Word: palmers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Helen Palmer Geisel, 69, wife of "Dr. Seuss" and mother to his zany literary menagerie of Grinches, Nerkles, and Star-Belly Sneetches; of undetermined causes; in La Jolla, Calif. As an American at Oxford in 1925, she urged her boy friend, Ted Geisel, to devote himself to his whimsical doodles. Geisel took her advice to heart, married her as well, and as Dr. Seuss, published 27 books...
...cameras atop a 250-ft. crane, in trees, behind bunkers and in a blimp, which allowed panoramic shots of the entire course, as well as close-ups of snaking putts that seemed to drop right into the viewer's martini. At one point, when Billy Casper and Arnold Palmer were tied for the lead, Arledge split the screen and showed them putting simultaneously on different holes-a touch of drama that neither the golfers nor the gallery could savor. Significantly, many golf writers no longer cover a tournament by tromping around the course; they sit in the press tent...
...Times staff: "This memorandum is to let you know that the decision we have finally reached is 'no.' The New York Times will not publish an evening newspaper." The News was less explicit but hardly hopeful. "When we have something further to say," said Business Manager Val Palmer, "we will make an announcement...
Golf & Astronauts. Though horse racing still accounts for 90% of Ladbroke's take, Stein has eagerly diversified. He now books greyhound racing and football, began posting odds on golf in the early '60s when Arnold Palmer made the pro game popular in England. In 1963, he pioneered the making of book on elections. Current special: 10-to-l odds on an astronaut's landing on the moon next year...
Also charged to last year's Coop expenses were the costs of retailoring the new text book annex and Palmer St. itself to avoid a suit by Sheldon Dietz '41, another Palmer St. property owner. Dietz's fight against the annex delayed construction nine months, Morrill said, and cost the Coop about $400,000 extra...