Monorail Plan Aims to Relieve Los Angeles Transit Headache
Industrialist Sixten Holmquist proposes a tax-free 123 million monorail linking Civic Center to west LA El Monte and the San Fernando Valley with financing from a Wall Street firm. The plan would pay off existing MTA debt and offers a noiseless electric system with no exhaust. Disney's Disneyland monorail is cited as a success example.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sixten Holmquist
Vegematic Corp
Metropolitan Transit Authority
MTA
Holmquist
Civic Center
el Monte
San Fernando Valley
California
Walt Disney
Amusement Park
Disneyland
John Wise
Wise
Disney
New Portable Heater Called 'Baby-Safe'
United Press International reports a new portable heater marketed as Baby-Safe with no open wires sparks flame or burns. The item originates from Electromode Rochester New York.
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United Press International
Electromode
P.O
Rochester
N.Y
Victory Garden Dilemma Echoes Silent Spring
Washington columnist recycles war era victory garden habit and questions pesticide use after reading Rachel Carson Silent Spring. He frets about environmental balance and jokes about gardening and Washington Senators performances.
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Washington
UPI
Suburbia
Sunshine Patriots
Rachel Carson
Life of Motel Operator Often Cheered by Lighter Moments
A Memphis reporter recounts humorous motel moments from Holiday Inn operators and guests. Tales include a 300 pound elephant in a Cadillac, a Monroe Louisiana menu reading Yankee pot roast Southern style, a Chicago inn with a heliport for honeymooners, and a Tulsa family requesting extra beds.
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Mary Lube
Memphis, Tenn
UPI
Bill Brouillette
McAllen
Tex
America
Holiday Innsh of
Monroe
Chicago
Melrose Park
James Sewartz
Gemini May Be Space Age DC3 Space Craft
UPI reports NASA compares the Gemini capsule to a space age DC3 while weighing winged versus wingless designs. Ford scientists advise wings could ease reentry, hinting at future long term Earth orbit missions and a space station concept for regular crew turnover.
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Gemini
Care Canaveral
UPI
U.S. Space Agency
DCI
Space Agency
James E. Webb
DCS
Ford Motor Co
America
Space
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Ohio
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Decatur
Davisson
Beneties
Washington Senators
Senators
Miss Carson
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LHS
Menach
By Hank Ketcham
Neocopter
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Gene Tucker
Tulsa
Okla
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Time Loan, Inc
Charles Jeffrey
MGR
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Dial
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Angel
Baa
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Tony
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Reserve District No. 7
Washington State Bank
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Federal Reserve System
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