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...recent trial of Harvey King Conner, a former Elmore County deputy sheriff charged with beating a Negro motorist to death last November. A county grand jury refused to indict the 200-lb. Conner, although two state troopers had seen him hitting the 155-lb. Negro with a blackjack. He was therefore tried in Johnson's court on the federal charge of having denied the victim's civil rights...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judges: Interpreter in the Front Line | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

...chiefs of state. The headquarters for the conference is the seven-story San Rafael Hotel, which looks like an overgrown Tudor mansion. The talks themselves will be held in the hotel's gambling casino, where some $30,000 is bet each night during the season on roulette and blackjack. Johnson hopes to place a far bigger bet on Latin America's ability to build and profit from a common market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: LBJ.'s Gamble | 4/14/1967 | See Source »

...legislator has his own way of raising money, most notably the testimonial dinner. It has the advantage that no single contribution is "major," even at $500 a plate. In the trade, such affairs are often known as "blackjack" dinners, since lobbyists or trade associations for whom the Congressman has done a favor are pointedly notified and often arbitrarily assigned an allotted number of tickets. In Washington, a favorite variant is the campaign cocktail party. Says one lobbyist ruefully: "I get invited to about two every month. They are so well organized that after the first drink, they pass blank checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS: Who Can Afford to Be Honest? | 3/31/1967 | See Source »

...immediately. Virtually none of it has been redeposited in Lebanese banks. Since Intra held 38% of the country's deposits, its continued shutdown has meant a disabling shortage of cash. Lebanese restaurants report up to a 50% falloff in business; in the gambling casinos, the dealers are playing blackjack with one another. Worse, merchants have now lost their credit ratings, must do business on a full cash basis before goods will be delivered. Since they do not have much cash, there is not much commerce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: How They Broke the Bank | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...arrival of the freewheeling, sports-shirted American is really what has put London into the international big time. Reports Victoria Owner George Wynberg: "This summer we had what I think was the biggest blackjack hand ever dealt in the world-$26,500. The dealer dealt himself a three, and all the Americans doubled and split their bets. None of them went bust, all pulling out between 17 and 20. The dealer dealt himself a seven and a ten; so the house won, thank...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: God Save the Ace | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

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