Word: raton
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...balmy Boca Raton last week, Florida's sunshine-spirited Governor LeRoy Collins found another opportunity to ladle out the easy-does-it philosophy that carried him to the chairmanship of the Southern Governors' Conference and a national reputation as one of the South's staunchest moderates. Collins urged convention-gathered members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association to "develop and defend a public atmosphere free of racial fears and bigotry." Declared he earnestly: the South must stop fighting the Supreme Court, discard the idea of massive resistance, "seize the opportunity to clear the emotional atmosphere and undertake...
Seven weeks ago, in Boca Raton, Fla., Robertson, who has made his money in shipping and real estate, read a news item saying that the Lakes of Killarney were for sale. He flew to Ireland, looked over the 30 page, 2 ft.-by-3 ft. parchment deed written in Latin during the reign of Charles I (1625-49). Then, after pledging that he would maintain the rustic tradition of Killarney and continue to permit the public to enjoy the property, Robertson paid a reported $252,000 to become owner of 14th century Ross Castle, the ancient Abbey of Saint Finian...
...fighters to B-52 bombers, is one of the big reasons why Douglas' DC-8 and Boeing's 707 transports are sewing up the commercial jet market. Several months ago Fred Rentschler's health began to fail. Last week, at 68, he died at his Boca Raton, Fla. home. Almost until the end, United's Board Chairman kept his hand on the throttle, not wishing to lose a single day. No one understood better the mission of his company and the stakes it played for in the constant race to make the U.S. supreme...
Died. Frederick B. Rentschler, 68, chairman of the board and co-founder of the United Aircraft Corp.; in Boca Raton, Fla. (see BUSINESS...
...political parties. Hence the threat of governmental encroachment continues for our industry regardless of which party is in power." With these words, Harllee Branch Jr., president of the Edison Electric Institute and boss of the big Georgia Power Co., last week warned 650 private power men meeting at Boca Raton, Fla. of the "longstanding" threat of socialization of the U.S. private power industry...