Now that we are getting into a routine, let's try something a little different: two stories due in the same week. The first one is about a rather obscure discovery in Greece, but there is a famous name associated with it... work that into the lede. Be careful how you handle this one (and note you will have to apply some math skills to let American readers get a general idea of where the tomb was discovered ... here is a hint: use that algebra formula to discover the unknown length of an isoceles triangle... "a" squared plus "b" squared equals "c" squared, and so on....). For the second story, your challenge is to keep the two people with the same names straight throughout the story. Good luck! see \\ P g Tomb Contents & ID Crisis.pdf From the Editor. . . Towrite thisstory, you have to askyourself what the reader will identify with. The contents of a tomb is not news, and mostreaders would not have heard of Phillip If, and not many more know where Macedonia is. Find the familiar touchstone that will attract the reader. + Nobody will know the name of the fishing village. Relate the distance and direction from Athens. + American readers are not as comfortable with metric system as they should be. Convert kilometers to miles and simplify north and west to a measurement northwest of Athens. Phillip Il of Macedonia assassinated in 336 B.C... five small ivory heads on tomb's floor... iomb was first uncovered last October... heads portray Phillip, his parents, his ficst wife and his son, Alexander... Greek archaeologist Andreas Andronikos said yesterday in Athens he spent 3 mos. verifying data...now he's convinced tomb s that of Phillip I1.. Phillip was king of Macedonia until his death in 336 B.C. .. son better known as Alexander the Great died in 323 BC... tomb is located 50 km north of Verginia, a fishing village, which is 110 km. west of Athens... tomb found under 6 foot deep mound of earth... Andronikos: \"The key to my certainty was discovery and verification of those ivory heads.\" announcement made at news conference yesterday on third floor of Athens Marriott Hotel. VAT aeegeqeyer e qgeyegeeq H Identity crisis Word limits: Time allotment: Dateline: From the Editor . . . Determine whether the escape or the name mix up is the most important lead phrase. Make certain that the reader knows which person you are referring to. Where: The county detention center (the jail) When: Yesterday Who: That's the problem Why: Everybody's asking the same question How Incompetence Javier Garcia, 27, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, escaped from the lockup about 2 p.m. yesterday. Garcia was awaiting trial on a charge of possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. He had been in jail for the past three months. Javier Garcia, 23, a local resident, was scheduled for release from jail after charges against him were dropped yesterday. Capt. Steve Algodones of the detention center said, "Unique and unusual circumstances led to the prisoner's escape." He said that the jailers called the name of the man who was scheduled for release, and the wrong guy stepped up and they (the jailers) let him out. According to Algodones, the escapee took the other Garcia's clothes and money. The two identically-named prisoners had been locked together in the same cell. Detention officers were not aware that the wrong Garcia had been released until a scheduled name check at 9 p.m. yesterday. Algodones said that the other Garcia was still in the cell, waiting to be released. The man due for release was finally sprung this morning. He was scheduled to be let out at 5 p.m. yesterday, but didn't get out until 9 a.m. today. The escapee is 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighs 140 pounds, has black hair, brown eyes and no visible tattoos or scars. Both jail officials and the local police department are searching for the escapee