri l 14. Only 711 of the 2,224

passengers and crew surv ived.Scient is ts f rom the d iscovery ex

pedit ion by the sta te-run FrenchInst i tu te for Research and Explo i tat ion of the Sea and the Woods HoleO c e a n o g r a p h i c I n s t i t u t e i nMassachuset ts d id not announcethe exact locat ion.

Pierce says the expedit ion,vvh ich reported f ind ing the Ti tan ic

No r th e rn ^ f t a n d in g u p r ig h t , u sed co o rdin a teshe and associates had worked out ,and he knows precise ly where thewreck is .

Members of the d iscovery teamh a ve b a cke d a U .S . i n i t i a t i ve a ime dat having the wreck declared amemoria l and get t ing in ternat ionala g re e me n t f o r g u id e l i n e s f o rresearch, exp lorat ion and sa lvage.

Lincoln great-grandson,

last of the line, d iesHART FIELD, Va. (AP) - Robert

To d d L in co ln Be ckw i th , t h e la s td i re c t d e sce n d a n t o f Ab ra h a m L i n c o l n , has died at age 81 .

Beckwith , the great-grandson ofthe 16th president , d ied ChristmasEve in a nurs ing home in Saluda,a b o u t 4 5 mi le s f ro m R ich mo n d ,accord ing to Charles Bristow of theBristow-Faulkner Funera l Home inSaluda.

El izabeth Young, the family 's a ttorney, sa id in la ter years Beckwithhad been af f l ic ted with Parkinson 'sd isease.

Miss Young, who sa id she hadrepresented the family for 40 years,sa id Beckwith never d iscussed h is

Japanese

carr ierbuys planes

TO KY O (AP) - A l l N ip p o n A i r ways, Japan 's largest domest ic carrier, decided to purchase 15 Boeing767-300 a ircraf t in a deal that co uldreach $1.82 b i l l ion, company off i c ia l s h a ve a n n o u n ce d .

Sp o ke sma n Ka zu k i Mizu h a rasaid today that the a irl ine 's boardof d irectors decided to purchasethe 290-seat jets over the next fiveyears. The deal inc ludes an opt ionto purchase 10 more of the je ts tore p la ce ANA 's a g in g mid d le - ra n g ef leet , he sa id .

Seatt le-based Boeing Co. competed with Europe 's Airbus for thecontract . The a irl ine p lans torep lace i ts Lockheed Tristars andBo e in g 7 27 s w i t h n e w-m o d e la ircraf t .

M izu h a ra sa id o p e ra t io n a n df inan cing costs were co nsideredbefore award ing the contract toBoeing. He a lso noted that the 767-300 shares parts and technologywith the Boeing 767-200, which isa lready part o f the a irl ine 's f leet .

Fl ight s imulators purchased fort ra in ing p i lo ts to f ly the 767-200 canbe used for the newer-model je t .

Mizuhara sa id ANA may use the767-30OS for regularly scheduledinternat ional routes i t is seeking.The government recent ly decidedto end lapan Air L ines' monopolyon overseas f l ights by Japanesecarriers.

The U.S. goverment has urgedlapan to buy American a ircraf t toreduce the t rade imbalance betwe e n th e two co u n t r i e s .

AN A has 11 Tris tars, 17 Boeing747s, 21 Boeing 767-200$, 12 Boeing 727s and 14 Boein g 737s.

The 767-300 is a slightly longera n d mo re t e ch n ica l l y a d va n ce d

version of the 767-200 and can seatup to 50 more people. — - -

fee l ings about h is famous heri tage."We d id n ' t t a l k a b o u t a n y th in g

l ike that ," she sa id . "Socia l ly , i t 'snot done, and in business I ta lkedabout what I was pa id to ta lka b o u t . "

Last year, Beckwith to ld an in terv iewer for Life Magazine that in h isyouth he had enjoyed sa i l ing onChesapeake Bay, ra is ing BlackAngus cat t le on h is ranch in Hart-f i e l d , Va., and car racing.

" I 'm a sp o i l e d b ra t , " h e said.

Ab ra h a m L in co ln a n d h i s w i f eMary Todd had four sons, but on lyone surv ived to manhood. Edwardd ie d in i n fa n cy , W i l l i a m Wa l la cedied in 1862 at age 11, and Thomasdied in 1871 at age 18.

The e ldest , Robert Todd L inco ln,had a law career in Chicago, served as secretary o f war under President James A. Garf ie ld , wasMinister to the Court of St. Jamesand was president o f the Pul lmanc o m p a n y . H e d i e d amult imi l l iona ir e in 1926 at age 82.

Robert Todd L inco ln and h isw i f e , Ma ry , h a d t h re e ch i l d re n . Ason, Ab ra h a m L in co ln I I , d ie d a tage 16 whi le on a t rip to Europe in1890. Their youngest , Jessie ,e loped in 1897 with WarrenBeckwith , a c lassmate and footba l ls tar a t Iowa Wes ley an Col lege.

Th e y h a d two ch i l d re n : Ma ryL in co ln Be ckw i th , wh o d ie d in1975, and Robert Todd L inco lnBeckwith , who was born in Rivers ide, I I I . , on Ju ly 19,1904.

