Word: bribed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grand jury has indicted former Gov. Foster Furcolo and four members of his Governor's Council for bribe-fixing...
Furcolo, a Democrat who served two terms as Governor between 1956 and 1960, and the four councillors are charged with arranging a bribe to secure the reappointment of Anthony Dinatale as state commissioner of public works...
...addition to the conspiracy charge, the four councillors are charged with one count each of requesting and accepting a bribe. All but one of them are still members of the Governor's Council, which has the power of approval over most Gubernatorial appointments...
With Joseph in tow, Meg descends next on a Kansas cow college, where even French is taught with a barnyard accent. Joseph gets blackballed after she tries to bribe a fraternity with a bagful of Popsicles; when he goes out on a date, she chases after him in a police car. His only release from maternal smotheration comes when Meg is mustering new men friends in the hotel...
Convicted Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa last week braced himself before U.S. District Judge Frank Wilson in Chattanooga and prepared to take it on the chin. He got it. Wilson slugged Hoffa with a sentence of eight years in prison and a $10,000 fine for trying to bribe a jury that was hearing conspiracy charges against...