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Stenographer FointtLawyer Says Bobo Rockefeller Flew Into Tantrum When Refused $200CLINEW YORK OH — A lawyer testified Monday that Barbara (Bobo) Rockefeller flew Into a fist-bcating tantrum because her estranged millionaire husband refused her $200 in expense money.The attorney, Joseph Sax. quoted her as screaming at her former husband, Winlhrop Rockefeller:Well, you can spend it on your tarts.The scene so unnerved a stenographer, Sax testified in state Supreme Court, that she fainted in a closet where Bobo had planted her.Sax is suing the Rockefellers for $100,000 he claims is due him for legal work in connection with an eventual 1054 divorce in which Rockefeller settled some five million dollars on Bobo and their young son.Bobo In FloridaRockefeller and his current wife, Janet Edris Rockefeller.with the Rockefellers without having It in writing, do you?’Sax said he revived the unnamed secretary.Bobo has claimed that Sax was retained to bring about a reconciliation between her and her husband. When he failed, she said, lhe discharged him and he declined a fee in an amount agreed upon.Sax claims the eventual divorce settlement followed lines he had previously worked out.CARA DERAILEDPAMPA, Tex. Fifteen cars of an eastbound 135-car freight train derailed yesterday when an axle on one of the cars broke. There were no injuries. The wreck blocked both tracks of the Santa Fe main line.IshiWiSITwhdoPawishsa:dranrrwahahoAmsd^’were in court during part of the*itday's session. Bobo is in Florida.Sax testified fhe big tiff occurred in Chicago's Ambassador-East Hotel Nov. 20. 1952, and interrupted a discussion of a marital settlement Amounting to millions.Barbara asked Winthrop Rockefeller for $200, which she said she had incurred In expenses. Rockefeller said, 'I don’t have; $200 with me/ Barbara then' turned to Winthrop Rockefeller and said to him, 'Well, you can spend it on your tartsand began beating him on the chest with her fists.Sax said he separated Barbara and Winthrop and Rockefeller left the apartment. Sax said Bobo was white and raging.Body Falls Out She walked over to a closet, '^ pulled the door open and a little E secretary fell out in a dead faint. k ! Barbara turned and said to me, \ 'You don’t think I’m going to deal£F©r Da«J»u«
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Tue, Mar 18, 1958
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