Spain's castles a vast lure for travelers across ages
Spain hosts about 1469 official castles with ruins pushing total beyond 2000. From Moorish wars to Granada's fall, centuries of conflict reduced fortresses, some turned to hotels or paradores as tourism boomed. Government protections and associations arose after 1949 to safeguard these stone relics amid ongoing appeals to visitors.
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Madrid
Spain
Friends of Spanish Castle Association
Paradores
Bridge Too Small in Three Years
Auckland’s Waitemata Bridge, opened May 30 1959, is being widened by Ishikawajima-Harima to add two lanes per side. The project uses 26 long girders welded from Japan built 300 to 400 foot spans, cutting costs by about 5 million and racing to completion without disrupting traffic.
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Gordon Tait
Associated Press
Auckland, New Zealand
Waitemata Harbor
New Zealand
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industres of
Tokyo
Auckland
Nippon Clipon
Japan
Bridge Authority
Owen H. Branagan
Life Begins at Forty Age Brings Trust
columnist Robert Peterson reflects on trust in aging, citing Bel Kaufman and everyday acts of faith. He highlights Arline Wingate a New York sculptress who found fulfillment in a creative career after forty, urging housewives to explore artistic gifts and provide personal satisfaction. postal appeal for the book Retiring to Mexico with self addressed envelope and 10 cents.
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Robert Peterson
Bel Kaufman
Arline Wingate
New York
Mexico
Kansas banking history from territorial era to present
Kansas began with 425 state and 169 national banks during 1854 to 1881. By the present decade the state had assets totaling 2.51 billion dollars and deposits of 2.28 billion dollars across the banking system.
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Kansas
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Carlos II
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Almansa
Brihuega
Jatira
Phillip V
Levante
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Wellington
Pilands
Manhattan
Esquire Magazine
Lane
Paget
Garden City Telegram
U.S
the Garden City Telegram
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