Americans Hit the Road for Summer Travel Growth
Arthur Edson notes a rising travel season with AAA estimating 60 million Americans will drive this summer and 1500000 Europeans on road trips. Passport demand hits 600000 as new motels expand and tourism revenue climbs. Patterns show older high earners traveling for business, middle and lower earners for pleasure, with Westward and European routes popular.
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Assa
AAA
Plymouth
Mass
State Department
Europe
Barter Theatre Founder Porterfield Guests On WHIS TV
Barter Theatre founder Robert Porterfield appears on Jackie Oblinger's Woman's Whirl on WHIS TV today from 12 to 1 p.m. He discusses the theater's 25th anniversary and past successes. The program features Porterfield and the Richlands Scrub-Jugglers before Barter's season opens June 10 with The Great Sebastians and other notable productions.
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Barter Theater of
Virginia
Robert Porterfield
Jackie Oblinger
Porterfield
Richlands Scrub
Heroin Theme on Highway Patrol TV Adventure
An episode of Highway Patrol features Broderick Crawford as Chief Dan Mathews investigating a narcotics racket run from a roadside restaurant. A stake-out leads to a chase and the discovery that a coffee carton contains heroin. The show airs Thursdays at 8 on Channel 6 WHIS-TV. Eight U S presidents were born in Ohio.
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Highway Patrol
Broderick Crawford
Dan Mathews
Channel
Whis-Tv
Sid
Granny Rawlins
Dan
Mcintosh Estate Suit Is Filed
Daughters sue to contest control of Frederick F. McIntosh Sr. estate heirs allege the brother deceived their father’s illness and maneuvered bank accounts and property to gain control. Plaintiffs seek an accounting, invalidation of agreements, and entitlements from the $789000 estate. Defendants include Edward H. Grimm widow and other family members and U S Fidelity and Guaranty Co.
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U. S
Frederick F. Me Gettosh Sr
Spencer
Tor
Edward H. Grimm
McIntosh and
Plans To Relieve Charleston Bottleneck On W V 14
Charleston June 5 plans to ease a major traffic bottleneck on a busy W V 14 corridor between Charleston and Kanawha Airport. County officials expect widening the stretch to four lanes to be included in the July contract setting. Construction could start before summer ends along Greenbrier Street and Ruffner Hollow Road to the airport access.
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Charleston
Kanawha County
W. Va
Kanawha Airport
Patrick Coe Sr
Greenbrier Street
Ruffner Hollow Road
Airport
W.va. 14
Ruth Hussey Stars In Lux Video Theatre Drama
Ruth Hussey headlines a Lux Video Theatre episode where she appears as a ruthless woman determined to seize control of her family ranch after her father’s death. She enlists her husband Paul and half sister Pieta in a calculated scheme that foresees payment in kind.
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Ruth Hussey
NBCTV
Tonight 2 Oe Eeess
Whismegam
Miss Hussey
Paul
Craig Stevens
Pieta
Meg
Fate
Charleston Bank Swindler Ploys Beautician With Job Offer
Mrs. Smith, a Charleston beautician, recalls a man in a bank line claiming to work for Kanawha Banking and Trust Co. He offered cleaning work and persuaded her to hand over $800, then swapped the bundle for an empty one. He vanished after promising to fetch sandwiches for his boss.
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Nelson Photo Supply
Hollywood
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Jackie
United States
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Rau
Olonial
Mcintosh
Channel 6
Sky Way
Jeanne Crain
George Nader
Hong Kong
Roy Calhoun
Henry Fonda
Lee J. Cobb
Ed Begley
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Kathleen
Crowley
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Ook
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Ula
the Sea
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Dare
Rose Marie Reid
Hold
Bluefield
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