Royal tombs guarded as Japan debates opening historic sites
Imperial Household Agency protects 136 royal tombs and 48 royal graves near Nara Kyoto while researchers catalog 128 burials of favored retainers. The discovery of Asuka period wall paintings in a non royal tomb sparks debate on origins of Japan’s earliest centralized government and possible foreign ties.
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Shiro Miki
Imperial Household Agency
Hirohito
Masasteru Nakayama
Japan
Nia
Kyoto
Tokyo
China
Korea
Kyoto-Nara
Shenoe
Ara
Theer
Sill
County race centers on fate of school superintendent post
Beverly McDuff, a first time candidate and mother, seeks the county school superintendent seat as a Democrat in a runoff while Weldon Boyd halts active campaigning. The office has stood vacant since Roy Boyd’s retirement amid talks to abolish it. McDuff won a May primary, with 11,069 votes to Boyd’s 7,858 in a five candidate field.
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Beverly McDuff
Idalou Farmer Weldon Boyd
Roy Boyd
McDuff
Preston Smith
Lubbock County
Hale County
Boyd
Weldon Boyd
Letters From Children Seek Help Locating Missing Schnauzer Fritz
Mark and Vicki Shaw, grandchildren of Walter Shaw of Dallas, write to the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal editor seeking help to find Fritz, their missing Schnauzer. The dog, with Dallas tags and a reward, was lost near the Brier Croft area after being accidentally let out while the Dallas family visited grandparents in Lubbock. The children express sadness and urge anyone with information to contact their grandmother at 7199-8782.
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Mark
Vicki
Walter ©. Shaw Jr
Dallas
Lubbock
Lubbock Avalanche - Journal
Fritz
Walter O. Shaw
Canton Ave
Briercroft
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Lal
Heath
Campbells
Mim
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Elm City
Carolina
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Olten
Plainview
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Central Plains General Hospital
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Seoul
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