Museums and exhibits showcase space age and historic artifacts
A roundup of national museums and exhibits features Soviet space firsts at a Miami youth museum. Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center hands on displays including a planetarium flight to the stars. Miami’s Gold Coast Railroad Museum recalls the iron horse with vintage presidential car. police and California history venues present historic artifacts. New York’s Museum Television and Radio reopens with Jack Benny retrospective through April 5.
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Don Otto
Miami
2Nd 2
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Science Center
Henry Buhl Jr
Metrozoo
Iron Horse
Workman
William and
Nicolasa Workman
Los Angeles
Workman and Temple Homestead
Southern California
la Casa Nueva
Workmans
Walter P. Temple
el Campo Santo
California
Museum of Seething
Museum Television and Radio
West Stud Street
New York City
Jack Benny
Washington on the cheap a traveler's Washington DC guide
Willam K notes Washington DC as inexpensive for visitors with free museums cheap metro fares and walkable streets. Highlights include the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Capitol Mall, multiple free museums, and dining options in Georgetown and Adams Morgan. Mentions the Willard Hotel and a 165 dollar weekend rate, with tips on navigating the metro and visitor center hours.
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Potomac River
Washington Monument
Capitol
Kennedy Center
Washington
Roosevelt Bridge
Lincoln Memorial
D.C
WM Street
Georgetown
Sea Food Grill
Chesapeake Bay
New Orleans
J. Paul's
Billionaire to build world's largest hotel in Las Vegas
Las Vegas billionaire Kirk Kerkorian plans a 1 billion MGM Grand Hotel and Theme Park with 5,007 rooms and a 171,500 square foot casino plus 12 major attractions. The project aims to attract families to gambling markets, hoping to surpass Excalibur and Mirage in size and appeal.
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Billionaire Building World
Las Vegas
Kirk Kerkorian
Kerkorian
Dimensons
Robert Maxey
MGM Grand Inc
MGM Grand
Excalibur
Mirage
MGM
William Beaset
Circes Circus
Ens Circus
Hoover Dam
Nevada
Mgm-Ua Communications Corp
Pathe Communications Corp
Eile
Los Rapeies
Travel books and guides favored by armchair explorers
A survey of major travel book publishers and guides shows Frommer's Fodor's and Baedeker's remain top sellers, with Lonely Planet Insight Guides and Lets Go series favored by students. Shops like Shakespeare & Co and The Tattered Cover offer ordering help and typical two week delivery.
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HarperCollins
Fielding
William A. Morrow
Felice Rose
Shakespeare & Co
New York
BAYS
Frommer
Frommer’s
Fodor
Price
Frommer's
Fodor's
Birnbaum Guides
Lonely Planet Guidea
Australia
Lonely Planet
Alter Lotumeg Ve
Rose
Strandberg
Prentice Hall
Baedeker
Paris
Japan
China
Prentice
William A. Mor Tow
Tristan Jones
Thailand
Robert Vayra
Kenya
Thurston Clarke
Pearl Harbor
Belvety
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U.S
American Police Hall of Fame & Museum
Benny
A Press
Reviance
Receieweiam
Bae Piacioes
Science Museum
Willam K
Gale Providence Journal
Metro
National Airport
Washington Circle
Vietnam
Lawrence J. McRae
Donny K. Rich
John DiNapoli Jr
Mall
National Gallery of Art
Columbus
National Air and Space Museum
Hirshhorn
Kennedy Center Area
Washington Harbour
Pally Jv
Shnut
Atlantic City
Hia
Armchair Adventure
Theough
Pertonne
Fodor’s
The
Wall Street Journal
American Express
Fredenck News-Post
Atlanta
Carlson Travel Consultants
Frederick News-Post
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