Word: heir
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Died. Lance Reventlow, 36, auto racer and heir to the Woolworth five-and-ten fortune; in a plane crash; near Aspen, Colo. The son of Barbara Hutton and the second of her seven husbands, Reventlow devoted most of his time and much of his $25 million inheritance to his passion for racing. Though he mockingly described himself as "a playboy," his win in Nassau's 1958 Governor's Cup Race-in a car he both designed and drove-established Reventlow's reputation as a serious competitor. His love of auto racing and his refusal to give...
...this point Owens joined with the four independent councillors, who are satisfied with incumbent manager John H. Corcoran, and refused to vote to request Corcoran's resignation while Peterson remained heir-apparent...
...wide experience in foreign affairs and security matters. The progress of the Red Cross negotiations, which will formally begin later this year with a precise agenda, led to Lee's visit to Pyongyang, where he talked with Premier Kim II Sung and Kim's younger brother and heir apparent, Politburo Member Kim Yong Ju. When he arrived back in Panmunjom from his historic journey, Lee subsequently confessed, "I felt dizzy." Three weeks later Kim sent his second Vice Premier, Pak Sung Chul, to Seoul for secret talks with South Korean officials...
...chairman, California Real Estate Dealer Harold Willens, explains that the members have "fallen in love symbolically with George." They include Co-Chairmen Liz Stevens of Washington and Marjorie Benton of Chicago, Xerox Executive Committee Chairman Max Palevsky, Los Angeles Manufacturer Miles Rubin, Actor Warren Beatty, General Motors Heir Stewart Mott, and San Francisco Socialite June Degnan. The members will be invited to attend the Democratic Convention as VIPs, wearing identifying pins. A similar Washington-based club, called "VICS" (Very Important Contributors), requires only a $5,000 donation. Its members have been invited to a McGovern picnic at Ethel Kennedy...
...recent controversies over domestic priorities and Japan's U.S.-oriented foreign policy have notably decreased Sato's ability to determine his successor. Foreign Minister Takeo Fukuda, whom Sato had groomed as the heir apparent, cut short a trip to Seoul scheduled for this week in order to be on hand for Sato's announcement. It will signal what promises to be a struggle for the succession among Fukuda and three rivals: Trade Minister Kakuei Tanaka, a construction millionaire who is the main threat to Fukuda's hopes, and two former Foreign Ministers, Masayoshi Ohira and Takeo...