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HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVE 2007

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**HEADLINE NEWS ARCHIVE 2007**
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DECEMBER

Bringing Titanic's Story To The Surface (29 Dec 07, Beaufort Gazette - Beaufort,SC,USA)
Bill Willard regaled a Bluffton audience Friday with stories from the Titanic's doomed 1912 voyage and more recent tales of trips to recover its artifacts. A University of South Carolina Beaufort lecture hall was packed with residents, happy to spend some of their holiday learning more about the famous ocean liner.

Titanic At The Museum Of Nature And Science In Denver (27 Dec 07, YourHub.com - Denver,CO,USA)
Overall, the Titanic exhibit and the IMAX feature, "Ghosts of the Abyss" rate a "B". For some younger visitors and those who have miraculously escaped Titanic folklore up to this point, it might rate higher. For the rest of us who have seen every Titanic production since 1985, including the movie with Leonardo and Kate, it is just more of the same. Nonetheless, as I said before, people will continue to be fascinated by the sinking of the Titanic and will flock to see artifacts as simple as a man's old hat. It would be just a hat under normal circumstances, but it is special because it is a Titanic hat. The same is true of the ship it came from. Few sunken ships have excited the public in recent years as the RMS Titanic has. The Titanic is and always will be the greatest legend since ships starting sinking below the waves.

Titanic Survivor Slams Dr Who Plot (24 Dec 07, this is hampshire.net - Winchester,England,UK)
Millvina Dean, the Titanic's only living survivor, has hit out at the BBC for using the doomed liner as the plot for the Christmas Day episode of Dr Who. Ms Dean, 95, from Woodlands in the New Forest - who lost her father in the infamous sinking when she was a two-month-old baby - said: "It is disrespectful to the dead and bereaved to make entertainment of such a tragedy."

Titanic Sails: Exhibit Moves From International Drive To Orlando (21 Dec 07, Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA)
'Titanic The Experience," once an International Drive staple, has new quarters at the Orlando Science Center. It's a move forward for the exhibit, which has entrenched itself in a 1912 mind-set. Tour guides -- who are part actor, part historian -- are costumed in period garb and assume the persona of an actual passenger of this famed, ill-fated ocean liner. "They don't break character," says G. Michael Harris, president/creator of the exhibit and noted explorer of Titanic wreckage. "That's one of the biggest differences in our exhibit."

Is Salvage From Titanic Worth $100 Million? (17 Dec 07, The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA)
The company that controls 5,500 Titanic artifacts has asked a federal judge to award it at least $100 million to cover the costs of salvaging and maintaining 3,700 of the pieces. A federal judge has already ruled that RMS Titanic Inc. is not entitled to take ownership of the 3,700 artifacts, but a trial will be held in the coming months to determine how it should be compensated. The company does own, through a French decree, the remaining 1,800 artifacts recovered during initial salvage operations. U.S. District Judge Rebecca B. Smith has kept tight reins on the maneuverings of RMS Titanic Inc. In a recent ruling, she ordered the U.S. attorney's office to closely monitor the company's actions to ensure that the artifacts are preserved "as an international treasure for posterity."

Company Requests Money For Salvaging Titanic Artifacts(17 Dec 07, Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA )
The company that has recovered more than 5,000 artifacts from the Titanic wants a federal judge to award it $100 million to pay the costs of salvaging and maintaining most of the pieces. U.S. District Judge Rebecca B. Smith ordered federal prosecutors in October to keep a close eye on the firm, RMS Titanic, Inc., to ensure that the artifacts from the sunken ocean liner are preserved "as an international treasure for posterity." Smith ruled that the company is not entitled to keep the 3,700 artifacts from the 1912 shipwreck, but can preserve them. She criticized RMS Titanic for claiming it owns certain artifacts through an agreement it reached with a London company that had insured personal property aboard the voyage. Smith called that agreement "devoid of any legal or factual merit," and said the company's claim is "blatantly misleading to the public and the investors" of RMS Titanic.

The Titanic Story, Delicately Told(13 Dec 07, Salisbury Journal - Salisbury, England,UK)
A musical about the first and final voyage of the Titanic? Difficult, surely, to treat such an epic tragedy with toe-tapping tunes, romantic duets and happy chorus lines. Yet it worked. It worked beautifully. A cast of 45, directed by Ken Robertson-Scott, took us through the events of the six days leading up to the catastrophe while, overhead, black and white newsreel footage of the time added its own emotional impact.

Titanic Site Scuba Diver Visits Berwick Academy(10 Dec 07, Portsmouth Herald News - Portsmouth, NH, USA)
World-renowned diver John Chatterton has been involved in many high-profile shipwrecks, but it was his work diving at the site of the Titanic that brought him to Berwick Academy. On Thursday morning, sixth-graders in Susan Morris' science class could not stop asking questions of Chatterton as he recounted his adventures diving for the famous ship. "You could go anywhere in the world and they know about Titanic," Chatterton said.

Design Flaws, Hubris Doomed The 'Titanic'(6 Dec 07, Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA)
Question: Was it human hubris or flawed design that sank the "unsinkable" luxury liner the "Titanic" on its maiden voyage, killing 1,500 people out of the 2,200 on board, the world's most famous maritime disaster? Answer: Blame it on a little pride and a lot of bad engineering, says Adam Weiner in "Don't Try This at Home: The Physics of Hollywood Movies."

Belfast Swaps Troubled Past for Titanic Future(4 Dec 07, Spiegel Online - Berlin,Germany)
These cranes, though, are still a long way from retirement. Known as Samson and Goliath, they sit on land belonging to the shipbuilding company Harland & Wolff and were instrumental in building the Titanic, the greatest -- if close to the shortest-lived -- steamship the world has ever known. Now, they are being asked to perform a new task for the Northern Ireland capital. After decades of violence that has torn Belfast apart, the cranes -- and the fame of the ship they once produced -- are central to a development project aimed at rejuvenating the city. Planners are hoping the legacy of the Titanic is strong enough to heal the city's gaping sectarian wounds. "The Titanic is one of the strongest brand names in the world," Mike Smith, CEO of Titanic Quarter Limited, the group in charge of the massive reclamation project, told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "People are no longer as anxious as they were in the past. I've worked here most of my career, but you can feel it in the atmosphere: People are confident. There is economic development coming in ... and a new political dynamic that is actually working."

Titanic Discoverer To Be Honored In Rhode Island (3 Dec 07, SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA)
The man who discovered the wreck of the Titanic will be honored by the Smithfield School Department. Robert Ballard, professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island will be given a Partnership Award for having established an outpost of his Inner Space Center at Smithfield High School.

NOVEMBER

RMS Titanic, Inc. Files For Its Historic Salvage Award(30 Nov 07, CNNMoney.com - USA-from PRNewswire)
Pursuant to this motion, RMST seeks compensation for its efforts to date in recovering over 3500 artifacts from the wreck of the RMS Titanic during its expeditions conducted in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2004. RMST filed its motion on an interim, rather than final basis, as it intends to conduct additional research and recovery expeditions to the famous wreck site. The motion for an interim salvage award has no bearing on the approximately 2000 artifacts previously recovered by RMST in its first expedition to the ship in 1987. Title for these artifacts rests with RMST pursuant to a 1993 decree from a French maritime tribunal which granted the in specie salvage award.

Titanic Sails From Bloomfield College This Weekend(30 Nov 07, Bloomfield College Athletics - NJ, United States)
The M.O.C. Musical Theatre presents Titanic The Musical setting sail at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 30, Saturday, December 1; at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday December 2; and again on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, December 6, 7, and 8 all at 8:00 p.m. The Van Fossan Theater at the Westminster Arts Center, Bloomfield College is the setting for this tragic tale of courage and hope aboard the most famous ship in nautical history.

Time And Tide: Gal Of 95 Is Titanic's Sole Survivor(24 Nov 07, New York Post - New York,NY,USA)
Dean, who broke her hip last year and has been living in a nursing home, became the Titanic's sole survivor when Barbara West Dainton of Truro, England, died at 96 on Oct. 16. Dean's family, fighting for elbow space with the third-class passengers on the ill-fated liner, was en route to Wichita, Kan., to start a new life in America. Dean, her mother, Georgette, and brother, Bertram, were all rescued and taken back to England aboard the SS Adriatic - but minus her father, Bertram Frank Dean, whose body was never recovered.

Riddle Of The Mirrors From Tragic Titanic(21 Nov 07, Liverpool Echo - UK)
Salvage experts are trying to find out if mirrors discovered buried in mud in a Southampton junkyard were destined for the stricken Titanic. The mirrors were discovered buried at a yard where surplus stock from liners, said to be supplied by prestigious Liverpool china and glassware company Stonier & Co, ended up. Officials are now appealing for more information about the 52, 18ins-wide mirrors.They are intrigued over local tales they were meant to be installed in the Titanic before its ill-fated voyage across the Atlantic.

Area Students Meet Titanic Discoverer(20 Nov 07, Charlottesville Daily Progress - Charlottesville,VA,USA)
“Your generation is going to make baffling discoveries, so get on with it,” he encouraged the students.
Ballard, who founded the JASON Project, was in town to speak at a benefit luncheon for the Public Education Fund of Charlottesville-Albemarle, a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the quality of teaching and learning in Albemarle County and Charlottesville. The JASON Project, a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Geographic Society, promotes science education by developing curriculum units for middle level grades and professional development for teachers. “The JASON Project is really trying to reach children and get them to listen,” Ballard said. “What we’re trying to do is to humanize science.

