Word: arrested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pillows & Salve. Such brutality was plausible. Kierdorf had an arm-long arrest record, once served 27 months for armed robbery. On parole he had been made, at Jimmy Hoffa's insistence, a Teamster official like his ex-convict uncle, Herman Kierdorf (impersonating a federal officer, armed robbery), before him. As business agent of the 5,000-member Local 332, Kierdorf used brutal methods and produced satisfactory results. Once he tried to run over a stubborn employer. Said another: "You don't give him arguments." By brutal methods (see box) and by picketing until employers anted up money, Kierdorf...
Sheriffs from a dozen neighboring counties sat together in the courtroom to show their regard for lanky (6 ft. 2 in.) Buster Treloar. Encouraged, Sheriff Treloar admitted on the stand that he had rapped Daniel once to make him behave after his arrest for bootlegging and speeding, and that in the jail he had tapped Daniel three or four times on the shoulder and buttocks. Sure, he also nudged him with a toe to sit up for Dr. McMillan. Argued one of Treloar's four attorneys: "You are not trying him for whipping somebody. You're trying...
...appointed day Lebanese troops, tanks and barbed wire surrounded Beirut's Parliament; soldiers frisked all comers except Deputies and diplomats, even examined newsmen's pencils to make sure they were not bombs. Men for whom the government had long since put out arrest warrants showed up under special safe-conduct, and there were some curious confrontations. The eagle-beaked boss of Baalbek's rebels strode up to Foreign Minister Charles Malik, target of the most savage opposition attacks, and with a big smile, shook hands. In trooped other rebels, all wanted by the cops, to be greeted...
...Fisher Body plant at Flint, Mich, last week, a General Motors official tacked up an offer of a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of persons who have damaged 96 car chassis since June 1. These acts of sabotage, plus a rash of wildcat strikes, were symptomatic of the bitterness that has grown between automakers and the United Auto Workers in the two months that they have worked without contracts. Both sides are gearing for the final showdown. Last week the U.A.W. announced that it had secretly polled its membership, found more than 90% in favor...
...Having personally recruited 700 Free Officers, he led the army revolt overthrowing Farouk, and wielded power through an older, pipe-smoking front man, General Mohammed Naguib, who is now under house arrest. That year Dwight Eisenhower was elected President of the U.S., and Mossadegh, having nationalized Iran's oil, was driving Iran to bankruptcy...