Window on the World Standoff in the Himalayas
In Leh India the Indian army faces both Communist China and Pakistan while isolated by high altitude logistics. Officials describe a stalemate with future risk of coordinated attacks, as new roads may ease transport yet keep outsiders out of this frozen valley. The piece blends military tension with Ladakhi culture and daily life.
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Leh
India
Himalayas
China
Pakistan
Ladakh
Tibet
Sinkiang
Russia
Kashmir
Jammu
Srinagar
Soviet Union
Manali
Shangri-La
U. of Iowa Professor to Study David Jones in England
Prof. Thomas R. Whitaker of the University of Iowa English department will spend the 1969 70 academic year in England researching a book length critical study of the art of David Jones. He won one of 39 ACLS fellowships for post doctoral humanities research. Jones, born in 1895, works in engraving watercolor and poetry and still writes in his 70s from Harrow on the Hill near London.
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Iowa City
Thomas R. Whitaker
University of Iowa
Department of English
England
David Jones
Whitaker
American Council of Learned Societies
Jones
Harrow-on-the-Hill
London
Wells Lands Tuition Grants Bill in Iowa House
Des Moines Linn county parents and students would gain from a bill authorizing up to 1000 per year in tuition grants for qualified students at Iowa private four year colleges. The House amended the measure and sent it back to the Senate with the governor's support possible if the Senate accepts.
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Des Moines
Linn County
House
James Wells
Dcedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa House
Senate
Iowa Higher Education Facilities Commission
Hat City of Danbury Connecticut
Danbury Connecticut is nicknamed the Hat City reflecting its historic role in hat production and local industry. The label highlights the city’s heritage and its identification by residents and regional media.
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Ladakh
Danbury, Conn
Registrations Open for Cedar Rapids Czech Summer School
Registrations continue for Cedar Rapids children ages 7 to 14 to join Czech summer school activities this year. Three classes for beginners and advanced students run at Hayes school from June 9 to July 11, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Friday. Contact Mildred Drahovzal Rose Polehna Rose Dryml or the Czech board to enroll.
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Cedar Rapids
Czech Board
Hayes School
Mildred Drahovzal
Rose Polehna
Rose Dryml
Washington Oddities and Bumper Sticker Banter
A compact Washington digest notes light items from the capital. IRS humor shows a parsing miscue over senior exemptions. Rep Clarence Long cites Aberdeen soldiers getting extra portions with limits, and a new bumper sticker reads ABM is an Edsel.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Service
Washington Area
Wartburg Alumni European Tour Plans Summer Trip
Wartburg College alumni and friends can still apply for a 23 day European tour departing New York July 9 with a July 24 stop at Wartburg castle in East Germany. The $895 cost covers transportation first class hotels most meals entrance fees and sightseeing.
Viking voyage seeks to prove Norse sailed Atlantic
Explorer Bob Marx plans a May 1 departure from Norway aboard a replica 76 foot Gokstad longship to reach New York by October. He intends to prove Vikings crossed the Atlantic without navigational aids, living on Viking fare and gathering marine data along the route from Iceland to Cape Cod.
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London
Bob Marx
Atlantic
Marx
Norway
New York
New World
Alfred the Great
Oslo
Iceland
Greenland
Labrador
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Cape Cod
Columbus
Nina
Spain
Bahamas
George Belcher
McAllen
Texas
Vietnam
U. S. State Department
Vikings
Neal Watson
Daytona Beach
Fla
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Associated Press
U. of Iowan
Wells
Smulekoff
Eastern
Jewelry Department
Crazy World of
By Leon R., Burnett
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Diabetes In the News
Manchester
Agriculture Department
Department
Clarence D. Long
D-Md
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Long
Col. Clowes
Wartburg
Kingston
Jamaica
Vinland
Bay of Meadows
North American
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