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September 21, 1941

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A Varied Holiday Fare, Ranging From Foliage Tours to Cruises, Awaits Those Who Like Vacations in the Cool of the Year

By John Markland

SUMMER gives way to Fall next Tuesday at 5:33 A.M., E.S.T., but that doesn't mean that the vacation season is over. On the contrary, Americans seem bent on traveling and taking holidays this year right on tions -- more money in circulation, of the fact that there was a day when solid citizens put away their road maps, their tennis racquets, their cameras, their travel clothes and suitcases with the first hint of cool weather.

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Jack Brisco

1941Jack Brisco, American wrestler and manager (died 2010)[†]

Freddie Joe "Jack" Brisco was an American amateur wrestler and professional wrestler. As an amateur for Oklahoma State, Brisco was two-time All-American and won the NCAA Division I national championship. He turned pro shortly after and performed for various territories of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), becoming a two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA World Tag Team Champion with his brother Gerald Brisco.

James Woolsey

1941R. James Woolsey, Jr., American scholar and diplomat, 16th Director of Central Intelligence[†]

Robert James Woolsey Jr. is an American lawyer who has served in various senior positions. He headed the Central Intelligence Agency as Director of Central Intelligence from February 5, 1993, until January 10, 1995. He held a variety of government positions in the 1970s and 1980s, including as United States Under Secretary of the Navy from 1977 to 1979, and was involved in treaty negotiations with the Soviet Union for five years in the 1980s. His career also included time as a professional lawyer, venture capitalist and investor in the private sector.