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...persuade voters that recession was not right around the corner. The President was ready with a shiny token. He would unfreeze $1.5 billion of federal, state and local construction money that he had effectively held up last fall as an anti-inflation move. Congressmen greeted the announcement as political manna. "The problems of inflation have been defeated," said House Republican Leader Gerald Ford. "The danger of recession is nil." His comment was deflated the next day by Arthur Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, who stated soberly that "of course there is danger" of both recession and inflation...
Rowan, who was divorced in 1959, lives sedately with his second wife, Adriana, 26, a former model, in a spacious three-bedroom apartment overlooking the harbor of Manna Del Rey. The garage below houses four cars (a Mercedes-Benz roadster and sedan, an Austin-Healey and a Corvette). Berthed at the dock out back is a 35-ft. ketch, Aisling (Gaelic for dream spirit), on which the Rowans spend most weekends. "These signs of success," Rowan says, "are nice things, appreciated and prized. But you know, more important and more rewarding than any of these things is doing your...
Shylock's daughter, who elopes with the Christian Lorenzo, gives the impression, as played by Maria Tucci, of treating her Jewish heritage very lightly. Before you know it, she appears wearing a crucifix, and crosses herself as to the manner born and of the manna shorn. Jack Ryland's Lorenzo, moreover, is hardly worth the trouble of eloping with...
...President's Club." G.O.P. Congressmen Charles Goodell of New York and Thomas Curtis of Missouri were also intrigued by the turn of events. Strange, said Goodell on the House floor, that the Busch contributions to the President's Club had been made "suddenly and simultaneously, as manna from above." Added Curtis: "A very serious matter...
...beneficiaries of the Rockefeller manna insisted, of course, that it was far too early to be writing tickets. "I am highly complimented," said Romney, "but my attention is focused on 1966." To be sure, Romney announced later in the week that he would seek a new four-year term as Governor of Michigan-but without the hallowed promise to serve out his term without drifting off in pursuit of better things. Javits also made news later in the week, though for a different reason. Ever the politician, he accepted an accolade as "1966 Father of the Year,"* posed for pictures...