Remembering the Titanic(19 Nov 07, Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA)
The benefit chaired by Mary Pat Link and her husband, John Strohm, included an after-dinner viewing of Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition and the auction of a watch made with rusted steel and coal recovered from the Titanic. It was donated by Oster Jewelers, and owner Jeremy Oster described the timepiece as “the most exciting watch on the market this year.”Many of the guests came in period clothing and while there were plenty of bustles, gloves and hats, Dr. Bruce Paton was the most practical. He wore a bright orange life vest. All of the food served — from the cocktail hour hors d’oeuvres to the dessert buffet set out after dinner in the museum’s South Atrium — was based on menus from the ship’s first class dining room.

Titanic Explorer Visits Students(19 Nov 07, WCAV - Charlottesville,VA,USA)
Imagine being a budding 6th Grade scientist and in walks the explorer who unearthed the Titanic's wreckage along the ocean floor. That was exactly the case today for the 6th grade science class at Walker Upper Elementary. Dr. Robert Ballard, the explorer best known for uncovering the wreckage of the Titanic in 1983 was the guest speaker. Dr. Ballard was there helping launch The Jason Project a science curriculum he has developed with National Geographic.

Bravo, 'Titanic Night'(14 Nov 07,Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA)
The "Titanic Night," a formal black tie dinner event held at the Car Museum, provided a wholesome appeal to those who paid $125 a plate for dinner. I attended the event to support the Vallejo Music Theater and to meet Judith Brown. It was a lovely evening of wonderful entertainment. The museum dining hall was lovely, decorated with candles and beautiful flowers. The night was filled with delight while guests enjoyed drinking wine and listened to classical music. Perhaps the evening brought some nostalgia to those who were familiar with the adventure novel and movie, "Titanic."

Titanic Themed Event A Success (11 Nov 07-The Desert Sun - Palm Springs,CA,USA)The event, called "An Evening on the Titanic" was rich in research, accuracy and whimsy. Guests dressed formally and were greeted by actors (and LQECO board members) Dutch Haling and Stacy Maddux in costume, playing the roles of Titanic Captain E. J. Smith and the raucous "Unsinkable" Molly Brown who won fame by surviving the sinking. The pair circulated all evening, keeping guests involved in the fantasy.

They'll Never Be Forgotten (10 Nov 07 The Kingston Whig-Standard - Kingston,Ontario,Canada)
The Titanic disaster and the First World War are etched in our collective memories, linked by the massive waste of human life they represent - and the relentless passage of time personified by the two elderly remaining survivors.

Titanic Survivor Dies (7 Nov 07, this is hampshire.net - Winchester,England,UK)
Throughout her life, Barbara West Dainton shunned publicity, refusing to talk about the loss of the Titanic and in the end she insisted her funeral, held earlier this week in Truro, was to take place before any public announcement of her death. With her death in Cornwall aged 96 the only remaining Titanic passenger left alive is 95-year-old Milvina Dean who lives in Woodlands, near Southampton.

Titanic Exhibition Is More Than Display Of Artifacts (6 Nov 07, Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA)
As you enter, you're handed a boarding pass with an actual passenger's name, what class that passenger was traveling in and what his or her reasons for boarding the Titanic were. Then, just beyond the room where you can touch a wall of ice to feel how cold the water would have felt to those who died of hypothermia that night, there's a wall where you can check your boarding pass against the name of every passenger to find out whether that passenger lived or died.

Carpathia Surveyed (1 Nov 07, Dive Magazine - Richmond,England,UK)
A British-led team of technical divers has successfully completed a survey of the Titanic's rescue ship, the Carpathia, which lies at 160m in the north Atlantic. The team, led by Ric Waring and including Rich Stevenson and Jeff Cornish, penetrated the wreck situated 200 miles from the Irish Coast.

OCTOBER

Nomadic Leaves City Centre Berth(31 Oct 07, BBC News - UK)
The SS Nomadic, the ship which ferried passengers to the Titanic, is to leave its berth close to Belfast city centre. The tender will be removed on Wednesday from Queen's Quay to Barnett's Dock for maintenance ahead of her planned move to dry dock before the end of the year.

Dougherty & Company Downgrades Premier Exhibitions Stock From Buy to Neutral (30 Oct 07, MSN Money - USA)
Dougherty downgrades PRXI to Neutral from Buy with a $21 tgt saying they became aware yesterday afternoon that a court order was filed on October 16, 2007 in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia to set forth the parameters and deadline for PRXI to pursue a salvage award for its salvage efforts in the recovery of Titanic artifacts.

Premier Exhibitions, Inc. to Move for Salvage Award for its Titanic Recovery Efforts
(30 Oct 07, CNNMoney.com - USA-via PR Newswire)
Premier Exhibitions, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary RMS Titanic, Inc. ("RMST"), announced that it will move the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division for a salvage award as compensation for its recovery efforts to date in recovering approximately 3700 artifacts from the wreck of the RMS Titanic during its expeditions conducted in 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2004. The motion for a salvage award has no bearing on the approximately 1800 artifacts recovered by RMST in its first expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic in 1987, for which title rests with RMST pursuant to a 1993 decree from a French maritime tribunal which gave it an in specie salvage award for all of those artifacts.

Titanic Exhibit Heads to Orlando Science Center (24 Oct 07, Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA)
When the owners of the defunct Mercado entertainment center on International Drive pulled the plug on the Titanic -- The Experience show last summer, it was unclear what would happen to the long-running memorial to the ill-fated ocean liner. But the show's owners have found a temporary home for the exhibit at the Orlando Science Center, where Titanic will replace the outgoing exhibit, Our Body: The Universe Within. Titanic is expected to reopen at the East Princeton Street center next month and remain there through 2008.

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Returns to Arizona Science Center (24 Oct 07, CNNMoney.com - USA-Via PR Newswire)
Returning, due to popular demand, the new version of this record-setting Exhibition will include more than 260 artifacts not previously seen in Arizona, as well as fully constructed replicas of Titanic's first and third class cabins and Verandah cafe.

Titanic Quarter Goldrush (24 Oct 07,Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)
Home-hunters have snapped up over 350 apartments at one of the first releases at Titanic Quarter.The Arc is the first residential development at the ambitious scheme in east Belfast which is Europe's largest waterfront development. The interest in the development was described as "phenomenal" by Mike Smith, chief executive of Titantic Quarter. Prospective buyers booked appointments online and the successful ones were invited to the marketing suite at Titanic Quarter's new offices in the recently refurbished former Harland & Wolff headquarters.

Sulphur Family Related To Titanic Hero (23 Oct 07, Sulphur Southwest Daily News - Sulphur,LA,USA)
Have you ever pondered what it was like to be a passenger on the Titanic? Sulphur resident Katharine Butt-Barbier has. In fact, she grew up hearing stories of Major Archibald Butt, her seventh cousin once removed who helped women and children board lifeboats when the ship sank in April 1912. Butt didn't survive the accident. He was a military war correspondent serving in both the Philippines and Cuba before becoming a personal aide to Presidents William Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt and Taft eventually had a dispute leaving Butt caught between two of his closest friends. The stress of the situation caused the Major to take a six week vacation to Europe where he took a personal message from President Taft to the Pope.

BBC Site Offers In-depth Info on Titanic wreck (21 Oct 07, Sunday Life - UK)
TITANIC buffs are set to make a new 'voyage of discovery' to the legendary liner's final resting place - thanks to a new online education website. For BBC Northern Ireland has just launched a new 'Learning' website - with internet explorers able to take a journey to the bottom of the sea and learn more about the Belfast-born ocean liner, which sank in April 1912. The jewel in the treasure trove of information on the Titanic Journey site - www.bbc.co.uk/titanic - is extensive film footage of reporter Mike McKimm's trip to the ship's watery grave nearly 13,000ft below sea level.

New Battle to Keep Titanic Project Afloat (19 Oct 07, Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)
Economy Minister Nigel Dodds today said he was disappointed that a blue-riband tourism project had missed out on a multi-million pound Lottery grant. Those behind the project to redevelop the Titanic Quarter now face a new battle to find money to press on with the development. The £90m Titanic Signature Project initiative was to be at the centre of the redevelopment of the Titanic Quarter, promoting the city's maritime history. It aimed to attract tens of thousands of tourists to Belfast.

Titanic Scheme Fails in Fund Bid (19 Oct 07, BBC News - UK)
A project which aims to attract thousands of tourists to the Titanic Quarter in Belfast has lost out on £25m of lottery money. The project failed to reach the final funding shortlist for the lottery's Living Landmarks Fund. The signature project is to sit at the heart of the redevelopment of the Titanic Quarter. It aims to showcase the city's maritime and industrial heritage and is set to cost an estimated £90m. This would come from a mix of public and private investment.

Premier Exhibitions CFO Sells Shares (15 Oct 07, CNNMoney.com - USA)
he vice president and chief financial officer of public exhibit organizer Premier Exhibitions Inc. sold 20,000 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Monday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Stephen R. Couture reported he sold the shares Thursday for $14.25 to $15.06 apiece.

Exhibit Raises The Titanic in Lake Charles (13 Oct 07,Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA)
Artifacts from the disaster that gave icebergs a bad name and ushered in the need for modern travel safety regulations are on a three-month stay here at Historic City Hall. A porthole, compass and other devices from the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic are nice to look at, but it is the personal items such as the band's sheet music, a spectacle case, coins, letters, gloves and cigar-holders that intensify the human aspects of the 1912 tragedy. Viewers walk through the tour, sponsored by RMS Titanic Inc., at their own pace.

