Palm Beach: A wealthy winter haven with high society roots
Palm Beach remains a premier social hub with old money and new wealth mingling. Notables like Mrs. Farris and Estee Lauder host extravagant private parties in mansions and tents, while charity balls draw figures from politics and entertainment. The town prides itself on philanthropy and low crime, with notable landmarks like the Breakers and Poinciana Plaza shaping its renowned social scene.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
America
Vanderbilts
Whitneys
Gerrys
Cushings
Wanamakers
Goulds
Astors
Nouveau Riche
United States
Everglades
Victor W. Farris
Kaye
Chicago
William Cudahy
New York
Earl E. T. Smith
Smith
Poinciana Plaza
Findlay
Worth Avenue
West Palm Beach
Lake Worth
White House Astrologists Seek Carter Birth Time
Washington reports note astrologists seek the hour of President Carter's birth to forecast his fortune. Miss Lillian Carter cites Oct 1, 1924 at seven in the morning as her son’s birth time, while staff and aides discuss White House culture and attire.
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Washington
White House
Carter
Lillian
Rex Granum
Granum
Oval Office
Jim Fallows
Hamilton Jordan
Jody Powell
Midge Costanza
Powell
Florida Palm Trees Treated To Slow Coconut Disease Spread
Florida's coconut palm disease threatens Palm Beach as researchers inject trees with tetra mycin to slow progression and protect urban greenery. Local officials monitor outbreaks and plan continued treatment programs.
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Ny Horizon
Florida
Palm Beach
Emigrant hides in shoes in California debut
An unusual wood borer from the Mediterranean arrived in California in a Greek made wooden shoe. The state Department of Food and Agriculture calls it the first such borer reported in the United States. County biologist Phil Siebert notes the insect likely came with the wood from the tree used for the shoe heel.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Department of Food and Agriculture
United States
Phil Siebert
Keith Richard To Reappear in Court
Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones is ordered to reappear in Toronto on June 27 for a preliminary hearing or trial on heroin and cocaine possession charges. He was free on 25000 dollars bail after a Monday court appearance in a blue velvet suit. Police barred cameras inside and confiscated recorders as about 150 fans gathered outside the courthouse.
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Toronto
Keith Richard
Rock Star
Stones
Rolling Stones
Student Art Fair Planned
The first annual informal Coe Cornell arts and crafts fair runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday and Sunday on the First Avenue side of the Coe campus. Works by five Cornell and two Coe senior majors plus Coe ceramics instructor Art Morrison will be shown and sold. Participants include Coe seniors Mark Espe and John Sterner and Cornell students Pam Burg Jeff Courtman Craig Margulis John Orth and Joni Zivi. ON THIS DATE in 1967 tornadoes killed 12 and injured 100 in southern Minnesota.
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Coe- Cornell
First Avenue
Coe
Cornell
Art Morrison
Mark Espe
John Sterner
Pam Burg
Jeff Courtman
Craig Margulis
John Orth
Joni Zivi
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Roberta Peters
Sen
Edward
Florida City
Backstairs
Helen Thomas
Mary Fitzpatrick
Georgia
Amy Carter
Caron
Chip Carter
John F. Kennedy Center For
Walter Mondale
Minnesota
Wiew of
the Times
Armstrong Men's Clothing
Downtound
Cedar Rapids
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