Crusader cafe digs up buried Crusades era gold in Acre tower
Special to The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Nino La Bello report that a restaurant in Acre Fortess offers diners a 700 year old knight’s tomb beneath the northern tower. The buried treasure, estimated at 36 million dollars in value, includes 70,000 ounces of gold coins from the Emir of Tunis and Crusader era. The Bergers lease the tower, run a grim dining room with bone decor, and charge guests 3 dollars plus 15 dollars to dig for loot, sharing finds with Acre city council.
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Youth Dreams of Becoming Pope Rule John XXIII
Rome AP reports Pope John XXIII who called the Vatican council began pondering Christian unity at 15 and by 21 entertained the dream of the papacy. The collection Il Giornale Dell Anima documents his early life from adolescence through 1962 with notes on prayer, vocation, and the path to Rome.
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World Briefs AP Excerpts from Around the Globe
Mexico warns citizens a jail term of three days to six months and fines up to 300 pesos for not registering to vote in July. Canada projects tourism could become the nation’s top dollar earner by 1967, surpassing wheat and newsprint. Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird gains Russian publication and stage adaptation in Moscow. Canadian divers urged to wear bright gear to avoid mistaken identification with harbor seals. India's Burma offers Jesuit schooling to educate youth and establish the nation's first high school. Tanganyika stages the first Swahili Julius Caesar production for Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary festival. Pope John XXIII diary entries, published after his death, reveal personal reflections and life observations.
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Goldwater Seen as GOP Kingmaker at 1964 Convention
UPI reports Sen. Barry Goldwater likely to be the kingmaker at the 1964 Republican national convention. Lyle C. Wilson, UPI Washington vice president, told a lunch meeting of the Orlando Rotary Club in Orlando Florida.
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Goldwater Hints at Delegates After Kennedy’s Death
Wilson argues Goldwater should attend the convention with a substantial minority bloc of delegates. If liberal Republicans like Nelson Rockefeller or Henry Cabot Lodge fail to win an early ballot, Goldwater may shift support to a more conservative figure.
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White House Budget Unchanged Despite Employee Raises
Washington reports that the White House budget for operating the executive mansion will stay at 671000 dollars for the year starting July 1, despite a recent pay raise for 77 employees. Regional Director T Sut ton Jett told a House appropriations subcommittee that the figure mirrors last year’s appropriation.
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