1.   A military spokesman would not reveal the exact location of the search area.

2.   Once the search area has been widened however, enthusiasm flooded back with a loud response from one of the metal detectors.

3.   Therefore, for practical purposes, it would be better not to restrict the search area outside the belt to two miles now, but to have four miles.

4.   As the storm that sunk the Salvador Allende moved off to the northeast, weather conditions in the search area moderated on Saturday.

5.   A fuel slick was spotted far outside the primary search area, but it was quickly discounted as having any connection to the Kennedy plane.

6.   Additional costs would be for equipment brought into the search area, but no tally is yet available on that.

7.   Also Wednesday, the Canadian Navy moored a diving tender over the major debris field, using four concrete blocks located outside the search area.

8.   But first, investigators had to interview air traffic controllers and others to narrow down the search area.

9.   But when words were studied only a little, there was little or no additional activity seen in the frontal search area.

10.   Coast Guard officials said widespread reports of an oil slick near the search area Sunday were unrelated.