Vacation Bound Luxury Liners Offer Eased Travel and Luxury
In New York Helen Hennessy profiles the Italian Line aboard the Michelangelo and Raffaello, noting their maiden east bound voyages from New York in May and June. The piece highlights affordable Europe travel, family comfort features, onboard child care, round the clock maid service, teen recreation, and formal dining experiences on deck with multiple pools and Italian language options for dads.
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Helen Hennessy
NEW York
NEA
Antonio Premuda
United States
Canada
Michelangelo
Raffaello
Europe
Premuda
Artificial Islands Harvest Rich Guano From South African Cormorants
Offshore Bird Rock hosts vast cormorant colonies whose guano yields about 1000 tons yearly. Laborers scrape deposits while guards deter boats and planes to protect the natural and man made islands. Prices range 42 to 168 dollars per ton depending on market.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South West Africa
Namib
Benguela
South West African
Antarctic
Europe
Yemen Newsrooms Embrace Casual, Pictureless Reporting
In Yemen the sole daily Al Akhbar sits on cushions as editors work amid qat use. No engraving blocks limit images to presidents’ pictures. readership remains low with four and a half million people and two weeklies totaling 1,200 copies.
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Yemen
Red Sea
Qat
Abdullah Sallal
Nasser
Egypt
Ben Bella
Algeria
al Akhbar
Taiz
France plans charm offensive to lure tourists back
Paris authorities launch Operation Charm as France battles declining visitor numbers to compete with Italy and Spain. Officials cite high prices, aging hotels, and poor service. foreign arrivals fell in 1963 and 1964 while neighboring countries surged, prompting a push to restore France as the top tourism destination.
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Rosette Hargrove
PARIS
NEA
France
Europe
Italy
Spain
Tourism Growth in France Italy and Spain 1958 63
Travel demand rises in France Italy and Spain from 1958 to 1963. Debates in the General Assembly seek more government credits and tax reductions. De Gaulle’s price controls and Riviera hotel rate pledges aim to stabilize costs. Rail auto trains surge in popularity aiding domestic tourism.
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General Assembly
de Gaulle
The
Riviera
Theater program found from 1609 in Kornik castle
A 356 year old theater program printed in Brno Moravia in 1609 was found in Kornik castle near the Czechoslovak Polish border. It lists 112 actors performing Saint Vitus life before the Bishop of Olomouc with Latin text.
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Prague
Kornik
Czechoslovakia
Ceteka
Brno
Moravia
Vitus
Society of Jesus
Olomouc
Town Mulls Relocating Factories to Country Side
City council near Belgrade debates moving factories outside Zemum to cut smoke nuisance while preserving Zemum's chocolate factory praised for its pleasant smell. Council member notes it may smoke but is “mighty nice smelling.”
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ZEMUM
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Africans Carry Heavy Loads On Heads To Prevent Backache
Pretoria studies by Prof. L M Jonck of 77 flour mill workers show carrying about 200 pounds on the head keeps the lumbar spine stable, reducing disc stress and lumbago. He links spinal space widening and muscular development to protection, prompting a graded exercise suggestion.
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Pretoria
South Africa
L. M. Jonck
Pretoria University
Anatomy Department
Journal of Radiology
Jonck
Kentucky Opens Second Regional Health Department in Hazard
Hazard hosts the opening of Kentucky's second regional health department serving 18 counties in the poor Eastern Kentucky area. The new office expands public health services and outreach across the region.
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Kentucky
Hazard
Johnson policy earns West Europe praise for stance against Reds
The article notes European views that President Johnson’s firm anti Communist policy enhances the U.S. image abroad. West Germans and West Berliners see a historic diplomacy shift, with cautious Moscow responses and East German leader Ulbricht hinting at talks on free access to West Berlin.
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U.S
Bonn
West Germany
NEA
Europe
America
United States
Johnson
Castro
Dominican Republic
Russia
East Germany
China
Carlo Schmid
London Daily Express
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rome
Il Messagero
Viet Nam
Santo Domingo
de Gaulle
Moscow
Berlin
Frankfurter Algemeine Zeitung
REDS
Latin America
Red China
Southeast Asia
Walter Ulbricht
West Berlin
Britain
France
NATO
Ulbricht
Communist Party
Not Right Address but It Gives a Clue
A Chinese sailor in a Cape Town nursing home wrote to Hong Kong but used a hospital sign as the return address. He copied the sign reading Visitors are not allowed to park in the hospital grounds Ambulance and doctors cars only, leading staff to substitute a proper address.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Hong Kong
Pang Wai Chee
Longest Yugoslav surname and shortest name in Europe
A Belgrade item notes the longest family name in Yugoslavia as Papandovalorokomoduronikol pakopulovski who reside in Ljubljana. It also cites the shortest surname Ac, with residents in Bru bisno Polje Croatia.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Papandovalorokomoduronikolpakopulovski
Ljubljana
Brubisno Polje
Croatia
Skindiver Rams Charging Shark With Empty Gun
In Durban a skindiver warded off a wounded 315 foot black shark by ramming his empty speargun down its throat after the shark charged him near a submerged pier. Norman Gradwell shot the shark earlier. the spear penetrated behind its gills and he towed the animal ashore, clubbing it to death.
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Durban
South Africa
Indian Ocean
Norman Gradwell
Gradwell
Gorillas at Bronx Zoo Watch Cartoons on TV
In New York the Bronx Zoo shows a 16 inch TV for four Congo-origin apes Pili Pili Sumaili Mambo and Oka. The gorillas prefer action cartoons and the setup aims to ease boredom while inside cages. The experiment reduced tension though occasional bickering remains.
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New York
Bronx
Zoo
Sumaili
Mambo
Oka
Congo Area
Roy Acuff Leads USO Tour to Dominican Republic
Roy Acuff, famed Grand Ole Opry star, will head a group of country musicians on the first United Services Organization tour entertaining U.S. service members in the Dominican Republic. The troupe departs next week for a one week engagement.
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Nashville, Tenn
Roy Acuff
Grand Ole Opry
United Services Organization
U.S
Dominican Republic
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