Word: caravans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...voters were registered since May, increasing black registration by about 11%. Aiding the effort were Georgia State Senator Julian Bond, Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young and Martin Luther King III, son of the slain civil rights leader. And, of course, Jesse Jackson, who staged a three-day barnstorming car caravan through the Delta country to spark a record black turnout in the primaries...
After a briefing in Jalapa, our seven-car caravan, carrying 40 people, was headed for an airstrip outside of town, where a Soviet-built, single-engine biplane was to fly us back to Managua. We were warned of trouble ahead as we passed a roadblock, but our hosts decided to proceed. It was a mistake. Barely four miles out of town, the air was suddenly filled with the sound of machine gunfire. The convoy had come under ambush from a force of 80 to 100 contras hidden between trees on one side of the road and in back of barns...
...contra plan had apparently been to catch our caravan in an ambush and drive us down the road, where another group was lying in wait to finish us off. Fortunately, the trap was sprung before the convoy was completely inside. As the blood-and dust-covered bodies were carried into the hospital for last rites, administered by the town priest, a Nicaraguan television crew trained its camera on the four Americans watching the scene. Our interpreter, a young woman, broke down in tears and said, "I hate what your Government is doing...
Chrysler's newest creations, set to appear in showrooms next January as the Plymouth Voyager and Dodge Caravan are not pretty but they should be practical. The Voyager/Caravan will combine the were boxy rump of a van with the the truncated front end of a car. Known in automotive circles as a minivan, it was designed for people who want something smaller than a van make and bigger than a station wagon. Though comparatively squat nomads (more than a foot less in height than most vans) , it can carry a load of 1,200 lbs., only 100 lbs. less...
...case, Reagan flew to an air base near Santa Barbara and by helicopter to the local airport, then made the tricky drive up the mountain. Next day he went back down Refugio Road in a caravan of four-wheel-drive vehicles (airlifted from Washington) to meet the Queen, who had taken a Navy bus to Long Beach airport and caught Air Force Two to Santa Barbara. Warned that the Queen's plane was late, the presidential motorcade stopped in its tracks for 19 minutes under a highway overpass. The President's advisers reckoned this was preferable to hanging...