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Route 66 Star George Maharis Dead at 94
1960s 'Icon to
American Youth' Dead at 94
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May 29, 2023 2:30 AM CDT

1960s 'Icon to American Youth' Dead at 94

George Maharis starred in 'Route 66'

(Newser) - George Maharis, a stage-trained actor with rough-hewn good looks who became an icon to American youth in the 1960s as he cruised the country in a Corvette convertible in the hit television series Route 66, has died. Maharis' friend and caretaker Marc Bahan said in a Facebook post that he...

Road Sign Points Drivers Toward 'Albuqueque'

'I do not recall this happening before,' state spokesperson says

(Newser) - It made drivers on Route 66 and Interstate 40 in New Mexico do double takes. A newly upgraded state Department of Transportation sign erected last week that pointed drivers toward Albuquerque misspelled the city's name, losing the "R," the AP reports. People called and emailed the department...

Route 66 Makes It Onto a Dubious List

It's one of 11 historic US sites considered 'endangered'

(Newser) - Hundreds of historic sites have found their way over the past three decades onto the annual "endangered sites" list put out by the National Trust for Historic Preservation , and this year's lineup includes one of America's most famous thoroughfares. Route 66 joins 10 other cultural or architectural...

Wildfire Takes Out Iconic Route 66 Diner

Summit Inn burns to ground in California's Blue Cut blaze

(Newser) - A popular Route 66 diner frequented in its heyday by the likes of Elvis Presley and Clint Eastwood has gone up in smoke. The Summit Inn is the latest victim of the Blue Cut wildfire raging through California's San Bernardino County, the Los Angeles Times reports, destroyed by the...

How to Take the Speed Bumps Out of a Road Trip
How to Take
the Speed Bumps Out of
a Road Trip
OPINION
Aug 8, 2008 5:10 PM CDT

How to Take the Speed Bumps Out of a Road Trip

Even if you're Sir Paul, it can be a tough test

(Newser) - Just months into their relationship, former Beatle Paul McCartney and girlfriend Nancy Shevell are road-tripping across legendary Route 66, but an extended journey spent in a car can be deadly to romance, Mary Schmich writes in the Chicago Tribune. "A road trip is a compatibility test on wheels, one...

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