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...Ensconced in carefully protected Hilton Hotel suites, far removed from the surging street crowds, are Prince Philip, Princess Margaret and their highnesses, Rainier and Grace. Unlike the youthful tourists, however, the beautiful people last week showed keen interest in some of the Olympic competition, especially the dressage qualification in horseback riding at the exclusive Riem Riding Academy, and trap and skeet shooting on the elegant Hockbruck course. The man who took home gold that he hardly needed was Neapolitan Hosteler Angelo Scalzone. The impeccable socialite was mobbed by his countrymen and unfashionably tossed into the air. This week the attention...
...months earlier, the candidate had hoped for a few days of uninterrupted leisure before starting his campaign against Richard Nixon. His plan did not work out that way, of course. All week the telephone jangled in the rustic cabin that McGovern had rented on Sylvan Lake. When he went horseback riding, he was escorted by a troop of Secret Service men and photographers...
...Illinois to Salt Lake City. In addition to these long trails, the 1968 act also provided for a number of shorter paths within easy reach of cities; most are under ten miles long. Thirty-three of these National Recreation Trails are now available to hikers, as well as to horseback riders and bicyclists...
...dining rooms (one for little children and one for big) to choose their breakfasts and have all the orange juice they can drink. After that there are only two compulsory activities: morning calisthenics and participating in one sport. The latter may include swimming, horseback riding, bicycling, fishing or kayaking in the nearby Petit Morin River, as well as more strenuous games such as soccer and tennis...
...members of a Red Cross disaster task force helped the homeless families find housing, dispatched food by horseback to volunteers working on threatened dams in the hills, and scouted campsites where some 4,000 people had been vacationing. The Salvation Army set up three food lines to serve more than 10,000 meals a day. Some 2,500 South Dakota National Guardsmen pitched into the rescue and cleanup operation. Airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base directed traffic and drove emergency vehicles. Boy Scouts helped clean the main streets, picking up litter. The entire staff of South Dakota Governor Richard Kneip...