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...last week - hopping out of cars, hopping over fences, even taking gates off hinges in their frenzy to escape the colossal traffic jams. One motorist needed 45 minutes to drive the two miles from the airport's entrance to the Eastern Air Lines terminal. Another left Greenwich, Conn., early enough to reach Kennedy a full hour before his scheduled 8:30 p.m. Swissair departure, only to find himself at the end of an endless, motionless line of autos when he got to the field. Both missed their flights...
Some summer bandsmen are professionals, but others are amateurs who trade briefcases and lunch buckets for trumpets and sousaphones. The trend is noticeable in several parts of the country, but is especially strong in New England, where Chatham, Mass., draws audiences from Boston and beyond. Winsted, Conn., Rotarians raised $6,000 to build a new bandstand; Lions in Winchester, Mass., pledged their 50-member band a new shell. Boston's new Prudential Center plaza has gingham-covered tables, straw boaters on the light globes and its own Gazebo Band...
...their Inge days, says that Sandy responds more to animals than to humans. "She figures that humans can take care of themselves. It's the helpless that she responds to." Her response approaches aeluromania. Between her Hudson-view apartment in Manhattan and her handsome country home near Weston, Conn., Sandy now has five dogs and 21 cats. She just can't resist a stray. She has been heard to comment, while emptying yet another box of Kitty Litter: "I bet you wouldn't find Ava Gardner doing this...
...small Wisconsin dairy in 1928, as boss added instant coffee, animal feeds and industrial products, increased sales six times, to $1.5 billion, and built the company's advertising symbol, Elsie, into the most famous cow since Mrs. O'Leary's; of a heart attack; in Greenwich, Conn...
...persuaded by growth-minded directors to become chief executive, along with the chairman's post he already held. Zender has stirred Peter Paul's cor porate structure as thoroughly as the chocolate in its giant kettles. He took flying tours from the home office in Naugatuck, Conn., to plants in Salinas, Calif., Frankfort, Ind., and Dallas. In Dallas he discovered "an unhappy plant" because workers did not like the cafeteria menu and the manager refused to change it; Zender changed both the menu and the manager, brags that "now it is a happy plant." He and President Lloyd...