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Yanks in Asia prefer faraway life to comforts of home
Cedar Rapids born Jim Turner runs The Fellowship of the Ring Hobbit House in Manila staffed largely by dwarves and plans a long stay in the Philippines. Ex Peace Corps volunteer and teacher Turner pursues multiple roles while other Americans in Asia, like Douglas Sapper, weigh returning to the United States after years abroad.
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Manila
Philippines
UPI
Cedar Rapids
Jim Turner
Turner
Peace Corps
Res
Asia
Douglas August Sapper
Fortune
Hong Kong
United States
Clarence and
Cleo Turner
Patrick
U.S. Air Force
Clark Field
Guam
San Michael
American Sponge and
Chamois Co. Inc
San Francisco
Barbara
Dennis
Sean
Sharon Clark
Alaska
Sharon
Fairbanks
Terry Clark
Kirkwood College
University of California At Berkeley
Clarence
Jim
Trinity College
Dublin
Ireland
Jean
Joan
Mesa
Ariz
Mesa Junior College
Clarence Turner
Washington Ave
Greene Square
Immaculate Conception High School
Washington, D
John F. Kennedy
Negros Occidental
Ateneo University
Elizalde Publications
Rapids Chevrolet
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Mike
Dennis Turner
Guernica
Dyer
Hollywood
U.S
North Africa
Japan
Taiwan
Troy
West Bank
The
Mississippi
Seoul
Korea
Kaliher
John Bissell
Bissell
Ivy League
Yale
U.S. Navy
Connecticut
CIA
Richard Bissell
Old Boy Network
Police Department
New Delhi
India
Bim
Chester Bowles
John Kenneth Galbraith
Bowles
Fabindia
Ford Foundation