Texas Traveler Figures Rise in 1965 Industry News
A preliminary travel industry report from Texas Highway Department shows 753.30 thousand travelers at state Tourist Information Centers last year, up 133,000 from 1964. Centers at entry points and Austin provide maps literature and current road reports. The department reports 224,052 main inquiries and 3,575,000 travel materials distributed in 1965.
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Austin
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Travel and Information Division
Is Tourist Information Bureaus
Texas Tourist Development Agency
Chambers of Commerce and Allied Groups
Preston Smith Foresees 21 Million Texas By 2000
Texas Lt. Gov. Preston Smith told Baytown supporters at the Rice Hotel that Texas population will reach 21 million by 2000, more than doubling current figures. He cited UT Bureau of Business Research predicting 15 million by 1980 and noted shifts from rural to urban living with 80 percent of residents in cities. He also highlighted aging trends and manufacturing payrolls as a growing income source.
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Donald L. Brunson
Baytown
Texas
Preston Smith
lFouston
Teas Telephone Association
Rice Hotel
Smith
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
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Kroger CO
Roger CO
Henke
Baytown, Texas
Kneip
Kroger
Shank
SWIFT
Oleo
GLEEM
KOTEX
del Monte
Louisiana
Borden's Nestle
Texsun
Kroger AG
Neramont AG
U.S
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Geritol
Morton
Boye Onl
Tescas
Joseph Palmer
Washington
Johnson
Joseph Palmer Tl
G. Mennan Williams
Palmer
State Department
Foreign Service
Detroit
Africa
Williams
Michigan