College student bikes to San Francisco after Cedar Rapids encounter
Rick Larson an 18 year old Kirkwood college student pedaled to the West Coast after meeting a trio of travelers in Cedar Rapids. He helped repair a wrecked bike at a Cedar Rapids shop and joined their cross country trip. The group included a missionary from Portland Maine and a White Plains New York social worker with a 16 year old companion from Lombard Illinois. The journey began on a Friday and by Monday he quit his Kmart job.
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Bicyclists Endure Desert Trail in Two-Week West Trip
Rick and three companions rode east to west across the United States, covering 130 miles daily over 16 days through Nebraska Colorado Utah and Nevada. They faced water shortages hot desert hunger and a casino loss in Reno before returning to Cedar Rapids. Rick plans another coastward hitchhiking trip testing thumb travel.
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Youthful Candidates Sweep East Lansing City Race
In East Lansing Michigan 22 year old Mickey Davis a barefoot overalled college dropout joins 13 candidates for three council seats as campus politics surge amid aging incumbents. Several young contenders 24 21 and 23 push for reform zoning rent relief cleaner environment and 18 year old voting rights influence. The August 3 primary narrows the field ahead of the November 2 general election.
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Marshall Steven Davis
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Calif
John M. Patriarche
Beverly Colizzi
Charles W. Will
Charles Himelright
Elyse Eisenberg
Will
Himelright
Customs Test Based Fear Influx of Drugs
Mexico City airport customs halted full luggage inspections under a new system. Raul Diaz Irizar, in charge, warned narcotics inflow could rise while tourism benefits from oral declarations. The change was ordered by Treasury Secretary Hugo Margain last May.
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UPI
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Raul Diaz Irizar
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Treasury
Hugo Margain
Sober Dress Code Sparks Courtroom Fashion Debate
In CAPE TOWN AP reports a judge urged lawyers to wear sober colors for court. The magistrate Johan van Greunen advocated plain white shirts and ties, replacing brightly colored attire to project decorum in South Africa.
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Johan van Greunen
South Africa
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