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San Antonio Culture
Regarding San Antonio [July/August feature]. No culture hounds, apparently, are Tom and Joanne O'Toole. How could they miss the renowned opera house and the splendid art museum located in a former brewery? Chacun à son goût!
James Mills, Denver
Pay Phone Costs
Regarding your FYI on "Hidden costs of In-Room Phone Calls" [July/August], I tried to place a call using a prepaid phone card from my room at the Holiday Inn in North Canton, Ohio. The service said there would be a "unit charge for calling from a pay phone." As it turned out, my party didn't answer, so there was
no charge.
Esther Clark, Denver
Your article "The Hidden Costs of In-Room Phone Calls" stated that by using a pay phone "... no access charges apply." … A few years ago, in Lake Charles, La., I made a short call (after 5 p.m.) from a hotel lobby pay phone using my calling card that was billed to my home phone. The rate at that time was 14 cents per minute. When I got the bill, the total charge for that call was $13.83 for a six-minute call. My phone company informed me that the pay phone was owned by a private company and they could charge whatever they felt was a reasonable (in this case, over $2.00 per minute) access fee to use "their" phone. I was told that a number should have been posted on the phone to call for the rate of this fee. I honestly don't recall if this number was actually posted, but I never thought to look for it in the first place. My phone company was decent enough to give me a credit for half of the charge, but they warned me to be more observant next time.
M. Riley, Colorado Springs
Memories of Route 66
I really enjoyed your article about Route 66. It brought back a lot of memories. As a native Californian, I traveled that route many times going
to Oklahoma City. I remember the
miserable drive through that hot desert during the summer-up from San Bernardino, Victorville and on to Barstow. You had better gas up, eat and get water in Barstow, as it was a long drive to Needles. There were few towns in between, such as Amboy and Ludlow, which are ghost towns now. I remember cars carrying canvas bags of water on their bumpers. … I had stopped and seen the "Snake Dens" and "Indian Jewelry Stores" along the way. I remember the long grade down into Albuquerque … then the winding, dark curves through Grants, N.M. … So much of the Route is undrivable today, with grass roots growing through chunks of broken pavement. Sad that the whole highway couldn't have been preserved as a great, historic landmark! If you left or entered California on 66 you could hate and love that route at the same time. I've lived in Colorado for many years now-but I'll always cherish my beloved "Route 66."
Mrs. M. Perry, Bennett
Correction
The article "Route 66 Celebrates
75 Years of Kicks" [June] incorrectly identified Needles as being located in Arizona. It is in California.
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