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Before the Watergate scandal broke open, nearly every morning a precisely attired man walked into Coco's, a restaurant in the rich resort town of Newport Beach, Calif. Sitting down at the same corner table, he picked up the morning newspaper and began sipping his coffee. After a polite pause, he was approached by local businessmen and politicians, who, one by one, stated their business, received their reply, and moved on so the next man could have a chance. The ritual sometimes took as long as 2½ hours...
Offered a job as Under Secretary of Commerce, Kalmbach decided instead to return to Newport Beach and the law practice he had set up in 1967. It was a profitable move. Starting off with only four attorneys, Kalmbach, who had little reputation as a lawyer, built his firm into one of California's, and perhaps the nation's, most successful. He rapidly acquired an impressive roster of clients: the Atlantic Richfield Company; United Air Lines; the Travelers Insurance Company; the Flying Tiger Corporation; Dart Industries Inc.; the Marriott Corporation; MCA Inc., which produces perhaps 40% of prime-time...
...SOUND of jazz filled New York last week as George Wein's twentieth Newport Jazz Festival finished its second year in its transplanted home. The festival, running from June 29 to July 8, brought together over 500 jazz musicians in a variety of settings and formats. From concerts in Harlem's Apollo Theater to Carnegie and Philharmonic Halls to the Hudson River boat rides on the Staten Island Ferry, the festival covered the city. Because of its magnitude and dimension, the phenomenon can not be wholly comprehended or fully interpreted. Despite the fact that jazz reached its apex...
...from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean, perhaps, or heading out to the warm atolls of the South Pa cific. At home, the new cruisers are getting ready to join them. Lighting Designer Len Thornback, 46, and his schoolteacher wife Jane, 48, have al ready moved aboard their Westsail at Newport Beach, Calif. "In a year or so," says Thornback, "we'll simply leave. First the Mediterranean and the Baltic. After that, we don't care where...
...CHRISTIAN Newport Beach, Calif...