Word: braniff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Indianapolis Speedway, wrecker trucks are RWB; so are many Illinois state police cars, garbage trucks in Boston, fire hydrants, buses and subway cars in Chicago, and Braniff s flagship airliner...
Small Profit. Last year the nation's 11 major scheduled lines had a collective loss of $110 million v. a profit of $321 million in 1974. Only five carriers managed to make a profit in 1975: Northwest, Delta, Braniff, Western and National. The nation's largest line, United, which on top of everything else was grounded for 16 days in December by a mechanics' strike, registered a loss of $7.7 million for 1975-and has already dropped another $35 million in the first two months of this year...
...made corporate donations to the Democrats as well. Northrop Corp., which admitted a $150,000 donation to the Nixon campaign, is a major defense contractor. Three oil companies-Gulf, Phillips and Ashland-gave $100,000 each to Nixon; their industry is under political attack. American Airlines ($55,000) and Braniff Airways ($40,000) are dependent on federal regulators. But there were also companies among the 17 that had no obvious self-interest. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, makers of Scotch tape and other products, gave Nixon $30,000. Said former Chairman William L. McKnight: "I don't know that...
...Christmas bazaar. When a clown on hand for the occasion broke into a dance, Mrs. Ford, a former student of Martha Graham, spontaneously joined in. A few days later she taped a cameo appearance for a forthcoming Mary Tyler Moore show. The same day she helped launch a Braniff airplane painted with a Bicentennial design by Alexander Calder. At home, she brings in Liberty's puppies for guests to cuddle in the family living room, where the Fords do their personal entertaining−usually sit-on-the-floor buffet suppers. On a glorious Indian summer day last week...
Glitter v. Quiet. Though Post poured some $30 million of his personal fortune into Tres Vidas and borrowed millions more, the resort continued to sink deeper into the red. In 1971 Braniff International Corp. took over managerial control from the man who was once its chairman and began doing away with his members-only notion. "Tres Vidas," announced Braniff, "is a private-membership country club. Guests are currently being accepted on a get-acquainted basis ..." With visions of the hoi polloi overrunning their dream resort, remaining members began to shy away, hastening the downfall of Tres Vidas. By 1974 Braniff...