Imelda Marcos to lead Manila flood control efforts
United Press International reports First Lady Imelda R. Marcos named governor of metropolitan Manila focusing on flood control transit and garbage collection. She aims to improve services for about 5.5 million people across four cities and 13 towns in a 408 square mile area.
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the Philippines
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Manila
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Greater Manila
New York
Corn grows tall in Iowa amid record harvest at Perry
Perry Farmers Grain Co manager Harvey Hansen oversees 1.3 million bushels harvested in six weeks at Pattee City Park piles, with a 1.4 million bushels expected, a new firm record. He notes 98 percent of the crop in, yields 130-140 bushels per acre north of 140, and 80-120 south, while rail car shortages and a quiet Soviet deal affect markets. He calls Russia and China magic names in the grain market.
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Soviet Union
Russia
China
Gold plated Hitler plate sells for 3500 at New York auction
A brass and gold plated license plate used on Hitler and Eva Braun’s parade limousine sold for 3500 dollars at Charles Hamilton Galleries in New York. The plate bears Reichskanzler Deutschland with a swastika and Nazi eagle. Eva Braun admired the plate, while the auctioneer defended preserving such history.
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UPI
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Eva Braun
Charles Hamilton Galleries
Reichskanzler Deutschland
Germany
Hitler
Hamilton
Charles Hamilton
Dyas to hold series of meetings in state
Hess Dyas, a 38 year old Democrat planning a U.S. Senate bid, will start a sequence of informal talks with leaders in education at his Lincoln home this Friday. He will later meet farm, business, senior citizen, labor and student leaders in November and December, with sessions spanning statewide and regional groups.
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Neb
UPI
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U.S. Senate
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Young whooping crane Corny settles at Bosque del Apache NM
Corny the first of six young whooping cranes to winter at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in New Mexico has adapted to the area. The chicks from Idaho and Colorado will join their siblings as they mature and prepare to form a wild flock, with migration patterns likely mirroring sandhill cranes. They arrived Oct 25 and feed on corn and alfalfa stubble, with further movement expected as fronts bring them in by Thanksgiving.
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N.M
UPI
Corny
New Mexico
Idaho
Dick Rigby
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado
Gray’s Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Rigby
Two Malaysian teens rescued from underground prison in Vancouver
Shianita Lagarda and Monica Gunawan, both 19, were found after five days in a four by four by three foot cement-lined pit beneath a garage. Tan You Sooi, 22, a Malaysian student, is charged with two counts of kidnapping after authorities traced the abduction from November 1.
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Canada
UPI
Shianita Lagarda
Monica Gunawan
Tan You Sooi
Bidor
Perak
Malaysia
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Pearl Bailey Quits Show Business on Return to Hello Dolly
Pearl Bailey tells a Broadway audience she is quitting show business after 40 years to do God's work singing in hospitals. The star bid farewell with tears and a final "I'll Take Manhattan" during her Hello Dolly return performance as Dolly Levi, earning multiple standing ovations.
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UPI
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Gates
Broadway
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Dolly
Manhattan
Louis
Carmen Jones
London
Washington
Social security visit moved to November 12 in Schuyler
A social security representative will speak at the Schuyler contact station on November 12 from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Colfax County Courthouse community room due to Veterans Day observance on November 11.
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Schuyler
Colfax County
Wax model of Raquel Welch missing from Toronto museum
A life size wax Raquel Welch figure in a gold lame jump suit is missing from the Toronto Wax Museum. Manager David Ridsdale says she weighed about 80 pounds and was valued at around $2,000. The exhibit was last seen between figures of Martin Luther King and Albert Einstein.
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UPI
Racquel Welch
Martin Luther King
Albert Einstein
David Ridsdale
Ridsdale
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