Word: bennett
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...payoff system was simple. Civic Affairs Director Wilbur M. Bennett, who has not been indicted, would submit the names of likely recipients to Bert Cross, who was chief executive officer from 1963 to 1970. Cross approved each gift. Hansen kept the cash in an office safe and then gave the money to Bennett, who passed it on to the approved candidates or their emissaries. When Heltzer succeeded Cross in 1970, he carried on the practice. He was under the impression, he testified earlier, that the money came from private contributions by 3M executives. "I know I should have suspected that...
...cozy and inbred company, has not lost its prized family spirit, which some critics say led executives to place loyalty to the company above respect for the law in the campaign-fund scandals. Five men - Heltzer, Cross, Hansen, Bennett and former Chairman William McKnight - have agreed to pay the company $475,000 to settle the Bonderman suit. McKnight offered to contribute $300,000 of his own funds, even though he was not implicated. "These other men don't have the kind of money I do," explained McKnight, now 87, whose 3M holdings are worth about $200 million...
...Bennett, Rutledge, and Simmons will travel to the University of California at Fullerton to compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships on April 2. Marion said that Bennett and Rutledge's experience should give the Crimson "a damn good shot to do quite well...
Going Along. At a hearing of Senator Church's subcommittee two Army colonels, William L. Durham and Joseph D. Bennett, explained that in deference to Saudi wishes, the Corps of Engineers made a practice of not assigning Jewish personnel to Saudi Arabia and also saw to it that its civilian contractors did the same. But both denied ever having seen the Arab boycott list...
...liberal Protestantism, had discussed the possibility of suicide with them. Some opposed it, others did nothing to discourage it. The three Van Dusen sons are known to differ on the suicide pact, but colleagues were sympathetic last week. "I think they did the right thing," said Ethicist John C. Bennett, Van Dusen's successor at Union...