The great-grandson received alaw degree f rom what is nowG e o r g e t o w n U n i v e r s i t y . H edonated most o f h is famousforebearer's documents, artworkand furn i ture to the sta te of I l l ino is.

The master of the non -answ erBy MICH AEL PUTZEL

(AP White Vlouse Correspondent)WAS HING T O N (AP) - P re s i

dent Reagan doesn 't answer quest ions when he doesn 't want to .

Somet imes he pretends not tohear or that he doesn 't have t ime,using the s ign language of a cupped ear or a f inger po in t ing to h iswatc h as an excuse for not stopping

to ta lk with reporters when hewalks to or f rom h is he l icopter onthe White House lawn.

But he a lso has a varie ty o f waysof maki ng a po l i te escape.

This week, just a f ter s ign ing aco n t ro ve rs ia l fa rm b i l l t h a t w i l lspend record sums as it seeks towe a n fa rme rs f ro m g o ve rn me n tsupport , Reagan went to theAg r i cu l t u re De p a r tme n t f o r wh a the ca l led a "sate l l i te news c o n

ference" with farm state 'reporters.

The president 's populari ty , h ighalmost everywhere e lse, has sunkwith the economy in the Farm Belt ,which has yet to taste the recoveryenjoyed throughout much of thecountr y. The brie f c losed- c ircu i tbroadcast was set up in an at temptto burn ish Reagan's image and off e r f a r m e r s a m e a s u r e o freassurance.

News analysis

Bil l Ki lby o f the Jacksonvi l le , I I I . ,Courier Journal was among f ivefarm state journal is ts se lected bythe Agricu l ture Department 's AgnetFarm Network to quest ion the

president about provis ions of thefarm b i l l he had just s igned.

"Mr. P re s id e n t , " K i l b y sa id , " t h eb ig q u e s t io n b o u n c in g a ro u n d myarea at the present time is: W ill thisfarm leg is la t ion benef i t the smal lfamily farmer or wi l l i t s imply further subsid ize the large-scale farmin g o p e ra t io n s? " '

"W e bel ieve i t wi l l he lp the f am i

ly farmer," Reagan rep l ied, turn ingto Agric u l ture Secretary John Blo.ckfor a nod of assent. That was allKilby got in response to his quest i on . But Reagan d idn ' t s top there.

" B i l l , I hope you ' l l forg ive me ofa l i t t le nosta lg ia and a l i t t leremin iscence here," the 74-year-o ld president f i l ibustered. "When Isaw Jacksonvi l le , I I I . ,&s your homethere and the Courier Journal —my last co l lege footba l l game wasplayed against I l l ino is Col lege in

Jacksonv i l le , on a very co l d winterday with a f rozen f i e l d . It isn't ah a p p y m e m o r y , p a r t i c u l a r l yb e ca u se we lo s t . "

And with that , he went on to thenext quest ion.

Reagan's sta f f , which has beentry ing in recent years to reduce thepresident 's exposure to reportersw h i l e m a i n t a i n i n g f u l l

p h o to g ra p h ic co ve ra g e , p i cke d t h e1 5 - m i n u t e s e s s i o n a t t h eAg r i cu l t u re De p a r tme n t f o r a n e wskirmish over the issue of te levis ioncoverage.

Th e ma jo r n e two rks co n te n dtheir camera crews and correspondents must be regarded as asing le un i t , and they resist a t temptsto separate the p icture of an eventf rom i ts ed i toria l content . Butunder Reagan, the White H ousestaff has had some success in severing that l ink.

Ea r l y i n t h e f t rs r t e rmr p re s id e st ia l spokesman Larry Speakesestab l ished a ru le that permit ted a l lt e le v i s io n ca me ra s t o re co rdpicture-taking sessions in the OvalOff ice but barred a l l but onebroadcast correspondent, who isse lected by ro tat ion to represent h isor her co l leagues.

H a v i n g s u c c e e d e d inestablishing separate sessions for" s t i l l s o n l y , " m e a n i n g n e w sphotographers without reporters ort e l e v i s i o n c a m e r a s p r e s e n t ,Speakes is now try ing to e l iminatefrom at least some events that lastpesky TV correspondent, whoalmost a lways t ries to in terrupt witha quest ion for the president .

At the Agricu l ture Departmenton Monday, Reagan, Block and theprogram host sat on a stage. Still-photographers and one CBS poolcamera crew — without i ts correspondent — were s l ipped in to thestud io for a few p ictures just beforethe show began

Mark Weinberg, the assistantpress secretary who accompaniedW h i t e H o u s e r e p o r t e r s a n dphotographers to the departmentand barred the te levis ion correspondent f rom the room, sa id theWhite House chose to in terpret theevent as "an Oval Off ice address"in whic h the president speaks to thenat ion on l ive te levis ion with noreporters or correspondents in ther o o m .

CBS d id not use the tape and d idnot d ist ribute i t to o ther netw orks

Rod eo, m ov ie star stil l dresses the pa rtEVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - He

wa s o n e o f t h e ro o t in g e s t ,toot ingest sons of a gun who everrode the range.

