From the April 1964 AARP Bulletin.
The 1964 New York World's Fair opened in April and was a sprawling showcase of midcentury American culture and technology. Some 52 million attended, but it was a financial flop, returning just 19 cents on the dollar invested.
Some trivia about it:
** The star attraction of the Vatican Pavilion was Michelangelo's Pieta statue.
** Most popular exhibit was GM's Futurama, which mesmerized nearly 26 million visitors with 3-D scenes of the "World of Tomorrow."
** In their fifth season on TV in 1965, the Flintstones visited the fair using a time machine. (Foor-powered?)
Putting the Cat Out for the Night. --Cooter
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