People: Oct. 9, 1964

It's rough, being stuck with $50 million worth of tea leaves. "The day I live for," says Huntington Hartford, 53, the A. & P. heir, "is the day somebody mentions my name and doesn't immediately add A. & P. heir." One plot he brewed to this end was to buy 700 acres of a Bahama isle named Paradise for $14 million and turn it into a play ground hardly anyone could afford. He built a 52-room hotel (rates: up to $135 a day), nightclub, golf course (pro: Gary Player), and tennis courts (pro:...

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