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...offices with art (Oregon's U.S. National Bank even hangs oils in its ladies' lounges). But New York's Manhattan Savings Bank goes them one better: it provides the public with noonday piano recitals and evening operas on its banking floors. At the urging of Opera Buff John M. Will, president of American Export Lines, the shipping firm last fall financed $135,000 worth of sets and costumes for a new Metropolitan Opera production...
...Busybody. Ruby was another unlovable character. He had knocked around with some tough boys in his home town, Chicago, now prided himself on running one of the most popular striptease joints in Dallas. He carried a gun, was a cop buff, and loved to visit police headquarters. Medical reports later noted that Bachelor Ruby contracted gonorrhea no fewer than four times; he checked negative for syphilis. "He denies homosexuality, but is extremely sensitive should anybody accuse him of that and is very defensive," said a psychiatrist at Ruby's bond hearing. "He admits that he must adopt at times...
...dropped in often. There were the holidays to plan for. They would be spent in Palm Beach, in a house borrowed from a family friend, C. Michael Paul, near the Joseph Kennedys. And, it was announced, after the New Year Jackie would move from the Harriman house to a buff-colored brick home, diagonally across N Street, that she bought last week...
...they dominate or influence, the Rothschilds have holdings in more than 100 blue chips, including Royal Dutch/Shell, De Beers, Michelin, Rio Tinto, IBM. The French branch's string-tied bundles of stock fill an ancient five-story bank vault whose keyholes are hidden behind brass lionheads. In the buff sandstone building at 21 Rue Laffitte that has been home to de Rothschild Freres since 1817, muttonchop-whiskered family ancients line the walls in oil and marble, and ushers wearing black swallow-tailed coats attend the customers, while 300 employees quietly work. Guy de Rothschild occupies a small, white-painted...
Ruby had a revolver, since he always carried-or claimed that he carried-a big roll of cash. He was picked up twice for carrying a concealed weapon, and occasionally for violation of state liquor laws and of the city dance-hall ordinances. But Ruby was a real cop buff-he was always hanging around headquarters, and so became a familiar figure. Aside from all that, Ruby was a health nut. He was worried about his falling hair and sought the services of Dallas Trichologist Bruce McLean. "I've known him well since 1958," says McLean...