Brooklyn Youth Camp In Open Air Tour From P.S. 8
Suburban field trip turns urban for two dozen P.S. 8 first graders who camp in Gateway National Recreation Area near Floyd Bennett Field. Ranger Paul Gates oversees activities from campsite setup to a dawn hike as parents recall city life and pay tribute to Brooklyn landmarks.
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Brooklyn
N.Y
Old Camp Ground
America
Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn Eagle
Walt Whitman
Brooklyn Bridge
Kid
Thomas Wolfe
Paulette Eisenstadt
P.S. 8
Williamsburg Savings Bank
Manhattan
World Trade Center
Prospect Park
Rice
Civilization
Kings Plaza
Gateway National Recreation Area
Floyd Bennett Airfield
National Park Service
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Gates
Franklin
Boston
Northeastern University
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Mary
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Gateway
New Jersey
Queens
Staten Island
Congress
Floyd Bennett Field
Navy
Interior Department
Floyd Bennett
Admiral Byrd
North Pole
Kennedy
LaGuardia
Jamaica Bay
Desert Caravans Travel on Wheels Through Sahara Trade
Algerian National Road Transport Co and Seevar Ltd run weekly 20 ton Berliet desert trucks from Algiers to Lagos covering 2188 miles in about nine days. Convoys pass In Salah and Tamanrasset, with drivers camping in trucks and braving rough desert trails to deliver goods to Lagos.
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Algiers
UPI
Garamantes
Sahara
Africa
Algerian National Road Transport Co
Benin Gulf
Bechar
Algerian Transport Co
Lagos
Seevar, Ltd
Agades
Kano
Salah
Niger
Mali
Tamanrasset
Tamanras
Sahel
Sand Sea
Rock hunting as a novel Scottish vacation
Stirling area gem hunting offers a week of rock collecting with lodging and meals. Mrs Margaret Houghton of Alva runs trips within fifty miles of Alva covering mountains beaches and valleys. She notes rain aids finds and recalls a harvest washed clear by a downpour.
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Stirling
Scotland
UPS
Margaret Houghton
Alva
Aiva
Largest Gold Mine in Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic hosts the largest gold mine in the western hemisphere and ranks fifth globally, according to UPI reports.
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Santo Domingo, D.R
UPI
Dominican Republic
Sculptor Wal ly Shoop Champions Wolves in Minnesota Plan
Sculptor Wal ly Shoop uses clay lifesize wolves to highlight wolf protection, proposing they adorn the Minnesota Zoological Gardens entrance near Apple Valley. He links with Robert Redford and John Denver to press Congress for sanctuaries where wolves cannot be trapped, arguing wolves balance ecosystems.
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Stillwater, Minn
Wally Shoop
Shoop
Minnesota
Minnesota Zoological Gardens
Apple Valley
Robert Redford
John Denver
Congress
Europe
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