Former Sheepherders Turn Mine Dowsers in Egypt Desert
In Egypt's western desert nine Bedouins who once herded sheep now clear World War I mines from Berga to El Alamein. Ten have died. ex-herders say the danger draws them, aided by German and Italian experts under Egyptian army contracts. E. L. Profiry, a former Fascist captain, guides the team. The mine clearance project could take up to 15 years.
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Cairo
Egypt
Berga
el Alamein
Alexandria
E. L. Profiry
Italy
23 700 Birds Sold At Capon Valley Poultry Auction
A total of 23 700 birds from 37 100 offered in 13 lots were sold at Wardensville in the weekly Capon Valley Area Poultry Auction. Prices ranged 19 1 4 to 20 cents per pound, average 19.65 cents. Demand was fair to good. Almost 125 000 foreigners are now employed in Sweden, mainly in mining and metal industries.
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Capon Valley Area
Wardensville
Sweden
Pleasant Grove Notes On Local Visits And Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Catlett hosted a picnic at Edinburgh Cave. Numerous visits to homes of Haines, Lambert, Coryell, Lee, Strother, and others were noted, including a weiner roast and family reunions. A Smoky Hollow club gathering and weekly visits highlighted community life. a Map Service trip was mentioned.
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Pleasant Grove
Oakley Catlett
Winchester
Edinburgh Cave Cavern
Stella Smalls
Dwight Whitacre
Fairfax
Howard Lambert
Winfred Haines
Bonnie
Barbara
Philip
John Haines
Ellis Haines
Gertrude Ward
Eugene Hulver
Lemar Owens
Charles Lee
Janie
Kathy
Randal Strother
Ruby Lee
Howard Shingleton
Arthur LaFollette
Dave Woody
Springfield
Ohio
Laura Gifford
Washington, D. C
John Coryell
Coryell
Haines
Carol Eye
Detroit
Mich
Lambert
Marjie Warner
Franklin
W. Va
Robert Lambert
John H. Coryell
Army Map Service
Washington
Actress Patricia Gregory Reignites O'TooleWife Claim In Court
In Los Angeles Patricia Gregory a television actress said she would wait for John Patrick O'Toole to become his ninth wife. The 26 year old man serves six months for writing bad checks as a tangle of alleged marriages and annulments surrounds him.
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Los Angeles
John Patrick O’toole
Patricia Gregory
O’toole
Alta Maxson O'Toole
Marilyn Joyce O'Toole
Marilyn O’toole
Billy Marie Reese
John Lewis Reese
Blair Dalbey
Miss Gregory
Mt Olympus to gain 1957 cable car line
Winter sports fans at Mt Olympus Turkey will ride a new overhead cable car in 1957 carrying 40 passengers per car. The line is projected to cost 777 142 dollars.
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Mt. Olympus
Turkey
Boy Dies After Heart Restart During Surgery
Marshall Texas doctors report 16 year old Bob Brayshaw 3 died after his heart stopped for eight minutes during a tonsillectomy and was restarted with massage. The heart stopped in a one in a million cardiac arrest despite chest opening and five minutes of massage.
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Marshall
Tex
Bob Brayshaw
Pineapple Growers Use Hormone Applications
Pineapple growers apply hormonal sprays to accelerate fruit maturation dates, aiming to shorten growing cycles and bring crops to market sooner.
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OF the
Etta
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Blondie
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Shoecenter, Inc
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Phan
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