Conventions Grow Serious Business of Attracting Meetings
The article notes how conventions now fuel city economies with billions in spending and how bureaus compete fiercely. It cites $1.25 billion in last year’s convention spending plus $400 million for travel and $80 million for exhibits, with cities like Philadelphia and New York reaping large gains.
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OSTOR
United States of America
Philadelphia
American Medical Assocation
National Pretzel Bakers Institute
Richmond
New York
Royal W. Ryan
Convention Bureau
Joseph S. Turner
Cincinnati
International Association of Convention Bureaus
Washingtonton
Turner
Miami
Atlantic City
Burgess Sees Return to England Sparking Scandal
Moscow AP reports turncoat British diplomat Guy Burgess says a home visit would unleash a major scandal among high place Britons, fearing pain to friends and a public uproar. He disputes warrants tied to Maclean case and criticizes British and American intelligence services.
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Moscow
Guy Burgess
England
Burgess
Black Sea
Donald Maclean
London
Scotland Yard
Maclean
Soviet Union
Alexei Golub
Holland
Burgess-Maclean
Ex-Con Confesses After Massive Police Search
Slater admitted stealing a car five months earlier in Kansas where he had served a prison term for auto theft. Officers found a light blood smear near the right front window and a hair fragment under the vehicle during an extensive Jackson area probe involving city, county, and state officers.
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Slater
Kansas
Jackson
Kiwanis establishes first club outside US and Canada
Kiwanis International forms its first club outside the United States and Canada, the Kiwanis Club of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, founded on April 17 in a historic expansion to 47 years of the organization.
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Kiwanis International
United States
Canada
W. L. Dean
Kiwanis Club of
Monroe
Dean
Kiwanis Club
Tijuana
Baja
Monroe Hotel Managers Attend Louisiana Meet In Opelousas
Three Monroe hotel managers Herbert Waldrip of Virginia Hotel Charles Penn of Penn Hotel and George Mc Donald of Frances Hotel plan to attend the Louisiana Hotel Motel Association spring meeting in Opelousas Friday and Saturday. Sen J C Gilbert from Sicily Island will speak as part of the two day event expected to set attendance records.
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Monroe
Louisiana Hotel-Motel Association
Opelousas
Herbert Waldrip
Virginia Hotel
Charles Penn
Penn
George McDonald
Frances Hotel
Sicily Island
Sen
J. C. Gilbert
Newspaper blackout questioned in press freedom debate
Schneider criticizes voluntary suppression of competitive news media as harmful to democracy. The examiner lauds keeping news flow vital but warns the method compromises the public end, noting private interests in publication and urging peaceful alternatives in labor disputes.
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Schneider
Th Examiner
Amacker Trip Tied to Pension Will Case Probes
FBI in Monroe and U S Attorney in Shreveport weighing a case tied to Amacker who loaned money to a Perkins woman based on a fictitious estate. A will filed five years after Mrs Ward's death named Rev Perkins and wife as beneficiaries. Amacker funded cars and homes totaling large sums but recovered nothing.
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Reardon
FBI
Monroe
United States Attorney's
iShreveport
Perkins
Amacker
Circuit
Palm Grower Faces Heavy Loss After Crop Die Off
Soto, a 41 year old palm grower, sees 90 acres of palms damaged after heavy rains and weed spraying. Despite flood attempts to save the crop, trees withered and died, with insurance prospects uncertain. He estimates eight to ten million small palms lost, about three million wholesale, ending his landscaping venture.
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Soto
New York City
Nuclear Lances to Reach Deep Targets and New Missiles
The United States plans 6 300 mile range Minuteman missiles and Polaris capable of 1 725 miles with 800 Minutemen to be stationed in underground bases across the nation. Nuclear test shots will precede weapon tests as scientists study blast effects on warheads radar and communications. Task Force 8 ships and thousands of personnel accelerate preparations for air explosions over the Pacific with first blasts expected within days.
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Montana
United States
U.S. Task Force 8
Pacific
Moon Rocket Ranger 4 Mission Aims for Lunar Flight
Ranger 4 will place a 730 pound craft 5000 miles from the Moon's near side to photograph the surface. It starts imaging at 2400 miles altitude, transmits every ten seconds for 40 minutes down to 15 miles, then ejects a 12 inch sphere with a 24 inch balsa coating and uses a reverse rocket to land at 80 to 120 mph. The main body crashes and is destroyed, while instruments including a seismometer and gamma ray spectrometer will study moonquakes and elemental makeup to infer crust similarity to Earth.
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Goldstone
Earth
Moon
Devil may leave sign reads ahead of you in Memphis
In Memphis a weary old truck bears a weathered sign claiming the vehicle is slow yet ahead of its pursuer with a humorously defiant tone. The caption captures a streetwise moment of urban grit and stubborn resilience.
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Memphis
Solon officials spar over Louisiana wildlife refuge deal
Solon residents and lawmakers discussed a $1 million controversy centered on a Louisiana game refuge donation. Critics argued closed meetings left taxpayers in the dark while supporters claimed the panel of attorneys warned the state could not develop the tract for oil and gas if title were won. The donation permits mineral rights with limits to protect the refuge purposes.
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Booth
New Orleans
Dyer
Louisiana
Wild Life and Fisheries Commission
The
Wild Life Commission
Man Sentenced For Illegal Use Of A Movable
Elton John Johnson of Mangham was sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty in Fourth District Court to unauthorized use of a movable. Judge Jesse Heard imposed the term for the offense committed earlier this year. Johnson had been charged originally with automobile theft and gave Box 1212 Mangham as his address.
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Elton Johnson
Fourth District
Jesse Heard
Johnson
Box 1212
Mangham
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