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Police detain leader
of team looking for Ark
United Press International
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Police
detained an American explorer at
Istanbul’s airport Wednesday and
accused him of trying to smuggle
out clay and rock artifacts from
what he claims is the site of
Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat.
At a press conference in An
kara, Turkey’s culture and tou
rism minister said there was a
“mystery” behind the recent
surge of archaeological activity on
Mount Ararat, located just 1 1
miles west of the Soviet border
and reputedly used for Western
intelligence purposes.
The minister, Mukerrem Tas-
cioglu, said explorer Marvin Stef-
fins would be detained at Istan
bul’s Yesilkoy international
airport until the “mystery of
Noah’s Ark” was solved.
Last Saturday, Steffins claimed
he had found a “boat-shaped fig
ure covered with soil” on Mount
Ararat resembling the Biblical
Noah’s Ark and was taking wood
and clay samples back to the
United States for analysis.
Early Wednesday, Steffins,
leader of one of three U.S. explo
ration teams hunting for the Ark
on the mountain, was detained as
he was about to leave on a flight
with his wife Marge and daughter
Marianna.
“The group was about to leave
Turkey on a flight to Amsterdam
but a search of their suitcases re
vealed 3.9 kilograms (8 ‘/a
pounds) of clay and rock pieces
from the alleged site of Noah’s
Ark which they were smuggling
to the United States,” an airport
police officer said.
Steffins, from Monroe, La.,
said he wanted to take the arti
facts to the United States for anal
ysis. But Turkish officials said
t hey were part of the nation’s cul
tural heritage and should remain
in Turkey.
“I was only taking the samples
to be analyzed in the States but if
Turkey can do the same thing,
they can keep them,” Steffins told
reporters at the airport after he
was stopped from leaving the
country.
There was no word on other
members of Steffins’ exploration
team from U.S. International Ex
peditions.
Earlier this week, former U.S.
astronaut James Irwin, leader of
a separate expedition to find the
Ark, said Steffins unfairly seized
the samples after Irwin led Stef
fins to the reputed site.
Therapist: laughter best
United Press International
SEATTLE — Robin Faye-McNair
has several prescriptions for her psy
chiatric patients at University Hospi
tal — drawing cartoons, watching
soap operas and wearing Halloween
masks.
The occupational therapist firmly
believes in the old saying that laugh
ter is the best medicine, especially
when it comes to healing emotional
wounds.
“I think humor helps because you
can look at different areas of your
life without making it so serious,”
Faye-McNair said. “It allows people
to relax a little bit and open up.”
Faye-McNair, who is an amateur
cartoonist, encourages her patients
to express their feelings by drawing
cartoons, which she says makes it
easier for them to discuss and cope
with their problems.
“Sometimes it’s kind of hard to ex
press emotions and things that peo
ple keep hidden,” she said, adding
that patients who can sketch their
feelings in cartoon form “don’t feel
as threatened.”
For patients who have difficulties
with interpersonal relationships,
Faye-McNair turns to episodes of
the daytime soap opera “One Life to
Live.” After patients watch a show,
they discuss the characters and how
they manipulate one another.
“Soap operas are ... so extreme it
borders on humor,” Faye-McNair
said. “They help patients see they’re
acting out a role. It allows them to
see options or other ways of behav
ior.”
She also has a collection of Hal-
loween-type masks, with expressions
ranging from sad to angry to happy,
and encourages patients to wear a
face that depicts their mood that
day.
Patients who benefit from her
special brand of therapy are suffer
ing from a range of mental prob
lems, including anorexia, depression
or low self-esteem. Because each pa
tient has specific needs, Faye-Mc
Nair says approaching problems
from the bright side doesn’t always
work — at least not right away.
“I sort of see myself as planting
some seeds,” she said. “If it’s done in
a way that gives people the opportu
nity (to be humorous), but doesn’t
force them, they may take up on it
later.”
One patient who blossomed un
der Faye-McNair’s approach was
DeeDee Murry, 23, who entered the
program in October 1983 suffering
from anorexia nervosa.
“When I first came I wasn’t very
receptive,” Murry said. “I had a lot
of trouble in showing emotions. The
humor group was very good for
After 14 weeks of treatment,
Murry left the hospital early this
year and now returns once a week as
an outpatient. But she believes she is
well along the road to recovery, and
attributes much of her progress to
the humorous approach.
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