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...color pages) ranks at the top. One day in 1956 Niemeyer went riding with his longtime friend, President Juscelino Kubitschek, who told him his dream of Brasilia and casually added: "I want you to design it." Niemeyer has since turned down a fortune in fees to become the $300-a-month head of the Department of Architecture and Urbanization of Novacap (a coined word meaning "new capital") Last week, with Kubitschek already installed in the nearly finished Palace of the Dawn, Architect Niemeyer moved wife, draftsmen and baggage to Brasilia to live there and carry...
...mill in Lebanon, N.H., controlled by Goldfine. Cotton's law firm, from which he still draws an annual salary, has represented both Lebandale and Lebanon Woolen Co., another Goldfine mill, for many years. In Lebanon, Cotton lives in a Goldfine-owned house at 4 Abbot Street, pays $75-a-month rent...
...solicitous. "What would be nicer." she asked, "than to have him marry a nice American girl? Think what this would do for friendly relations between his country and the United States." The general met Zsa Zsa for dinner and moved into a $2,500-a-month mansion until he can start a cruise on the Trujillo yacht Angelita.* Happily, Zsa Zsa began to plan a party aboard the yacht...
...romance of Leland Cummings Jr. and Mary Louise Werner roused Protestant and Catholic tempers last year. When the pair decided to get married, Leland's Roman Catholic parents sued Mary's Lutheran parents for $500,000 for enticing Leland away from his church with a $75-a-month allowance and the promise of a $25,000 job in Mr. Werner's ironworks in Milwaukee (TIME, July 1). Mary's father filed a countersuit, the litigation was dropped, the wedding bells (Lutheran) rang...
...pitcher he made a superb hitter. When Musial was not working on the mound, Kerr kept him in the line-up as an outfielder so that his potent bat was always available. Then one day Stan fell on his throwing arm and finished his career as a $100-a-month Class D southpaw. Despondently, Stan figured it was time to quit...