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Spreading a blush over the pastel patina of Palm Beach, Fla., the titillating divorce-court battle between Newspaper Heir Peter Pulitzer, 52, and his estranged wife Roxanne, 31, drew to an end last week. Pulitzer, accused of having an incestuous relationship with his 26-year-old daughter, counterpunched with testimony from a family retainer suggesting that Roxanne had had a lesbian affair with Jacqueline Kimberly, 32, the wife of Kleenex Heir James Kimberly, 76. Steve Anderson, a crewman on the Pulitzers' 75-ft. yacht, stated that he had once spotted four female legs protruding from...
Florida has plenty of small towns, but one is famous above all the rest: Palm Beach (pop. 9,700) is a plush, pastel resort for the very rich. Florida also has plenty of divorces: 75,000 last year, more than any other state but California and Texas. But the divorce trial under way at the Palm Beach County courthouse has, like the town, achieved an overcharged notoriety. For starters there is a prize surname: Herbert ("Peter") Pulitzer Jr., 52, who filed suit to dissolve his six-year marriage to the former Roxanne Dixon, nee Ulrich. Peter is one of Newspaper...
...tile-covered base of the temple is a muddy blue-green that looks gloomier on the street than it did in Graves' delicate pastel drawings. It contains arcades on three sides, which lead to a restaurant, bookstore and several shops. It also contains a rectangular entrance portal that will eventually double as the pedestal for Raymond Kaskey's Portlandia, a female figure symbolizing the city's virtues...
...Braniff's boss. In 1967 Lawrence married Mary Wells, chairman of the Wells, Rich, Greene advertising agency in New York City. Wells took on Braniff as an account, and together the Lawrence-Wells team did playful, expensive things to Braniffs airplanes, like painting them in seven shimmering pastel colors and paying Artist Alexander Calder $100,000 for his design ideas. Braniffs stewardesses were decked out in Pucci-styled uniforms. "When you've got it, flaunt it" was the proud slogan in the late 1960s...
...Princess of Wales. Selling British romance has also proved a fine business for Laura Ashley Ltd., which has turned a blend of Victorian ruffles and patterns into a nearly $100 million-a-year women's wear and home-furnishings company. The firm's line of frilly blouses, pastel flowered bedspreads and quilted tea cozies now sells from San Francisco to Singapore and from Milan to Melbourne...