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...hand a diplomatic plum to a Nixon aide who had had at least a passing involvement in the Administration's marketing of ambassadorships. During a House hearing in July, Nixon's lawyer, Herbert Kalmbach, recalled being told by Flanigan to get in touch with a department-store millionairess, Ruth Farkas, because "she is interested in giving $250,000 for Costa Rica...
...West Coast tycoon has sold one of his two yachts. A socially prominent Manhattan couple has switched from vintage to nonvintage champagne, while some of their affluent friends provide only California jug wine-in Waterford decanters. A Los Angeles millionairess, Elsie Pollack, now features chili at her dinner parties; another wealthy hostess has replaced cut flowers with synthetic centerpieces. A Chicago industrialist has turned in his Cadillac for a relatively miserly Mercedes 220 with a diesel engine that gets up to 32 m.p.g...
...success is, of course, mutual property; the syndication rights on her current shows alone would make Mary a millionairess. But her husband, Grant Tinker, has exclusive property rights to all the pressures of success. In addition to the long-running Mary Tyler Moore and Bob Newhart shows, plus the overnight smash Rhoda, his company has been churning out a series of series. All bear the MTM trademark-a strong comic idea and a stronger supporting cast. But even these cannot guarantee infallibility. One show, the cantankerous new The Texas Wheelers, is Tinker's first failure, a comedy that guttered...
George McGovern, Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew have all revealed their financial worth. Last week it was Sargent Shriver's turn, and it proved to be the most surprising disclosure to date. Shriver, married to a Kennedy millionairess, turned out to be the poorest of the quartet of main political contenders. He put his net worth at the round figure...
...Nixon by Connally in a formal reception in the ranch's high-ceilinged living room. The guest list was compiled from the very top of the Texas power pyramid: Dallas Billionaire H. Ross Perot, H.L. Hunt's son Nelson, John Murchison, former Dallas Mayor Erik Jonsson, Houston Millionairess Ima Hogg, construction Magnate George Brown and Fort Worth's Perry Bass, who helped hoist Connally to political power. Publicly, most of the guests were Democrats; in the eccentricities of Texas politics even the most hidebound conservatives pay lip service to traditional ties to the Democratic Party...