Word: istanbul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...dock for many days. Said one sailor "The man inside was lucky, for usually such crates are opened by the Burgas customs." The crate had been stowed away in the hold of the Palizzi. There it had remained as the little ship steamed through the Bosporus to Istanbul, Smyrna and Genoa where arrangements had been made to fumigate the hold. Said a sailor later: "It's a lucky thing the ship was late-too late for the fumigation. Otherwise the stowaway would have been dead...
...Istanbul, the press proudly announced that Major Sabiha Gökçen, 36, adopted daughter of the late great Atatürk and a regular Turkish Air Force pilot, had volunteered for combat in Korea, would soon be on her way. In 1935 she flew against Kurdish rebels...
...Hilton will put between $300,000 and $400,000 in as working capital, and operate it under a 20-year lease. He will turn over 70% of the profits to the Italian owners, keep a tidy 30% for himself. In similar deals, Hilton intends to build hotels in London, Istanbul, Athens, Mexico City and Havana...
When Whittemore died last June, Sterling Dow '25, Hudson Professor of Archaeology, became domestic director of the Institute. Dumbarton Oaks contributed Paul A. Underwood, associate professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology, as field director. He is now in Istanbul supervising the last stages of the uncovering of the mosaics...
...major field work at present is being done by Underwood for the Rynastine institute. He will leave Istanbul for the H. S. tomorrow...