Word: hebron
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Illinois from their native Wisconsin with, as he proudly recalls, "nothing more than the clothes on our backs and $500 in cash." They have been remarkably successful. Together with his sons Dick, 28, and Dan, 24, Walters now owns 765 acres of prime farmland around the towns of Hebron and Woodstock; today the land is valued at more than $1,000 an acre. Three homes, three barns, five machinery sheds, three feed lots and a dozen silos stand about the spread. Throw in a rumbling squadron of assorted machinery -tractors, trucks, combines and related equipment-plus the cattle and hogs...
Terror in the sky was only one of Israel's worries last week. Terror on the ground, particularly in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank of the Jordan River, also took a heavy toll. Near Hebron on the West Bank, Arab terrorists ambushed a busload of Americans on a tour of holy places, killing a 31-year-old housewife and wounding two other women. In the town of Gaza, two grenades intended for Israelis landed amidst Arabs. All told, terrorist attacks killed three and wounded 51. On the battle line, by contrast, two Israeli soldiers died...
...Israel's Premier Golda Meir said during a visit to a kibbutz near Hebron last week: "Would that peace were dependent on concession. The fundamental problem is that our neighbors are not prepared to recognize our right to be here." That being the case, added Golda, who is now 71, the war is likely to continue "for the rest of my days...