Word: heir
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Urbanity in the Boondocks. Reston, which lies on 11 sq. mi. of wooded fox-hunting country 18 miles west of Washington, D.C., has long been strapped for funds. In his zeal to create a town of beauty, Simon, heir to a Manhattan real-estate duchy, plunged ahead with construction in 1962 without calculating how much his dream would cost-or even securing a loan. Simon recalls that "Reston never recovered" after the collapse of an oral deal with the Washington Gas Light Co. to supply $6,000,000 at a low interest rate. Gulf bailed him out with $15 million...
Though Irvine's development was inevitable, if only because of rising land taxes, it did not take to its new role without some struggles. Historically, the company was secretive and suspicious of outsiders-a tone set by the founder's son and sole heir, mustachioed James Irvine Jr. For most of his 55 years as bossman, irascible "J.I." ruled the range from the spread's white frame "Mansion," battling with squatters, poachers and Government agents. At off-the-ranch social occasions, he liked to bring along a pack of unhousebroken dogs to express whatever pique he might...
...identity problem (again) is posed here more as a conundrum than a crisis. Cornelius Yamb is hired by a gangster syndicate to track down a nearmythical youth named Bruno, heir to a fabulous fortune. The quest leads him to a remote Canadian village, where to his surprise he is welcomed as Conrad...
Midst marital ruins stood: A. & P. Heir Huntingdon Hartford, 56, whose third wife Diane, 25, has recently been seeing the sights with Singer Bobby Darin and now wants a permanent split plus $4,000 weekly alimony; Bimini Beachboy Adam Clayton Powell, 58, whose estranged wife Yvette, 35, has wearied of waiting for him to return to her in Puerto Rico, has finally filed suit for divorce and separate maintenance of $1,500 a month; Palm Beach Socialite Nancy Wiman ("Trink") Carter Wakeman, 47, an heiress to the John Deere tractor fortune, who wound up a row with her playboy second...
...away from the phone these days. On one line, he has been calling several of the nation's loftier cultural institutions, trying to get them to accept as a gift his $5,000,000 Gallery of Modern Arton Manhattan's Columbus Circle. The star-crossed A. & P. heir first sought to benefact Columbia and Fordham universities, which hastened to decline when they got a load of the museum's $3,800,000 mortgage and $500,000 yearly upkeep; now he hopes that some philanthropic soul like Uncle Sam will enable the Organization of American States to accept...