Word: houston
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...FANTASTICKS is the ne'er dying story with ne'er dying songs about a girl and boy in love, their fathers, and a wall. George Chakiris and Meredith MacRae (Gordon MacRae's daughter) will play the leads at the Houston Music Theater, Houston...
Suddenly Silent. The President had only 50 miles to come by helicopter from San Clemente; for the astronauts, the trip to Los Angeles took a bit longer - 12½ hours and 3,875 miles from Houston in a hopscotching presidential jet. It was made easier by perfect weather along their route...
...began after First City National Bank, Houston's largest, discovered some disquieting statistics. The average age of its depositors was well over 50, compared with a citywide average of only 27.8 years. Convinced that an aging clientele meant future trouble in attracting deposits, the bank's officers decided to woo young customers with some remarkably unbankerlike services. Accordingly, the bank last spring started a "Young Houstonian Club" for young people who opened checking accounts. Already that organization is demonstrating that banking can shed its stodgy image and remain successful...
Close Look. The Senate investigators who looked into Medicaid also drew attention to some huge payments under Medicare, the federal program for Americans over 65. In Houston, Dr. Michael E. DeBakey's surgery team collected $202,959, and Dr. Denton A. Cooley's, $193,124. Here again the fees do not appear exorbitant. In all, 1,050 operations were performed, with 50 or more surgeons taking part. Complicated open-heart techniques, including the implantation of artificial heart valves and pacemakers, were involved. Even so, the average cost to Medicare for each operation was roughly $380-a modest figure...
...trio of astronauts stepping onto the Hornet and then shaking hands with President Nixon before being packed off into a world of saran-wrapped sterility--all in all, a delightful thought, in which the nation and the moon germs could only stand to gain. Unfortunately, it didn't happen, Houston, unwilling to sacrifice such other-worldly germs, packed them and the astronauts off to the Lunar Receiving Station free of any presidential contamination...