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Since her husband left for Viet Nam in March, Lynda Bird Robb has filled her days writing for McCall's, visiting Houston's Astro-World, playgoing in New York and gallery-hopping in Washington. This month she nipped off to Newport for a weekend of yachting with Socialite Topsy Taylor and other friends. But such activity for Mrs. Robb, who expects her first child in October, will come to a screeching halt. So says L.B.J. By paternal/presidential command, Lynda has been told she must stop traveling in September...
...where the whole family can come for a week and never need leave. To this end, he has spent $16 million on fun rides like the swirling Black Dragon, a 340-ft.high Astroneedle, a frontier village and outdoor air conditioning. Moreover, he is not permitting any haphazard development on his Astro domain. The four-motel complex that will open this fall is owned by him (although leased to such moteliers as Howard Johnson and Holiday Inns), and so is the transportation system of small, gaudy "tramp trains" that will run between motels and amusement park. Later, Hofheinz plans to build more...
...like Liller," the '63 Confi Guide said. This year Liller is teaching Nat Sci 9, the introductory course on "The Astronomical Perspective," and Astro 101, on "Observational Approaches to Astronomy...
away. Three weeks ago in the Astro-dome, which boasts the deepest fences in the big leagues, Jim clouted three consecutive homers against the San Francisco Giants - each of which traveled at least 400 ft., unaided by wind (which never exceeds 1 m.p.h. in the enclosed stadium). Last week Wynn ranked second in the league in homers with 18, first in RBIs with...
Artificial turf got off to a spectacular start when it was installed as a last-minute solution after the lack of direct sun light killed the natural grass in Houston's Astrodome. Astro ballplayers still complain that the synthetic AstroTurf, a bladed carpet of green nylon backed by vinyl, makes hard-hit grounders skid rather than bounce, and that their spikes do not dig in firmly. On the other hand, the Houston University football team, which plays its home games in the Astrodome, found the going great, and it was no hindrance to making Houston's pass-catching...