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...days gone by, the rich of Chicago, Detroit, and the rest of the Midwest solved their vacation problems simply: they went to New England. But then they discovered some treasures of their own closer at hand, notably the northern tip of Michigan's lower peninsula, which juts out between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The result was resorts like Charlevoix, Wequetonsing and Harbor Point. Often they are patterned after classic New England counterparts. They are family oriented, many elaborately unostentatious, and no effort is made to attract outsiders?though well-sponsored families from as far away as St. Louis...
Quat's travels through the countryside have taken him from Hué in the north to the tip of Camau Peninsula, talking to peasants and regional politicians in an attempt to show Saigon's interest in their problems. Also of importance: the Premier's relations with the U.S. embassy are much better than were Khanh...
...flying a reconnaissance mission over the Sea of Japan, 50 miles off the North Korean coast, its electronic ears attuned to the radio and radar of the Communist half of the peninsula. Suddenly, two North Korean MIG-17 jet fighters flashed down. Though the U.S. plane was clearly over international waters and flying a course parallel to the Korean shore line, the Red jets opened fire with cannon and machine guns...
...America, it seems more than a little ironic that the Federal highway program is indeed responsible for a large part of the continuing desecration of the American landscape. California, probably the most beautiful state in the Union, is rapidly being ruined beyond all redemption by freeways. Here on the Peninsula, they are busy blasting the way for an eight-lane freeway. This monstrous road will cut through a scenery of hills and lakes that has been compared to the Lake District in England or Killarney in Ireland. The California Division of Highways simply has too much money...
Sought Bridge. Perhaps the first irony was that private Russian initiative developed Alaska for the imperialist Czars. In 1741, when Russia sent two ships east from the Kamchatka peninsula in Siberia, it was interested mainly in settling a debate over the existence of a land link between Asia and America...