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When he lunches at his desk, his wife, Kate Davis Pulitzer Putnam (widow of a World War II flyer, sister of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Editor-Publisher Joseph Pulitzer Jr.), sends his food over by messenger. His easy smile, his compact, 183-Ib. frame and close-cropped, curly hair help him when he wants to be charming-and his short-fused temper is almost legendary. "Pete wants to hear a clear and specific answer, or 'Yes,' 'No,' or 'Maybe,' " says one staffer. "God help anybody who starts to answer Quesada with...
...hero forges onward and downward, square-jawed and indomitably prissy, his footsteps are dogged by the usual unmitigated cur (Thayer David), and loyally followed by four trite and true companions: a plucky youth (Pat Boone), a good-natured giant (Peter Ronson), a beautiful widow (Arlene Dahl) and a noble-souled duck named Gertrude. (The widow, of course, is present over the hero's most passionately prudish protests. "But madam, think!" he gasps. "The lack of privacy...
ANITA O'KEEFFE YOUNG, widow of Railroadman Robert R. Young, wants to sell her Alleghany Corp. stock to Texas Millionaire Clint W. Murchison for estimated $11 million. Sale of stock, crucial to control of Alleghany, is being temporarily blocked by suit filed by a Young relative. When and if deal is closed, Murchison is expected to ask for at least two seats on Allegheny's nine-man board, put new zip into the company...
...widow of battling Railroadman Robert Young resigned in a huff from the board of the multimillion-dollar Alleghany Corp. last week-and thus set the stage for what promises to be 1960's liveliest proxy scrap. Anita O'Keeffe Young,* still ambitious and aggressive at 60-plus, quit to express her opposition to cold, stolid Chairman Allan P. Kirby, 67. It was a bitter end to a 25-year association. Kirby's inherited Woolworth millions had bankrolled Bob Young from the 19305 onward, had put him in command of Alleghany, which controls the New York Central Railroad...
...Young has been growing more dissatisfied with Kirby's management. Her pride was bruised because she felt Kirby was not keeping her properly informed of company affairs. Insiders buzzed that in the two years since Bob Young ended his life (and left all his Alleghany holdings to his widow), Kirby had spoken to her at length only twice, both times at board meetings...