Word: idlewild
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...transatlantic customers are American, most of the foreign lines try to appeal to their old-country loyalties. With two of the biggest blocs to draw on, Ireland's Aer Lingus and Israel's El Al are reaping an ethnic harvest. Once the two lines shared an Idlewild airport terminal that was fondly known as "Abie's Irish Airline," but booming business has forced them into separate quarters...
When an Iberia Air Lines jet dropped them all at New York's Idlewild Airport last week, the intransigent Fidelistas were ready to stage a noisy lie-down protest rather than surrender their passports. Instead, the first five to step through immigration had their passports stamped "Not Valid-Tentatively Withdrawn." The rest got letters declaring their passports tentatively withdrawn-and ten of them got subpoenas to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee...
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...