Desert Areas Featured In Audubon Film Tuesday
Audubon Naturalist Society opens its five program series with The Land No One Wanted at the Coe auditorium Tuesday at 7:30. Lyle K Moss, Utah native and filmmaker narrator, highlights desert landscapes and wildlife, noting wilderness value and pressures from grazing mining and timber. Season tickets and brochures are available. proceeds support local wildlife and conservation projects.
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Coe Auditorium
Audubon Naturalist Society
Armstrong
Central and
North America
Buzz Moss
Audubon Wildlife
Remnants of Khai Dinh Era Keep Court Traditions Alive
In Hue a faded imperial circle endures as Queen Doan Hui and elder ladies play cards and recall royal days. Descendants of the Nguyen dynasty work ordinary jobs while war scarred Hue preserves a palace area partly used by South Vietnamese troops.
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Hue
South Vietnam
Khai Dinh
Doan Hui
France
Last Ferry Sally Ann Keeps Missouri River Passage Alive
A sternwheeler named Sally Ann operates alone on the Missouri River between Nebraska and South Dakota. Owned by Paul Hendrickson and Otis Cogdill since 1965, the boat is the last of its kind, drawing tourists who pay $2 per car plus passengers and per-foot fares.
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Sally
Brownville
Neb
Missouri
Sally Ann
Hendrickson
Cedar Rapids Project Expands Dewey Army Co. Facilities
Twenty years ago construction to raise facilities at Dewey and Army Company in Cedar Rapids was slated to begin immediately, expanding capacity by about fifty percent.
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Dewey and Army Co
Cedar Rapids
Antiquities Trade Booms in Cyprus Markets
In Nicosia, Cyprus, antiquities trade thrives amid looting and lax controls. Dealers offer items from 700 B.C. to 4,000-year-old artifacts for modest sums, while authorities lament insufficient enforcement and ongoing loss of cultural heritage. Archaeologists warn fake goods are rare but smuggling persists. locals profit as Turkish and Greek Cypriot looters damage sites and cemeteries. The Cyprus museum criticizes authorities for limited policing as customs rarely inspect large bags.
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Cyprus Museum
Mediterranean Island
Cyprus
Turkey
Iran
Africa
Latin America
Asia
Hilton
Nicosia
John Wayne tops lifetime earnings in film industry
John Wayne holds the record for the highest lifetime earnings in cinema with an estimated $100 million from more than 190 films.
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John Wayne
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Wasatch Mountains
Salt Lake Area
Utah
Army Signal Corps
United States
Bureau of Land Management
Second Street
Iowa
By Frank Hawkins
Dr. V. Karageoghis
Third Ave
UCS
United Way
Cedar Rapids Area
Dain, Kalman & Quail
New York Stock Exchange
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