Chamber Hosts Argentine Visitors in Cedar Rapids
A group of 20 Argentine land owners visited Cedar Rapids for a luncheon hosted by the Chamber of Commerce agriculture bureau at the Hotel Roosevelt. Mayor Robert Johnson and Chamber president Harold Wendorf welcomed the delegation and urged mutual fruitful exchanges between the city’s 105000 residents and surrounding rural communities.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Bureau
Hotel Roosevelt
Robert Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Harold Wendorf
Johnson
Argentina
Wilson and Co
Paul Wren
John Melvor
Iowa
Agriculture Bureau of the
Carlos Arancibia
Rex Conn
Gazette
Soviets Back Egypt on Gulf Closure Amid Middle East War
The Soviet Union endorsed Egypt's closure of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, a move that fueled the war. The stance, voiced by international law expert I Blishchenko, signals Arab-leaning alignment but lacks the weight of earlier pronouncements and hints at wider questions about enclosed seas rights. Israel reopened the gulf by force, and future Gulf arrangements remain a key hurdle in any regional settlement.
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Soviet Union
Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Middle East
Gulf
Israel
Baltic Sea
Russia
I. Blishchenko
Aqaba
Defense Ministry
Kransnaya Zvezda Red Star
Blishchenko
Strait of Tiran
Red Sea
Elath
U.S
Thailand teacher fends off armed band of Communists
In Bankornoi village northeast Thailand a 40-year-old schoolteacher, Nit Sunghit, held off a band of 40 armed Communists for about 90 minutes, firing from his house and from a window. Police later killed a terrorist. another was killed after reinforcements arrived. Nit, father of 19, argued city budget issues and school funding at a Bangkok meeting while police debated personnel needs amid recruitment strains. The report also notes Cedar Rapids debate on a new zoo and the Delta Queen paddleboat’s first Cumberland River trip after new locks.
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Thailand
Johnson
Nit Sunghit
Bankornoi
City Hall
Nit
Nashville
Barkley
Cheatham
Cumberland River
Ohio
Mississippi
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