Word: bribe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Last month, at the height of Democrat Gerstein's campaign for reelection, the Herald finally found what it billed as evidence against him. His Re publican opponent, Shelby Highsmith, accused him of taking a $1,500 bribe eight years ago to drop bad-check charges against Howard C. Edwards, a former minister of the Christian Church, after Edwards had made the bad check good. As proof, Highsmith offered sworn statements from Edwards and an alleged contact man. Next day the Herald arranged to fly Edwards and his colleague to Chicago for lie-detector tests. Though Edwards' test...
...Bribe Needed. The Herald's ri val, the Miami News (circ. 94,000), came to a different conclusion. The News' editorial staff has long sought a way out of the shadow of its larger competitor...
...case against Gerstein was shaky for more significant reasons. As one Miami lawyer explained: "Everybody knows that if you make restitution in a bad-check case your case will be dis missed on the first go-round. You wouldn't bribe anyone. It wouldn't be necessary." Moreover, the alleged ev idence against Gerstein also implicated three judges - all former members of Gerstein's staff. But at first neither Highsmith nor the Herald publicized the additional charges. Gerstein's ex planation was that they were so preposterous that the whole case - including the accusation against...
...that is a fair representation of conditions on any newsmagazine that could possibly come to mind. It is the story line that seems just a trifle exaggerated. In the first installment, Franciosa starts off on a routine assignment, tries to bribe one sexy girl, romances another, shoots two would-be assassins and, with the aid of the FBI, breaks up an international espionage ring. Then it's time for lunch...
...picking out the best known artists, in their most recognizable attire. The hand of the French public relations man, embracing the creative world under the tricolor makes us wonder if he doesn't want us to like him a little better, or visit his country a little sooner. But bribe or no bribe, reunions are not known for soul-searing communications...