Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...homestretch, Jockey Doug Dodson urged four-year-old Manassas into the lead, held off the final drive of Swoon's Son and flashed across the finish line the 6½-to-1 winner of last week's $125,400 Arlington Handicap on the grass at Arlington Park outside Chicago...
...visitors, 43% come from out-state, many of them drawn by the compelling lure of Disney's children's TV shows-which get paid $10 million a year for advertising Disneyland and forthcoming Disney movies. Said one parent: "Disneyland may be just another damned amusement park, but to my kids it is the Taj Mahal, Niagara Falls, Sherwood Forest and Davy Crockett all rolled into one. After years of sitting in front of a television set, the youngsters are sure it's a fairyland before they ever get here...
...opening day, Disneyland's assets amounted to $16 million, and Disney took careful aim at the vast U.S. family market. Instead of carnival-type barkers, he hired some 200 teachers as part-time workers, a ns-man crew to keep his park clean. When visitors complained of a 45-minute wait for a few top attractions, Disney spent more than $2,000,000 on new rides to spread out the crowds. Since then, he has conducted 55 public-opinion polls, each sampling 500 to 700 visitors to find out what people do or do not like. Biggest gripe: high...
...Thundering into the homestretch, Jockey Conn McCreary last week urged three-year-old Clem to the head of the seven-horse pack, galloped across the line if lengths ahead of Kentucky Derby Champ Iron Liege to win the $151,500 Arlington Classic at Arlington Park outside Chicago...
...Figures. In Tampa, Reporter Dana Cessna, rushing to a Chamber of Commerce meeting, could find only a twelve-minute parking place, left a note explaining his business, and pointed out that all the one-hour spots were taken, returned to find a ticket pinned to the reply: "Don't park in a twelve-minute place unless you're attending a twelve-minute meeting...