Word: cab
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cab & Gondola. At 60, Russian-born Louis Schweitzer sits atop a colorful legend, built by spending his money both wisely and well. He married Broadway Actress Lucille Lortel in 1931, gave her off-Broadway's Theater de Lys for a 24th anniversary present ( The Threepenny Opera has been running there since 1955); earlier he had built the White Barn Theater in Westport, Conn. To help himself and his wife get around the city, he bought a Mercedes-Benz 190, had it equipped with a meter and a rooftop light, coughed up another $17,000 for a hackie...
Married. Antenor Patino, 65, Bolivian tin tycoon, one of the world's richest men, who chased (1954) his daughter to Edinburgh, spread money at all levels, from cab drivers to lawyers, in a celebrated but futile effort to prevent her marrying Londoner Michael Goldsmith; and Italian Countess Beatriz di Rovasenda, 47; both for the second time; in London...
Mayday. In Lausanne, Switzerland, alarmed by the number of attacks on taxi drivers, police considered a special pedal for cabs that, when pressed, locks all the doors except the driver's, stops the motor, releases a capsule of suffocating gas, blows the horn, starts a flashing light on top of the cab...