Queen Elizabeth to Become Seawise University Cruise Ship
The Queen Elizabeth is undergoing a about ten million dollar, 1400 worker facelift in Hong Kong to become Seawise University, a floating university and cruise ship for Island Navigation Company. The ship, renamed Seawise University and registered in Nassau, will sail in March under Orient Overseas Line with 1500 Japanese Stop Smoking Society members among early passengers.
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Hong Kong
C. Y. Tung
Island Navigation Company
Cunard
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Seawise University
Tung
Nassau
Bahama
Orient Overseas Line
Christopher Lou
Far East
United States
Wise Men
Confuscious
Pacific Cuuises
Peking Prepares For Winter In Rag Padded Overalls
In mid November Peking girds for a harsh season as residents stack rag padded overalls and coats. Markets brim with patched garments, silk padding and fur, while coal dust briquet heating sustains single story homes and kettles boil atop stoves.
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Peking
North China
Mong Zolia
Moscow
Barbecue To Honor Ben Barnes In Rio Grande Valley Nov 28
Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes will be honored with a mammoth barbecue Sunday November 28 at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show Exhibition Hall. The 1 30 p.m. event is hosted by friends and supporters from South Texas and will feature food music and entertainment with dignitaries expected from across the state. Co chairs Morris Atlas of McAllen and Hidalgo County Judge Ed Gomez said delegations from more than 30 counties will participate.
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Ben Barnes
Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show
Gov. Barnes
South Texas
Morris Atlas
McAllen
Hidalgo County
Ed Gomez
Edinburg
Cochairmen
Ponti Plans Massive Children Park on Italian Coast
Italian film producer Carlo Ponti outlines a vast amusement complex near Taranto with a Disney like center, wild animal park, hotels, harbour and airport. Kenzo Tange to design, 470 acres of virgin land, creating 5 000 direct jobs and up to 20 000 including tourism. Ponti defends funding by stating ideas matter and money will be found.
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Rome
Carlo Ponti
California
Disneyland
Ponti
Taranto
Kenzo Tange
Sophia Loren
Miss Loren
Carlo
Milan
New York
Central Park
Il Messaggero Ponti
Italy
Zhivago
Old Paris Studios Are Disappearing
Paris loses hundreds of low rent artist studios as 700 workshops have vanished in a decade. Developers raze old spaces once home to masters like Renoir Picasso and Modigliani, prompting state subsidized replacements but feared loss of Paris art center charm.
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Paris
Pierre Renoir
Pablo Picasso
Amedeo Modigliani
Montmartre
Picasso
Montparnasse
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Culpepper
Tul Anaien
Kroehler
THE
Milam County
Cameron, Texas
Herald
Europe
Mongolia
Nicholas Parons Reuter
Queens Sleeper
Culpepper Furniture & Hardware
Cameron
W. Main
Alec Hargreaves
Reuter
Bairds
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