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Arterial US 29 - 3.44 miles of dividing on the western end of the Culpeper bypass from Route 29 1.1 miles south of Culpeper to Route 3. (No acceptable bids received, being readvertised)
German Cyclist
Visits in County
On Friday, July 25, the famous Heinz Stuecke of Hovelhof, West Germany visited with the Rev. Charles Kindred of Amissville, Virginia Heinz Stuecke has recently completed a “Tour du monde”, which involves a bicycle trip around the world.
Heinz Stuecke started his trip around the world on August 22, 1960, from his hometown in Western Germany. At the time of his arrival in Mexico on April 27, 1968, he had visited 72 countries in five continents. He had covered 43.750 miles on bicycle and 93.750 by ship, plane, train and car
Stuecke chose the bicycle as his chief mode of transportation because “it is the cheapest form of transport and because it is an ideal way to see the world: slow enough to study thoroughly each country and its people and fast enough again to traverse large distances".
Stuecke described his ambition and desire to complete the round-the world trip as so strong that “not even illness, bad roads and dangerous adventures could deter me”. He contracted typhoid fever in Persia, pneumonia and beatings by Nasser’s soldiers in Egypt; in Soviet Russia he was locked up; in Algeria bandits selected him as their target; in Morroco he had to push his cycle through the night in flooded territory; in Ethopia he was without water for two days; and near the city of New York all of his personal belongings were stolen
Heinz Stuecke is presently completing a leg of his trip which will take"' him to the USA, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, the Far East, Japan, Australia and through India back to Germany.
As Heinz Stuecke came through Rappahannock County last Friday America had completed its task of sending men to the moon. Technology, more than hard work and physical prowess, now dominates our way of life. While all applaud the scientific advances of mankind, we must at the same time deplore the growing tendency of people to feel impotent in a world that k increasingly hard to understand. It is men such as Heinz Stuecke that strengthen man’s faith in hk ability to make an imprint upon the world in which he lives
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