Word: falling
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...band and Fourth of July sparklers, awaiting him in front of his hotel. He grabbed a sparkler, used it to conduct a few bars. Wrote New York Daily News Reporter Frank Holeman, after covering the four-state swing: "If you are making any bets on the national elections this fall, here's a friendly little tip: don't be a sucker. Don't give long odds against Nixon...
...soldiers were slowly realizing the job of cleaning up after the Menderes regime was bigger than even Cemal Gursel first supposed. The university professors working on a new constitution now do not expect to finish it until well into July. If elections cannot be held in the fall, they may have to be put off until spring, since large parts of Turkey are snowed in during the winter. The delay has the advantage of allowing time for political regrouping, since an immediate election would undoubtedly produce a landslide for the Republicans and leave Turkey with virtually a one-party government...
...trend for simplicity and economy-with style-is also evident in women's clothes. The U.S. Labor Department reports that by last year eight out of ten new workers joining the labor force were women. Result: women have more money of their own to spend, and fashionmakers' fall lines reflect this. To provide for the growing mass market, the garment trade hopes to concentrate on fewer styles, and counts on mass production to hold prices down. There will be more of the basic models-nubby coats, colorful wool knits and fur-trimmed garments. Dresses are being made with...
...Tisch Hotels Inc.) bought stock control last year. New 21-story, 800-room hotel is scheduled for fall of 1961, will be New York City's first major new hotel in 29 years...
Divorced. Leo Durocher, 54, loud but expert ex-manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants, who resigned last fall from a high-paying NBC job but has since kept his famed lip from flapping about a rumored return to baseball; by Laraine Day, 39, sweet-smiling film and TV star; after 13 years of marriage, two adopted children; in Juarez, Mexico...