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...hours after jettisoning his third wife in a Nevada court, money-laden Sportsman Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, 58, took a fourth: Phoenix Socialite Mary Lou Hosford, 32, mother of four and star of a Whitney-produced movie titled The Missouri Traveler. Sonny Whitney wept at the wedding. Earlier he had celebrated his divorce decree by pounding his chest and exulting: "I'm a free man." But as far as the State of New York and wife No. 3, onetime singer and airline receptionist Eleanor Searle Whitney, were concerned, Multimillionaire Whitney was mixed up: two months ago a New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 3, 1958 | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

Young made a clean sweep of Central's board (including such "goddam bankers" as two descendants of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt and the head of J. P. Morgan & Co.), brought in Alfred E. Perlman from the Denver & Rio Grande to run the road. The Central was one of the most heavily mortgaged U.S. roads and in terms of its heavy and unprofitable passenger traffic one of the least desirable. But Young talked as if his mere presence would banish trouble and nurture prosperity. For a while, it seemed as if Young would repeat the success he had with the coal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RAILROADS: End of the Line | 2/3/1958 | See Source »

...Married. Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., 59, sometime journalist, lecturer and socialite; and Ann Bernadette Needham, 25, his secretary; he for the sixth time, she for the first; in Reno...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 16, 1957 | 9/16/1957 | See Source »

Metropolitan Opera Bass Jerome Hines heads a Christian Fellowship group of entertainers organized during the crusade. Several Bible study groups were also formed as a result of Graham's work. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney has gathered about a dozen fellow socialites who meet once a week "in an effort to achieve a broader understanding of the Bible." Says Mrs. Whitney: "I think the after effects of this crusade will be extraordinary-the beginning of a reawakening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Crusade Windup | 9/9/1957 | See Source »

...president of Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, genial, roughhewn Bernard Cornelius Duffy, 55, is a rare figure in the advertising world. Title to rarity: he has nearly quadrupled BBDO's billings (now $200 million), while showing remarkable personal stamina in the process. He pulled through a serious ulcer operation in which two-thirds of his stomach was cut away, and a coronary attack, bounced back each time to supervise the fortunes of the growing agency. Last week, five months after he suffered a severe cerebral hemorrhage, Madison Avenue was wondering whether Ben Duffy could come back again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Ben Duffy's Heir? | 5/20/1957 | See Source »

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