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Among the major beneficiaries of O.T.C.s will be people who live in heartland areas that have hitherto had few or no direct flights overseas. A scheduled flight from Omaha to Trinidad, for example, can take 16 hours, with stopovers in Chicago, Miami, San Juan, Kingston and often Barbados. An O.T.C. trip cuts it to four hours-in addition to the savings in cash. Milwaukee's Odyssey Travel is chartering Pan Am flights nonstop to the Caribbean from Des Moines, Indianapolis, St. Louis and other Midwestern cities. Marvin Smith, vice president of Boston's American International Travel Service...
Before the President goes abroad, he usually gets a call from old Earl, who just suggests for the umpteenth time that the crops are mighty good back in the heartland...
...success in September when his much derided shuttle diplomacy, after months of patient effort, culminated in a historic agreement between Egypt and Israel. The President still seemed to give his policies solid support and, despite congressional hostility, Kissinger was admired and welcomed during his several forays into the American heartland...
...University of California at Berkeley (see box). Rated not far behind Muncie and Griffin is Oklahoma's quicksilver running back Joe Washington. "There's no question about it," says one scout. "This is the year of the running back." It is also a big year for the heartland: 13 of the nation's 29 top players come from Big Ten and Big Eight schools. Picked by N.F.L. scouts as the seniors most coveted by the pros, here is the TIME All-America Team, class...
...Irishman sits behind the counter at a place that identifies itself by the word "ROOMS." At first he just points to a small placard that says "for men only." When he realizes that I only want to talk, he tells me about business. "This is the heartland. It's a good business for everybody. Just look at Jordan Marsh that moved in up the street." I ask him how long he has worked in this hotel and he replies coyly that it's been a few days now. His face crinkles into a silent laugh as he takes this information...