Revolutionary Camp For Real Musketmen at Moore's Creek
About 26 National Park Service employees and students trained in a Living History program at Moore's Creek National Military Park Currie NC for a week. They slept on straw, cooked grits over a fire, and fired live ammunition from muskets and a three inch cannon as part of an 18th century military camp. Graduates returned to federal parks in New York Louisiana South Carolina Florida North Carolina and Pennsylvania to share Revolutionary War history with visitors.
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Moore’s Creek National Military Park
North Carolina
New York
Louisiana
South Carolina
Florida
Pennsylvania
Dial-A-Ride: Popular but Budget Strains Transit Programs
Dial-a-Ride programs attract riders nationwide yet face funding gaps. Minneapolis launched Feb 3 with 190,000 dollars in subsidies for nine months but costs reach 198,000 while only 15,000 revenue is projected. San Jose, billed as the nation's biggest, was shut after three months due to high costs despite success.
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Minneapolis, Minn
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San Jose
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Blue Lagoon At Port Antonio Draws Water Sports Fans
In Jamaica’s Port Antonio, the Blue Lagoon is a deep natural pool where mineral springs mingle with Caribbean waters. The pool reaches depths up to 180 feet in places and draws many water sports enthusiasts to its scenic site.
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Port Antonio
Jamaica
Cycling Tour To Celebrate Bicentennial
Dan Burden promotes Bikecentennial '76 a cross country ride for 30,000 plus cyclists to mark the U.S. bicentennial. From Alaska to Argentina idea born in 1973, with hosts from Williamsburg to Astoria 4200 miles over about 80 days at 40 to 60 miles daily. Cost estimated at 500 with guides, lodgings arranged. sanctioned by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and U.S. Forest Service.
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Centralia
Dan Burden
Burden
University of Montana
Alaska
Argentina
Lys
U.S. Forest Services
Environmental groups accuse Ford pick of partisan TVA director
A dozen groups charged President Ford's nomination of James F Hooper III to the Tennessee Valley Authority board aims to aid Mississippi Republicans in 1976. They note his business failures and political ties, contrasting with prior nonpartisan, qualified TVA appointees.
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Ford
James F. Hooper III
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mississippi
Ronald Reagan
TVA
Hooper
Columbus Canning Co
United Bicentennial Fare Across California Cities
United offers a summer Bicentennial Fare with 20 percent off regular coach for adults. Children under 12 save a discount. Buy round trips seven days ahead, book both legs, and can change return within seven to thirty days. Summer rates run until September fifth with higher adult savings on that date. Certain holiday periods and specific weekend times restrict availability.
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