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/ EIG S~DE Atlanta's Newspaper· Of _Distinction CIRCULATION 422-5370 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDA\_!ULY 3, 19.~.?._ 0 s y 0 An international bus filled with 40 Amerity cen~er and an urban renewal area. The tour can Field Service students Crom 25 countries will begin at 2 p.m. at the EOA center, 486 Decawill arrive at Peachtree Presbyterian Church . tur St. Shopp mg Center. ·Go. ,.' ==today, J1ily 3, at 1 p.m. Its passengers have spent a ·year as members of families and as stuBus Number 48 is one or 74 touring buses dents of local high schools In communities enroute to Washington D,C., where over 3,040 across the United States. AFS students will have a final meeting before Activities planned for the teenage visitors Include old-fashioned Fourth of July picnics. the . returning to their own countries . The end-ofyear bus trip exposes the students to more of the annual parade, and sightseeing. . United States than they would otherwise see On Saturday, because they wish to learn · from their home communities. Over 25,000 about our urban and social problems, they will .fami lies in over 650 communities host bus trip be taken on ~ tour of a pov~rty ar~a~-~-143.215.248.55:~nk students. Handling all the arrangernent.!i for the! l

·· -------- .I,I LJ , .\' . bus stop in Atlanta is Mrs. Harry L. Holloman of Sandy Springs. The American Field Service conducts International Scholarship Programs for students 16 t· 18 years of age from many nations. A nonprofit organization with no religious or political ·, aftlliatlons, It seeks to foster understanding of the . differences and similarities which exist among peoples of the world. To accomplish this ai m there are two American Field Servic~ Programs : One, Students to ' the U.S. , in 1968-69 has brought more than . 3000 students from 61 countries to live, study and join in community life in the United States. The other, Americans Abroad, in the current year has sent over 1~00 students to 48 countries overseas for an equivalent experience. In the past 21 years, over 47,000 students from 75 countries have participated in the AFS · ·programs. AFS has 40 overseas offices and 3000 volunteer Chapters throughout the U.S. 'l ( ' J., "(_ tJ;l �