Iraq to Sugar dates as new industry grows in Baghdad
UNESCO backed project turns Iraqi dates into sugar, aiming to cut import costs of up to 16 million dollars annually. With 169 varieties, Iraq produces about 80 percent of global dates and may yield 400000 tons in good years. A Date Association factory in construction will produce 9600 tons yearly.
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Iran
Iraq
Unesco
Asia
Africa
The
Date Association
Herman Mohler
Baghdad
University of
Mohler
Zurich
End of rope era at Boston Navy ropewalk
Time is running out at the Boston Naval Shipyard ropewalk. Since 1834 Congress established it as the Navy’s only rope producer, supplying all rope used by the service. Washington decreed the plant’s closing and private industry will take over, impacting 71 workers and families with long navy vetting service.
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Tom Horgan
Boston
Boston Naval Shipyard
Congress
Navy
Washington
Lous Porter
David Himmelfarb
Dustry
Famil
William J. Kaes
Who Bills Patients for Specialist Fees in Hospitals
A long running dispute pits hospitals against medical specialists over charging patients for services like anesthesia X rays and laboratory tests performed during hospital care. Some hospitals hire specialists on salary and bill the patient, a practice critics say makes hospitals profit centers and could affect care quality and costs. The issue, backed by the American Hospital Association, centers on freedom of contract and acceptable plans that satisfy patients doctors and hospitals.
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Robert Goldenstein
Chicago
Reds Overhaul Subs in Baltic
In a Baltic theater update, the Reds overhaul subs to strengthen coastal defenses near Talvan and Shag. The Husked fleet details are vague, but reports indicate additional submarine activity and anticipated strategic deployments, with page references noting further confirmations on Page 4.
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Reds
Baltic
Helsinet Sana
Talvan
Shag
Eaast Defense
Fepoeff
Famsh Naval Asih Ee
Franco German Moselle Canal Could Boost Economic Ties
The Moselle Canal project to link Lorraine steel via the Rhine to the Atlantic is seen as a catalyst for Franco German economic partnership. Bonn and Paris weigh broader 공동 undertakings, hoping the canal eases Saar tensions and signals German goodwill amid Saar dispute.
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Moselle
Saar
Lorraine
Atlantic
Rhine
France
Bonn
Paris
Moselle Canal
Konrad Adenauer
Parakeets Entertain Millions in California Vaudeville Act
A Californian vaudeville artist trains 50 parakeets to pull tiny chariots, dance, and light cigars, while a German-speaking parrot in Chicago performs. The piece discusses canal plans on the Moselle and economic impacts of transport savings, plus a note on parakeet popularity and census growth in America.
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California
Chicago
America
Rochester
John Gould
Australa
U S Proposes Lebanon Airport Turned Into Wartime Base
Beirut reports the United States formally proposes converting Knalde international airport near Beirut into a first class wartime air base. Lebanon's Foreign Minister Alfred Khodr Mar Cache notes the plan would modernize and expand the facility with technical and economic enhancements for heavy jet air traffic. The proposal, delivered via U.S. Ambassador Donald Heath, aims to bolster Lebanon's strategic aviation role in the Moyen East, as the airport has grown into the region’s busiest commercial hub.
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U. M. Marashian Beirut
NANA
United States
Lebanon
Knalde International
Beirut
U.S
Donald Heath
Alfred Mar Cache
Khatde
Miédie
Alen
Mexico on a Budget Bargain Vacation Abroad
Travel writer Jack Rutledge notes a weakened peso at 12.72 to the dollar and suggests Mexico offers cheap trips for Americans. He highlights favorable exchange rates, low costs for fuel and goods, and the allure of Mexico City and surrounding areas in summer, while cautioning about overpromising the full experience across a vast country.
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Jack Rutledge
Mexico City
Mexico
Egyptians barred from viewing Moses film in Cairo
In Cairo, Al-Azhar University religious leaders condemn Cecil B DeMille's The Ten Commandments for depicting Bible holy figures and scenes, citing Islam's prohibition on photographs as idolatry. A subcommittee of the university's religious readers bans the film, risking a nationwide restriction on the 30 000 Egyptians who helped make the production.
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Cairo
Nana
Cecil B DeMille
Al-Azhar University
Wiemnas
Higher Religious Review
Egypt
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