Word: clubs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After its inglorious handling of the Bobby Baker scandal, the U.S. Senate is understandably loath to inquire into yet another case involving its mores and members. Last week, nonetheless, the world's most exclusive club was faced with two impending investigations. The subject of inquiry this time was no expendable retainer but one of the Senate's own: Connecticut Democrat Thomas Joseph Dodd...
...handicap of 18, arranged for Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, 42, to be on his side against two of 'Arold's customary golfing partners, a pair of businessmen. That was a neat stroke, since Lee, in England on an eight-day visit, handles the clubs better than almost any Prime Minister in the world. But after a half-hour's play on the Ellesborough Golf Club course near Chequers, a cloudburst doused the winning P.M.s, and soon they gave up the game...
Most swingers remained on the 8,000-sq.-ft. dance floor, gyrating to three alternating bands whose blast and big beat were amplified through a loudspeaker system suddenly gone berserk. For those driven out by the din, the club has other diversions: a reading room and TV room (one color set), a movie theater (avantgarde shorts). Street-vendor carts push Nathan's Famous hot dogs (50?), and the bar serves liberal portions of Pepsi-Cola, but nothing stronger than beer and wine is served...
William Sellers runs a heating-equipment company near Philadelphia, and he plays golf for business rather than pleasure. One June day in 1964, Sellers' game was running true to format the Manufacturers Golf and Country Club in Oreland, Pa. At the third tee, his mind on a potential deal, Sellers hit the ball so awkwardly that it flew to the rear and struck one of his partners, James Walsh, sales manager of the tank division of Bethlehem Steel in Dunellen, N.J. As a result, Walsh was blinded in his left...
Since Sellers was working while golfing, Walsh sued both him and his company for $250,000, claiming that Sellers had negligently failed to wipe his hands before swinging, causing the club to slip. In answer, Sellers moved to have the suit dismissed on a seemingly unassailable ground: anyone who ventures on a golf course "assumes the risk of being struck by a ball" and is thus barred from seeking damages...