As Vice President in 1974, Nelson Rockefeller was asked by President Ford to become the first VP to

[mahatmakanejeeves]

As Vice President in 1974, Nelson Rockefeller was asked by President Ford to become the first VP to live in the new official residence, but Rockefeller refused to budge from his larger house on Foxhall Road, Northwest DC, which he had owned for thirty years:

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[Voltaire2]

1. i've heard the rockefellers were very wealthy

but its just a rumor.

[Sogo]

2. Popular song from my parents' generation ("Greatest Generation"):

On the Sunny Side of the Street

Louis Armstrong

Walked with no one and talked with no one
And I had nothing but shadows
Then one morning you passed
And I brightened at last
Now I greet the day and complete the day
With the sun in my heart
All my worry blew away
When you taught me how to say

Grab your coat and get your hat
Leave your worry on the doorstep
Just direct your feet
To the sunny side of the street
Can't you hear a pitter-pat?
And that happy tune is your step
Life can be so sweet
On the sunny side of the street

I used to walk in the shade
With those blues on parade
But I'm not afraid
This Rover crossed over

If I never have a cent
I'd be rich as Rockefeller
Gold dust at my feet
On the sunny side of the street

[Basic LA]

3. "Chock Full O Nuts" coffee used him in their jingle.

Something like "Better coffee all of Rockefeller's money can't buy!"
Suddenly they had to stop using that line in their commercial.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I remember that as "Better coffee a millionaire's money can't buy." NT

[Basic LA]

6. That's what they had to change it to.

A long time ago, all this. I still buy their coffee for old time's sake, having grown up back east.

[Revanchist]

4. Don't blame him

Why bother moving all your stuff 3 miles away and then turn around and do it again in a couple of years if you don't have to? Sounds like more trouble than it's worth.