House Building Boom May Die Down Amid Tightening credit
The mixed outlook sees home construction at a likely peak this year but facing government limits on mortgage credit and rising costs. Factories expand capital spending while material shortages and a boxcar crunch threaten builders and rail logistics. Egypt orders 10 high speed trains to cut Cairo trips.
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Israel Plans Work Relief for Arab War Refugees
Israel officials told U N Relief and Works Agency chief Major General Howard Kennedy that work must replace relief aid for Arab war refugees. Moshe Sharett outlined the policy to Kennedy as 28 000 Arab refugees and 3 000 Jewish refugees from the 1948 49 war are in the country. Alexandria noted as summer capital with five trains already heading to Egypt.
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Alexandria
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Boyhood Dream: Memphis Men Plan 1800 Mile Coast Run
Jim Craig and Bill Paul, Memphis natives aged 20 and 24, plan an 1800 mile horseback trip to the west coast. They seek financing as an advertising venture, intend to camp nightly, ride with two horses and a pack horse, and sell the horses in Los Angeles before returning. Craig is an Army medical technician veteran and Tennessee engineer rodman. Paul studies refrigeration and served in the Navy.
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Koreans wear white in mourning customs says Geographical Society
The National Geographic Society notes that Koreans often wear white as their mourning color and observe a three year period of mourning for close relatives, reflecting traditional practices in Korean culture.
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National Geographical Society
Newspaper Writing Is Called Creative
Keen Rafferty of the University of New Mexico argues in Nieman Reports that American newspaper writing is creative, not merely informational. He says disciplined, trained reporters can produce fact driven pieces rivaling top writing, with stories like Hiroshima enduring beyond publication.
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Keen Rafferty
University of New Mexico
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Nieman Reports
Harvard University
Ice Cream Boom Hits Tel Aviv Shop The Penguin
An American style ice cream shop in Tel Aviv named The Penguin draws Israelis from 106 a.m. to midnight daily, selling milk shakes ice cream sodas popcorn waffles and Israeli Bologna sandwiches while ham burgers remain unavailable due to meat shortages. An enterprising Jewish immigrant from New York runs the busy shop handling thousands of customers daily. The article notes a curious aside on the word typhoon linked to Typhon the Greek god of winds.
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Penguin
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