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...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...
...fact, Charlie Finley was just starting to warm up. By the time his Braniff plane landed in Kansas City, where his A's were playing the Royals, Finley had invited half the first-class passengers to be his guests at the game. A stewardess, tickled by his flattery ("Hey, baby, you look great"), had bestowed a farewell kiss, and a leading Kansas City lawyer had offered to drive Finley to Royals Stadium. That saved a $20 cab tab, and Finley was quick to accept...
...American Airlines terminal is not the airport's busiest. Braniff's is. American does not have a security checkpoint at each gate. Braniff and Texas International did not send some of their flights back to Love Field as a result of the snafus at Dallas-Fort Worth, but to compete with Southwest Airlines, which remains at Love...