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...presidency of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters may well be the most powerful union post in the U.S., but it has its hazards. Two of the last three Teamster bosses, Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa, were sent to prison on corruption charges. After his release, Hoffa vanished, presumably rubbed out by the Mob. Says Jackie Presser, a Teamster vice president: "That chair isn't a throne, it's an electric chair." His point...
...member union, which represents not only some 1 million truckers and warehousemen but also hospital and brewery workers, food industry laborers, police and other municipal employees, and workers in many other occupations. In the 1950s the Teamsters were often linked to labor violence and racketeering, and their president, David Beck, was convicted of embezzlement, larceny and income tax evasion...
...Beck's successor, Jimmy Hoffa, remained under almost continual federal investigation by the Justice Department. In 1964 he was convicted and sentenced to a total of 13 years in federal prison for jury tampering, fraud and conspiracy in connection with pension-fund mismanagement. He began serving time in 1967 after his appeals...
Presence sometimes takes precedence over performance. That is the case here. Elizabeth Taylor displays more confidence than craft in her Broadway acting debut at the Martin Beck Theater, not that her acting is less than competent. But the audience is not intent on watching her act; it is absorbed in watching...
...under the quiet guidance of Craig Patrick, who took over when the turbulent Freddie Shero quit in mid-season, the Rangers have emerged as a surprisingly strong team. With Barry Beck finally playing the kind of hockey he is capable of, and Ron Duguay playing much better than anyone ever dreamed he could, the downtowners will provide a tought barrier to the Isles' second straight Stanley...