Nuoc Mam Drives Vietnam War Culture and Trade
The pungent fish sauce Nuoc Mam anchors Phan Thiet as a major industry with 200 factories and 500 fishing boats. Producers battle wartime disruption from shelling and shipboard smuggling suspicions while quality rules cap protein content and even Air Vietnam bans it on flights.
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Phan Thiet
Kenneth L. Whiting
Associated Press
South Vietnam
Vietnam
China
Saigon
South China Sea
Gulf of Thailand
U. S
Nuoc Mam
Air Vietnam
Vietnamese Rangers Fight Well in Mekong Delta Area
The 32nd Ranger battalion of about 400 men advances through flooded paddies in the Mekong Delta in search of Viet Cong, aided by medics and a clear discipline code. Rangers earn about 21 dollars monthly, with extra for dependents, and are volunteer elite troops.
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Mekong
Mekong Delta
Cai Lay
South Vietnam
32Nd Ranger
Delta
Huan
32Nd
Tran Quoc van
Numbah
Ward Lutz
Sharon Springs
Kan
Lutz
Parliament Pushes Shorter Speeches In Reform Plan
London AP reports labor government proposals to reform parliamentary procedure aim to shorten speeches. Front benchers would be limited to 30 minutes and back benchers to 15 minutes. Laborite Leader Richard Crossman says traditional ceremonials remain unchanged.
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London
Labor
House
Richard Crossman
Canada India pact to double Rajasthan atomic power capacity
NEW DELHI AP Canada and India signed an agreement to increase the Rajasthan atomic power station capacity to 400000 kilowatts. The deal provides India special credits to purchase Canadian equipment for the expansion.
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New Delhi
Canada
India
Rajasthan
Woman To Be Speaker For Native Son Event
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce sponsor outlines a Wednesday career expo for Eastern Iowa students in the Roosevelt hotel. College seniors and engineering majors will meet 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with 20 top firms staffing booths and offering career guidance. Mayor Bob Johnson and J. F. Hladky will speak at a 9:30 a.m. orientation, followed by a luncheon with Carroll E. Worlan, Iowa Development Commission director since 1963.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Hotel
Bob Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
J. F. Hladky
Robert Wray
Carroll E. Worlan
Des Moines
Iowa Development Commission
Engineering Leader Earns Anson Marston Award
A registered engineer with a long Iowa career was honored for outstanding service in 1962 with the Anson Marston award from the Iowa Engineering Society. He held posts at Better Homes and Gardens, Iowa Power and Light, and the Iowa Utilities Association, and served at Iowa State University after graduating in 1950. Three points emphasized at a Saturday event highlighted advance registration, no student cost, and a social center offering free coffee and doughnuts.
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The
Iowa Engineering Society
Society
Anson Marston
Worlan
Better Homes and Gardens
Iowa Power and Light Co
Iowa Utilities Assn
Iowa State University
ISU
George Gabler
Mao Seeks Survival as Power Struggle Looms in China
AP analysis marks Mao Tse-tung's 73rd birthday amid a tense purge and questions about his health and grip on power. The piece notes Mao's isolation, the cult of personality, and the potential for upheaval if he dies or loses control, with implications for China and the world.
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Asia
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
China
Mao
Stalin
Russia
Party
Red Guards
Hu Shih
Peking
Yangtze River
Sons of Heaven
Milota Joins Cedar Rapids Police Force in 1946
Patrolman Clarence A. Milota, 45, joined the Cedar Rapids police on Oct. 21, 1946. He works the 4 PM to midnight shift, was born in Cedar Rapids, educated in Chicago Cresco Cedar Rapids, and served four years in the Navy during World War II. Milota and wife Anne have two sons and a daughter.
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Clarence A. Milota
Cedar Rapids
Milota
Chicago
Cresco
Navy
Anne
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Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Midwest Council of Economic Development Directors
Mid-Continent Research and Development Council
Assn. of State
C. E. Worlan
William L. Ryan
Frank Sinatras
Peggy Lees
Tony Bennetts
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