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...Harvard graduate, Arthur D. Stillman, and his companions, one American and two Laotians, were killed by a rocket fired into their jeep by Pathet Lao forces. Stillman was the deputy chief of International Voluntary Services in Laos--a volunteer aid organization that works under contract to the U.S. Agency for International Development in the country...
...came by foot or horseback last year, but the tribe has almost nothing in the way of handcrafted goods, restaurants or inns that might encourage visitors to leave their money behind. Moreover, the horses help to keep the tribe isolated. Efforts to put a cable car line or Jeep trail into Supai have been resisted by the Indians, who fear that their only reliable source of income will be destroyed...
...more spartan approach to motor camping is offered by some of the smaller companies, which together share about 9% of the recreational truck market. International Harvester and Kaiser Jeep sell rugged vehicles that can carry sleeping bags and campers into country so rough that it is beyond the reach of the trucks. In the future, this may become an important selling point because more accessible camping grounds are becoming as clotted as expressways on the Fourth of July...
...WANTED some shots of Tommy on horseback surveying the snowscape after Eleanora's death. Driving there, Tim and Eric talked a little about possible solutions to the jeep dilemma, but, after a few minutes, the only noise in the car was the low, static-filled sound of the radio. Outside it was gloomy. The beauty of the day was transformed...
Silence. Suddenly Eric appeared on the road in the jeep. He had left the cabin just before we got to the road. We tried to honk Tim and Tommy down from their climb up the mountain of snow, but failed. Eric unlocked the chain and we went to the cabin...