European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Age 4 a the stars and stripes a a saturday May 11, 1991 of massive by Thomas h. Maugh ii the los Angeles times Pasadena. Calif. A Nasa researchers said thursday that they have found the first surface evidence marking the precise location of the meteor Impact that Many scientists believe triggered the extinction of dinosaurs More than 60 million years ago. Researchers from the National aeronautics and space administrations Ames research Center in Mountain View calif., and the Jet propulsion Laboratory Here have used space imagery to identify a Nam Moth half Circle of sink holes on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico that appear to outline the largest known Impact Crater on Earth a one that is More than 125 Miles in diameter. A variety of previous evidence had suggested that the Impact might have occurred somewhere in the Caribbean Region. The discovery provides the strongest evidence yet that intense dust and smoke injected into the atmosphere following a Large Impact might have blocked off sunlight and created climatic change that led to the extinction of the largest creatures that Ever roamed the surface of the Earth As Well As at least half of the other species that lived on Earth then. The theory that the Impact from a Comet or meteorite did in the dinosaurs has been controversial since it was first promoted in 1980 by a research team from the University of California Berkeley headed by the late physicist Luis Alvarez and his geologist son Walter not All scientists accept the theory. Many attribute the species demise to volcanic eruptions. Those who do accept them Eory believe that identification of a Crater of the right size and age will end the dispute. A its a very interesting and important contribution to this controversy because people have spent the last 10 years looking for the a smoking gun a a the Crater that could have marked the site of the meteorite Impact that killed the dinosaurs said planetary scientist William a theories of the dinosaurs extinction to to Boynton of the University of Arizona. A but there s still going to be a lot More coming out on geologist Bruce Bohor of the . Geological Survey in Boulder colo., cautioned that the pattern of sink have been caused by geological events that had nothing to do with a meteorite. He argued that More evidence will be required before it can definitely be considered an Impact site and noted that a unfortunately most of that evidence would be buried pretty researchers had previously found a variety of evidence throughout the Caribbean suggesting the Impact a of a meteorite in the appropriate time Frame. Among the evidence Are fractured Quartz crystals that Are known to be produced Only by a meteorite Impact massive disruptions in sediments dating from 65 million years ago and magnetic arid gravitational anomalies that Are also associated with meteorites. But no one had seen evidence on the Earth a surface marking the Impact site of the meteorite. The unusual pattern of sink holes in the northeastern Section of Mexico a Yucatan province was spotted by Charles duller of Nasa Ames while he was sear Ching satellite imagery for water sources used by ancient mayan cities. He mapped hundreds of water filled sink holes that form an almost perfect semicircle which he believes Marks the craters buried rim. The remainder of the rim is underwater he said. The sink holes which average 300 to 500 feet in diameter Are found in clusters at some places along the rim and spaced As much As a mile apart at others. The ring is entered near the town of Chick club for which the buried Crater is and his colleagues Adriana Ocampo of jul and Kevin Pope who is now at Geo eco arc research in nearby la Canada considered Many other geological explanations before concluding that the formation Quot was caused by a buried Impact Crater. Aft ego eating Small mammals May have eaten All the dinosaurs eggs. This is improbable because of the variety of other groups that became extinct. Poisonous plants new plants May have poisoned the dinosaurs with their defensive alkaloids. A. A. Supernova a Star May have exploded bathing the Earth in deadly cosmic. Rays causing mass a massive meteorite Impact May have caused an enormous Cloud of dust. Shrouding the Sun or an immense volcanic a. Eruption. A a a a a. 7&Quot. Volcanic eruption a mass of molten Rock rising from the Earth score May have sparked off an immense volcanic eruption climate a gradual change in temperature could have possibly due to Continental Drift favored the insulated mammals to the uninsulated dinosaurs. A time Giever. A amps sex Beauty Queen reveals incest dad accused of assaults Denver apr a former mass America on 1 thursday revealed a dark family secret that her millionaire father repeatedly assaulted her sexually. Marilyn Vanderbur miss America 1958, told reporters she was making her Story Public to help children and their families by making the crime a Spca Kate Quot a list of All my accomplishments a times 1 h a Pale before the Only real accomplishment of my like said in Only three words i. Survived incest a Vanderbur said. A a in be thought it through and i believe that the greatest service that we adult survivors can give to the children is to stand up in such vast numbers that we begin to take away the stigma and the the offender was. Her father the late Francis s. Vanderbur a millionaire Denver businessman socialite philanthropist and pillar of the Community she said. He died in 1984. Vanderbur 53, met with reporters thursday alter Leijing her Story of incest to a support group meeting lit the Kempe National Center for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. Vanderbur told about 151 people she was violated by her father from age 5 to 18. A when a Good Friend of mine knew i would be speaking Here tonight she said Why do you want to ruin your fathers reputation write an article and do it anonymously a a Vanderbur said. A this was my father s greatest weapon. Mcknew i would never she added that after All this time a i Marilyn Vanderbur alter and her father Francis s. Vanderbur in 1957, say to my father tonight a you were a. Vanderbur accompanied by her husband of 27 years lawyer Larry Atler and her daughter Jennifer used her wrenching Story to emphasize the importance of a new a survivor program Quot at the Kempe Center for adults who were sexually traumatized As Chil . The Vanderbur family donated $240,000 to initiate the program. Vanderbur said she confronted her father when she was 40. A the said a if i knew what it would have done to you i never would have done supercollider could Cost billions More by Thomas w. Lip Manthe Washington Post Washington a the giant particle smasher that the Energy department plans to build in Texas May Cost $3.billion More than originally planned relies on untested technology and has not received the $1.6 billion in foreign contributions officials promised would defray part of the Cost according to department documents a general accounting office report arid congressional testimony on thursday. A a we re being asked to commit huge sums of Money up front have a Good fix on whether this project can be built at the Cost and schedule advertised a said rep. Howard Wolpe a mich., chairman of the science space and technology subcommittee on said the Gao a findings and the results of an. Investigation by the subcommittee s staff raised a major concerns about the funding management and technology of the project known As the superconducting supercollider. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert r-n.y., the subcommittees senior Republican called for abandonment of what he called a the biggest single most expensive piece of scientific equipment in the history of the the hearing reopened questions about whether a nation facing huge deficits and tight budgets should spend billions on a project intended Only for research into the nature of the Cosmos with no known practical application. The supercollider which is in the Early stages of construction near Dallas is basically a 54-mile Oval Tunnel through which protons will be fired at very High speeds to see what happens when they collide
