Unclear origins of faith masks and early gas-lit streets tale
The text describes priests in an ancient Iranian religion wearing masks to keep their sine from contaminating sacred fires. It notes Medicine Hat Alberta being built over a natural gas pool with streets lit by gas as early as 1890. It also mentions Lydia Thompson introducing Burlesque to the U.S. in 1868 with the British Blondes chorus.
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Iran
Medicine Hat
Alberta
U.S
Lydia Thompson
U S combats in Vietnam deliver heavy tolls in week
U S commands report a surge in fighting across Vietnam with the heaviest weekly toll since June. American casualties reach 408 KIA and 1 144 WIA, plus 4 755 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese fatalities. South Vietnamese losses rise to 495 KIA as battles rage near Saigon and Tay Ninh.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Eisenhower moves off critical list medical bulletin says
The former president Dwight D. Eisenhower has been removed from the critical list and placed on a serious status. Doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital report a better night, less cardiac irritability, improving appetite, and liberalizing sodium restrictions while daily bulletins continue unless changes occur. Williamson County coroner James R. Wilson announces inquests into two traffic deaths, Mrs. Ann Curry and Claude Vaughn, with hearings scheduled in Marion city hall.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Williamson County
James R. Wilson
Ann Curry
Creal Springs
Wilson
Marion
Centralia
Claude Vaughn
Wilson’s Office. Mr. Vaughn
Czechs begin slow yield to Moscow after reforms
Czechoslovakia's Communist leaders advance limited liberal reforms while conceding Moscow influence. Premier Oldrich Cernik says press freedom will be curbed temporarily as the government pursues a liberal path under occupation. The National Assembly refused to ratify a Moscow-brokered agreement. Public resistance fades, with few work stoppages after a brief strike wave.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Moscow
Oldric Cernik
Cernik
National Assembly
Literarni Listy
Writers’ Federation
Gravel defeats Gruening for Alaska Senate nomination
In Anchorage Alaska Mike Gravel an Anchorage real estate developer appears to end Ernest Gruening a longtime Vietnam war critic 35 year senate career Gravel leads 373 of 410 precincts with 16820 to 14354 in the Democratic senatorial nomination race
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Anchorage
Alaska
Mike Gravel
Ernest Gruening
Gravel
Registration changes at Du Quoin High for 1968-69
Du Quoin High School outlines registration for the 1968-69 year. Bus students register 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. non bus students register 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. by class year. fees range 12 to 20 dollars with optional accident insurance at 4 dollars. First full day of classes is Thursday with 8:20 a.m. start. teachers hold workshops Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.
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Chester Gurley
Carterville
J & L Robinson Development and Construc
101St Air Cavalry Division
25Th Division
Tay Ninh
MT. Vernon Loan
SLIC
Broadway
Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Jauto Horss
Linda Restante
Sen. Gruening
Southern Illinois
Farah
Levi
Kaynee
Donmoer
Bostonian
Limpus
Carbondale
Seagram
Seagram’s
Seagram Distillers Company
New York City
Southern
N. Ilinois
Herrin
Union
Murphysboro
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