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Show 1 12 DAILY HERALD ut&h . i v Utah County,- -- atcKinff America Grow, with Lowell Thomas : ' i - , , I J , ' " ; In 27 trips around New the world, I've heard a lot of people i claim that Americans could use niorq culture. Well, if book "reading habit are any indication, how's this for an "uncultured" country! This Fifth Avenue bookstore sells 600 books a day, and across the country, Americans bought a record 993,500,000 books; 1 last year. And publishers sav they r j set a new record in 1960. i- - i M - ft' I J-- ' ,"i, 'A - , ; - j. ,, lv , - , . 'Zt v-- , viM i- ;- ' " k'' 1,s. - -- ,y , li t 1 ' " j - ' Ah , ' ' '' ! (.""ij.' . ",J ..... i ' - , ' K York, iV. . . i , ,! -- v' . . jv ; ' .r '!' '!.' j ?' f :: ' r " ' i wiiiR'l:!jy:g-,wi.iwiiiii'iiJMjuiiMW'I- W'&3&& t x- - : $i- V, j f X"' X ,i Ay V Wizard of the Attic Alexandria Va. Have you hear! about the fantastic new machine lhat read? David II. Shepard, here, invented tt and built the firt one in an attic in 1950. HeVnow vice president ol Farrlngton Maiiufac luring Co., the outfit that produce! and market the machine. Most of thcte electronic rcadcri arc u?d in the retail field to control Inventory and read alei Vllpa. And Idg companien like the wav thev inced up paper workj-A.T.ue them to ean - il.- -i A.m.'.. .....I i i,.,,L. i .! rr Ji..t.l .1 . I. &T. i holden every quarter. , I Umbrella for 13,640 Pitt&huryh, Pa, ' ijTild'mc' They're outtinir a tain)eits iet kin Can you jp"t the men mi tit of the new oh tlie retractable roof covering I'itUburgh'a new civic arena-o- ne engineering wonder of llie world. It'i not only the largest dorne in the world- -it moveiti Wlien the arena open next year, audience will ice play, chcum, or now . . . tne Lome rain roof will cloe in minute. Thi marvel Jut one of 14 major auditorium being he country. built aero ... "' VIM ' .it , m I1IH s 8 : ; j a : r building a bctterIooking, . ,.w . ; Caroline Bcacli, Wash, :' x, . A home A,p away from home Mr. Jerry Eaton when he drove out to Puget Sound to million American A record home. one second construction of her family's families now1, own a second home for summer or leisure living. 75,000, second ' home were lpuilt in 1959, and thi year the number will be higher, stilL We got thi picture of in.-pe- ct belter-livin- g America, , 7y Cities Slicker entirely with private fund. Here, you ee a model of the $55 million Charle River Park, a tpacJou, welMandcaped apartment pro jeet with 2200 family uniU. Workmen are now putting in the foundation for these building, and across the country, 456 other cities are conducting similar program, " ' Doton ii ftpending almost $1 billion on major face lifting program, financed almost .'. A i V - r .sr. Uoatoit, Mass, lb 5T. , rN x' ' - i . . j. t t s ' '? ' t ?: ' ,,, ' ' .'fev.v;-'-- ' i V" '4 . i It"' ' ' ' i'.y,'t'-:''"-' '' ' 'li'', r- 'j:!p" ' i'- ' '.')' - '''I '(' ' r. 1 j', '--- , "yy - yc:: ') ' 'Si' ., - 1 Lrx j Fill Km J Detroit Mich. " ri'.. Stop, Look and Glisten The clean cars you see on iust about ever v hichwav in the country are the iparkling results of a booming new drive-i- n businessautomatic car washes. Here at Paul's Car Wash in Detroit, they're washing them almost as fast as the auto workers make them. And in 'I960, that's really going some did you know that so far tfiis year we've produced over 550,000 more cars than in the same period of 1959? More produced, more sold and don't worry too much about more traffic problems we're spending about $5 billion this year for new highways and bridges that will make driving more fun than ever. 4. - : Baltimore, Md, - Vis o o I Ocean City, Md. earn "Hand over your yo-yo- !" t Stagecoaches in Frontier Town have been bushwacked thousands of time sinco this authentic! replica of an 1B65 cow town opened this Spring The owners say about 200,000i"chtldrenw from 8 months to 80 years, visited here this year-tw-ico what they expected. Next spring they'll add 10 more acres of the old West here in the heart of Maryland. Last year, Americans spent a record $2 billion at park like thi, and with the many new ones built in ivou, owners predict u win dc me bttt year ever We're building schools at a rate this year schools like the Middle River Junior High in Baltimore. Above, you see one ot its 45 big, new classrooms across the country we need a lot more of the same, In the next ten years enrollment will shoot ud another 8 million. This will require the building of an average of 235 classroom every day one every six minutes to keep pace with our growing! needs. near-recor- d (uss) United States Steel Pittsburgh 30, Pa. 525 William Penn Plaet UAtlHMf . v- K i " f mm 1 4 I. :A ....... "'' ' 'y:-, x f 4 ' i". |