Word: owners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Under the new law, Travancas' men also have the right to search for "exterior signs" of wealth-which might indicate, for example, that the owner of a $75,000 Copacabana Beach apartment really earned more than the $2,000 he declared on his tax form. At present, revenue agents are combing through membership lists in yacht and race-track clubs, checking the resources of Brazilian tourists abroad. Hostesses who once boasted about their cuisine now beg society columnists not to mention the delicacies served at their dinners...
...time. And because so many readers are anxious to give it their time, Robert Petersen has cannily capitalized on the pattern of its success. He has brought out nearly a dozen similar magazines and has become a millionaire ten times over. At 39, he is the sole owner of one of the largest U.S. publishing companies west of the Rockies...
...month he announced plans to publish automotive and hobby paperbacks with the New American Library. His film production company has an hour color special, "The Wonderful World of Wheels," scheduled for September airing on CBS. He is a large stockholder in the Riverside, Calif., International Raceway; he is part owner of a 470,000-acre cattle ranch near Yosemite National Park; and his company's real estate division owns more than 250,000 sq. ft. along Hollywood Boulevard...
Supposed Properties. Houston Endowment Inc. is a $400 million nonprofit foundation set up by the late Jesse Jones, onetime U.S. Commerce Secretary and owner of the Chronicle. Recently, the trustees of the foundation, notably President J. Howard Creekmore, became anxious to convert the paper and other Endowment holdings into cash; last December they happily accepted an offer of $85 million from Mecom. In return, Mecom was to get the Chronicle, the well-located Chronicle Building and Rice Hotel, and a 30% controlling interest in the Texas National Bank of Commerce, second largest in town. Mecom...
...Sellout!" Naturally, not everybody is overjoyed at the merger-notably David ("Sonny") Werblin, owner of the A.F.L.'s New York Jets, who is furious at having to pay the indemnity (his share: $2,000,000) to his cross-town N.F.L. rivals, the Giants. "Sellout!" screamed Werblin, who has sold 43,000 season tickets...