Word: waco
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rocking Along. Mart, Tex., a cotton and corn town near Waco, has lost 583 of its 2,856 citizens since 1940. "We've all grown older and content to be that way," said one town father. "We have as many heads of families as we ever had, but the families now consist of one or two old people." Eight out of ten of Mart's high-school boys go on to college each year; Mart has few jobs for college graduates. For recreation, the youngsters drive 18 miles into Waco. Said J. H. Rogers, local car dealer...
Tireless Traveler Bob Hope breezed into Washington to receive from Secretary W. (for William) Stuart Symington the Air Force's Exceptional Service Award. Symington had just flown back from Waco, Tex., where he received an honorary LL.D. from Baylor University...