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10A- WednesdaySeptember 281988Star Tribune Miles 3J Dating the shroud because linen Is made from the fiber of a plant, flax, the I shroud's age can be determined by radio-carbon dating. is now ine process wonts: 2 T- v'Plantc ahcnrfk 9 Ahan tha rtlon nr take in carbon-14 xaqioactive present will remain. Staying at home is apparently wtiah Miles intends to do for the next year "I want to spend some time with itnC kids and see my husband," she said. "1 was joking today that I spend-more time with Don (Shelby) than-C do with David (Cowley). Ir "I feel fortunate to have this time, and I'm going to try to make the best of it" she said.

"And then when I get back to work, I'm going to have a more normal schedule, and that's going to be great for my family. My kids are going to be at that age when they're going to want to do things and I'm going to need to take them places, and Til be able to do that "This is going to be a new challce for me," Miles said. "So there's a jtot of sadness (in leaving WCCO) and then, on the other hand, I'm looking forward to it" under contract, Magers and weather forecaster Paul Douglas' having recently signed new long-term deals. "And this is the icing on the cake," Mason said of the pact with Miles. Mason said Miles contract calls for her to do several specials, perhaps similar to her recent WCCO special featuring interviews with prominent Minnesotans.

Miles provided few additional details, although she did say that hers is a five-year contract that includes the year she sits out waiting for the no-compete clause in her WCCO contract to expire. That means that in effect, she will be paid by KARE for the year she stays home. Because the isotope disintegrates at a steady and predictable rate, scientists can measure the remaining carbon-14 to determine how long ago the organism existed. Isotope of the alejnent carbon, iivtii i Kavs. (Other "ijjanisms can absorb it Living plant rJndlrectly by Absorbs carbon giants.) CaJbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 year-old piece of wood would have Lfcpfitent of a modern piece of wood, )vquld have one-fourth as much, and years.

IS animal riioe it roaeoe tn but the carbon-14 already Dead plant Sheds That means a half the radio-carbon an piece so on. Until recently, 3. Beam passes through an accelerator before entering a cloud of hot argon gas that changes the charge and causes the atoms to be accelerated further. far i. 4.

from the Dr. Robert mass Oxford, piece of LalU till t.lM:Vl'M,lH li fera carbon dating required a specimen about the size of a pocket handkerchief, making the keepers of the shroud of Turin loath to submit the relic to testingTechnological developments now make it possible to test a sample as small as a dime. WW AP Photo Hedges with the new tandem accelerator spectrometer used at England, to radio-carbon-date a the shroud. HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT OVER THE BEAUTIFUL ST. CROIX VAllEY.

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Handberg said that he presented a new contract proposal to Miles shortly before her old contract expired. "It was our understanding that until we reached agreement we would just kind of go on as we had," he said. "The first I knew that she was considering an offer from KARE was yesterday (Monday) afternoon when I met with her and Ron Simon, her attorney. I was informed at that time that she had agreed to a deal with KARE, although she had not signed -it" He said Miles gave WCCO's management the opportunity to "discuss her concerns, but in the end she decided to hold to her original decision." "I think it was clearly a case where she felt, for very personal reasons having to do with her family and children, that she wanted a change," Handberg said. Nonetheless, he said he was was "distressed and disappointed" by Miles' decision.

"I'm the person who hired Pat Miles II years ago," said Handberg, who was then WCCO's news director. "I know her not only as a colleague and an employee but as a friend. I'm personally distressed by it and hurt by it, but I wish her well." Handberg said that for the immediate future, Needles will be coanchor at 6 and 10 p.m. But Needles' second child is due in February, Handberg noted, so the station will have to make other arrangements when Needles goes on maternity leave. "One reason we fought so hard to get Colleen back a year or so ago, after she had gone to Pittsburgh, was for this very eventuality if Pat ever decided to leave." He said he had no inkling that Miles would leave, but, "You never know.

