Word: idlewild
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Blue & Silver. All Friday afternoon, Newport's little airport was like a vestpocket Idlewild, with private planes circling for landing clearance before disgorging cargoes of sun-bronzed men and long-necked beauties, chiffon scarves swathing their high-piled hairdos...
...inspectors so expert in snap judgment that they could simply glance at a woman's face and know whether her spiked heels were full of contraband. As it is, the simplified "oral declarations" remain a pie-in-the-sky practice except for air arrivals at Miami and Idlewild. As for New York's outmoded docks, Nichols concludes, "I can't see anything happening in the next five years that will be better than an aspirin for a man with cancer...
Newlywed Rockefeller, returning from an 18-day honeymoon at his Venezuela ranch and at Brother Laurance's comfort able Virgin Islands bungalow, told greeters at Idlewild airport that he was "very happy to be back." He and his second bride, the former Mrs. Margaretta ("Happy") Murphy, planned to settle down in Rocky's Pocantico Hills estate, then take a get-acquainted tour of New York State. As the Governor stepped toward a waiting car, somebody called out: "The Duke and Duchess of Windsor said they're happy for you." After reflecting for a moment on the implications...
...zeroes in on a baron with a flashy gold cigarette case; Lois is blue because she is "over 30" and unwed; and Pamela is a way-out innocent on a collision course for the plane's cleft-chinned pilot (Hugh O'Brian). Paris, Vienna and picturesque Idlewild furnish the backdrops...
Journalism: International Reporting Hal Hendrix, Fla., News, for stories revealing the Russian buildup in Cuba; Reporting under deadline pressure-Sylvan Fox, Anthony Shannon, and William Longgood, New York World Telegram & Sun, for reporting of March 1, 1962, American Airlines jet crash at Idlewild; Reporting without deadline pressure-Oscar Griffin, Jr., Pecos, Tex., independent, for publishing first articles on Billie Sol Estes...