Space Needle hosts bold new business tourism venture
Three giant legs rise 500 feet into the sky above Seattle and converge on a 90-ton orange disc, forming a distinctive platform for a $3.5 million per year business aimed at visitors and locals during Seattle's 1962 World's Fair.
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Today In History highlights events on Oct 15
On this date in 1964 Nikita Khrushchev was ousted in Moscow. Lincoln and Douglas debated in 1858. Mata Hari was executed in 1917. Zeppelin landed in 1928. Laval executed in 1945. Truman met McArthur in 1950. Yugoslavia opened relations with East Germany in 1950s. Dwight Eisenhower criticized Kennedy policy five years ago. Johnson signed a Transportation Department bill a year ago.
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Space Needle marks five years amid praise and criticims
Long Beach near miss on a bridge ends with Gary Pierce and his wife Pamela escaping into the water as a car sinks. The Space Needle in Seattle celebrates five years since opening on March 24 1962 after a $4.5 million build and a steady stream of visitors totalling about 2.3 million in six months and later about one million annually. Basil Miaullis notes annual business around $2.5 million while critics call the landmark a giant hamburger in the sky.
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