Word: fitler
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...political reaction to Rocky's recent remarriage has been disastrous. Last week, obviously striving to reverse the tide, Rockefeller and his bride, the former Margaretta ("Happy") Fitler Murphy, undertook a strenuous social schedule. In Albany, the Rockefellers were guests at a luncheon for 44 (top state officials and their wives), a press reception for 84, and a dinner for more than 400 persons. Smiling, attractive and informal, Happy charmed almost everyone. Asked how she felt about her husband's running for President, she frankly wondered whether "one would want the man she loves to have such awesome responsibilities...
...reveal that "Senator Barry Goldwater, Governor George Romney and Governor William Scranton have all decided against buying floors in the Manhattan cooperative apartment building that already boasts Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, Governor Rockefeller's first wife, Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller, Governor Rockefeller's second wife, Margaretta Fitler Murphy Rockefeller, Mr. Nixon's only wife Pat, his children, their dog, some of Governor Rockefeller's children, all of the second Mrs. Rockefeller's children, and the most discreet elevator operator on Fifth Avenue...
...weeks of social speculation came to an end with a tightly written, three-page announcement issued by the Rockefeller brothers' office in Manhattan. It began: "Mrs. Margaretta Fitler Murphy and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, both of New York, were married today at noon at the home of the Governor's brother, Laurance S., at Pocantico Hills...
...response to another question, Keating would not comment of the political implications of Governor Rockefeller's remarriage Saturday to Margaretta Fitler Murphy, except to say, "I wish the Governor and his wife every happiness...
...That does not mean there will not be any, however." Well, did that mean that Rocky would seize the moment to marry recently divorced Margaretta Fitler ("Happy") Murphy? No one was saying...