Word: stapletons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...forgot to rate the friendliness of the people who work at the airports in the guide [July 18]. Cheerful employees can always brighten a weary or troubled traveler. I've been in only six of the airports mentioned, but I would rate them as follows: Denver's Stapleton: very helpful and friendly. Kennedy and LaGuardia: surprisingly friendly and helpful. Charles de Gaulle and O'Hare: civil. National: grouchy...
President Jimmy Carter sent a telegram asking the Charismatics to pray for him to make "the right decision toward bringing world peace." The President's sister Ruth Carter Stapleton appeared in person to tell how prayers had resolved her daughter's emotional problems. "We have to stop condemning all these problemed people," she said, "and to know that within each one there is a little hurting child, and that child is able to be healed...
...STAPLETON. 13.3 million passengers last year. Averages 1,150 landings and take-offs daily. Four parallel runways, eleven airlines. Delays of 30 min. or more...
...named Hazard, Ky., Charlie Hammonds, a gas-station operator, managed to take calamity in stride. His reason: "This is the 26th time I've been flooded since I came here in 1957." At Jack's Union 76 Service Station near Sneedville, Tenn. (pop. 1,000). Owner Jack Stapleton even found cause for cheer, though the Clinch River had risen a record 26 ft. above its banks, sweeping away houses and barns. "The river is going down," he said. "Nobody got killed or hurt bad. The sun is shining, and the birds are singing...
Allowing for these limitations, NBC's series, A Tribute to American Theater, makes a highly auspicious debut with Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Dec. 6, 9 p.m. E.S.T.). Laurence Olivier, who is the artistic producer for all of the programs, plays Big Daddy. Maureen Stapleton is Big Mama, Natalie Wood has the role of Maggie the Cat, and Robert Wagner plays Brick, Maggie's sexually abstinent husband and Big Daddy's favorite son. They all give admirably strong and well-defined performances...