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...wish you could see the 35,000 acres of water known as the Great Pearl River reservoir, which will be completed within the next year and see the beautiful, scenic, historic Gulf Coast where we have the longest man-made beach in the world--A 23 mile sand beach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Excerpts from Speech by Mississippi Governor Barnett | 2/7/1963 | See Source »

...Porter's "Kathy's Date" is slicker, moving nicely through seven scenes in six pages. Sometimes the dislogue is a bit too cute--two boys and a girl are a "sand-wich"--but the story is about wild college youth, and necessarily interesting. There's also some--a little...

Author: By Orvis Driskell, | Title: The Advocate | 2/5/1963 | See Source »

Time was when finding a warm place to go to with adequate eating and sleeping accommodations was something of an achievement; it was par for the course if the beach turned out to be ten miles from the nearest hotel and the sand flies seemed insatiable. But today, with the increasing sophistication of the U.S. vacationist and the enterprise of the developers, the Caribbean offers something for everybody. In the bigger centers, new hotels provide the best in air-conditioned comfort and sophisticated food for those who want cocktail-lounge luxury, the dim-lit excitement of a gambling casino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Carib Song | 2/1/1963 | See Source »

...hotels for people less likely to panic when out of earshot of a calypso singer or a steel band. El Conquistador, now in its first season, perches atop a cliff on the northeastern tip of the island, uses an aerial tramway to ferry guests to and from the white-sand beach below. Villa Parguera, on the southwest shore, specializes in deep-sea fishing; El Barranquitas in the mountainous interior has a spectacular view and an excellent cuisine. Puerto Rico's finest hotel is the Dorado Beach, 20 miles west of San Juan, built by Laurance Rockefeller and spread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Carib Song | 2/1/1963 | See Source »

...Translations: curving putts, sand traps, and the grass where the fairway meets the green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Croquet on the Green | 2/1/1963 | See Source »

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