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...told that his working wife must be listed as "head of household" and that he should list himself on the line "wife of head." One of the special enumerators who made house calls, Mrs. Rose Levine, 52, was asked to check residents of a nudist colony at El Cajon, Calif. She kept her clothes on and also managed "to look directly at them and see their personalities," rather than their bodies. Many respondents wondered why the Government asked for their telephone numbers. The answer was reasonable enough: if a questionnaire was not properly filled out, the residents could be asked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Census: Not Really So Nosy | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...rolling along the tracks at three-minute intervals. For months, proud Mexicans have been lining up on Sunday afternoons by the thousands to gawk at the project and its artfully decorated stations, including one built around an Aztec pyramid unearthed during the excavations. They have dubbed the subway "el Cajon" (the Box), from the shape of the concrete tunnel that en cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mexico: Quintana's Box | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...Cajon, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 14, 1969 | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

...Santa Fe's De Luxe between Chicago and Los Angeles provided passengers with tubs and showers, a library, stock quotations and news reports, and the services of a barber, manicurist, lady's maid and train secretary. And, reports Railroad Buff Lucius Beebe, "at the top of the Cajon Pass out of San Bernardino, uniformed messengers boarded the De Luxe with bouquets of fresh flowers for every lady passenger and alligator billfolds for the gentlemen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Luxury Abroad | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

...Cajon Pass, Calif., the Oakdale Ranch nudist camp's monthly Nudesletter reported that "nudist camps were started by a group of sunbathers who, in their search for a perfect tan, were determined to leave no stern untoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 13, 1960 | 6/13/1960 | See Source »

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