Timbuktu Tourists Still Flock to Desert Town Legend Lives On
Masi government officials say about 2,000 tourists have visited Timbuktu since the start of the high season. The town, once famed for gold and caravans, remains a tourist draw as international interest persists despite the decay and sand. Visitors still ride camels for about 50 cents, tour mosques Sankore and others, and stay in modest camps offering river of salt displays and windblown markets.
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Sahara
Rene Caille
Mt. Everest
Bamako
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Columbia University
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Robinson McIlvaine
Liberia
Edward Rhet
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Yvonne de Leather
T V Programs hotel in Mali with varied amenities
A December wall collapse at a hotel in Mali followed by mid January occupancy at $79 per day for a 69 day African tour. Guests dine on raffia shaded outdoor spaces with substantial yet sandy meals, featuring mischwi and roast lamb. Travel options include Air Mali four weekly flights from Bamako to Timbuktu, river steamers from Mopti or Gao, and rented jeeps along rocky Malian roads to Dogon towns famed for carved masks and ritual dances.
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Boston Strangler film talks and ties
DiNatale guides NEA Hollywood crew through tying a knot used in a scene for The Boston Strangler. Fleischer presses for two versions to satisfy Jack Valenti’s censors while Boston police cooperation remains limited due to the unsolved case. Albert DiSalvo is jailed on rape charges, with murder questions looming.
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Fox
al Bost
piSalyo
Valenti
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Jack Valenti
United States
Boston Police
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Phil DiNatale
Force
Power grips MGM tale of wills and murder
George Hamilton introduces Miss Beverly Hills to a tipsy Nehemiah Persoff in a party scene from MGM's The Power. The drama centers on a man with the power to control others wills as a brutal hunt unfolds for murder.
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Nehemiah Persoft
Beverly Hills
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Persoff
MGM
The Actor special probes what drives actors to perform
An ABC TV documentary explores the actor’s nature through voices from Sir Alec Guinness to Peter Brook and Tyrone Guthrie. Leo Gluckman frames the study of why performers seek fame and endure a merciless craft, from school hopefuls to veterans.
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Old Vic Theater
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Guinness
Gluckman
South Africa
United States
Old Vic
Arthur Miller
Peter Brook
Tyrone Guthrie
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