| Summary: | Article from August 7, 1960 issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, describing economic highlights of upcoming Century 21 Exposition (Seattle World's Fair). Before the Fair; Master images scanned on Xerox Workcentre Bookmark 40 at 600 pixels per inch, black and white, saved as TIFF files. inphcer Sunday, August 7,1960 Century 21 To Highlight Sixties In Seatt LOOMING BIG on the economic horizon, Century 21 Exposition promises to dominate Seattle's J era of dynamic growth in the 1960s. Embracing an investment of more than 70 million dollars, the international space age world fair is generating dollar activity with a total impact expected to surpass the upsurges of both the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 and World War II. PAYROLLS, both direct and indirect, will reap a lion's share of the dollar turnover. Joseph E. Gandy, exposition president, estimates that some 40 million dollars of the total investment will be spent locally, with roughly half going into paychecks. Century 21 Exposition now has a full-time paid staff of 50 persons in its headquarters at 312-lst Ave. N. on the fair grounds. It is estimated that the staff will number 200 by the time the exposition opens, and will be supplemented by 800 temporary workers during the six months of the fair. SOME OF Seattle's most astute business leaders have identified Century 21 Exposition as a tnagnet drawing millions of dollars from all over the nation and the world. They pinpoint the exposition as the highlight of the Sixties—and possibly of the century. Keyed to the theme of Man in the Space Age, with ''something for everybody'' throughout the 74- (Continued from Page 1.) country. OF PARALLEL importance, the Bureau of International Expositions in Paris has sanctioned Century 21 Exposition participation by its many member nations. It is the nation's second fair in history to receive this approval. As a result, there should be large-scale foreign participation. Also, the United States government has appropriated 9 million dollars for its ...
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