Belfast's Titanic Quarter Gets Go-Ahead (2 Oct 07,Irish Times - Ireland)"Approval was given today for work to start on Northern Ireland's biggest ever property development. The scheme is phase two of a riverside project built around the legacy of the Titanic, which sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 with the loss of 1,500 passengers and crew. The liner was built at Harland and Wolff shipyard beside the River Lagan. The shipyard, which is now largely derelict, is to become a showpiece for housing, tourism and technology."

Titanic' Sails For Ballinrobe (2 Oct 07, Mayo News - Westport,Ireland)"Speaking at last Friday night's official launch party, Ballinrobe Musical Society PRO, Liz Kelleher, said that preparations were in full swing for the heart-stopping show."This is the first time that 'Titanic the musical' will be produced in Ireland. Belfast produced the show a number of years ago and are planning to do it again in 2012. We are really looking forward to the challenge of taking such an epic and putting it on stage here in Ballinrobe. Auditions have already commenced and a cast should be finalised in the coming weeks," said Liz."

We're Using Titanic To Make Watches(2 Oct 07,Liverpool Echo - UK)"Merseyside Castings created steel using the "DNA" of the doomed cruise liner to create a range of luxury watches ranging in price from £4,000 to £177,000. The boss of the small family firm on Knowsley Industrial Park, George Harris, said the whole project was incredible to work on. "It is the romanticism of it all. These are going all over the world." Swiss watchmaker Romain and Jerome launched the "DNA" project after acquiring a 1.5 kg piece of the Titanic's hull from an unnamed seller."

£1.5bn Titanic Plan Boost (2 Oct 07, Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)"The construction of a new £1.5bn Titanic Quarter development for Belfast today moved a step closer after the planners gave its second phase the green light. Environment Minister Arlene Foster announced outline planning permission has been given for the second stage of a scheme that will bring 20,000 jobs over the next 15 years to the site once occupied by the world famous Belfast shipyard."

SEPTEMBER

£22k Tale Of Titanic Survivor(27 Sep 07, Mirror.co.uk - London,UK)"A Titanic survivor's letter giving her account of the disaster has sold for £22,000 at auction.The writer tells how her party was last off the doomed liner and nearly froze to death in a lifeboat before being rescued. Laura Mabel Francatelli, secretary to a first-class passenger, wrote it as she sailed home to Britain a month after Titanic sank in 1912."

Titanic Exhibit Comes To Lake Charles( 27 Sep 07, PLC-TV - Lake Charles,LA,USA)"More than 100 of those items that have been recovered over the last 20 years will be on display next week through January at the Titanic Artifact Exhibition. The artifacts include the luxury liner's fine china in perfect condition, vials of perfumes you can still smell, one of the ship's portholes and letters and sheet music-- papers that miraculously were preserved under water. Cone says, "Papers and a lot of textiles were really able to survive due to the leather casings that they were in whether they were in satchels or suitcases and something to do with I think the tanning process of the leathers actually repelled the microbes in the ocean."

CHINESE BUYS KEY THAT KILLED THOUSANDS ON TITANIC(24 Sep 07, Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China)"A Chinese jeweler bought a key that led to the sinking of the colossal Titanic 95 years ago for 78,000 pounds (US$157,930) in London on Saturday. Shen Dongjun, the new owner of the key, is the CEO of TESIRO China, the largest jewelry retailer opened by a European company on the Chinese mainland, according to the Nanjing-based Yangtze Evening News. The key will go on display in Nanjing soon, said the report."

TITANIC KEY IS SOLD FOR £90000 (22 Sept 07, BBC News - UK)"The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic" opened the binoculars store, but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. It was in the pocket of an officer transferred off the vessel days before its maiden voyage. He forgot to hand it to his replacement as he left. Auctioneer Henry Aldridge said the key was sold to an anonymous telephone bidder who received applause as the hammer went down. He said bidding for the key at the sale in Devizes, Wiltshire, was fierce."

TITANIC EXHIBIT LARGER THAN LIFE (20 Sep 07, Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada)"Visitors to the Titanic exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum passed the 375,000 mark Wednesday, making the show one of the top-grossing in the last decade. The number of people who have viewed the nearly 300 Titanic artifacts is significantly more than the museum's conservative prediction of 250,000. That means the museum will not only recoup its $3.2-million outlay, but net up to $1 million to invest in B.C.-based galleries, estimates a "very happy" museum CEO Pauline Rafferty. The extra revenues will be shared with partner U.S.-based RMS Titanic Inc."

TITANIC EXHIBIT WILL DOCK IN MILWAUKEE (19 Sep 07, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA)" Visitors to the Milwaukee Public Museum will get to find out if they sink or survive when a major traveling exhibit, "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit" comes here Oct. 9, 2008.The exhibit will display artifacts from the Titanic recovered from the wreck site where the legendary ship went down on April 15, 1912. In an eerie twist, visitors will receive a "White Star Line ticket" at the beginning of the show stamped with the name of an actual Titanic passenger. At the tour's end, ticketholders will learn if that passenger made it to the lifeboats or went down with the ship."

'TITANIC' RESCUE SHIP YIELDS UP ITS TREASURES(16 Sep 07,Independent - London,England,UK)"An amateur dive team performed a record-breaking feat of underwater archaeology to salvage objects such as the telegraph machine used on the liner to communicate between the bridge and the engine room. They also brought up crockery bearing the insignia of the ship. The divers' haul has been handed over to the owners of the wreck of the Titanic, and will be included in a touring exhibition that will visit London next year.The dive was led by a Manchester fireman, Ric Waring, whose 10-strong Dive Carpathia group spent an unprecedented 15 hours at depths of up to 160 metres investigating the bows of the liner, which lies 200 miles off the Cork coast and 250 miles from Plymouth."

LIBRARY HOSTS "LAST DINNER ON THE TITANIC"(14 Sep 07, Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA)"It's "The Last Dinner on the Titanic," a program being presented at 7 p.m. Sept. 28 at the Toms River branch of the Ocean County Library. The seven-course dinner will be a replica of the final meal served in the Titanic's first-class dining room on the fateful night the Titanic went down on April 14, 1912. The first-class dinner menu was one of two that survived, according to "Last Dinner on the Titanic: Menus and Recipes from the Great Liner" author Rick Archbold, who will be a featured guest at the event."

ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER RAISE THE TITANIC EXHIBIT(10 Sep 07, Central Florida News 13| - Orlando,FL,USA)""Titanic: The Experience" was recently forced to move out of the Mercado shopping center. The owner of the $4 million exhibit, G. Michael Harris said he has a deal with the Orlando Science Center to relocated parts of the attraction and share the revenue with the Orlando Science Center."

15-TONS OF SAND TO BE USED IN BRANSON TITANIC SCULPTURE(7 Sep 07, News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA)"Award-winning sculptors will attempt to build the world's largest Titanic sand sculpture from a 15-ton mountain of sand Sept. 20-23 at The World's Largest Titanic Museum Attraction in Branson, a museum press release said.Olympic team sculptor Greg Butauski will lead a group of champion sculptors through the unpredictable task of building a 20-foot long, 8-foot tall Titanic out of sand during this free four-day event. Guests of all ages can get in on the fun by building sand creations of their own at the outdoor beach area. Butauski, who is the president of the National Ice Carvers Association and owner of Art The Experience ) in Columbus, Ohio, and his team, will be on hand to answer questions and give tips on building sandcastles."

COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF TITANIC VICTIM(5 Sep 07, Stockport Express - UK)"A blue plaque was unveiled at the weekend to commemorate Stockport's only victim on the ill-fated SS Titanic, William Watson. The plaque was unveiled by Stockport Heritage Trust, on the the outside of the Ratpit Club on Lower Bents Lane, Bredbury. This was the site of Mr Watson's home, who lived at number 3 before it was demolished. Mr Watson died aged just 27 aboard the Titanic on April 15, 1912, some two hours and forty minutes after the ship struck an iceberg. More than 1,500 people aboard the stricken liner lost their lives. He was a stoker in the boiler room of the giant ship."

TITANIC 'CROW'S NEST KEY' AUCTION(5 Sep 07, BBC News-UK)"A key which is thought to have fitted the locker holding the crow's nest binoculars of the Titanic will be sold at auction in Wiltshire. The iron key was held by Second Officer David Blair who was removed from the crew at the last moment and did not hand it on to his replacement."

MY FAMILY'S DARK SECRET AND THE LEGEND OF TITANIC(5 Sep 07, Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)"Like most people, I knew the Titanic story as a gripping mosaic of disaster and survival - a roll call of what-ifs and might-have-beens told and re-told in film and book form for almost 100 years. Endlessly fascinating, endlessly open to interpretation, endlessly emblematic of mankind's vanity and ambition, but also of our ability to behave with courage and honour in the mouth of the abyss. What I didn't know is that I have a family connection with the Titanic. And when I discovered it - quite by chance - it was as if a switch flicked on and history stepped out of the shadows. The Titanic story became humanised on an intensely personal level for me. Three years go, I stumbled across the fact that my grandmother's uncle was a passenger on the Titanic. And he was eloping to the US to start a new life."

AUGUST

THE SIMPLE LOCKER KEY THAT COULD HAVE SAVED THE TITANIC FROM DISASTER(29 Aug 07,Scotsman - United Kingdom)"The simple item was for a locker that stored the binoculars in the crow's nest and was in the possession of a Scots officer who was taken off the luxury liner at the last moment. In his haste, second officer David Blair forgot to hand the key over to his replacement and took it with him. As a result, none of the lookouts on board could use the binoculars, despite asking other officers for them."

