Word: worth
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...Britain, the government and the public executors of the estate of Playwright George Bernard Shaw agreed on the value of his copyrights, thus nearly doubled the provisional worth of his estate that was set in 1951. The new figure: $1,680,000, subject to whopping inheritance taxes in the 70% bracket. Meanwhile, G.B.S.'s will was soon to get raked over in court. When Shaw died at an un-mellowed 94 in 1950, he had made a bequest to provide a handsome subsidy to renovate the English alphabet. A hater of diphthongs and illogical pronunciations, Alphabetterer Shaw wanted...
Married. Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, 21, granddaughter of F.D.R., daughter of Elliott, now a Colorado rancher; and Henry D. Lindsley III, 27, Midland, Texas oilman; in Fort Worth...
...himself a subscription to the Wall Street Journal. But the newspaper phoned right after the show to tell him that the subscription was free. Keith Funston, president of the New York Stock Exchange, was on hand to give Lenny another present in gratitude for the publicity: $2,500 worth of any listed stock he wants, plus $40 a month for five years to put into a monthly investment plan...
FREE LIFE INSURANCE recently offered new car buyers by independent automakers (TIME, March 12) is proving more trouble than it is worth. The plan is illegal in many states, and too many buyers misunderstood the deal, thought they were getting liability as well as personal accident insurance...
...turn out, will put on three huge exhibitions at once: an International Auto Show of 150 models (130 are foreign makes, and most of them are making their U.S. debuts); the Fifth International Philatelic Exposition, with 575 stamp exhibitors from 69 governments and $5,250,000 worth of rare issues, including the famed century-old British Guiana one penny black stamp; a National Photographic Show, with 170 exhibits worth some $10 million, including a glass-walled tank to demonstrate the latest underwater photography techniques...