Texas tourist industry declines again in 1960
The 1960 Texas Tourist Industry Report shows a drop to 5.6 million visitors from 9.6 million in 1959 and $457 million spent. Texas Highway Commission Chairman Herbert C. Perry Jr. warns of a deepening trend due to interstate competition while promoting a proposed $300,000 annual tourist advertising budget to reclaim market share. Visitors averaged six days and $8.91 per day, traveling over 1,100 miles, with two of every three visitors from out of state on vacation.
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Texas
Lone Star
Texas Highway Department
Herbert C. Perry Jr
Carrizo Springs
Texas Highway Commission
Perry
Highway Department
New Mexico
Arkansas
Highway Commission
Travel and Information Division
Tourist Bureaus
Strange silver metal found in meteorites
Washington AP reports discovery of a strange unearthly silver in two recovered meteorites including the Sikhote mine fireball sample from eastern Siberia. Isotopic excess suggests radioactive decay of an extinct palladium form, hinting at multiple silver types involved in solar system formation.
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Washington
Outer Space
John Anders
University of Chicago
Siberia
Anders
American Geophysical Union
Rama
Murthy
University of California At
Solar System
Gilbert Yanow
Douglas Aircraft Co
Santa Montua
Mars
Earth
Catihmet
Air Force Research Center
Bedford
Mass
Boss Responsible For Medical Costs After Union Clash
A Brooklyn man suffered a heart attack during an argument with his Barney's supervisor in New York City. The State Workmen's Compensation Board ruled the employer must cover medical expenses and lost wages, a decision appealed to the state’s highest court.
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Albany
State Workmen's Compensation Board
Leon Cramer
Brooklyn
Barney's Clothing
New York City
Editor and Publisher Business Manager Roles
A compact listing outlines key newsroom leadership positions including Editor Publisher Business Manager Managing Editor Salgue Office Manager IT Circulation Manager and Retail Manager along with regional and national coordination roles.
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Salgule
Cal-Tex Citrus officials face sentences for diluted juice sale
U S District Judge Ben Connally will sentence four Cal-Tex Citrus Juices executives in Houston on April 24 for conspiring to dilute orange juice with water and sugar and sell it in 22 states as pure juice. FDA staked a four year probe aided by film evidence revealing watered products and hidden sugar.
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Washington
U. S
Ben Connally
Houston
Cal-Tex Citrus Juices, Inc
Cal- Tex
Food and Drug Administration
Food and Drug
Congress
Eisenhower
George Larrick
Goldhammer
Cal-Tex
Borden's
Beatrice Foods
Foremost Dairies
Food
Mighty Yak Arose and Other Odd Tales from History
Broun parodies a zoo tale about a yak at breakfast and a pun on Mighty Yak Arose. The piece recalls 1912 New York Mayor William Jay Gaynor, a judge, and a brash lawyers bid to replace the deceased jurist, concluding with a quip about the undertaker. John Fuller notes a nudist camp case, from 1 by Bennett Cerf.
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Hee Broun
America
Broun
William Jay Gaynor
New York
Gaynor
John Fuller
Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
TODAY'S GRAB BAG QUIZ AND HISTORY QUIZ MIX
A compact trivia page asks five questions: Botany Bay’s location and origin of its name, the country once defended by Queen Boadicea, Winston Churchill’s retirement age, the Mau Mau movement leader, and the Everest conquering expedition leader. It also notes historical tidbits and a reader challenge linking literature and biography to classic lines and dates.
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Botany Bay
Boadicea
Winston Churchill
Mt. Everest
How Do You Stand Sir Read the record of this moment in history
The piece questions U S policy and fiscal choices amid Cold War concerns. It criticizes the handling of a Russian spy case and labor disputes at Cape Canaveral, condemns expanding government subsidies and tax burdens, and urges fiscal responsibility and defense funding while warning against a homogenized society. It ends by asking readers how they stand on these issues.
