Word: joe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...pruning of ambassadorial expense allowances (he calls them "booze allowances"), Rooney flew down on schedule, found himself hoteled (at Kennedy's expense) in a luxurious suite at the Palm Beach Towers. Next morning a comely Kennedy secretary drove him from the hotel, prattled through a guided tour of Joe Kennedy's cream-colored villa before depositing him in the library. There was a suitable moment's wait, then in strode Jack, followed shortly by Lyndon, Kerr and incoming Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon. (Notably absent: future Secretary of State Dean Rusk...
Paris gallery owners estimate that there are about 100 serious U.S. painters now working in Paris, but few of them have attracted as much attention as 35-year-old Joe Downing, who comes from Horse Cave, Ky. (pop. 1,545). With scraps of specially treated paper and a stapler to fasten them together, Downing produces "paintings" that have brought French critics under his spell...
...with no hair. Caroline seemed satisfied with that, and then sought out Lyndon Johnson to discover whether the master political craftsman knew how to make sand pies. Disappointingly, he didn't. One morning Sam Rayburn also tried his hand at fishing off the Palm Beach seawall with little Joe Kennedy, Bobby's son, caught eight fish to Joe's seven. As if that had not been enough of a challenge, Sam Rayburn also had to sleep next to the nursery; the baby, remarked Jack Kennedy next day, "had a restless night...
...A.F.L. will reach the end of its first season with all eight teams still in business. Survival is a triumph of sorts, but for the A.F.L. it is one that was dearly bought: losses for 1960 may run as high as $4,000,000. Sums up A.F.L. Commissioner Joe Foss, famed World War II fighter ace: "I'm not disappointed, nor am I satisfied...
...hold-for-release stories to the press. Within two days, predictably, Sperry stock shot up 4 3/8 points. The New York Stock Exchange "suggested" that the company declare at once all details about the product. It did. Ever since Manhattan Lawyer Roy Cohn, onetime aid to the late Joe McCarthy, bought Lionel Corp. a year ago, the model-railroad maker's stock has risen, helped by better earnings, rumors, new flashes and promotional splashes. A month ago Lionel President John B. Medaris was scheduled to speak before the prestigious New York Society of Security Analysts, and word went around...