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J I (0 'In West Branch, Mr. Pickard was met by Terry AlUband, 29, a University of Iowa graduate student, who served in the Peace Corps with Pickard and his wife in India in 1966-1968. Allihand and his wife, Ruth, went through Peace Corps training with Pickard and his wife Mildred.“lie was wearing his pith helmet then, too,” said Alii* band. “He was phenomenal, the way he could relate to young people.”Pickard said he was surprised to see AlUband along the bike route, but was aware that the younger mart was a student at the University of Iowa.An 18-year-old Dubuque biker, Bill Wertzburgcr, who pe-daied his bicycle from Dubuque to Sioux City to join the bieyclr ing expedition, decided to become Pickard’s riding partner Friday, and the two talked for miles about each other’s experiences. “He’s really interesting to talk to, said Wertzbur-ger. “Ho knows a lot about just about, every thing.” ......................Rochester BreakjmIfREGISTER PHOTOCarter LeBeau, 47, of Davenport, slaps the outstretched hands of schoolchildren who gathered on the edge of West Branch to eheer the cyclists on to the conclusion of their trip.Near the-town of Rochester, the Tipton Bike Club set up a water stand for the bikers on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clemmons. Pickard gracefully tumbled off of his 10-speed lady’s bicycle as he slopped to get a drink, much to the concern of the 20 fans who stayed to meet him. Uninjured and unconcerned, the smiling Mr. Pickard laughed. “Did you all get that? I put it on for you,” tipping his silver pith helmet.A Waterloo attorney, Mike Pedersen, 30, who joined the bike group in Williamsburg Fri-iver Hansen, on behalf of the community's Jaycees.Before the tour left Williamsburg, the town turned out for a sendoff as some members of the high school band played“When the Caissons Go Rolling►Along.day morning put Pickard onto; In Iowa City, the students at the pop-culture stage by wear-j Regina High School were out toing a tank top with the words ‘Pickard Power” painted on it.™PickawL_ajid_feis^art^.oLabout a dozen cyclists got bogged down in Moscow, between two fruit stands which are located at opposite ends of the tiny Muscatine County village.At Frank’s Super Market, lo-_caitedon-the-west-edge'tif-Mos-cow, IPi ckard- i ndul ged-i n-f resh muskmelon, and then pedaledabout three blocks to* the other edge of town where he ate watermelon at Sterner’s Market.In Durant — the so-caliod Horseshoe Capital of the World— Karras, Kaul and Pickard were all presented with chrome-plated horseshoes,.by 01-greet all the bikers with a big sign. The senior class served lemonade.AT Wes t ‘ Branch,' the Ch km -bei* of Commerce served three kinds of drinks, cookies, salt tablets and sugar pills, while, the elementary school children lined up along the road to greet the riders..The—Qua d-City~JB i ke_CLubouble,9 Go Idwater,Mtididate, Says Hereslble aspirations for another run for the presidency.‘•I’m not running for president, I’m running fpr the Sen-(ordered by President Nixon last December) ended the war.” war.”. Goldwater was greeted bysoi-ved lemonade-at. the_ end_M the route.One of the riders figured out 'that the tour traveled more than 100,900 passenger miles.. Tube Hono'r-in Davenport, Kaul and Karras were invested into the “Order of the Tube” by llenry Cutler of Waterloo, who presented each of them with an inflated bicycle inner-tube laden with yellow chrysanthemums and green ribbons in light-hearted honor of the occasion.Cutler, a friend of Kaul, was riding ’with, the columnist when he spilled and fractured a cpl-lar bone while riding down a Colorado mountain road in the summer of 1971. **IIiT!
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Sat, Sep 01, 1973
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