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Chew-Chew. In Fresno, Calif., when the San Joaquin Daylight train arrived 18 minutes late, Southern Pacific officials blamed "unforeseen operating difficulties" for the delay-Engineer William J. Franey had sneezed, blown his upper dentures out the cab window, stopped the train to hunt for them...
...stubborn San Franciscans would not be done out of watching their team. More than 10,000 of them deserted the Bay area and followed coaxial cables to television-blessed towns. Pro fans flocked to the saloons and hotel rooms of Chico and Fresno, where they settled for football and a drink. Those with a yen for more extra-athletic excitement went to Reno and the Nevada shore of Lake Tahoe where they could watch the game and get in a little gaming of their...
Mother's Little Helper. In Fresno, Calif., Mrs. Lillian Dennis, mother of six, explained to police that she taught her ten-year-old son to steal money for everyday needs because if she did it herself, she might end up in jail and there would be no one to look after the children...
...Newton. In Fresno, Calif., the Dried Fig Advisory Board ordered another 15,000 copies of its promotional pamphlet on learning that the public had snapped up the first 20,000 of The Love Life...
...city-hopping salesmen, the lines carried 3,453,000 passengers last year (up from 25,000 in 1946) on 31,740 miles of routes in 44 states. Because of their growth, air traffic in many small U.S. cities now matches the volume of major cities abroad. Traffic at Fresno, Calif, (pop. 107,900) equals that of Frankfurt; traffic at Ontario, Calif, (pop. 39,430) is equal to Paris'. With soaring revenues (up 16.7% in 1956), the feeders estimate an annual income of $100 million in only a few years. Yet the lines lose money every time they take...