Word: agent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...through a labyrinth of deals that began in the late 1950s. Lockheed officials, who were distressed that Prince Bernhard favored Northrop F-5s over their Starfighter F-104s, thought the prince might appreciate a Jetstar plane for his private use. When the prince declined, Lockheed's European agent, Fred Meuser, suggested that $1 million in cash might be appropriate, and the money was channeled to the late Colonel "Chouli" Pantchoulidzew, a former officer of the Imperial Russian Guard who had been a permanent house guest of the prince's parents since 1921. Although an official audit turned...
Cleaning Coops. If Perdue looks believable as a man devoted to raising tender chickens, it is no accident. His father Arthur, now 91, quit his job as a Railway Express agent and in 1920 set up a chicken house on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Frank, an only child, grew up with the birds: "I dug cesspools, made coops and cleaned them out." By the mid 1950s, the Perdues' well-bred chickens were winning top prices at auctions, but Frank realized that there was money to be made processing and marketing the birds as well. Eight years...
Bicentennial Festivities. Encouraged by air fares that allow free stopovers in California, Midwesterners are flocking to the West Coast on their way to Hawaii. "It's like getting two vacations for the price of one," says a Chicago travel agent, whose business is up 12%. Once in Hawaii, travelers are staying longer. Says Maurice Kelley Jr., Continental Airlines' vice president for market development: "A ten-day stay is not nearly as unusual as it was a couple of years...
...appear to be surviving it. Some are being analyzed at state laboratories in Philadelphia; others have been sent to the U.S. Public Health Service's Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, where researchers are performing a series of sophisticated tests to try to isolate and identify the disease agent (see box page...
Richard McNamara, the city's purchasing agent, said yesterday at the meeting that the city had procured all the saws and sledgehammers needed to clean the streets of felled trees and downed power lines...