Word: townes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Phuong tipped the scales by collecting certified letters from 19 vestal virgins of Cao Dai complaining that the pope had raped them. He then called a congress of the Cao Dai hierarchy to consider the complaints. Three days before the congress met, Pope Tac decided to get out of town. Loading his two daughters and a bearded cardinal into a sky-blue Ford, he headed for Pnompenh, across the border in Cambodia. General Phuong was glad enough to let him go. Cambodian authorities made it clear that the unseated pope is welcome in their country only on the condition that...
...Captain José Lameirão, a pair of air force officers. Commandeering a Beechcraft, they flew from Rio to a set of airstrips well up the Amazon, took the strips by pulling rank on the noncoms in command, and signed up some recruits. Biggest prize: Santarem, a town (pop. 15,000) and airport on the river. The rebels kept pursuing planes from landing by strewing logs and oil drums on the strips; at length the government, more embarrassed than harassed, loaded 700 soldiers aboard a river boat at the Amazon delta and steamed to the at tack. Veloso...
Happily counting the receipts, Volksoper officials now plan to produce two American musicals a year. Next attractions: Brigadoon and Wonderful Town...
...students in this area north of the Charles will assemble on the Cambridge Common and in the Yard, and leave town as quickly as possible via Mt. Auburn St., Fresh Pond Parkway, Boylston St., and Concord Ave., Burke said. He added that the test will be conducted because Cambridge has been designated as one on the nation's 47 "target cities"--urban areas most likely to be attacked by a potential enemy...
After the march through town Mayor Howard Whitmore, Jr., will present Tenley with a citation...