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...spell, was not the first person outside the museum when it opened last week in Huntington, a tidy, cheerful town of 18,000 located on a bend of the Wabash River. That honor went to the NBC satellite truck that came here before 6 a.m. for an interview with Marj Hiner, the local lady who was the leading force behind the museum...
...interview was supposed to be on the Today show at 6:35," says Marj, a spunky woman who says she has known the Quayles for "only" 23 years, "but the generator blew, and they had to frantically call New York. Luckily, my husband Homer was waiting on me, and he hot-wired the truck and we went on at 7:08." And the interview? "Well, Katie ((Couric)) didn't ask any of the questions they told me she would...
...competent production (under Robert Atkins' supervision and John Lundeen's direction) has a peppy script, decent choreography and show-stealing sets and costumes. No Venice could be imagined more beautifully than the set designed by John Magoun and painted by Marj Ingalls Beaty. It's a marvel of oceanic expanse on a swimming pool-sized stage. Although familiar as a National Geographic photo, the set shimmers with fairy tale color, its magic undiminished by the costumes designed by Linda Beyer and Gail Simonson. From the nobility's full regalia to the page boys' gray bibs, every outfit sparkles--jeweled...
...their fertile plateau, 930 feet above the Mediterranean, the Moslem citizens of El Marj (pop. 13,000) welcomed the sunset one day last week. It brought to an end another day-long fast imposed by the holy month of Ramadan. Families gathered at table to break their fast with the traditional Ramadan dinner-and many died where they were sitting, for sunset brought the shock and terror of the worst earthquake in Libyan history...
...crumbling houses and shops into rubble. Some survivors wandered in the streets, wailing in anguish as they searched for relatives and friends. Others huddled dazedly over fires in the open fields. A driving rain and heavy winds made the night miserable, and morning brought two more earth tremors. El Marj had lived through bombing and battles during World War II as British and Axis forces took and retook the town. But the quake flattened El Marj as war never did. Rescue workers said that not a single house remained habitable, and the Libyan Red Crescent appealed for help...
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