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Hot Springs Retreat Mixed With Gambling Déjà Vu
The writer visits Hot Springs Arkansas a famed health resort with 47 natural springs and a million gallons daily. He notes hotels Majestic Arlington and bath facilities while recounting DeSoto and Indian history and forecasts growth to host 1 million visitors yearly in 1963. Gambling clubs Vapors Southern Belvedere arise with state push for regulation and constitutional change. AG Kennedy subpoenas operators.
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DeSoto
Hot Springs
Gertrude
Powers
Faubus
Vapors
Southern
Belvedere
Bob Kennedy
Ft. Smith
Ark