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...Nelson of Panama City (pop. 26,000), Fla., "will be a city of destiny." Mayor Nelson's grandiloquence was inspired by a civic project that is fast becoming as necessary as neon lights for any ocean, lake or riverside U.S. town with vacation-spot ambitions: a first-class marina to serve as a combination club, garage and general store for the nation's ever-increasing yachtsmen. Last week Panama City was about to start work on not one but two big marinas with dock space for 570 boats along its Gulf Coast waterfront and every convenience under...
Pumps & Profits. Years ago, a marina could be built for a few thousand dollars: a wooden-piling dock, a gas pump, a shack to sell beer and bait. Today's marina may cost as much as $10 million or more for a layout as complete as any inland shopping center. Run properly, with low dockage rates (anywhere from ½?to 6? per foot per day depending on season) and efficient service, it can produce a handsome profit for any businessman. Says one East Coast marinaman: "With good management, you can conservatively make a 20% return on your investment each...
Detroit's Jefferson Beach Marina grew from 75 berths and a $15,000 gross two years ago to 450 berths and a $1,000,000 business last year, plans to add another 300 berths in 1957. Seattle's Bryant's Marina, which struggled along for 20 years rarely topping $100,000 annually, can now handle 400 boats up to the biggest 200-ft., radar-equipped, diesel-engined yachts, and has boosted its business to $6,000,000 this year...
...James Gordon Bennett Prize was awarded to David P. Bryden '57 for a thesis on federal court decision in sedition cases, and the Philo Sherman Bennett Prize to Michael Marina '57, for his thesis entitled, "Conflict of Interest in Democratic Administration: A Study of the United States Executive...
...sorciere, Marina Vlady has few lines to say, but looks bewitching as she says them. Her grace and gentleness are touching; but these are almost obscured by a film which generally tastes like a tenderized Jungle Princess story, with soupcons of old Salem days stirred in the cauldron...