Word: marte
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...alert airlines agent tipped off reporters that the Isabel Martínez de Perón, 32, on the manifest was exiled Argentine Dictator Juan Perón's comely blonde wife, and when she landed from Spain at New York's Kennedy airport, the newshounds had her surrounded. She was just changing planes, she cooed, and was on her way for a three-week "vacation" in Asunción, Paraguay. Since sun-scorched little Paraguay is hardly a jet-set spa, rumors buzzed that she was preparing yet another Perón attempt at El Retorno. Peronistas...
Pheasant & Paperbacks. Most of the chains have begun to emulate the discount, drug and department stores that in recent years have lured away some of their traditional lower-priced business. This week Kresge will open seven more of its big K-Mart discount houses, bringing the total to 88 out of a chain of 870 stores. Last week Grant (1,097 stores) started building another of its huge Grant City stores, which are so much like department stores that they sell color TV sets and high-fashioned clothes. J.J. Newberry (548 stores) has opened 24 department stores under the name...
Friendly Aloofness. Apart from a possible lobster truce, the tangible re sults of De Gaulle's peregrinations were far from impressive. The general gave vague promises of technical aid and increased trade. He flattered South American self-esteem with lofty references to Bolivar, San Martín and Sucre, and in turn was feted with speeches filled with mentions of Pascal, Racine, Montesquieu, Rousseau and Jeanne d'Arc. He entertained the rich and wellborn at receptions, and nodded and waved with friendly but aloof dignity to the huge crowds that jammed the streets and the squares...
...most direct route to the Trade Mart, where Kennedy was to have spoken, was via Stemmons Freeway. A concrete traffic barrier and "No Turn" signs prevent traffic from turning from Main onto the freeway, but not from Elm Street...
...Service was expected to send the President, in Kenny O'Donnell's words, "through an area which exposes him to the greatest number of people." By the most direct route, only four miles separate Love Field, where the President's jet landed at 11:40 a.m., and the Trade Mart, where he was scheduled to speak. But the motorcade meandered ten miles through suburbs and city. There were plenty of high buildings along...