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A report from the New York Times News Service quoted unidentified White House sources as stating that "Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger and the Joint Chiefs of Staff kept unusually close control over lines of command during the last days of the Nixon Administration to ensure that no unauthorized orders were given to military units by the ...
The Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel is located at 811 Seventh Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. [7] [8] The building's rectangular land lot occupies the western half of the city block bounded by Seventh Avenue to the west, 52nd Street to the south, Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) to the east, and 53rd Street to the north.
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In 1963, Shwebel changed the name of the hotel to the "Times Square Motor Hotel," adding the word "Motor "because there was a need for moderately priced hotel accommodations with free parking." [ 4 ] In the early 1970s, the hotel became home to the mentally ill and troubled Vietnam War veterans, and New York City subsequently placed welfare ...
April 21 April 28: You Can Profit From A Monetary Crisis: Harry Browne: May 5: Plain Speaking: Merle Miller: May 12 May 19: Times to Remember: Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy: May 26 June 2 June 9 June 16 June 23 June 30: All the President's Men: Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward: July 7 July 14 July 21 July 28 August 4 August 11 August 18 August 25 ...
On December 31, 1907, a ball signifying New Year's Day was first dropped at Times Square, [160] and the Square has held the main New Year's celebration in New York City ever since. On that night, hundreds of thousands of people congregate to watch the Waterford Crystal ball being lowered on a pole atop the building, marking the start of the new ...
Walt Singer (1911–1992), end for the New York Giants of the NFL, 1935–1936 [256] Thomas F. X. Smith (1928–1996), professional basketball player for the New York Knicks in 1951; mayor of Jersey City 1977–1981 (B) [195] Jim Spanarkel (born 1957), television analyst who played in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Dallas Mavericks ...
Carlton Hayes (1882–1964) – history professor at Columbia University, ambassador to Spain, born in Afton, New York; Ashton Hayward (born 1969) – former mayor of Pensacola, born in Pensacola, Florida; O. Henry (1862–1910) – author, born in Greensboro, North Carolina; Tommy Hilfiger (born 1951) – fashion designer, born in Elmira, New York