Global Fourth of July Celebrations Seen Through Embassy Views
Interviews with 20 embassies in Washington show limited variations in national holiday celebrations. The piece surveys Iceland, Switzerland, England, Australia, France, West Germany, East Germany, the Soviet Union, Italy, and Kampuchea noting unique practices and historical contexts.
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France
Zaire
Soviet Union
Sri Lanka
Washington
Guy de la Chevalerie
West Germany
East
Michael Poetschke
Edward Mal4yan
Republic
Fresh water pearl venture aims to begin American production
NEW ORLEANS AP. About 250,900 mussels in secret Louisiana Texas and Tennessee lakes are being cultivated for John Latendresse's American Pearl Farms. It marks the first commercial U S cultured pearl project with harvest planned for 1986. Each mussel serves as mother to a pearl grown over two to three years in monitored lakes.
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Tennessee
U.S
New Orleans
John Latendresse
Louisiana
Texas
Latendresse
American Pearl Farms
Camden
Tenn
America
Kentucky
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Iceland
Switzerland
Margrit Markstaller
Slim Whitman
England
Nigel Ellacott
Britain
Elizabeth II
Ellacott
Phil Harrison
Harrison
Rome
Pearl Business
Bill Crider
Associated Press
Marshfield
Mass
Cape Cod Bay