Keeping Disneyland In Proportion
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Gardening enthusiasts who visit Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., where adults outnumber youngsters four to one, are as fascinated by the wide variety of appropriate landscape plantings and colorful gardens as they are by the 50 or more major amusement attractions in this multi-million dollar center.
These horticultural period plantings include a tree-bordered Main Street of the early 1900's; ...
Flying Saucers Are Reported Heading Toward Disneyland
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No figment of the imagination, flying saucers are destined for the Park, to become one of Walt Disney's latest attractions for the 1961 season.
Scheduled to open this summer,the new adventure will have a space station in Tomorrowland,where guests can climb aboard their own Saucer, take to the air, guide their own ship, and return to land on the outer space station.
Disneyland Vice- President ...
Disney Monorail Every Day Makes A Mouse Of The MTA
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When the Metropolitan Transit Authority people quit fooling around and really want a rapid transit mass transportation system built, all they have to do is turn the problem over to Walt Disney.
Disney didn't read any reports on feasibility of monorail etc.
He saw it operate in Germany and came home and said, "build me one of those."
So his engineers went out and built him a monorail system ...
Disneyland Performer Plans Appearance At Valley Plaza
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Wally Boag - "Mr. Disneyland," and his entertainers from Disneyland will arrive with a new show at Valley Plaza for three free-to-the-public performances Tuesday at 4, 7 and 9:15 p.m.
This will be the final day and night of the week-long Valley Plaza welcome to the new Los Angeles Federal Savings offices at 12160 Victory Blvd.
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The show, spotlighting Boag in the role of ...
A Gardener's Visit To Disneyland
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A gardening enthusiast will find the landscaping at Disneyland almost as appealing as the rides and exhibits the place is famous for. You're aware of the plantings as soon as you enter the main gate. They form a background for the buildings, make the transition from one area to another a pleasant experience, and establish the character of each of the "lands." This landscaping has not been a hit or miss ...
Disneyland Visit Is Awaited By 300 News Carrier Boys
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Over 300 carrier boys from The News will visit Disneyland on March 18 as a reward for exceptional effort in their jobs.
The young men will see all the sights of the world-famous center in Anaheim, with particular emphasis on the Frontierland area of the park.
Plan Visit to "Wonderland"
Although Frontierland is only one of the park's five major "lands," many youngsters have named it their ...
Disneyland Guides
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Speak to anyone who has toured the commercial playgrounds of the world. He will tell you that one of the cleanest, most imaginative, most efficient, most unforgettable fun centers is Disneyland.
The major reason for this is Mickey Mouse's world famous father, Walt Disney.
Disney is a man bedeviled by a perfectionist complex. According to him, "Everything can be improved." From time to time he ...
New Pact Ups Disney To 3500 Weekly
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Walt Disney's new seven-year pact as exec producer and general supervisor of Disneyland will be voted upon by Disney stockholders May 16 meeting in Burbank.
According to proxies sent stockholders yesterday, new deal has already been approved by Bank of America, National Trust Savings Assn., and Prudential Insurance Co. of America, from whom Disney company has made substantial loans.
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Goodman At Disneyland May 27 To 29
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Benny Goodman, rated the most gifted clarinetist in show business, will be featured Memorial Day weekend at Disneyland.
Appearing with Goodman will be the Young Men from New Orleans, Dixieland artists, and the Elliott Brothers Swing Band.
Goodman and his 10 jazz performers will appear in Tomorrowland on a specially built bandstand for dancing from 8 p.m. until midnight. May 27-28-29.
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Disneyland Inks Benny Goodman For Three Nights
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Benny Goodman is coming to Disneyland.
The King of Swing will reign over the Magic Kingdom for three consecutive nights beginning tomorrow.
For dancing pleasure, and for those who just care to sit and listen, Goodman and his magic clarinet will appear at a specially built bandstand and dance area in Tomorrowland from 8 to 12 p.m. each evening.
Goodman and his 10 artists will usher in ...
Shake Hands With A Character
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Disneyland is the place. of course. From Walt Disney's parade of cartoons and motion pictures started 38 years ago, 33 of his most famous characters will come dancing out of fantasy and out of the silver screen to cavort with patrons as the seventh summer season gets under way at the famous park.
Each year since Disneyland opened in 1955, new attractions and entertainment have been added as the park ...
How You Gonna Keep Em Down On The Farm
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It was "Gay Paree" they wrote about in the words to that popular World War I song. But it's a horse of another color in 1960 ... to the horses of Disneyland, that is.
If word ever reaches the stables of America about cousin horse's job at Disneyland, farmers and ranchers may be asking the same question all over again. They may be horse-laughed right into that new 60-horse-power Ford ...
Monorail Fad Or Fashion
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"The biggest stumbling block to monorail as a metropolitan rapid transit system is that it's a 'young' method of transportation. It lacks the experience and public exposure of, for example, a subway."
So says John C. Wise, Chief of Engineering for Disneyland, who has been closely associated with the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail System for the past three years.
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Wooden soldiers will march, 20-foot tall dolls will glide past, and dozens of other "larger than life same animated toys will be featured is Disneyland's second annual "Parade Of Toys" during the Christmas season.
The exciting parade, which widespread acclaim from guests and reviewers alike in 1960, will be premiered on Sunday, December 17 at Disneyland. It will then be held twice daily ...
Walt Disneys Botanical Wonderland
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Rustling her skirts with a chilly air, winter was back for another sojourn, and California's Sunday yard mechanics and professional horticulturists alike tuned their garden forks to cater to another changing season.
But in Disneyland, recognized as something of a "botanical wonderland," the bristling lady of winter was greeted much as any other time of year. Here, a staff of 35 gardeners ...
Here Come Dem Jazz Fireballs
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Half a hundred -of the world's great Dixieland jazzmen will come "floatin' down the river" at Disneyland next Saturday night, trumpets blowing and banjos strumming when the second annual "Dixieland at Disneyland" show rocks.thc Magic Kingdom with New Orleans music and fun.
Louis Armstrong, the Yankee Doodle Grandee of jazz (born July 4, 1900, in New Orleans), heads the star-studded list of Dixieland ...
