Rugged Sinai Desert Trek Led By Desert Veterans
A 1,070 mile Mountain Tours caravan crosses Egypt to Israel tracing Moses era routes. Two 1942 trucks haul gear while travelers see El Arish, Mitla Pass, Ras el Jindi fortress, St Catherine Monastery, Jebel Massa summit, Nabek coast, Sharm el Sheikh, and the Suez Canal area.
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Missing Washington Cornerstones Baffle Historians
Washington experts note the cornerstone blocks of the White House Capitol Treasury and Washington Monument remain hidden within rebuilt masonry. From 1792 to 1848 ceremonies featured silver plates and a ceremonial ox feast while Masonic rites linked presidents, including Washington, Jackson, Polk, and Lincoln, to these historic blocks.
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James Polk
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Salvation Army Dinner Speaker in Cedar Rapids Event
Brigadier Norman S. Marshall national commander of the Salvation Army will speak Monday at 6 30 p m at the Cedar Rapids branch annual board meeting The event at First Presbyterian church includes 30 Waterloo corps youths singing Special awards are planned Marshall attended Bob Jones College Houghton College and Temple University He is currently principal of the Salvation Army officer training school in Chicago
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Cedar Rapids
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Houghton College
Temple University
Chicago
Mexico City Hotels to Invest 120 Million for Olympic Era
The Mexican Hotels Association says investments totaling 120 million dollars in Mexico City new hotels and modernization plus 80 million dollars in Acapulco are planned before the October Olympic Games.
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Mexico City
Mexican Hotels Association
Acapulco
School Children Make a Million Dots Century
Forty pupils at Farnham Common Junior School in England visualized a million by drawing dots on 1,000 sheets of paper totaling a hall covered floor. They then burned the one million dots to complete the lesson.
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Farnham Common
England
Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation
Government rejects wine cellar bomb shelter plan
Mayor Richard Benken of Silverton says the federal government removed the best hideout when it ruled out a local wine cellar as a bomb shelter. Civil defense leaders had approved the shelter but federal decision makers deemed the cellar not properly stocked.
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Cincinnati
UPS
Richard Benken
Silverton
Scout-O-Rama At Hawkeye Downs May 11 Showtimes
Hawkeye Downs hosts the 1968 Scout-O-Rama on May 11 with 2 and 7 30 PM showings. The event showcases indoor booths demonstrations and a midway for games to train Scouts in public interpretation and fund unit budgets. Invitations go to all Hawkeye Area Council units and tickets go on sale after April 15.
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Hawkeye Downs
Hawkeye Area
Boy with heart on right side and pledge stance
A 13 year old in Levittown New York Gene Alligood has a heart on the right side with organs reversed. Doctors say this rare condition affects about one in a million. The Ben Franklin school allows the pledge with either hand over the heart.
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Gene Alligood
Gene
Wisconsin Primary At a Glance
United Press International overview of the Wisconsin presidential primary with turnout estimates, polling hours, precinct count, candidate lineups for Republicans and Democrats, delegate apportionment, and weather outlook.
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Wisconsin
Restoration begins at Iolani Palace may become capitol site
Honolulu prepares to move out the Hawaii state capitol from Iolani Palace. Joseph Souza, state parks director, says restoration will be slow and careful given the palace’s unique status as the only U S royal residence. Built in 1882 by King Kalakaua, it sits beside a new capitol building planned to be finished this year. In London Kentucky two pioneer trails Boone’s Trace and the Wilderness Road converge at Levi Jackson State Park.
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Iolani Palace
America
Hawaii State Capitol
Joseph Souza
U.S
London, Ky
London
Levi Jackson State Park
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