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Seattle, Queen City of the Pacific
Northwest and seat of King County,
has been termed by Harper's and other
magazines as America's most livable city.
Few who reside there would disagree. To a
visitor, much of the fascination of Seattle
lies in the bewildering diversity of things to
do and to see, in the strong cultural and na­tional
influences that range from Scandina­vian
to Oriental to American Indian, in the
startling contrasts and geographical beauty
that have produced a city that is, in a word,
unique.
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Located about as far north as the upper
corner of Maine, Seattle enjoys a moderate
climate thanks to warming Pacific currents
running offshore to the west. The normal
maximum temperature in July is 75°
Fahrenheit, the normal minimum tempera­ture
in January is 36°. Although the east­ward
drift of weather from the Pacific gives
the city a mild but moist climate, snowfall
averages only about 8.5 inches a year,
largely as a result of the prevailing winds
that blow from the warmer southwest
latitudes in the winter. In the summer, tern-
Queen City
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peratures are moderated by cool air sweep­ing
in from the Gulf of Alaska.
Discussing special exhibit which they just
visited at the Pacific Science Center devoted
to the Northwest Coast Indians are (I. to r.)
DH&S tax accountants Liz Hedlund and
Shelley Ate and Lisa Dixon, of office
administration. The Pacific Science Center
is one of the attractions at Seattle Center, site
of the 1962 World's Fair and now a major
amusement and cultural complex.