Word: marriott
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Washingtonians, from Cabinet officers to Government clerks, the orange-roofed Hot Shoppes are as well known as the Washington Monument. Last week Hot Shoppe Owner J. Willard Marriott branched out with another sort of monument-one of the world's largest motels. Sprawling along seven Potomac-side acres beside busy U.S. 1, the $5,000,000 motel has 370 wall-to-wall carpeted rooms equipped with TV and hifi, plus a swimming pool for adults, a wading pool for children. Guests can drive up to Marriott's Motor Hotel, select accommodations from a look at 3-D Kodachrome...
...Marriott arrived in Washington from little Marriott, Utah (named for his grandfather) thirty years ago with $3,000 capital (half borrowed) and the Washington franchise for a western root beer. With a partner he opened a hole-in-the-wall root-beer stand, the following year had two stands and no partner (he bought him out for $5,000). To make up for the drop in root-beer sales in winter, he installed a steam table and griddle, began selling tamales and enchiladas, changed his stores' name to Hot Shoppes. The chain kept expanding because the food was good...
Late in the same period, however, reserve Dartmouth quarterback Len Clark flipped a 30-yard pass to Don Marriott who caught it on the Crimson 15 and ran down the sideline for the tying score...
British police soon guessed that the theft was the work of Scottish nationalists. At the scene, they found a short crowbar and a wrist watch. Freshly carved on the coronation chair were the initials J.F.S., meaning possibly Justice for Scotland. Archdeacon S. J. Marriott thought that the theft was an elaborately planned job. Said he: "Early that morning I heard a crowd of drunks singing loudly outside. They might have been covering up for the noises inside." A policeman reported having questioned a man and a woman in a small, English-built Ford parked by the Abbey that night...
Clayton tossed a 15-yarder to Vince Marriott to set up the Indian score in the first period; this was the only completed pass of the day. Tisdale, playing after a week's absence due to a leg injury, threw 11 incomplete passes, while Ed Ryan, who took over in the last half, missed four times. Tisdale still does not look ready for full-time action...