Aswan Dam Threatens Nubian Heritage and Villages
Nubians in Sudan and Egypt face displacement as the 330-foot Aswan high dam backs up the Nile. UNESCO and UAR seek funds to preserve temples like Abu Simbel and Philae, while about 50,000 Nubians in each country may lose homes and land. Officials stress voluntary resettlement amid resignation.
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High Aswan
Egypt
Adi Halfa
Sudan
Aswan
Nile
Nasser
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
United Arab Republic
UAR
Abu Simbel
Rameses II
Nile Valley
Aswan Dam
Isle of
Philae
Osiris
Isis
Uae
Associated Press
Upper
Aswan High Dam
Better Never Take That Road
An April accident at a Tallahassee intersection caused 400 dollars in damage to William Abbott's car. His 17 year old son Lewis then crashed the same vehicle at the same intersection Wednesday, causing another 400 dollars in damage.
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William Abbott
Abbott
Lewis
Courteous Driver Award Won by Charles Robovsky
Charles Robovsky was cited as the seventh Cedar Rapids motorist to receive the Courtesy Driver Award from the Cedar Rapids Department of Public Safety and Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. The incident occurred Tuesday at 89 Seventh Ave SE when he stopped for children crossing after a ball rolled into the street. Robovsky and his wife reside at 2724 Fourteenth Ave SE.
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Charles Robovsky
Cedar Rapids
Ahead of Tax Assessor Too Ahead of Tax Assessor Too
London letter writer David Bartlett suggests in the Daily Telegraph that the way to stay ahead of the Joneses is to refrain from owning a television set. He says it frees time for better pursuits, and if one owns a set it should be stored discreetly in the loft. Drive safely.
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London
UPI
Jones
David Bartlett
Daily Telegraph
Fayette County Voter Registration Sparks White Boycott
In Fayette County Tennessee the push to register Negro voters has triggered a racial standoff. White farmers mortgage farms to replace labor with machinery while merchants risk bankruptcy refusing Negro trade. A white citizens council coordinates a boycott targeting Negro farmers for expulsion and loss of credit, groceries, and fuel. Negro leaders report threats as 360 of 24,415 residents are registered to vote.
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Somerville
Tenn
White Citizens Council
Fayette County
South
Fayette
Entries Open for Hawkeye Music Festival at Coe
Coe College announces the Hawkeye Music Festival on July 24 on campus with a new amateur vocal contest for participants at least 16 by August 18. Entries due July 14. blanks available from the Coe music department. Open to Iowa musicians with winners advancing to the 31st Chicago land Music Festival in August.
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Coe
Hawkeye
Stanley Vesely, Jr
Vesely
Iowa
Pythians Hold Memorial Services
The annual Pythian Memorial service occurs this afternoon at 4 in the Chapel of Memories, Cedar Memorial cemetery. Knights of Pythias led by Donn H Lang and the Pythian Sisters headed by Florence Conner will perform the ceremony. Earl W Hildebrand and Maurice L Nathanson oversee arrangements.
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Pythian
Chapel of Memories
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Knights of Pythias
Donn H. Lang
Pythian Sisters
Florence Conner
Earl W. Hildebrand
Maurice L. Nathanson
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Joseph Dynan
Cairo
Monuments of the Nile
Phy
Wadi Halfa
Middle East
Alexandria
Khartoum
Lation
Nubia
Courteous Driver
Overman
Robovsky
His
Fourteenth Ave
John Cunniff
Memphis
Mississippi
John McFerren
Shep Towles
McFerren
Towles
Shep
Pythiars
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