Related News:

TITANIC EXHIBIT OWNER SUNK AFTER EVICTION, 20 Aug 07, WESH.com - Winter Park,FL,USA

TITANIC STRUGGLE OVER; ATTRACTION TO REOPEN, 23 Aug 07, Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA

TITANIC SHOW SAILS INTO SWANSEA(23 Aug 07, News Wales - Knighton,UK)"An exhibition devoted to the ill-fated Titanic ocean liner is arriving in Swansea later this year. The Titanic Honour and Glory exhibition depicts the story and tragedy of the giant vessel and will be on display at Swansea Museum from October 20. Material from the Oscar-winning Titanic movie by James Cameron will form part of the exhibition and will include film costumes and the Heart of the Ocean jewel worn by Kate Winslet.Other rare and authentic treasures from the ship will also be on show and Swansea Museum staff are asking members of the public with any information on local people who were in board to get in touch."

COBH JOINS IN PLANS FOR TITANIC CENTENARY(14 Aug 07, Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland)"Yesterday, Michael Martin, a former member of the Naval Service who runs the Titanic Trail in Cobh, confirmed that the local council had signed a memorandum of understanding with a series of other Titanic related cities in relation to the centenary commemorations.Cities such as Southampton, Liverpool, Halifax (Nova Scotia), New York and Cherbourg are to work together to host a series of events in 2012. Cobh Town Council has formally approved plans to be involved in the commemoration ceremonies."

RUSSIAN ARCTIC FOOTAGE 'USED TITANIC FILM(14 Aug 07, Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom)"Russia faces embarrassment over its flag planting expedition to the North Pole after claims that state broadcasters borrowed scenes from the movie Titanic to "beef-up" footage. Television company Rossiya sent images of mini submarines descending to the ocean floor around the world in its report about the mission. But a 13-year-old b"oy from Finland spotted the scenes in the national daily newspaper Ilta-Sanomat, and realised that they resembled images on his Titanic DVD.

US BEATS CANADA TO TITANIC LEGISLATION(6 Aug 07, Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada)"While Canada dithers, the United States has taken a key step toward ensuring the wreck of the Titanic -- watery grave for hundreds of victims of the famous 1912 sinking off the coast of Newfoundland -- will officially become an international maritime memorial site protected from relic hunters. If a proposed bill sent last week to Congress is approved by legislators, the U.S. will join Britain in ratifying a treaty struck more than a decade ago with Canada and France, bringing its principal terms into force for all four countries."

TITANIC BABY MYSTERY SOLVED(3 Aug 07, Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom)"The body of a baby boy buried as the "Unknown Child" has always been a poignant reminder of the tragedy of the Titanic. Five years ago scientists thought they had solved the mystery when DNA testing identified the victim as a 13-month-old Finnish baby. But doubts remained and now the experts have changed their mind and are convinced it is Sidney Leslie Goodwin, an 19-month-old boy from England."

JULY

TITANIC SITE PROTECTION SOUGHT BY CONGRESS(26 Jul 07, LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA)"Congress will soon consider legislation that could protect the Titanic, which tragically sunk in the North Atlantic 95 years ago, from unregulated salvage and other activities that could harm the remains of the once great ship. The Department of State sent the bill to Congress yesterday. The RMS Titanic was a British passenger superliner that sunk on its maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg on April 14, 1912. About 1,500 people died as a result, making the sinking one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history. Some scientists are concerned that visits to the wreck and the recovery of artifacts from the ship are hastening its decay. If enacted, this legislation will implement the agreement called for by Congress in the RMS Titanic Maritime Memorial Act of 1986 (Titanic Memorial Act), and will allow the United States to work in concert with the United Kingdom, Canada and France to more effectively protect the ship and its wreck site."

PREMIER EXHIBITIONS ACQUIRES OWNERSHIP RIGHTS TO PERSONAL PROPERTY FROM THE TITANIC(18 Jul 07,RTT News - Williamsville,NY,USA)"Premier Exhibitions Inc. (PRXI) on Wednesday said it has acquired Ownership Rights to the personal property on board the doomed ocean liner RMS Titanic from Liverpool and London Steamship Protection and Indemnity Association Ltd. During Titanic's maiden voyage, Liverpool and London was the insurer of the personal property on board the ship. By virtue of the settlements it reached with the Titanic passengers and their families soon after the tragedy, Liverpool and London acquired via subrogation ownership rights to the personal property, which remained on the vessel. With the acquisition of these rights, the company now has the lawful claim to ownership."

A TITANIC LANDMARK TO DWARF CITY HALL(16 Jul 07,Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)"Tourists to Belfast may be able to enjoy a 'Titanic' experience within the next five years if plans for an exciting new visitor attraction are given the go-ahead. The Titanic Signature Project, to be built at the heart of the city's Titanic Quarter, will feature re-creations of and exhibitions about the doomed liner, which sank in the north Atlantic in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. And a state-of-the-art 'flying theatre' - one of only a handful in the world - could even give visitors the opportunity to recreate a dive to the wreck of the ship on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean."

UNUSED TICKET FOR THE DOOMED SHIP FOUND IN US(9 Jul 07)"Margaret Hallem from Illinois said her Irish grandmother had been due to sail on the White Star liner, but missed the trip due to bad weather. She was checking up on her Irish roots at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC when she revealed that her family still had the ticket. Genealogists from Northern Ireland are working at the festival. Valerie Adams, Public Records Office Northern Ireland, said: "It is always amazing to hear the stories of people searching for their family histories. But this one was a bit special."

CHORLEY MAN'S TITANIC NOTEBOOK EXPECTED TO FETCH £15000 IN SALE(7 Jul 07, Lancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UK)"A notebook which lists survivors of the Titanic tragedy, compiled by the most senior surviving Titanic officer who was born and educated in Chorley is up for auction.The notebook, which is expected to fetch up to £15,000 when it is auctioned in London next week, is the work of the controversial Charles Herbert Lightoller, who was born at Chorley in 1874, and whose family owned the Lightoller Mill in the town."

JEFFERSON LIBRARY PRESENTS TITANIC THROUGH TIME EXIBITION FOR CHILDREN(5 Jul 07,BYM News (press release))""Titanic Through Time" is designed for children ages 8-12 and features Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities performer Rebecca Salomonsson as Molly Brown, Denver's unsinkable heroine. Young audience members can act as Titanic time travelers while learning about the ill-fated ship. An interactive true/false ship display created by the Museum will accompany each program. "We're happy to make this timeless tale come alive for local children," said Knott's Kids Program Coordinator Rene Yaws. "Each library will offer Titanic-related books to further spark children's interest in both the Titanic and reading."

TITANIC ARTIFACTS LOANED(5 Jul 07, Vancouver Province - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada)"A Bowen Island resident, whose mother and grandmother survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic, has loaned the Royal B.C. Museum two historical artifacts from the stricken ship. Don Marshall, 76, a retired dentist, presented the museum with the Titanic's second-class passenger list that happened to be in his grandmother's overcoat pocket when she and her 12-year-old daughter escaped the sinking ship. Marshall's mother, Bertha Watt, who was 12 years old when the ship sank, wrote an essay for her high-school yearbook two years after the sinking titled "A Personal Experience on the Titanic."

A MONUMENT TO ARROGANCE(4 Jul 07, Bennington Banner - Bennington,VT,USA)"Titanic still stands as a metaphor for many things. The fate of the ship that "God Himself could not sink" was a sharp rebuke to man's colossal conceit. It was a potent warning at the dawning of the technological revolution and a vivid illustration of the ultimate meaninglessness of material wealth. It may have been the last gallant gasp of old-fashioned values and chivalry, even amongst appalling examples of the "me first" mentality that still flourishes today."

95 YEARS LATER, THE TITANIC STILL COMMANDS ATTENTION AND DOLLARS(3 Jul 07, Blogging Stocks - USA)"A Christie's auction in New York City last week featured memorabilia from the ill-fated voyage, including a lengthy handwritten description of the ordeal, penned by a 16-year-old survivor. The account, which mentions witnessing the "most terrible shrieks and groans from the helpless and doomed" from her perch in a lifeboat, attracted $16,800. The auction featured 18 lots in total, including telegrams, letters, and deck logs. In all, the products fetched $193,140. An original list of the first-class passengers aboard the ship fetched $48,000, surpassing pre-sale estimates."

JUNE

TITANIC ARTIFACTS AUCTIONED;DECK LOG FROM MACKAY-BENNETT FETCHES $102,000(29 June 07, Canoe.ca - Canada)"A deck log from a ship that searched for bodies after the Titanic sank sold for more than US$100,000 as part of a Christie's auction Thursday of memorabilia from the doomed oceanliner. "It's a journal that documents how many bodies were picked up and where in the Titanic debris field in the Atlantic Ocean," said Gregg Dietrich, Christie's maritime and oceanliner specialist"

TITANIC: BUILT IN BELFAST' LAUNCHES AT UNION STATION(27 June 07, WTOP - Washington,DC,USA)" The tragic sinking of the Titanic in April 1912 still receives worldwide recognition from movies and museum exhibitions. However, few people know the history of the ship's construction before its deadly journey. Union Station offers a peek into the past at its "Titanic: Built in Belfast" exhibit. "Not everyone knows she was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland," says Tim Cooke, director of National Museums Northern Ireland. Cooke describes the exhibit as a window into the Titanic's construction, launch and disastrous voyage. "Titanic: Built in Belfast" offers pictures of the mighty ship's construction along with exclusive footage of the Titanic's voyage from Belfast. The free exhibit runs at Union Station through July 15."

