Word: montreal
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...greatest? Many of the touring pros would vote for Nicklaus, who can outdrive Trevino by 30 yds. and win any tournament when he puts his total game together. Most colorful? Most popular? From the public, there is no argument. That became dramatically apparent at the recent Canadian Open in Montreal. As Arnold Palmer stepped up to the tenth tee, an official on the adjacent first tee announced: "Now on the tee, the U.S. Open champion, Senor Lee Trevino!" Just like that, several hundred spectators deserted Arnie's Army, for years pro golf's largest entourage, to join the happy, noisy...
Died. Samuel R. Bronfman, 80, founder and president of Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Limited; in Montreal. Bronfman laid the foundations of his financial empire 54 years ago when he started a mail-order whisky business. Branching out into distilling during Prohibition, Bronfman went on to create the world's largest distillery. At 80, Bronfman still remained the astute chieftain and patriarchal head of a family-dominated firm. "I've set it up better than the Rothschilds," he once said. "They spread the children. I've kept them together...
...great that each passenger in a six-across row of a 707 airliner may have paid a different amount for his ticket. The round-trip New York-London economy fare in peak season is $555, and the price is just about the same for trips between London and Montreal, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington. Some ways a traveler can get a better deal: CHARTER FLIGHTS offer the cheapest fares but also involve the most restrictions (although some are frequently ignored). Any nontravel organization at least two years old can charter a plane and sell the seats at cost to members...
...majority of the membership-which favor retaining lATA's price-fixing power and the relatively high prices that the cartel has set. On the other side are the superpowers, eager for lower fares and resentful of the majority's dominance. Said one big-four negotiator in Montreal: "We're sick and tired of little airlines like Air Afrique telling us what we can charge on routes they don't even...
Something for Seniors. While both sides have been flooding IATA with proposals for this week's agenda, young travelers have been scrambling to get youth-fare tickets for fear IATA might vote to eliminate them. But the talk in Montreal as the meeting was about to open was that the youth fares will be retained and probably extended to older people. Among the proposals to be debated...