Reading Coffee Cups Guides Beirut Fortune Teller
In Beirut Miss Farida Maroun, a Cairo born fortune teller, reads Turkish coffee grounds to predict love money and politics for clients including Lebanese politicians and a presidential daughter. She warns no two readings agree and cites a 25 year career with 80 percent accuracy, while balancing embassy work and journalism.
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Beirut
Middle East
Farida Maroun
Cairo
Suleiman Franjeih
Miss Maroun
Tabsir
Casino du Liban
Dear Genie reader questions seek Iowa kinship details
Readers request genealogical information on Iowa connections. Inquiries cover births marriages and burial sites of families including Siefert Schoenfelder Clarke Brann Copeland Phipps Townsend Parks Auld and related lines across Iowa and neighboring states with contact for exchanges of information.
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Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Man Hides Savings in Toaster Before Outing
Yukio Yazaki hid his 1200 in the kitchen toaster to keep burglars from finding it while his family stayed out for a day. He offered the toaster to the Bank of Japan where seven clerks examined the burned bills and exchanged them for new notes after two and a half hours.
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Tokyo
UPI
Yukio Yazaki
Yazaki
Bank of Japan
Dick Wilson Solves Stag Party by Bus Rally in Barnsley
In Barnsley England Dick Wilson arranged a pre marriage stag party for 70 guests by hiring one of England’s double decker buses to transport them.
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Barnsley
England
UPI
Dick Wilson
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