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Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1959

Page

7

Turkmen Canal to Add Second Section Across Kara Kum

Tass reports the Soviet Republic approves a second section of the Turkmen Canal to run west from the Murgab toward the Fetjen oasis. The completed project will irrigate about 150000 acres and include a reservoir with an ultimate capacity of 114 billion cubic meters, one of Central Asia’s largest.

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Lutherans Pray at Closing of Biennial Kirchentag

About 300000 Lutherans gathered in Munich for the closing of the 9th Kirchentag as 5200 trumpeters led hymns under a 200 foot steel cross. The biennial assembly drew Germans from both sides of the border with East Germany allowing only 1000 Protestants to attend.

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