You try to be prepared for any kind of eventuality illness, a move by her husband, who knows? We just wanted to have some kind of protection." Respondents to the Star Tribune's recent Minnesota Poll about television named Miles the Twin Cities' top female anchor, rating her highest in both friendliness and knowledge-ability. (KARE's Paul Magers, Miles' co-anchor-to-be, ranked highest among male anchors overall, though WCCO's Shelby was viewed as the most knowledgeable anchorman.) How much, if any, Miles' departure will affect WCCO should be discernible fairly soon. Both the A.C. Nielsen Co. and Arbitron conduct ratings "sweeps" in October.

Moreover, the Twin Cities recently became a "metered" market, which means that Nielsen is providing overnight viewership percentages to stations subscribing to the service. Although decidedly unhappy about this latest turn of events, Handberg said, "I don't think it's in any way a fatal blow. This station is stronger than any one person. We'll do fine. This just makes it more difficult" KARE's management, not surprisingly, is ecstatic.

News Director Janet Mason said that all four of KARE's main on-air personalities are firmly Love Canal gets resettlement OK Associated Press Niagara Falls, N.Y. State health officials declared Tues day that it is safe for hundreds of former residents to return to Love Canal, the neighborhood that became world famous for chemical contamination. As part of the state ruling, a task force of local officials will create a plan to resettle the community and assist homeowners in renovating their homes. 0 amncaniaaraW VISA CnMCardt Minneapolis Skyway First Bank Place West Suite 207 (Skyway) Call 375-91 01 for a free at home no obligation appointment DIGTRICH PRSNTS i. iv -1 Jtr -mum t- -fyJr Shroud Continued from page 1A locUtion.

"it's like having a in your attic that turns out not a picture of your grandfather, piijt you don't love him less." "pnjs shroud was removed April 21 the silver chest where it is kept dipped in red silk on an altar in the cathedral in Turin. four-tenths of an inch by j8 inches was cut from the cloth dud. then divided into three smaller pieces 'for the laboratories, each of wruch. got one piece, in addition to Ojpjer pieces of cloth of a known age. CJnella said the British Museum, wfuch coordinated the study with the tjtipe laboratories, sent the test re-sjks to Turin by special courier Friday.

He said he believed Turin's archbishop, Cardinal Anastasio Bal-lelrero, would see the study when he farmed' to his office today after a tfjfee-day absence. Gonella said it was the three laboratories, not the church, that had de-iWnded secrecy over the tests. He holding back the results, said will be made public qttiiy after Pope John Paul is in-forjned. However, he said he could no give a date for the release of the Mings. dey (the laboratories) asked for the Ufld test," he said.

"They said they wiJuld make no effort to determine 5. After an electronic detector counts the number of carbon-13 and carbon-14 atoms, a computer calculates the relative amounts of each. From this information the age of the sample is deduced. Magnet C-13 C-13 C-13 C-14 C-14 C-14 Detector graphic Jayne Palmer, Billy Steve Clayton Gonella said the church always knew it could not prove that the shroud was the actual burial cloth of Christ, but he bristled at suggestions that a medieval date for the shroud means it is a fake. "It could be a genuine work of Christian art," he said.

"Just because it is not the burial cloth of Christ does not necessarily mean it is a forgery or a fake, which implies an intent to mislead." He said the test results would not entirely resolve the centuries-old mystery surrounding the cloth, including how it was made. He noted that other scientific studies, such as the 1978 Shroud of Turin Project, could not determine exactly how the image on the shroud was created. French crusader Robert of Clari mentioned seeing the cloth in 1203 in Constantinople at the imperial palace, but the first actual records trace it only to Lirey in France in 1354. I Ann rr save 50 I Crown Satin Custom Draperies 92 Fashion Colors Save 35-45 on our entire Galaxy Collection of 263 custom drapery fabrics. Save 30 off top treatments, ,5 bedspreads and decorator specialty items, such as toss pillows and headboards.

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