Word: valleys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Frustration at Squaw Valley...
Couples who went to the Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley [Feb. 29] found that, after paying $2 to park their cars about a mile from the area, another $15 at the entrance gate, they got to see very little. They could see the opening and closing ceremonies, the championship figure skaters and hockey players perform their brilliant best, only if they had an extra $50. We weren't even allowed to drown our frustrations at the lovely bar in the main lodge-that also being closed to all but officials and season-ticket holders. We gave up and went...
Fresh from his splendid performance in the U.S.'s upset victory in the Olympics, McCartan was as unawed by the National Hockey League stars as he had been by the Russians. After watching him at work in Squaw Valley, the Rangers had quickly invited him for a five-game tryout. McCartan, 24, now an Army specialist four with four months left to serve, took a furlough and came...
...monasteries, the monks had picked their site with a view to maintaining a balance between the spiritual and the useful. In the center of the main cloister bubbled a pure natural spring. The surrounding fields were and are fertile, and the blue and silver mountain peaks cupping the high valley lift the spirit as well. The Cistercians did full honor to the site with an architecture that was noble in scale, harmonious in proportion and austere in detail. Although partly in ruins, the place remains a serenely inspiring experience to the few tourists who reach...
...Fresh from winning a gold medal at the Eighth Winter Olympics in California's Squaw Valley, blonde Carol Heiss, 20, stopped off in Vancouver long enough on her way home to New York City to win her fifth straight women's world figure skating championship with a stunning display of acrobatics and poise...