Word: game
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...missed a beat. A few papers, e.g., the Philadelphia Bulletin, decided they had had enough, but most puzzle contests went right on. In a front-page statement, the Milwaukee Sentinel said that since the fraud had been exposed and "the leak" stopped, there is no reason why the puzzle game should not be more popular than ever...
...America request for autobiographical information. Most of his profits go back into the business; he pays himself a salary of $250,000. He and Mitzi live in a 14-room Park Avenue duplex artfully done in French Provençal, play an occasional game of bridge, manage to take in nearly every Broadway opening. At his death, Newhouse's empire (which he estimates at $150 million-$200 million) will go into a nonprofit educational trust; the business will be run by his two sons, S.I. Jr., 31, and Don, 29. But Mr. S.I. Sr., at 63, is looking ahead...
...more than half of East Africa's $17 million tourist revenue, and is still growing. There are seven safari firms operating out of Nairobi this year (v. one in 1939). Once confined to a 100-mile radius of civilized Nairobi (pop. 230,000), the quest for big game has spread from northern Uganda to southern Tanganyika. The white hunters who lead safaris are making more money than ever-$7,000 a year is average and $14,000 is not uncommon for the popular hunters. Luxury is at an alltime high too. Today no high-class safari leaves Nairobi without...
...even clerks and secretaries can afford the camera safari, which provides them with a peaceful look at wildlife in the unfettered flesh and fascinating movie footage to amaze the folks back home. Nairobi's Overland Motor Co. offers a 15-day tour of game areas by car for a comparatively modest $700, including round-trip air fare from Europe. Overland, which expected about 50 tourists at most during the first three months of 1959, now expects the total to top 800 before the season is over. The animals in East Africa's national parks, secure in the protection...
...swarming hunters have forced the local governments to impose restrictions to prevent depletion of game, and many an old hand mourns the change. One of them is Columnist Robert Ruark, who is respected by white hunters as one of the few sharpshooters among the amateurs. Currently on safari in Kenya, Ruark writes: "I should think it likely that this will be my last proper big safari, and the thought grieves me. What I bemoan mainly is the loss of the old, wild freedom when you could take off in almost any direction and find something exciting without having to check...