Seated beside her husband, Joan Kennedy left no doubt as to her emotions at his announcement that he was not available for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976. Kennedy's Shermanesque statement left no loopholes: "There is absolutely no circumstance or event that will alter the decision." It was a choice made under melancholy conditions. Kennedy wants to spend more time with his son who is recovering from bone cancer and the amputation of his right leg. The rigors of a presidential campaign might, furthermore, have been devastating to Joan, who has been hospitalized at least three times for emotional strain. As if to emphasize her frailty, a senatorial spokesman revealed that she would soon reenter a California clinic.
For Rocky, the rigors of financial disclosure
Flanked by solemn Senators Javits and Buckley of his home state, former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller struck an heroic pose while taking the oath before the committee studying his qualifications to be Vice-President, including his finances. Vowing to debunk the "myth" about a Rockefeller's riches, he nonetheless produced some figures well beyond the reach—if not the comprehension—of the ordinary wage earner: total holdings, $218 million; net worth, $62.5 million; average annual income for the past decade, $4.6 million. Last year alone, for example, Rockefeller and his wife paid $115,497 in sales taxes—about 10 times what the average American earned.
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
The case reveals what was really going on what they think of each other now!
