Marsh Arabs Live Surrounded By Water In Southern Iraq
In southern Iraq the marsh Arabs inhabit reed huts set in a vast wetland spanning about 6,000 square miles. They travel by reed boats, catch birds using a horse tail lure, and spear fish with a wrist tethered dart. The community sustains itself through flooding cycles and seasonal dry land farming amid Mesopotamian history.
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Iraq
Abdullatif EL May
Baghdad
Tigris
Euphrates
Basra
Persian Gulf
Mesopotamia
Middle East
Democrats Move To Outflank Governor In Tax Reform Push
In Sacramento Democrats move on two fronts to outflank Governor Reagan on tax reform. The Assembly Ways and Means Committee approved a 1.6 billion dollar package by a party line vote. The measure would raise income sales and business taxes and return most new revenue to homeowners and renters as relief. Senate Democrats say Reagan's withholding bill will fail unless folded into a broader reform package.
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Reagan
Assembly
Senate
Joe A. Gonsalves
D-La Mirada
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
George Moscone
GOP
William T. Bagley
San Rafael
Bare Breast Anniversary Party Leads to Arrest in SF
Four women in g strings frolicked at a civic mall fountain to mark seven years of bare breasted entertainment in North Beach. Officer Cassidy arrested them for indecent exposure and they were taken to the Hall of Justice, later given Salvation Army dresses.
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San Francisco
John Cassidy
North Beach
Cassidy
Hall of Justice
Salvation Army
Union Leader Sees Low Odds for Bell Strike Settlement
Kansas City AP Joseph A Beirne president of the Communications Workers of America says settlement chances with Bell before the July 14 strike deadline are very poor. About 500,000 union members will strike at 6 am EDT July 14 unless demands met. Beirne plans talks with government officials in Washington. Bell offers 11 percent raise. union seeks at least 25 percent. Majority of members authorized the strike.
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Kansas City
Joseph A Beirne
Communications Workers of America
Bell System
Beirne
Bell
Washington
Reporter implicates Ellsberg in Pentagon Vietnam report leak
Sidney Zion, ex New York Times reporter, says Daniel Ellsberg supplied the secret Pentagon study to the Times. Zion spoke on WMCA radio, noting he will not reveal his sources though confident in their reliability. The Times halted further excerpts under a federal restraining order.
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Daniel Ellsberg
Defense Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sidney Zion
Zion
United States
Vietnam
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Times
Ellsberg
Harvard
Cambridge
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