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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1964

Page

27

Ash Clouds Over Costa Rica Strain Nation Economy

Gray pallor covers San Jose asMt Irazu eruptions send ash for 17 months. Property losses top $60 million with a quarter from coffee. Seabees battle floods and mud avalanches, while the nation seeks aid and braces for the rainy season from September to December.

Mt Irazu Costa Rica

Dead Movie Queen Lin Dai Rites Draw Huge Hong Kong Crowds

Thousands waited in heavy rain at City Hall for a photo exhibition honoring Lin Dai, the film star who died July 17 from sleeping pills. The mass vigil in Hong Kong has mixed touching scenes with sensational, public rites as police cordon and crowds shaped a dramatic funeral spectacle.

John Cantwell Hong Kong Lin Dai Shing S. Lung Queen T. V. Lee

Hunger and Trade Struggles Across Asia Stem from Population Surge

A U.N. ECAFE report outlines hunger affecting about 250 million Asians amid rapid population growth. It notes fragile export earnings tied to commodity swings, rising trade deficits, and uneven industrial progress with China, North Korea, and Mongolia excluded as centrally planned economies.

Ecafen U.N. Economic Commission For Asia Far East ECAFE Iran Japan China North Viet Nam North Korea Mongolia Australia India Malaysia Formosa

Khrushchev Optimistic on Soviet Wheat Crop Prospects

Premier Khrushchev tours the Volga and Don breadbasket regions and revisits the virgin lands program in Kazakhstan. He questions subordinates with advice and notes borrowings from Western farming, aiming to boost grain despite uneven yields in Russia and Ukraine.

George Syvertsen Moscow Khrushchev Soviet Union Kremlin Volga Don Central Asian Kazakhstan Russian Republic Ukraine

Sunday Crossword Puzzle by Eleanor Langdon

Across clues include sacred Greek island and Nordic gods while downs cover expunge and silver rider. Numerous entries span places peoples and objects with varied themes from literature to science across a full puzzle grid.

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