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...towns of Ruidoso and Ruidoso Downs, located in the bone-dry Sacramento Mountains, across the state line from El Paso. Every Labor Day weekend the population of these sleepy communities soars from 5,000 to 35,000 as quarter-horse fanatics swarm in by Cadillac and Continental Mark IV, jam the local airstrip with private jets, and fill every hotel room within a radius of 70 miles. Experience has taught the owners of bars and nightspots to hire armed guards to prevent gun fights...
...introductory meeting. The freshman avant garde will turn out en masse for this meeting. Because of a lack of interest and a general overproduction of shows freshmen can advance fast in Harvard dramatic circles. But most likely half the group that is kneeling on the theater rug in this jam-packed meeting is there simply to sign up to be ushers and get into the productions for free...
...there is no campground, oasis or hotel on their route, passengers go without bathing. Each morning after breakfasting and making their beds, they resume their seats in the bus for another ten hours on the road. Only two meals a day are included: tea or coffee, bread, butter and jam for breakfast and "quality German cooking"-all canned-for supper. Passengers must use the same sheets for the duration of the trip and, on journeys through remote areas, be prepared-as a German woman put it-to "sleep in our own dirt." One tall tourist found the beds so cramped...
...just what constitutes "guilt"-and how to prove it-is highly debatable. Detroit's John Conyers hangs tough for strict regulation of the refugee influx because his unemployed constituents are concerned that the Vietnamese will increase the competition for jobs. The other major log jam is the lack of sponsors. Up until now, 17,000 groups or individuals have agreed to help provide food, clothing and shelter to refugees until they are selfsupporting; at least another 13,000 are needed to sponsor refugee families...
...outsiders jam into Alaska, the communities on the pipeline are simply being overwhelmed. In 17 months Valdez's population has trebled, to 3,600; it is expected to bulge to 10,000 by autumn. Prices in the Valdez Market, the one grocery, are one-third higher than those in Anchorage-if there is anything on the shelves to buy. Housing has become so tight in Valdez that the monthly rent for one two-bedroom apartment recently jumped from $286 to $1,600. The sewage system is overloaded, children are attending school in makeshift classrooms, and traffic snarls the muddy...