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...Bruce hardwood flooring firm. All they got was splinters. The Government hit him with a $3,464,472 tax lien, but there was no cash in his bank accounts. Bruce thought it had a lock on the goodies in his Fifth Avenue flat, but aside from the underwear, not much had been paid for. Most of his $524,635 art collection was out on approval, just like the $734,000 assortment of ice that Cartier recently sent over to Eddie's estranged wife Rhoda, 28. At week's end a federal grand jury indicted him for illegally withdrawing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 6, 1962 | 7/6/1962 | See Source »

Died. Walter Phelps Hall, 77. Dodge professor emeritus of history at Princeton, a heartily unorthodox (drenched by a cloudburst once, he taught in his underwear) modern history teacher who. despite perversely scheduling his classes for 7:40 a.m.. ran the most popular elective in the 39 years of his tenure; of a heart attack; in Austin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: May 11, 1962 | 5/11/1962 | See Source »

...49th arrived last fall, the base had just been reactivated after two years of falling from seed into a shambles. The barracks were decrepit. Stray cows and pigs roamed the premises. The food was like nothing mother ever cooked. At first, there were not enough blankets, boots or underwear to go around. Worst of all to the men of the 49th, after the Berlin crisis seemed to ease, there appeared little reason for their being in uniform. Major General Harley B. West, the division commander, recognized the problem. Said he: "Fort Polk, La., is a hell of a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Armed Forces: The Pop-Off | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

...Broadway, writer of Orpheus Descending (murder by blow torch), A Streetcar Named Desire (rape, nymphomania, homosexuality), Summer and Smoke (frigidity), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (impotence, alcoholism, homosexuality), Sweet Bird of Youth (drug addiction, castration, syphilis), Suddenly Last Summer (homosexuality, cannibalism), and The Night of the Iguana (masturbation, underwear fetishism, coprophagy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Angel of the Odd | 3/9/1962 | See Source »

...favorite "at home" costume during the day is a comfortable robe; she picks them up for about $12.95 apiece in Manhattan. She buys her underwear in the U.S. "because it is so much better than in Europe. You go into Bonwit Teller and buy a girdle, size small, and you get it home and it fits. It's unbelievable! Incredible! You can't do this in Europe!" It is not so simple with hats, however, which "must be made on your head. A ready-made hat will not be you. While I am sitting for a dress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rich: Having a Marvelous Time | 1/26/1962 | See Source »

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