Word: chaine
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Admission. To control the crowds and compensate for his inconvenience, Morse erected an 8-ft.-high chain-link fence around the tree, hired two gatekeepers and began charging visitors 50? admission to touch the magic acacia and carry its liquid away in pop bottles. His curiosity piqued by the spreading excitement over the acacia, Tree Surgeon Grover Smith arrived from nearby Harlingen, and somehow climbed the tree without Morse's knowledge. His deflating conclusion, which was printed in the local press: insects had bored "into a little old bitty knothole and the tree just started bleeding...
Despite such expert testimony and a sudden halting of the sap flow late last month, Rio Grande Valley residents have continued to pour into La Feria to share in the "miracle" of Morse's acacia. On Labor Day weekend alone, some 1,500 passed through the chain-link fence. Scorning science, and showing that he knows a miracle when he sees one, Morse has been making plans to surround the tree with paving stones and to erect an awning to shield waiting patrons from the hot Texas sun. Meanwhile, he is waiting patiently for his bountiful acacia...
Forced Postponements. Beyond this, many a businessman felt that the credit suspension was unnecessary: the scarcity of money and higher cost of borrowing it, as well as rising construction costs, are already forcing postponements. G. C. Murphy Co., the variety-store chain, reported for instance that construction of 25% of its proposed new stores is being put off because shopping-center operators cannot get building money. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commerce Department last week released a survey that shows planned capital spending 17% above last year's total; the survey marked the first quarter since September...
Like many another grocery chain, Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. is usually far too busy stocking its shelves to expend much effort on law enforcement. Yet various forms of larceny are a serious problem (TIME Essay, Sept. 9). The company loses more than $8,000,000 annually from customer shoplifting, employee thefts, and the filching of some 10,000 shopping carts. Deciding that stealing has gone far enough, Kroger's management last week called on one of the U.S.'s top cops for help. Cincinnati's Police Chief Stanley Schrotel, 52, quit his municipal job to become head...
Married. Ernest Henderson, 69, co-founder and board chairman of the 102-hotel Sheraton chain; and Faryl Finn, 25, publicity director of the new Sheraton-Boston; he for the second time...