Lost World quest for Arthur Conan Doyle inspiration
Adventurer Dana Lamb heads to Peru and Brazil to locate the plateau that inspired The Lost World. He aims to reach the summit in the Mato Grosso jungle near the Bolivian border, with wife Virginia joining the expedition after past explorations in Mexico. Local lore ties the plateau to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tale.
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Corona del Mar
Calif
Dana Lamb
Arthur Conan Doyle
South America
Doyle
Lamb
Lima
Peru
Brian Fawcett
Col
P. H. Fawcett
Col. Fawcett
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Matto Grosso
Rio Verde
Amazon
Virginia
Mexico
United States
Pacifist march to protest weapons lands in Le Havre
French police halted a second landing attempt by pacifists during a San Francisco to Moscow anti-nuclear weapons march. The group included 25 people with 16 Americans among them as authorities moved to deter the protest.
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LE Havre
France
Moscow
Dollar Status Confusing as Canada Plans Discount
AP analyzes how shifting currency values affect travel and trade between the United States and Canada. It notes Canada may impose a substantial discount by buying U.S. dollars, boosting demand for the Yankee dollar, while both nations consider deficits that could pressure currency values and global status.
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New York
Canada
U.S
United States
Two Sisters Delay Pleasure Then Breaks in Final Retirements
A tale from Billy Rose about two sisters who inherit 25000 and delay travel for decades. They expand a village store, resist shifting life for decades, endure competition, and during a war era decide to live fully. After Marie’s death Hortense relocates her coffin from California to Mexico City and Havana, embodying the moral to seize the present instead of hoarding for retirement.
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Billy Rose
Syndicate
Whcn
Marie
Hortense
California
Mexico
Havana
Mexico City
Jack Benny Gives Shot To Wayne and Shuster
Wayne and Shuster, Canadian comedians who first gained fame with Ed Sullivan, will star in a new Sunday night situation comedy backed by Jack Benny. Titled Holiday Lodge, Benny’s production company will air the summer replacement, with the duo as social directors of a resort and the team joking about renaming the show The Jack Benny Show.
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Jack Benny
Wayne
Shuster
New York
Wayne and Shuster
Ed Sullivan
Benny
Johnny Wayne
Frank Shuster
Canada
Federal Hearing Set For Iowa Fugitive
William George Daegele 41 of Keokuk Iowa will have a preliminary hearing June 29 on a federal unlawful flight to avoid prosecution charge. Federal officers say he likely will be handed to Kansas for prosecution over the May 26 rape of a 12 year old girl at Baldwin. Daegele, arrested Thursday, was held on 25000 dollar bond.
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Kansas City
William George Daegele
Keokuk
Iowa
Daegele
Kansas
Baldwin
Kan
Cool Weather Dominates Again Across the Nation
The Associated Press reports unseasonable coolness and widespread showers across the Northern and Eastern U S. The Great Lakes Ohio Valley and New England saw a band of rain while isolated showers appeared in the Texas Panhandle and central Florida. Light rainfall was recorded in multiple regions as a warming trend was forecast, with Duluth Minnesota and Marquette Michigan registering 45 degrees.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England States
Texas Panhandle
Florida
New England
Illinois
Michigan
Weather Bureau
Duluth
Minn
Marquette
Mich
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Dawson
AP Business
West Germany
By Robert Peterson
Cynthia Lowry
AP TV
Garden City
Jack Smith
Terminal
Kansas Plastic Pipe Co
Toro
Mons
Taro Mfg. Corp
Pho
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Taylor
Great Southwest
Western Plane Sales, Inc
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