SHIP OF DREAMS DOCKS AT DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE(26 June 07, Brighton Standard-Blade - CO, United States)"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition," on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, combines physical remnants from the shipwreck with the personal stories of those who perished and those who survived. Though the exhibit features an impressive array of debris recovered from the ship's grave on the ocean floor, its real strength lies in the first-person immediacy that emerges from these relics. From the outset, the exhibit places a focus squarely on the personal elements of the event. Visitors receive a boarding pass bearing the name of one of the ship's 2,228 passengers when they enter the exhibit. After ambling through galleries and examining displays that track the ship's progression, from the initial grandeur of the boarding and departure to the ship's final moments, a wall bearing the fates of every traveler on the Titanic stands in the final room. By scanning the long list of the survivors and the victims to find the name spelled on the boarding pass, visitors receive a sobering link to the human toll of the tragedy."

THE TITANIC SURFACES IN DENVER(22 June 07, Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA)"The show, titled "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition," opens Friday at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It is projected to draw 325,000 people before it closes Jan. 6, a dramatic testament to the doomed ocean liner's continuing allure.Although there have been other maritime catastrophes, including the loss of 9,343 people on the Wilhelm Gustloff, a Nazi refugee ship sunk by Soviet torpedoes on the Baltic Sea in January 1945, none has been as discussed and mythologized as the Titanic."

AUCTION HOUSE TO SELL ARTIFACTS FROM THE TITANIC(22 June 07, Voice of America - USA)"Telegrams from survivors of the Titanic are just some of the items up for sale Thursday at Christie's auction house in New York. The 18 Titanic artifacts also include the ship's first-class passenger list, a roll call of prominent New York families. The list is expected to bring in between 15- and 20-thousand dollars. Christie's maritime expert, Gregg Dietrich, says there is a lot of interest from collectors. "Any disaster where 14- or 15-hundred people die in one incident marks a significant point in time. It was also one of the first incidents in history where, almost simultaneously, they heard about it in the United States and in Europe. She was the first sort of big news story -- first big international news story since the invention of the Marconi wireless system," he said."
UNIQUE TITANIC FOOTAGE TO GO ON SHOW IN THE USA(19 June 07,Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)"Lost newsreel footage of the Titanic being manoeuvred into the Thompson Dock in Belfast is to go on show at a major Washington DC exhibition highlighting the liner's Ulster links. The unique footage, found in a Glasgow attic in 2005 and bought by the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, is believed to be the longest, most complete version of the Titanic newsreel unearthed, with a running time of more than 12 minutes. The 95-year-old nitrate film is still in excellent condition. It offers a clear portrait of the liner in its place of birth at Harland & Wolff shipyard. An edited version of the film is to be shown as part of the Titanic - Made In Belfast, Northern Ireland exhibition at Union Station in Washington, while the full version goes on display at the neighbouring Smithsonian National Postal Museum. The exhibition is being staged from June 26 to July 15 as part of the four-month Rediscover Northern Ireland programme, the biggest-ever international showcase of the Province's culture, business and tourism."

SET SAIL FOR MUSEUM'S NEW TITANIC EXHIBITION(16 June 07, Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK)"But Dr Who could soon be knocked off its perch when an exhibition about the world's most famous ship SS Titanic comes to the city. The exhibition, which will run through the summer holidays, will tell the tragic story of the ship's maiden voyage.So, when a Titanic exhibition opens for the summer on June 30, it is envisaged that thousands of enthusiasts will set sail for the museum in Priestgate.Museum visitor services and marketing manager for Peterborough City Council Stuart Orme, said: "The story of Titanic is something that captures the imagination. The fact that there was a Peterborough family from Gladstone Street on board adds to that."

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JUNE 15 NEW YORK'S OWN TITANIC(15 June 07, Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA)"Under the command of William Van Schaick, after an hour of crawling up the East River, the Slocum caught fire. Pilot Edward Van Wart ordered the vessel to North Brother Island rather than to the Manhattan shore, only 300 yards away. When crew members attempted to put out the blaze, they discovered the hose was rotten and dozens of leaks fizzed water, leaving no pressure with which to fight the fire. Life preservers being fought over desperately by panic stricken mothers were found to be mostly rotten and went to pieces in their hands....From the impact, flames soared upward from the ship's holds, galley and bow cabins. There was no escape for most of the passengers behind this wall of flame. Most could not swim, and they either met death in the blaze or jumped from the stern of the ship into close to thirty feet of water. The ship's upper decks collapsed, sending those trapped there down into the inferno now enveloping the doomed ship....The excursion ship burned to her water line, and a painfully methodical count would later reveal that 1,021 people, almost all women and children, were dead. The survivors numbered 407."

NEW REPORT: TITANIC WAS DOOMED BEFORE IT SET SAIL! (Not a satire)(10 Jun 07,titanicnewschannel.com)According to the Sunday Telegraph, an upcoming documentary to be shown on American television will present evidence that Titanic was doomed by structural problems, namely the expansion joints. The documentary will argue Titanic was poorly designed, the builders knew this, and the flaws resulted in the tragedy. Apparently the problem was fixed when Brittanic came on line. The article is one sided and does not include those who disagree with the conclusions. In fact, the article more properly should be labeled a press release rather than a genuine news article. Here are the details and link:

TITANIC WAS DOOMED BEFORE IT SET SAIL (10 Jun 07,Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom)

And here is another:

THE TITANIC WAS DOOMED BEFORE LEAVING BELFAST, SAY FILM-MAKERS (12 June 07, Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)

Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom

FAMILY'S AMAZING HIGH SEA DRAMAS(7 June 07,Dorset Echo - England,UK)"George Symons was a lookout on board the ill-fated White Star liner Titanic, which sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912. His surviving niece, Dawn Gould, from Weymouth said: "As the ship went down he was put in charge of Lifeboat Number 1 which he helped to row away from Titanic." George was in the lifeboat for many hours until the Carpathia liner, one of several ships to answer the Titanic's call for help, arrived at the scene. Dawn said: "George was amazed to find that one of the Carpathia's crew helping to rescue him was his brother, Jack!"

TITANIC MODEL BUILT ON BEER CANS(3 Jun 07, This is Local London - UK)"Mark Diggins, assistant manager at The Local, in Harcourt Road, north-west London, has been gluing and cutting each of the 5,000 painstakingly small pieces of his scale model of the Titanic at the back of the shop. And after completing the 5ft model of the ship on a stack of beer cans at the back of the shop, Mark is now going to display the finished model on top of a fridge for all his customers to see. "It started off at home," the 39-year-old said. "But I've got five kids, and the youngest two were only seven at the time, so it just seemed safer to bring it down here and do it here after my shift."Most of the customers are locals so they've been keeping check of how the boat is going while I've been doing it." Mark, of Girtin Road, Bushey, said his fascination with the Titanic and her two sister ships Olympic and Britannic, began when he was at school."

RACE ON TO NAME TITANIC'S BIRTHPLACE A WORLD HERITAGE SITE(2 June 07, Belfast Telegraph-UK)"The spot where the Titanic was built should be declared a World Heritage Site, according to Titanic enthusiast Terry Madill. The Belfast civil engineer says he will be preparing a bid to secure World Heritage Site status and this will be submitted to Unesco in 18 months' time. The site, at Queen's Island in Belfast, would encompass Titanic landmarks including the Thompson graving dock, the drawing office and the SS Nomadic, the tender which carried first-class passengers onto the legendary liner. Mr Madill says he has been doing the research for the bid and a lot more work has to go into it before it is complete."It's something that would cost nothing - it's only paper - and it would provide international recognition of the site," he said. "We are sitting on something that is fantastic here and Unesco is the way forward."

TITANIC EXHIBIT BOTH ENTHRALLS AND SADDENS(1 Jun 07, Parksville Qualicum News - Parksville,British Columbia,Canada)"I found myself bowled over time and time again by the fact things survived on the floor. Also amazing is the size of the tools used on the Titanic. Seeing a wrench used on the boat was an eye opener to how big this ship really was. A D deck door had the same effect. The exhibit is particularly fascinating because of the emotional connection that for many already exists with the Titanic. The story enthralls and saddens, even while it entertains people through popular culture or Hollywood movies. The Royal BC Museum exhibit understands people's interest, and the exhibit is organized from the early days to the boat's final moments. It's basically a story in three dimension. It introduces characters and snippets of their lives.This exhibit is worth checking out simply for the awe factor. Everything else is just a bonus."

MAY

PRESS RELEASE: TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION OPENS JUNE 2 AT THE ONTARIO SCIENCE CENTRE(29 May 07, Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada)". On June 2, 2007, she arrives - at the Ontario Science Centre. Running until January 6, 2008, Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition will recreate life on the famous ship. Each visitor will become a passenger and experience the excitement and the subsequent tragedy of the fateful journey. Visitors will be able to step into the past as they view remarkable recreations of a first class stateroom, third class cabins and the Ship's Boiler Room."

Information

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

$29.50 for adults

$23.50 for seniors (65+) and youths (13-17)

$19.50 children

Ticket price includea admision to Science Centre.

For more information, hours of operation, and how to get there: www.ontariosciencecentre.ca

DESIGNER OF SUBMERSIBLE ALVIN DIES(29 May 07, Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK)"Harold 'Bud' Froelich, a Minnesota engineer who designed the deep-sea submersible Alvin, known for finding the Titanic, has died. He was 84. Froelich died May 19 at a hospital in Maplewood, Minn., from multiple myeloma, The Washington Post reported. As an engineer at General Mills, Froelich first developed a titanium arm for the Navy bathyscape Trieste. In the 1960s, General Mills, which had a sub-specialty in precision military equipment and balloons, got the contract to design the vessel that became known as Alvin. In an interview with Minnesota Public Radio, Froelich said the Navy was dubious about trusting a company best known for making Wheaties."