But these days Wild Bi l l Cody,rodeo he ro and star o f more than 40movie Westerns, l ives in a nurs inghome at the age of 72.

When v is i tors arrive to ta lk abouth is career, he is st i l l the dandy.Cody dons h is heavy leather boots,manuevers h is th in arms in to h ishandmade leather vest decoratedwit h shel ls and meta l s tuds, and adjusts the feathers and beads arou ndhis neck.

He twists severa l large s i lver andturquoise rings on h is f ingers, andthen the tour de force — he pointsto one of the three cowboy hats onhis dresser, has i t handed to h imand, with great pomp, p lops i t onto

h is head.Fa d in g , cracking scrapbooks are

p u l le d f ro m a n e a rb y d ra we r , a n dCody begins h is story.

He was born Frederick Garf ie ldPenniman, but changed h is nameto honor h is favori te Old W estcharacter , Buf fa lo Bi l l Cod y. Hesays he 's three-quarters Ind ian,so me th in g h e 's imme n se ly p ro u dof now , a l though he qu it school inUpstate New York af ter the fourthgrade because classmates ttonsxartfyly teased h im.

"I s tarted out when I was 15 — Iran away f rom home," he says.

For many years, Cody washaunted by a po l ice record f romNew York City, where he wascaught with a gun he found behinda speakeasy.

"From then on, everyt ime I saw acop, he'd spread me out ," he says."I t got to be too much to take, so Igot me a jo b" w ith the mi l i tary.

Later, he jo ined a rodeo, andthat 's when the makings of alegend began.

" I h e ld t h e ch a mp io n sh ip i nc r a c k - w h i p p i n g a n d sh a r p -shoot ing," he says. "I 'd put mywife on a sp inn ing board and coverher with newspapers, then threwknives at her b l indfo lded. I knewwh a t I wa s d o in g . "

Walk-on parts in the movies led

to b igger ro les and f ina l ly stardom.Co d y s ta ye d w i t h Co lu m b ia P ic

tures unt i l 1952 and made morethan 40 westerns. He then set o f fo n a wo r ld w id e t o u r w i t h o th e rwestern actors as part o f the "Al l -Ame r i ca n Wi ld We s t Ro d e o . "

"W e wen t to p laces l ike thePhi l ipp ine Is lands," he says. "Ie ve n me t t h e k in g o f S ia m . "

As recent ly as Ju ly, Cody made aca me o a p p e a ra n ce in "Th e A l ie nOuHaw," a Triad*Mot i<in*Ptetures»product ion that has not been

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re leased yet .His life has had its share of sad

t imes. In 1956, Cody underw entsurgery for cancer in h is vo ice box.Doctors sa id he would never ta lka g a i n , b u t h e p ro ve d th e m wro n g

Co d y 's t h i rd w i f e , A l i ce Co l l i n sPenniman, was accident ly shotwith her own gun by a curious 9-ye a r-o ld b o y d u r in g a ro d e o to u r .

"I had three wives, but she wasthe on ly one I ever loved," he says."A f t e r my w i f e g o t k i l l e d , I h a d t ohave someone to look af ter my 7-ye a r-o ld d a u g h te r , so I ma rr ie daga in . But a f ter e ight years of t ry ingto look af ter that woman, I gave up

a n d g ot a d i vo rc e . "Co d y 's d a u g h te r , Ma ry A l i ce ,

now l ives in Evansvi l le and v is i tsher fa ther da i ly .

Cody mo ved in to the nurs inghome earl ier th is year a f ter a mi ldstroke, but says he'd still rather bein h is t ra i ler home in Owensboro,Ky .

"This is an o ld man's and o ldwom an's ho me ," he says. Wit h h is94-year-o ld mother st i l l l iv ing inNew York, Cody says he has noreason to th ink of h imself as o ld .

"She 's do ing bet ter than I am ,"he says with a gr i n . "I a lways sa idshe was too stubborn to d ie ."

Mayor's advice:

'don't cry in public'NEW YORK (AP) - Big g irls and

career women have one th ing inco mmo n , sa ys Sa n Fra n c iscoMayor Dianne Feinste in : Theydon't cry — at least not in publ ic .

"D o n o t c ry . No ma t te r wh a t . Ifyou 've got to b i te your tongue of for c lose your eyes so t ight thatn o b o d y ca n se e wh a t ' s i n t h e m, d oi t , " she sa id in an in terv iew in theJanuary issue of Working Woman

ma g a z in e .

Feinste in sa id she of ten cries.

"I ' l l go in to the shower, I ' l l turn onthe water, and I'll just let it all comeout. And I ' l l tur n i t o f f the minute Iturn of f the water. But no one wi l lsee me cry."

Th e p ro b le m, t h e ma yo r sa id , isthat "a man can cry and somehowit doesn 't bother anybody. I f awoman cries, i t 's an immediate,destruct ive th ing that goes out andt h a t e v e r y b o d y s e e m s t oremember, no matter how bonaf ide the s i tuat ion is ."

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