European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Dating the past saturday june 11, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 new method needs Only tiny Sample More than doubles possible time Span by Boyce Rensberger new York not atomic scientists have devised a new method of carrying out Carbon-14 dating of archaeological and Pale ontological specimens that promises to More than double the time Span from which ancient organic objects can be dated. The new method is also said to be much More accurate and to work on samples so tiny that they could not previously be dated because the conventional Carbon-14 method would destroy them. Although the new method has not yet been applied to specimens of scientific significance the Validity of its underlying theory has been confirmed experimental in studies of the past arc typically extremely cautious in accepting new dating methods but if this new technique wins favor among them it May Lead to a Broad wave of new dates on ancient objects. Such a development would Sci mainly add to and might possibly transform the understanding of the last 100,000 years on Carbon-14, or radiocarbon dating which is widely accepted As Relia ble cannot give readings on objects that More than about 40,000 years old. The new method is said to be useful on object sup to and possibly beyond 100,000 years of conventional method requires be tween 10 and 100 Grams or up to a Quarter of a Pound of the object to be destroyed in the dating process. This is More than Many samples weigh. The new method destroys More than 5,000 of the american 180 rules pictured above have been sold to military and Law enforcement agencies new Baptist Church May be in Plains Plains. A. A a new Baptist Church is being formed in president car Ter s Home town. And some members of the congregation reportedly support ers of the Rev. Bruce Edwards who was sacked As pastor of the Plains Baptist Church in a controversy Over Church membership policy. The Bottsford Baptist Mission a group of about so persons who have been holding services in a building about five mile from downtown Plains is expected to constitute itself As a new Church soon. The Rev. Fred Collins a former pastor of Plains Baptist Church has accepted a Call from Mission members and plans to preach his first Sermon on june 26, he said i a Telephone interview. To form a Church members of the congregation need Only agree to band together As a Church to worship and promote Chris Tian endeavours in accordance with the Baptist interpretation of biblical refer since Baptist churches autonomous creation of a new Church does not require approval by a Central authority. The Plains Baptist Church which Carter attended before moving to the White House fired Edwards after he spoke out in favor of admitting Blacks to Church Mem Carter backed Edwards and eventually Church policy was revised to allow Blackston join under certain conditions. But Edwards was fired and he announced tuesday that he will leave Plains next the to become pastor of the Maka kilo Baptist Church in Mak Akilo Hawaii. A new might weapon around the world. The Zzz Caliper Auto Matic can Ore 30 round a second at a target lighted by laser beam up to about a mile away. The Rifle is owned by a . Firm but manufactured in Innsbruck Austria. A photo Penn. Youth takes spelling title Seshu Peda an ability wins Bee Washington a John Paola an eighth grader from Glenshaw pa., mis spelled three words but then won the 50th National spelling Bee by correctly spelling Cambest a word he had never heard feel great said John who placed 22nd in last year s National finals. I was scared mostly today when i started to miss. The last word i figured out what it was because i had never heard it with the Field of 94 reduced to two finalists John emerged the Winner by correctly spelling Mesqui Yedalian after run Crup Joan o uary misspelled it. He then Fol Lowed with Cambest a word dealing with tables of Exchange. Both John and Joan spelled 19 words inthe two Days of Competition. The Day began with 26 survivors from the first seven rounds but 11 dropped out in round eight 6 More in round nine and 5 in round 10.roxanne Taylor of Forest Hills . Misspelled Mec Ometer As tachometer in the Lith round finishing in fourth place. Joseph Fumic of North Olmsted Ohio spelled triage As Trie Chc in the 12th round to finish , an eighth grader in St. Joseph s school in Yonkers . Also misspelled Only three words the others being Tut lock and i kor but John won it by correctly spelling two words consecutive wins $1.000, a color television set and a trophy. His school St. Bonavenlure will receive a plaque. Joan was to receive a $500 Check at Friday s awards Fumic wins $250 and Roxanne Taylor $100.other winners of $100 prizes were Jill Pryor of new Cumberland. Pa., who placed fifth Beverly Sanford of Lowell n.c., sixth Mike Williams of Melbourne,fla., seventh Sally Bennett Verona wis., eighth and Erin Page Seattle ninth. John said he had been trying to get into the National finals for three years and that his experience paid off in the end. He said his worst moment was when he misspelled Veety which is the sound made by a Bird or a Thrush. Joan spelled the word correctly but missed winning the Competition right there by missing on fut Tock which is the curved Timber on an old wooden also missed buttock. The girl then was right on zoo Latry. But missed i kor the jewish service for commemorating the missed it too. Then spelled dome Ter correctly. The crucial word was Mesqui Yedalian which Means the use of Long words. Joan missed it by spelling it John spelled it correctly and followed with s final rounds took less than one win. John spelled 19 words Caterpillar recoup incendiary Gulo sity Motley gaseous Ikebana Appaloosa celsius Dac typology biogenesis machismo Marca site. Then came the final sequence with Joan. Only 10 to 20 milligrams of a Sample or about seven one thousandths of an ounce. Such an amount can easily be removed from Many samples without destroying their usefulness for other new method which uses techniques of mass spectroscopy was developed by a team of researchers at the University of Rochester s nuclear Structure research Laboratory which is supported by the National science foundation in collaboration with the general Lonex corp. Of Boston an scientists at the University of Toronto. In the past scientists have determined the of objects by measuring their Carbon-14 radioactivity said Harry Cove director of the Rochester Laboratory and co Developer of the new method along with or. Kenneth h. Purser presi Dent of general Lonex and . Utherland of Toronto. This is like waiting for a clock to tick in order to determine its existence. Our method docs not require us to wait for the radioactive ticks of Carbon-14 but Mea sures the amount of Carbon-14. the old method and the new one capital ize on the fact that All living objects incorporate a certain very Small proportion of radioactive atoms of Carbon-14 along with the regular Nonradloactivecarbon-12. The Carbon-14 comes from certain dioxide molecules in the air made from the Spe Cial form of Carbon produced when cosmic rays entering the Earth s atmosphere hit nitrogen atoms converting them to Carbon-14. This process is relatively constant and it is assumed that at any Point in recent geologic time All living things have in them the same ratio of Carbon-14 atoms to Carbon-12 atoms. Once the living thing Dies however it no longer replenishes its Carbon Content. The Carbon-12 remains unchanged but the Carbon-14, breaking Down radioactivity diminishes Over time. Because Carbon-14 decays at a known rate that diminishes with its concentration scientists can compare the rate of radioactive emissions from an ancient specimen and estimate the proportion of Carbon-14 remaining. If. For example Only half the original concentration is left the object is assumed to be about 5.730 years old because that is the time it takes half of any concentration of Carbon-14 to decay. Because the original concentration of Carbon-14 is so Low about one for every trillion Carbon-12 atoms the amount left after about 40,000 years is Loo Low to be detected by conventional methods. Instead of counting radioactive emis Sions the new method counts atoms of both forms of Carbon. If the proportion Ofcarbon-14 atoms is half that in living things the same half life figure is applied to indicate an of 5,730 years. The onco of time june 11, 147 Secretary of stale George c. Marshall has gone on record before Congress for an american Declara Tion in favor of creation of a United slates of Europe within the framework of the United nation. June 11.19s7 the supreme court reverted Hsieu and held that civilians who accompany the armed forces overseas not subject to military trial or crimes committed 11, 1m7 carnal Abdel Nauer told the egyptian National Assembly that be was bowing to the will of the people and will stay of a president Ontell Egypt has erased All traces of
