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...prototype is Disneyland itself. In its 13 years, the 70-acre, $100 million amusement park in Anaheim has become California's No. 1 tourist attraction: 7,900,000 visitors came last year. The constant influx has helped transform Anaheim from a small, dusty town set amid orange groves into a pleasant and bustling city. To cope with the tourists, 3,500 motel and hotel rooms have been built (Disney's own hotel has grown from 150 to 616 rooms) and restaurants have sprouted thick as asparagus outside the superpark's gates...
...moves was something less than reassuring. In the National League, Milwaukee lost its bid for a franchise because, as League President Warren Giles explained, "it is only 90 miles away from two major-league clubs in Chicago." San Diego is located little farther from Los Angeles (the Dodgers) and Anaheim (the Angels), but it got a team - because Dodger Owner Walter O'Malley wanted to reward a friend: E. J. ("Buzzie") Bavasi, who will take over as president of the San Diego club after eleven years as the Dodgers' general manager. Dallas and Fort Worth were turned down...
...independent edition. One of the fastest-growing counties in the entire U.S. it added 1,140 persons a week in 1967 and its population now stands at 1,290,000, more than that of Buffalo, Denver, Atlanta or Kansas City. Within its borders are two self-contained industrial cities, Anaheim and Santa Ana, with a combined population of 304,000. The University of California has opened an Orange County campus at Irvine. The Aeronutronic Division of Philco-Ford and Hunt Foods & Industries are located within the county, and North American Rockwell has principal plants there as well...
...Orange County edition. Two pages of less important local news stories were added, along with two more pages of Orange County classified advertising. The sports section carried stories on a scandal involving athlete-recruiting in Orange County high schools and Amigos' (of speculation the about American the Basketball Anaheim Association) moving their playing head quarters to a new arena...
...Beatles had discovered soothing syrup instead of psychedelia; where would their music stand today? A possible answer comes from the Bee Gees, acclaimed by many people to be the first deserving heirs to the Beatles' shaggy mantle. Last week the five tousled youngsters swept in and out of Anaheim, Calif., for their first American appearances, taped a couple of guest shots on the Smothers Brothers and Laugh-In TV shows, and relaxed in a Beverly Hills hotel to count their money and think clean...