MANUSCRIPT FROM TITANIC SURVIVOR ON DISPLAY(22 May 07, Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa)"A warm bath at the ready. The ship's engines whirring rhythmically. "Then the shock came." So reads a survivor's handwritten account of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, a manuscript that goes on museum display on Wednesday for the first time at a private Paris museum. Reporters were given a preview on Tuesday. The 36-page description of the disaster by American passenger Helen Churchill Candee was sold at a British auction for 47 000 pounds (about R650 000) last year."

TITANIC'S SISTER SHIP TO BECOME DIVERS' PARADISE(21 May 07, Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK)"The British owners of the Britannic, which sank in 1916 off the Greek island of Kea, have been granted permission to distribute licences allowing divers to visit the wreck.They have also drawn up plans to create an associated multi-million pound complex, comprising a museum, hotel and diving school, and have secured £2.8 million of European Union funding for the scheme. Until now, permission to dive to the Britannic, used as a hospital ship during the First World War, has been denied to all but a handful of divers because it lies beneath a busy shipping lane."

TITANIC LIFE JACKET SOLD FOR £60000(16 May 07, this is hampshire.net - Winchester,Hampshire,UK)"A life jacket worn by a survivor from the Titanic sold at auction today for £60,000. Laura Mabel Francatelli's life-preserver, signed by some of the 10 men and two women also fleeing the luxury liner on lifeboat number 1, was picked up by an anonymous bidder. A copy of the affidavit she gave to Lord Mersey's inquiry following the disaster went to another anonymous bidder for £2,880 at Christie's in central London."

TITANIC SURVIVOR'S PAPERS DRAW LAWSUIT(8 May 07,Earthtimes.org - USA)"Put on a lifeboat with his mother, nine-year-old Goldsmith watched as his father remained on the ship, calling out, "So long, Frankie. I'll see you later." The society has filed a federal lawsuit against Goldsmith's three sons, asking a judge to give the organization the legal right to sell a book based on Goldsmith's life. The society bases the request on permission given by Goldsmith's wife for the sale of copies of her husband's manuscript at a 1988 convention."

APRIL

TITANIC MEMORABILIA'S RECORD SALE(22 April 07, BBC-UK)"Keys belonging to the post room of the Titanic have sold for a record £100,000 ($200,351)at auction in Wiltshire. Auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said the previous record for the amount paid for memorabilia from the liner was £57,000."

MEMORY OF TITANIC PASSENGERS LIVES ON IN NORTH MAYO VILLAGE(18 April 07, Western People - Ballina,Ireland)"At the foot of the majestic Nephin in Lahardane, between two and three o'clock on Sunday morning, the bell, which remains silent for the other 364 days of the year, tolled for twenty- five minutes. This is the tenth year that the Lahardane-based Addergoole Titanic Society have carried out this unique practice in the church grounds as a commemoration of the sinking of the White Star Line steamship at 2.20am on April 15, 1912. Toss Gibbons, a member of the society, told the Western People that of the fourteen on board, eleven were lost. "We rang the bell, as we do every year, for twenty-five minutes. Two slow knells for each of the eleven people lost and three happy joyous minutes for the three that were saved. The bell tolls just once a year on this night between two and three in the morning."

TITANIC DEAD ON PUBLIC LIST(16 April 07, Dorset Echo - England,UK)"Titanic disaster victims from Dorset feature in a newly-published register of all who sailed on the ill-fated liner.The register of the ship has gone online for the first time to mark the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the ship when she hit an iceberg on her maiden voyage on April 15, 1912. It features Percy Thomas Ward, 38, from Weymouth, as well as Richard May, 26, and Edwy West, both from Bournemouth."

The passenger list can be accessed at: www.ancestorsonboard.com.

TITANIC TRAGEDY IS REMEMBERED(15 April 07, UTV - Belfast,Ireland)"A service has been held in Belfast to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic 95 years ago.The world`s most famous maritime disaster happened when the vessel hit an iceberg in April 1912. At the City Hall in Belfast today a number of people gathered to lay a wreath at the memorial in the council grounds. Among them John Andrews, the grand nephew of the architect of the Titanic. Also there to remember those who perished was UTV reporter Susie Millar. Her great grandfather Thomas Millar was a crew member who died as a result of the tragedy and Susie will be the first person ever to be married in the Titanic`s sister ship the Nomadic. The Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Pat McCarthy said more than 20,000 people had visted City Hall this week to see the Titanic exhibition."

HAM RADIO OPERATORS RAISE MEMORY OF TITANIC(15 April 07, News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA)"Ham radio operators worldwide paid tribute Saturday to John George "Jack" Phillips, the man who sent the distress code that alerted other ships to the Titanic disaster 95 years ago. Four members of the Nixa Amateur Radio Club organized the event, which was held at the Titanic museum in Branson. Shortly before midnight on April 14, 1912, the luxury liner, which had been considered unsinkable, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,229 passengers and crew on board, only 713 survived. "Had it not been for the radio operators, there would have been no survivors," said Rod Kittleman of Nixa, one of the event's organizers. Radio operators stationed outside the museum made contact with other operators not only in the United States, but in countries such as the United Kingdom, Portugal and Japan as well."

TITANIC FAMILY TREADS THE BOARD(14 April 07, Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK)"Taking part in theatrical productions is nothing new for one Ipswich family but appearing in their latest show has seen them cross the generation divide like never before. For when Margaret and Colin Mudd and their two sons take to the stage for Titanic the Musical it will be a poignant tribute to a tragic family member who died on board the ill-fated ship.When the Titanic embarked on its maiden voyage in 1912, one of the passengers setting sail for what he believed would be a new life was 18-year-old Thomas Cupper Mudd. Thomas, who would have been Colin's great uncle, had travelled from the family home near Halesworth to board the Titanic in Southampton and was planning to join two of his brothers in America."

REMEMBERING A TITANIC SURVIVOR; FAMILY REFLECTS(13 April 07, St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada)"ost of what Angeline Krekorian knows about her father's escape from the sinking Titanic has come from newspaper articles."He just never spoke about it," said Angeline, 76. "He told us the story once and that was it." The youngest of the late Nesham Krekorian's three children learned early on to keep questions about her father's past to herself. Still, over the years she has collected newspaper articles, magazine stories and books, which she and her brother, George, leafed through at her St. Catharines home Thursday, just days before the 95th anniversary of Titanic's sinking. Her father was just 25 years old when the majestic Titanic sunk April 15, 1912."

TITANIC RESURFACES AS LUXURY WATCH(13 April 07, CNN)"Steel and coal from the Titanic have been transformed into a new line of luxury wristwatches that claim to capture the essence of the legendary ocean liner which sank in 1912. Geneva watchmaker Romain Jerome SA billed its "Titanic-DNA" collection as among the most exclusive pieces showcased this week at Baselworld, the watch and jewellery industry's largest annual trade fair. "It is very luxurious and very inaccessible," said Yvan Arpa, chief executive of the three-year-old company that hopes the limited edition watches will attract both collectors and garrulous luxury goods buyers. To make the watches, which were offered for sale for the first time in Basel for between $7,800 and $173,100, the Swiss company created an alloy using the slab from the Titanic with steel being used in a Harland and Wolff replica of the vessel."

DEEP SEA IS OUR LAST FRONTIER SAYS TITANIC EXPLORER(12 April 07, Davis Enterprise - Davis,CA,USA)"Robert Ballard is known for discovering the Titanic shipwreck, but that's just skimming the surface of his career in undersea exploration. Ballard has tracked down the ruins of several ships, including ancient wooden ones, and even found new life forms - 10-foot-long tube worms - deep below the ocean's surface. However, Ballard considers his greatest achievement to be the educational programs he has developed to get young people excited about his work, the ocean and science in general, he told an audience Wednesday night at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at UC Davis. Ballard's talk, which included a slide show of underwater photos and graphics detailing his work, was the final installment of this year's Distinguished Speakers series."

COUNTDOWN STARTS TO ROYAL B.C. MUSEUM'S LAUNCH OF TITANIC(12 April 07, Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria,BC,Canada)"RMS Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit launches its six-month stay at the Royal B.C. Museum Saturday on the 95th anniversary of the famed maritime disaster. At least 250,000 visitors are expected, but it's not too late to dip in on the opening weekend "There is still capacity for people this weekend," says director of exhibits Tim Willis, adding that time slots for the 9 a.m. opening are full. In any case, visitors should come prepared to meet their fate. They'll be handed replica boarding passes for the "practically unsinkable" ship, then wend their way through the Titanic story from construction of the luxurious liner in Belfast to life on board for rich and poor. People will meet a large and chilly chunk of ice under a black and beautiful sky -- complete with local actors in period costume delivering quotes from those who were there -- an "extremely powerful moment," Willis says.

Exhibit information:

Tickets:$25.50 for adults; $17.50 for students 19 and older; $17.50 for youth six to 18; $19.50 for seniors; $68.50 for families; free for kids five and under.

For more information, call 356-7226 or visit www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca.

A TITANIC DINNER IN COLUMBIA STATE PARK(8 April 07, San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA)"It's a hundred miles from the nearest ocean, and a lot farther than that from the nearest iceberg, but a hotel in the old Gold Rush town of Columbia is offering guests a chance to recreate the last night on the Titanic -- at least the drier parts of it. On April 13 and 14, the City Hotel, located inside Columbia Historic State Park, will serve a six-course dinner "based on the actual First Class offerings aboard the RMS Titanic on the night of April 14, 1912."Musicians will play the songs performed in the dining room and on deck that night, and costumed performers will include the "unsinkable" Molly Brown and a "befuddled" captain, while a simulated wireless radio broadcasts iceberg warnings.Cost of the dinner is $150 per couple. More information, (800) 532-1479, www.cityhotel.com."

