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Newspaper
Port Isabel Press
Location
Port Isabel, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1961
Page
5
Texas tourism shrank in 1960 with 8.6 million visitors and 457 million dollars in travel spending. Commission chairman Herbert C. Petry Jr. cites aggressive state competition but cites potential gains from a proposed 300000 annual tourism advertising budget to revive Texas tourism and tax receipts.
The report shows visitors fell by over a million, while those who came stayed longer and spent more aided by Highway Department travel info and local tourism groups. Average stay was six days in Texas with a $6.91 daily spend and trips exceeding 1100 miles. Two of three out-of-state visitors were on vacation, with repeat Texas visitation common. The Tourism Industry Report is an annual Highway Department publication.
Texas health engineers monitor air and milk for radioactivity daily across Austin El Paso and Dallas test stations. A dietary study in Austin tests a subject's weekly intake sent to Montgomery Alabama for analysis with results pending months.
Over six weeks judging teams will score 241 communities to find Texas most progressive rural community. Progress over the past year in farm income, health, farm and home, social opportunities, and community participation will guide the fiscal determination, said Reagan Brown rural sociologist with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
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