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Washington
United Nations
Igor Melekh
United States
State Department
Cape Canaveral
Secretary of Defense
Congress
Peace Corps
Kennedy
Gas Exploration Not Keeping Pace
Tulsa AP report summarizes Oil and Gas Journal view that US natural gas exploration lags demand for the 1980s. Two remedies urged: boost new reserves search or ease federal regulation. Gas reserves rise 1940–60 outpaced by production growth, with reserves peaking near 424 TCF around 1980 and production near 21 TCF annually.
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Tulsa
Okla
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Trade Magazine
The
Journal
Zsa Zsa Sues Cavalier Magazine For 6 Million
Los Angeles AP. Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor sues Fawcett Publications publisher of Cavalier for 6 million alleging a November article defamed her by portraying her as a gold digger mocking her acting and misstating her age as 41 though she is 38.
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Los Angeles
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Fawcett Publications
Cavalier Magazine
Harpo Marx Shares Quiet Life Behind Comic Fame
Everywhere NEW YORK AP reports Harpo Marx promotes a simple tension cure find a corner stand on your head as a joke he says it clarifies his view He has broken a long silence to publish Harpo Speaks an abridged memoir in McCalls Magazine He recalls poverty and schooling in Yorkville Manhattan and a rise to global show business alongside Susan Fleming and four adopted children.
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New York
Harpo Marx
Harpo
Marx Brothers
McCall's Magazine
Yorkville
Manhattan
Susan Fleming
Algonquin Hotel
Did You Know About the Manhaden and Round Table
The piece notes the manhaden as a key commercial fish and recounts how Alexander Woollcott Heywood Broun and Robert Benchley spoke while Harpo listened. Harpo explains the harp teaches him to avoid needless worry saying handling 50 strings and seven pedals keeps his mind too busy to fret.
Peace Corps viewed as ambassadors amid debate on loyalty checks
The Charleston News and Courier notes Peace Corps founder Sargent Shriver says volunteers serve to meet human needs, while Senator Mansfield calls them ambassadors. A National Conference on Youth Service Abroad urged limited security checks, with loyalty judged in selection.
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Tampa Tribune
U.S. Peace Corps
S. Sargent Shriver
Mike Mansfield
Peace Corps
National Conference On Youth Service Abroad
National Students Association
U. S
Unbelievable bridge hands in 1957 Italy USA match
North South Seamon Sobel reach four spades after a natural auction then face a hostile spade and diamond sequence. West doubles to start a dramatic run of ruffs and discards ending with Sobel defending well while Forquet and Leventritt falter in a complex 4 spades contract for a loss of 100 points.
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Obie
Italy
United States
Billy Seamon
Helen Sobel
D'Alelio
West
King
East
Chiaradia
Tiger
Leventritt
Jedi Club
Forquet
Jon
Declarer
South
Daily Crossword Across Clues Snapshot
Across clues list many common crossword entries including a magician, mountain pool, biblical king, Shinto temple, group of fish, dry measure and more. Down answers appear implied by numbered hints and standard crossword conventions.
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Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Ashbel
Baytown
Fred Hartman
Jim Boone
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
J. T. Bowling
Advertising Department
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Paul Putman
Corte Laughlin
Revels National
Gun
Wewstr
Associated Press
Andreyr
Drew Pearson
Larrick
Wilter R. Moses
Moses
CalTex
Caal-Tex
Cal-Tex Petty Cash Fund
Hovson
Gordon van Liew
Dell van Liew
Arthur Becker
Verne Madison
Transportation Leasing Corp
House of
Jesus
Lord
Christ
Atis
By Bennett Cerf
NAN Jones Central Press
Library of Congress
John Counsell
Weldon Humble
Handle Opposten Tacticliy
Lothario
George I
London
Edward IV
Richard Iit
1 Paul's
Sir Thomas Browne
New South Wales
Australia
Captain Cook
England
Jomo Kenyatta
Col
Henry J. C. Hunt
Frowins Moggerne
Zsa
Hal Boyle
Charleston
Jay Becker
North
KIA
Daily Crossword
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