TITANIC'S LAST MISSING LINK OPENS(7 April 07, BBC News - UK)"A restored boat which is the last floating link to the ill-fated Titanic has opened to the public in Belfast. Docked at Queen's Quay, the SS Nomadic has artefacts and replicas of items from the Titanic, as well as clothing worn by Kate Winslet in the 1997 movie. More than 1,000 people were expected over the bank holiday weekend to visit the boat, which once carried mainly first-class passengers to the Titanic. Volunteers worked through the night to get the boat ready on time. And Denis Rooney of the Nomadic Preservation Trust said a large number of visitors had already inspected the boat. "They have put us under a bit of pressure just to try and deal with it as we swing into action," he said."

TITANIC ARTIFACTS AUCTION 21 APRIL IN UK(6 April 07, Titanic.com - USA)"Henry Aldridge and Son, the leading auctioneers of Titanic memorabilia in the world hold their latest auction on April 21st in their Devizes salerooms. Highlights of the 373 lot auction include the Rowe archive which includes two letters written onboard the ship, the keys from Titanic's postroom recovered from Postal Clerk Oscar Woody and another archive of material from a college of Mr Woody, William Gwinn."

RMS TITANIC PRESENTATION WILL SET SAIL AGAIN AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN THOMSON, GA(5 April 07, McDuffie Mirror - Thomson,GA,USA) "R.M.S. Titanic will sail once more. She'll be departing this time not from Southampton, England, as she did in 1912, but from First Baptist Church of Thomson. Titanic: Voyage to Eternity will be presented in the Fellowship Hall of the church on Saturday, April 14, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event is open to the community. Tickets will be on sale in the church office until noon on Monday, April 9. The cost is $12 per person. Senior adults will have their own special edition of the presentation during Young at Heart on Tuesday, April 10, beginning at 10 a.m. This is a change from the usual starting time of 11 a.m. Reservations may be made by calling the church office (706-595-4252) by noon on Friday, April 6. The cost is $6 per person. The dramatic presentation, which is narrated by local Titanic enthusiast Kathie Mogish, uses almost 200 projected images and a variety of evocative sounds to tell the story of the tragically brief life of the legendary ship."

TITANIC MUSEUM ADDS NEW FEATURES(5 April 07, The Register-Mail - Galesburg,IL,USA)"he World's Largest Titanic Museum Attraction has added several new features and expansions totaling more than $1 million, along with a worldwide amateur ham radio broadcast to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic. The museum - built to half scale to Titanic's original size - was opened March 8, 2006, by president and chief officer John Joslyn and his wife, Mary Kellogg Joslyn, a native of Monmouth. Beginning April 12, guests waiting to enter Titanic can stroll through a scaled version of the London Waterloo Train Station, where many of Titanic's most prominent passengers traveled to Southampton to board the ship for its maiden voyage on Wednesday, April 10, 1912. Titanic crewmembers will greet guests waiting at the "train station" with information to help enrich the experience."

TITANIC LETTER RECOUNTS HORROR(5 April 07,Discovery Channel - USA)"The darkness and terror on the night the Titanic sank are described in a letter, released yesterday, written by survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli shortly after the disaster. The letter, along with her official affidavit during a subsequent legal inquiry and her life preserver, will be sold at a Christie's auction on May 16. The life preserver was signed by men and women aboard the lifeboat. Francatelli's nephew inherited the objects in 1967 upon her death. They have been with the family ever since.Francatelli, born in London in 1882, was a secretary who sailed on the Titanic with her employer, Lady Duff-Gordon, the owner of a well-known dress salon called Madame Lucille. The designer's husband, Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, traveled with them. The letter recounts how, close to midnight on April 15, 1912, Francatelli opened the door to her E-36 cabin and saw passengers leaving their rooms in their night attire."

TITANIC KEY TO A POSTMAN'S BRAVERY(5 April 07, Times Online - UK)"To these stubborn acts of courage can be be added those of the ship's five postmen. This month the keys and chain of the postmaster of the Titanic mail room, prised from his frozen body, emerged for auction, and with them a bewildering story of postal heroism. In an age when the Royal Mail was staggeringly efficient, postmaster Oscar Woody and his team were regarded as the best of the best, entrusted with sorting 400,000 letters during the six-day voyage from Southampton to New York. He had no intention of letting the holing of the vessel by a giant iceberg stand in the way of their safe delivery."

NOMADIC UNVEILED AS STAR ATTRACTION(4 April 07, Belfast Telegraph - Belfast,UK)"Fans of the legendary Titanic hope to board her little sister this weekend and find out what she looks like inside. SS Nomadic will be at the centre of an exciting programme of Easter events run by Titanic Nomadic Convention and the Odyssey Arena - including the chance to win an oil painting of the Titanic worth £4,000 by Irish artist William Mulhall. There have been some difficulties in finding a suitable berth where members of the public will be able to climb aboard, but the Nomadic Preservation Trust says it is doing everything in its power to make sure the ship docks at the Odyssey Arena this Saturday. Chairman Dennis Rooney said: "There may be limited access, subject to tides. "The trust is working feverishly to try and get her open for Saturday."

MORE INFO ABOUT AMATEUR RADIO EVENT TO MARK 95TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC SINKING(4 April 07, ARRL - Hartford,CT,USA)"Several Amateur Radio special event operations are scheduled to mark the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The "unsinkable" White Star Line passenger vessel was on its maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City when it struck and iceberg and sank early on April 15, 1912. More than 1500 people perished, while some 700 passengers in 19 lifeboats were rescued by the RMS Carpathia, whose radio operator copied the frantic "SOS" transmitted by MGY radio operator Jack Phillips as the Titanic foundered."

TITANIC SURVIVOR MILVINA RECEIVES GOOD WILL MESSAGES(2 April 07, This Is Basingstoke - Basingstoke,UK)"Britain's last Titanic survivor Milvina Dean has been receiving messages of good will as she prepares to mark the 95th anniversary of the disaster. Milvina, who is known throughout the world, has for many years helped to keep the story of the ill-fated liner alive. She has voiced her regret at the sale of Titanic objects taken from the wreck now resting on the bottom of the Atlantic. The Daily Echo has received messages from America from Titanic enthusiasts wishing Milvina good health and hoping she will play a role in the forthcoming programme of anniversary events in Southampton. Among the commemorations in the city will be a Titanic exhibition and an open air service in front of the engineers memorial in Southampton's East Park. Don't miss a special commemorative supplement to mark the 95th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic in the Daily Echo on April 14

MARCH

TITANIC LABOUR OF LOVE(31 Mar 07, Norwich Evening News - Norwich,England,UK)"A Titanic enthusiast has created an 8ft replica of the sister ship of the most famous vessel in history. Robin Burrows and wife Sue, from Little Plumstead, are to send the model of the Nomadic on permanent loan to the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. From Easter Sunday, Mr Burrows' model will be placed on display in the real SS Nomadic steamship, which is the last remaining vessel built for White Star Line still afloat. His interest in the Titanic began in 1985 when its hull was discovered on the seabed and he has since built three replicas of the vessel. Robin's first attempt was 4ft long and took five years to build. Two 8ft models followed, both taking six years to complete. The finishing touches are being made to the second of the larger replicas before it is taken to Belfast."

TITANIC PREMONITION LETTER UP FOR AUCTION(30 Mar 07, this is hampshire.net - Winchester,Hampshire,UK) "A chilling premonition of the Titanic disaster was written in a letter by a passenger on board the doomed liner that set sail from Southampton in 1912. The remarkable letter has only now emerged, nearly 100 years after the ship's sinking. A businessman named Alfred Rowe described the ship as "too big" and a "positive danger" in a letter home to his wife Constance."

TITANIC ARTIFACTS TO COME TO DENVER(30 Mar 07, TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA) "Artifacts from the Titanic will go on display in Denver in June at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. More than 300 items have been retrieved from the sunken ship and they will be displayed at the museum. The items include everything from jewelry to tools. More than 18 million people have seen them, so far."

TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION INVITED TO THE DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE(29 Mar 07,American Digital Networks (press release) - Annapolis,MD,USA)"Appearing for the first time in Denver, this blockbuster exhibition includes a vast collection of more than 300 artifacts recovered from Titanic's debris field. Taking visitors on a chronological journey through life on board the Ship, the Exhibition compassionately tells Titanic's personal stories through these recovered artifacts and dramatic room recreations. Each visitor will become a passenger and feel the excitement of that April day as they step into authentically recreated first and third class accommodations, view a three-ton portion of Titanic's hull, touch an iceberg and understand the theories of this tragic tale."

TITANIC OFFERS BEER INSPIRATION(29 Mar 07, Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria,BC,Canada)" While the publican brews something new and quirky at least twice a year, just because he can, this time the beer will serve a purpose beyond quenching a thirst as it's promoting the imminent Titanic exhibit at the Royal B.C. Museum. Hadfield unveiled Titanic Stout, Iceberg India Pale Ale and Unsinkable Molly Brown Ale yesterday, with all three now on tap at the pub and soon to be for sale at liquor stores."It's what we can do, it's what defines a brew pub as opposed to a craft brewery," said Hadfield of being able to quickly turn around small batches of beer for special occasions. "We can make these for events and don't have to take it to a broad marketplace and deal with the distribution issues.

A TALE OF SURVIVAL (28 Mar 07, Victoria News - Victoria,British Columbia,Canada) "Sylvia MacMahon still recalls her great uncle Frank Prentice's chilling reminder of the Titanic tragedy."He had an old pocket-watch that he was wearing at the time. Of course, it stopped between 2:20 and 2:21 when he hit the water." The Victoria resident was 13 when she finally met her great uncle at his home in Bournemouth, England one of the few Titanic survivors."By that time, he was anxious to tell his story and we were obviously interested," she said.

