Reservations urged as Riga limits tourist capacity
Riga faces a housing shortage and limited hotel space, with only 320 foreigners accommodated at a time. By year end Latvia expects about 15 500 visitors, and a 26 story Hotel Latvia due 1975 will expand capacity. Visitors are advised to book early for 1975 and beyond.
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Latvia
UPI
Edmunds Ratnieks
Foreign Tourism Board
Ratnieks
Paris
Europe
Baltic
Baltic Sea
Jurmala
Ratnicks
World Championship Hot Air Balloon Races in Albuquerque
The World Championship hot air balloon races will be held in Albuquerque February 10 to 17 with competitors from about 17 countries. The event marks the first world championship for balloons and includes a parade and town events, with Ed Yost as clerk of the course and Bruce Comstock the current U.S. champion.
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N. Mex
U.S
Bruce Comstock
Ann Arbor
Mich
Europe
Balloon Federation of America
Ed Yost
South Dakota
English Channel
Eastern Iowans Receive University of Iowa Scholarships
East Iowa students Steven Wanzek of Cedar Rapids John Hustad of Elkader and Mervin Sarchet and Carol Johnson of Iowa City earned University of Iowa speech and dramatic arts tuition scholarships for spring semester 1973. Awards ranged from 60 to 310 dollars for academic achievement and forensic program involvement.
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Iowa City
Norway Attracts Growing Stock Of Ski Tourers In 1973
Start Young Many Americans and Canadians turn to ski touring in larger numbers and may choose Norway for trips in 1973. Resorts cater to ski touring with families joining in, toddlers in pulk sleds, and hotels near slopes. Geilo hosts a well run ski school as part of the Oslo-Bergen rail resort network. For free folders send requests to the Norwegian National Tourist Office in New York and Los Angeles.
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Geilo
Oslo-Bergen
Fifth Avenue
New York
N.Y
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
Calif
Couple 70-year-olds trek 6537 miles to Hyder Alaska and Watson Lake
Don and and Mrs. Anderson, both 70, drove a 20-foot trailer from Richland Washington to Hyder Alaska and Watson Lake Yukon over rough roads. They faced mud, boulders, many flats, and a partially completed route, aided by a 8,000-pound winch and a D-9 crawler. They street-tested limits and planned to return via Circle Alaska before winter.
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Don R. Anderson
Richland
Wash
Hyder
Alaska
Watson Lake
Yukon
Andersons
Hazelton
B.C
Cranberry
Nass
Anderson
Fred Wright Lake
Alaksa
Arctic Circle
Scott Richards Receives Women in Construction Scholarship
Ames resident Scott Richards son of Mr and Mrs Glenn E Richards of Wilton Junction has been awarded 250 scholarship at Iowa State University for construction engineering. The Cedar Rapids Iowa City chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction sponsors the award.
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Scott Richards
Glenn E. Richards
Wilton Junction
Iowa State University
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
The
National Assn. of Women In Construction
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