Word: resorting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Calif., 18 miles north of San Diego, is a pleasant and quiet resort town with a population of 3,000. But these days some of the lively types taking advantage of the small-town atmosphere and the balmy climate have more on their minds than surfing and suntans. They are magazine editors-many in their mid-20s-holding story conferences for two new magazines, Psychology Today and Careers Today. Says Nicolas H. Charney, 27, who founded both of them: "It's a very synergistic environment...
...band of prospectors returned to Mineral King. Financed by the late Walt Disney, they systematically surveyed the Sierra woodland-now a part of a national forest. Finally they suggested that Mineral King's real riches could be realized in 20th century America as a year-round vacation resort. It sounded at first like a sterling idea to almost everyone concerned. Last week, however, when the Disney group's plans were given final approval by the Forest Service, Mineral King became the center of a modern claims battle between conservationists, who want to keep the wilderness sequestered, and recreationists...
...originally supported the idea, the club bridled at the project's Disneyland proportions (proposed 1978 capacity: 8,000 skiers, 3,300 overnight visitors). It claimed that such numbers would cause overcrowding, might result in erosion from road drainage and upset the ecological balance of the 20-sq.-mi. resort valley. It also objected to the construction of an essential access road through 8.5 miles of the Sequoia National Park...
...natural glories are seriously threatened today are appalled by the prospect of all that super-organization-and all that cuteness-which could lead to a village of Snow White Synthetic or Plastic Alpine. Moreover, the area around Mineral King would also be profoundly altered as a result of the resort. What seems to bother the Sierra Club most is the prospect that the pack travelers and other outdoorsmen will no longer be the only kings on this hill. Jack Hope, senior editor of Natural History magazine, voiced the typical objection. Disney's plan, he said, "conjures up pictures...
...American? That is how it looked, and the superintendent of the New York State insurance department promptly opened an inquiry into Great American's future ability to underwrite. Since insurance is a regulated industry, the state can exert considerable pressure and even liquidate a company as a last resort...