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Following the Bikersto tho Editor:After id-some years of snatching the comics and Over-the-Coffee before handing the rest of The Bes Moines Register to my husband, something happened. Each morning last week I waited anxiously for the Great Bike Trip story. A refreshing way to start the day . . .The articles [should] be printed in pamphlet form. I know so many people 1 would like to have know about Iowa. and Tnwatut. Tf only every cotinty jX)uld have a Mr. Pickard, Donald Kaul and John Karras .... — Mrs. J. C. Iverson, Calmar, la. 52138.Three CheersTo fh* HdltortThree cheers to Clarence Pickard, Donald Kaul, John Karras, and all the lowans who made the “Great Six-Day Bike Trip.” The old American spirit of adventure, danger and fighting the ele-' ments is still alive.With all the adverse happenings in the U.S. lately — Watergate, the Soap Box Derby, Vice-President Agnew and of course inflation, I have hardly been able to crawl out of bed in the morning. Last week I bounded out of bed to read about the bold adventurers of the “Great Bike Trip.” Donald clamped to his bicycle with his dignity destroyed — John Kar-ras’s better half showing him up and not cheating by taking a shorter route just because it was a little warm, and of course all the spirit of Mr. Pickard.Thanks for a much-needed shot of togetherness and humor. — Marvel Skad-berg, 60? River Oak Drive, Ames, la. 50010.Enjoyed RideTa th* Editor:I wish to commend you on the sponsoring and news coverage of the recent across-Iowa bicycle fide, featuring those two friendly gentlemen, Messrs. Karras and Kaul, J_.was__.onIy.. able to ride on Wednesday’s .segment, the short trip from Ames to Des Moines. I enjoyed every mile of it, and I would have liked to have attempted the ride on to Davenport. .It was fun being interviewed by your brieht, vounc reporter as the next oldest
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Fri, Sep 07, 1973
Page 5
Full Page
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