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Filed for probate in Los Angeles, the will of Walt Disney settled 45% of his vast estate on a Disney Family Trust for his widow Lillian, their two daughters and seven grandchildren; another 45% went to the philanthropic Disney Foundation, chiefly for the benefit of the California Institute of the Arts, and the remaining 10% established a trust fund for his sister and three nieces. The great fantasist's will mentions no dollar figures, but with all his monumental real-estate holdings and film enterprises, the total is estimated at more than $50 million...
Society could hardly function without its charity balls; politicians live off $100-a-plate fund-raising dinners; and in Harlem, rent parties-a tradition that became famous during the Depression-still go on. But the latest thing is a project party thrown for the benefit and profit of no one less dear than oneself or one's friends...
...registered near zero. To the rescue came her room mates, Mimi Feldt and Vivian Franco. Their solution: a party with a slogan: "Send Sobo to Spain!" By the hundreds, their dittoed orange invitations fluttered out over the District of Columbia: "The pleasure of your company is requested at a benefit party. Free beer and setups provided, plus band. Your contribution (of $1) will further the cause of international relations...
...seasons. "If I am finally proved right," he says, "there ought to be similar findings at similar latitudes." The latitudes he is talking about are between 30° and 50° north of the equator, which includes the southern part of the U.S., where both agriculture and business could benefit from more accurate long-range weather forecasting...
...efforts to break it. Warner-Lambert, the company that' evolved from the Lamberts' firm, last tried to break the arrangement in 1960 and was turned down flatly by a federal appeals court. Lawrence's heirs, who still retain about three-eighths of the royalties, continue to benefit as a result, and so do assignees of one of the most remarkable transactions in U.S. business history. Warner-Lambert this year, on sales of Listerine worth $50 million or more, will pay out about $4,000,000 in royalties...