TWO LOCALS SHARE THEIR TITANIC TALES(28 Mar 07, Goldstream News Gazette - Langford,British Columbia,Canada) "Vicki Simpson has a copy of her grandfather's last letter to her grandmother. "To my darling wife," it starts. "I got orders to leave today for Belfast for Titanic...I only wish that I could have run down home before I left, but I must earn wages before pleasure. With lots of love old darling, I shall certainly be glad to come home as soon as I can." The Victoria resident's grandfather, James Ransom, worked on ships most of his life. He took his first job at sea as a deckhand in 1881, and worked a variety of other jobs: assistant steward, steward, waiter, and pantryman. Over the next 20 years, Ransom vacillated between a life at sea and life on land. He even worked as head waiter for two years in the Canadian Pacific Railway's chalet hotels. But by 1909 he was back working on boats."

TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA(28 Mar 07, PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria)"RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. has entered into an agreement to present Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida. The Exhibition will open on May 25th and run through September 3rd. The blockbuster Exhibition seen by more than 18 million worldwide will present more than 125 authentic artifacts from the debris field of the Titanic including personal passenger belongings, one of the Ship's portholes and china from passenger dining rooms. In addition the Exhibition will take visitors on a chronological journey through the Titanic and compassionately tell the Ship's personal stories through the recovered artifacts and dramatic room re-creations."

BOOK REVIEW: TITANIC: SHIP OF DREAMS(24 Mar 07, The Trades - Adair Village,OR,USA)"Here's one I didn't see coming: a pop-up book devoted to one of the greatest tragedies of the twentieth century. "Titanic: Ship of Dreams" opens with the bow of the great ship literally thrust into your face, while simultaneously displaying photos of the propellers, scale drawings comparing the length of the Titanic to the height of the Eiffel Tower. Current events and reproductions of confirmation letters, newspaper headlines, photos of the inside of the ship, and even a guide to Morse code are replete throughout, delivered to the reader via fold-outs and flaps.

TITANIC'S 95TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATED WITH WORLDWIDE HAM RADIO(22 Mar 07, PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA) "The World's Largest TITANIC Museum Attraction (http://www.titanicbranson.com/) will host a special event amateur radio transmission from Branson, Missouri to Belfast, Ireland and other points across the globe April 14-15, 2007.Ham operators stationed at the TITANIC Museum Attraction will transmit the news of the 95th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic using special event call sign W0S. Operators from Nixa, Missouri have permission from the FCC to transmit using this special call sign, which stands for "White Star," the name of the company that built the Titanic. Radio operators in Belfast will use the actual call sign of the Titanic, GB6MGY.The brainchild of the museum attraction co-owner, Mary Kellogg Joslyn and Nixa Amateur Radio Operators Rich Vogt (KB9YZE), Dave Beckler (WA0SAP), Al Gallo (W0ERE) and Rod Kittleman (K0ADI), the worldwide transmission will take place to honor the radio broadcasters working aboard the Titanic on the night she sank."

TITANIC TALK ON AGENDA AT CONVENTION(20 Mar 07, Belfast Telegraph - Belfast,UK) "Titanic enthusiasts from as far afield as the USA, Germany, Canada, France and Switzerland will be converging on Belfast this Easter to uncover the secrets of the legendary liner. And among the delegates attending the Titanic Nomadic Convention on April 6-8 will be some of the people dubbed the 'French Titanic aristocracy' - the relatives of those who sailed from Cherbourg on the Belfast-built vessel. It will be the perfect opportunity for descendants of the Belfast craftsmen who helped build Titanic to meet descendants of those who took ship on her. The convention will feature first-hand accounts from veteran shipyard workers, retaining the human aspect of the Titanic legend. Meanwhile, the Easter event will see the launch of a foundation aimed at making Belfast the central focus of the international celebrations culminating in the 2012 centenary of Titanic's maiden voyage."

JANUARY

VISITORS FLOCK TO EXPLORATION PLACE IN WICHITA (14 Jan 07, Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA)"His daughter Zoey, 6, was fascinated by a miniature teacup on display and touched her hand to a flat re-creation of an iceberg as cold as the ones in the North Atlantic the night the ship sank. The tiny teacup is among 127 meticulously restored objects from the ship's 1912 sinking. They and other parts of the traveling exhibit will be at the museum through March 25. Each visitor is given a boarding pass with the name and background of a Titanic passenger. At the end of the exhibit, they can check lists to find whether their passenger lived or died. "Miss Edith Corse Evans," Vicky Isliefson read, noting that her passenger had been in first class. "I'm betting on my good fortune. I think I'm going to make it." Her husband drew Paul Edvin Andreasson, whose gender and third-class status indicated his chances wouldn't be as good."

TITANIC PASSENGER LIST GOES ONLINE (10 Jan 07, CIOL - Bangalore,Karnatak,India) "People looking to track ancestors who emigrated from British ports will from Wednesday be able to search online passenger lists of the ships that carried them to new lands. Released by Britain's National Archives, the passenger manifests give an insight into all long-distance trip made by 30 million travellers from the country's ports between 1890 and 1960, including that of the Titanic which sank in 1912. "We hope the digitisation will open up a hugely valuable resource for genealogists and social historians all over the world," said Dan Jones, National Archives' head of business development. The records, available via commercial Web site findmypast.com which was licensed by The National Archives, also show the passages of trans-European migrants."

£1BN PLAN TO DEVELOP TITANIC QUARTER IN BELFAST (8 Dec 06, BBC News - UK)"Northern Ireland's biggest planning application has been submitted to develop Belfast's Titanic quarter. The £1bn plans include building a tourist centre with a target of attracting 500,000 visitors annually. The massive scheme would cover more than three million square feet of hotels, shops, apartments and restaurants as well. The huge slipways where the White Star Line's Titanic and Olympic liners were launched are central to the plan. The exhibition centre will be located beside the refurbished slipways, which will create a public space three times the size of Trafalgar square. Five star hotels and apartments will help cater for the thousands of visitors which are expected. A marina is also planned to help bring pleasure boats into the heart of Belfast's old industrial centre."

WALFORD THINKS BIG WITH 'TITANIC' MUSICAL (6 Jan 07, The Daily Yomiuri - Osaka,Japan)"After 42 years in the theater business, Glen Walford knows her true nature: a "theatrical gypsy...attracted to epic tales." Described by her current production cast members as surprisingly powerful, Walford is directing the premiere of the Japanese version of Titanic the Musical. The fateful story of crew and passengers on the ship's maiden voyage stars Mitsuru Matsuoka and will play at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo from Jan. 15 to Feb. 4.Walford recently spoke with The Daily Yomiuri during rehearsals at Park Studios in Sumida Ward, Tokyo. She said her love of theater goes as far back as childhood, when she would use her toys to act out scenes. "Now, I'm doing the same thing, only with real people!" she says, throwing her bleach blond hair back and laughing at herself."

WORLD'S WORST TRANSPORTATION DISASTERS (5 Jan 07, Forbes - NY,USA)"The Hindenburg and the Titanic got huge attention and still do. The sinking of troop ships in WWII with thousands aboard got no media attention at the time and not a great deal after. Neither the Hindenburg nor the Titanic disasters rank very high among all-time disasters within their transportation category. Some people, however, try to look at the bright side of a disaster. "I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity," said John D. Rockefeller, though he never really explained how he might manage that. Others don't altogether agree with John D. "We live in the midst of alarm; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read," Abraham Lincoln said, and who should know better? Some see disaster within the perspective of our life experience as something special."

TITANIC RESURFACES IN ATLANTA (4 Jan 07, TheStorygroup.com - GA,USA) "n the next forty to ninety years, the Titanic is expected to implode and collapse. All that will remain of the once largest and most luxurious ship will be a spot of iron on the ocean floor. The ship lies 2.5 miles beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean, Southeast of Newfoundland, and it is being consumed by iron-eating microbes. To preserve the memory of this eternal fascination, RMS Titanic, Inc. has created an exhibit of over three hundred real artifacts recovered from the ship. Titanic: The Artifacts Exhibition is currently on display until June 3rd at the Atlanta Civic Center."

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PRESS RELEASE:TITANIC EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN WICHITA IN JANUARY (3 Jan 07,Y ahoo! News (press release) - USA) " RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRXI - News) has entered into an agreement to present Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Exploration Place in Wichita, Kansas. The Exhibition will make its Kansas debut on January 13 through March 25, 2007."

PRESS RELEASE: TITANIC EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN REDDING, CALIFORNIA ON FEBRUARY 24 ( 2 Jan 07-originally issued 18 Dec 06-PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA)"RMS Titanic, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Premier Exhibitions, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRXI) today announced that it will produce Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding, California. The Exhibition is scheduled to open to the public on February 24, 2007 and will run through May 2007."

108TH BIRTHDAY FOR WOMAN WHO SAW THE TITANIC (2 Jan 07, Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom)"An east Belfast woman who remembers seeing the Titanic being built has celebrated her 108th birthday. Lilian Spence, who still lives next door to the famous Spence's chip shop that her late husband Eddie founded on the Beersbridge Road in 1921, was born on New Year's Eve 1898. The mother of eight is one of only two woman in Northern Ireland who reached the 108 milestone in 2006. Her father worked on the ill- fated Titanic, which was built by Harland and Wolff shipyard and sank in 1912 on its maiden voyage across the Atlantic. "I do recall he took us down to see it," Lilian recalled. "It was huge."

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