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"It's in our interest "Bow would you feel if you "I hung up because! felt as American Leadership Studies not only to be fair, but to be se<m were a mother with two children - - ld h ;;>" h k d . ren are counting themselves f · · being to t at. _ s e ~s e . i they were infringing on my Group (ALSG), the travel agen- to be fair," Clarke said. S · among the victims of interna- _ston . ALSG, _which sp· ecializes in·· According to a . tate Depart- • f freedom," he said. · cy through which the Hu k h t1ona 1 terrorism this year, ol- . H_ uston and co-organizer Car- and Van Gerena children's tours educational tours, had b€en · ment spo esman, t · e govern~ lowing· numerous cancellations booked. made quite unpopular with the ment is issuing rio advice on of Van Gerena denied they were E of school trips to Europe. But intended to pickerscho9ls pan-1 At the endof April, Huston's European agencies and hotels uropean travel beyond recom- t h ef re usal by a few to be d daunted has led to a conflict all • ning trips,- saying they only 16-year-old daughter and Van with which it deals, according men ing tourists ~o keep up due to to Clarke. · with the news and to contact wanted to attend the meetings Gerena's two sons were us b f · · - · of its own in at least one state. to hand out leaflets and inform join students from their local , "Quite honestly, a lot of your .· a • • em assy or informati011. · h' ' ~ In New Hampshire, a group hoteliers really don't quite · N ew H amps ires sqi.te go- paren.ts of "their options." high school on a trip to Madrid, _small · · f calling itself Parents Against and London. But following , understand what went on over · vernment 1s sta,ying out o • the "Intimidation was not in our . Paris · l · · h l Travel to Europe (PATE) is series of terrorist incidents here," he said. ''They couldn't issue, eavmg 1t to sc 06 s and minds," Van Gerena;a company the d ·d h h lobbying hard to ~ is courage bombing of really believe the perception (of _ parents ~o ec1 •e w et er to go secret~ry and antique shop ·and the American h d · h · · · schools and parents from send- Huston decided to keep the terrorism problem) we had a ea wit trips. _ owner, said. Libya, A l h ing ch i Id ren to Europe. She accused Simard of ignor- his daughter home. over here." consu tant to t e State - - B ·d f Ed · · .. "d h Larry Huston, a project man- ing parents' concerns. "Simard "Khadafy was rearin·g · his ln their efforts to recover oar o · ucat_ron sa1 t at ager for Northern T elecom, said ''l 11 h he formed the group in response was angry' and bullying them," head,''. Huston said, adding that money and discourage travel, ega y speaking," t estate to what he described as a cover- she said, adding that she h,ad he felt there was "some craz- PATE contacted 20 schools in board could· ban school- incensed iness going on." New Hampshire _and called the . sponsored trips abroad, but to dissuade several dd d h · · l up· d by htravel f agencies, schools parents ,f rom picketing Logan ·:ren days before the students Whit:e House, the State Depart- a e · t at 1t 1s re lictant to get · an t_ e · edera 1 government · l d "P l h k about the seriousness of the airport as the students departed. were due to leave, the school ment, the Department of Trade mvo ve . eop e. ave to ma e the tour altogether. · and Touris.tn, as well as local their own judgements on the · Out of 35 students who orig- cancelled f terroristthreat in Europe. Trav-:- -inally booked up for the Euro- AccordiQ.g to Paul Clarke, state representatives and the sa ety to travel," he said. d agents are "intimidating" pean tour, seven dropped out', director of ASLG's sales div., media. · With or without the encour- parents who in turn_are _afraid • f p TE h . of losing their money, he said. according to Simard. ision, 35 percent of school trips '"I was really shocked at the agement o A , !Uany sc ools were can.celled this year, and reactions I got," said Van Ger- haye cancelled or changed their "Th • · "Hecalledmeadictator,"Van · · f · f I e peop1 e were not given after the Tripoli raid, cancel- ena, who e~plained she called . ·!unerary or oreign trave: this . h Gerenda said. A ff" · l h F h t he stra1g t scoop,'' Huston said, at another lations rose to 50 percent. Washington in an attemp· .t to year._ no ICia at t e renc A Latin teacher · E b , p bl. I f claiming that school groups New Hampshire school said she Van Gerena paid $1,300 for tell Mrs . .Reagan that children m assy s u . IC n ormation ld pose, a "prime target" for D c 1 d couterrorists. _ . was under pressure by the group her sons' package deal and. were "facing possible death."· epartment on u tur.e an Raymond Simard, a Freach to cancel a trip to Rome with claims that parents are entitled She said the State Depart-·· Education, who asked not to be . teacher at .a Manchester, N.lf 13 students. t·o have all their money back, ment told her they would not ~am~1, said the nu~ber of High School,:said he told the "They said they were g9ing, in spite of a contract they signed issue an "advis_ory" against rnq~mes about e_~ucauonaL:v~., to lose a good amoum of their protecting the company fro_· m . travel until there had been at cat10ns had dropp_ed dramat1- group, wh.i~h accordjng to Hus- · · 11 h. · ~-ron boasts 1:50 members from nion~y, and want~d IPY sup-, ,haying·,to.pay a fulhefoncC,,:; .least two more incidents. ca y t 1s year. - ,. pon," said Marie Leighton, who ··we k ri e w t ha·t in the Does this mean we have to "I have had p~ople ask 'would and , • d I • • " h ·a as . far. away. as Pennsylvaniaf teaches Latin atthe Dover High_ circumstances we could overide wait for "(wo planeloads of · you go an say _y_es, s e sa(. Vugrnia, to stop -inter ering S h 1 when an organizer called up c 00 · that contract." she said. children being murdered?" she ·, asked. Many people are opting for . 1:,.· h" h Although five students Travellers'who t:ancel at least 1 · · · h u s as..:._+ng 1m to scrap an exc ange d rapped out, she carr_ ied on with 45 days before their departu. re According to Van Gerena, the angua~ courses · m t e . with French students. · h h · ·1· · E · program"Th f · her p_ lan_s, bu,,t not w_1thout_ some ,. date will lose about $300, mainly , State Department at.tempted rat er t an trave mg to u_rope ... ere was a good deal o · l h dd d hyste·rits," he said of domestic' 1 trepidatmn. Thechmate 1s such :in canc½llation foes., Refunds) ~o reassur~ her of its equal . to earn, s ea e . , , reaction to events in Europ· e,· that a't least half of the people'"' for a cancellation after this wi11 ,, ;- 'cons;~~q-qy telling her "we don't · · ' · ·' ' · '-· ·· .- ·' ,' 't, .