Word: pressroom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Married to an airline stewardess just one month, "Champagne Tony" shot a 10-under-par 270 to tie Aaron for the lead after 72 holes, won the tournament with a scrambling par 4 on the first extra hole, and lived up to his nickname by serving champagne in the pressroom afterward. Lema's $9,000 victory swelled his 1963 winnings to $44,296, second only to Jack Nicklaus ($57,615), who finished eleventh at Memphis, eight strokes back...
...stay up late to see the outcome. At one point during the night, the Detroit Free Press started rolling with an edition proclaiming that the proposed constitution had been defeated. Then somebody discovered arithmetical errors, and that legendary cry "Stop the presses" actually rang out in the pressroom. The final vote count has yet to be made, but the margin of victory was only about .6% of the 1.609,600 votes cast...
...ballot was to scrap the commission in favor of a nine-member council and a separate mayor. When both the Birmingham News and Post-Herald backed the reform, Mayor Arthur J. Hanes not only quit talking to newsmen but threatened to turn them out of the city hall pressroom. Said he: "Why should we continue to provide quarters, heat and light for our enemies?" It was no use. The reform was passed by 2,401 votes, and thereby removed from office one of the South's most determined racists: Public Safety Commissioner Eugene ("Bull") Connor, the police boss...
...home by an expert, and an accompanying lighting expert pronounced NBC's lights perfectly all right. A few minutes before they went on the air, Kennedy strolled over to the Vice President, and both spoke inaudibly as they shook hands. Moments later, TV monitors in the studio pressroom came alive and focused on Nixon. He was sitting grimly, staring straight ahead, as if to substantiate preshow betting that Nixon had decided to take the gloves off and hit hard...
...begged for a break and some food, but Rocky was having none of it. Said he to his aides: "Let's keep them here till they finish." This time, he ordered no sandwiches. At 9:33 p.m., almost twelve hours after the session began. Rockefeller strode into the pressroom and, wiping his brow, announced tersely: "It's settled!" Insisted Rockefeller: "The people of New York State pay me $50,000 a year to make decisions like this, and I'll assume responsibility for any fare rise...