Stop the plunder, says bill
NZPA-AP Washington A bill which directs the United States to open negotiations with other nations to protect the wreck of the Titanic was approved yesterday in the House of Representatives. The bill would have the wreck of the luxury liner designated a maritime memorial. Representative Walter Jones (Democrat, North Carolina), chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, said the bill sought to promote a spirit of co-operation between countries ... “to protect the Titanic from plunder before it is too late.”
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Press, 4 December 1985, Page 8
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