Word: brislin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...biggest news breaks did not fall to the Times. They fell to its morning rival, the Republican Tribune (circ. 40,733). When Teamster Steward Paul Bradshaw went on trial for the dynamiting in 1955, a tough, aggressive Tribune reporter named J. Harold Brislin interviewed him and wrote a story after his conviction asking: "Will Bradshaw talk?" Four months later, out on bail and embittered by the way his union pals had let him take the rap, Paul Bradshaw decided at last to talk-to Harold Brislin...
Vinegar in the Blood. In a series of surreptitious midnight conferences at Brislin's house, Bradshaw and girl friend sang out the story of the dynamiting and allowed the newsman to copy tape-recorded conversations by the four other goons who had done the job. With affidavits from Bradshaw and girl friend in hand, Brislin turned his story in to the Tribune city desk and handed over his evidence to the district attorney. Within three days all four dynamiters had con fessed. Brislin's continuing exclusive sto ries in the Tribune and a sustained editorial barrage...
Convinced that the committee and the press have "still only scratched the sur face" in Scranton, Newsman Brislin (whose city editor says he has "vinegar in his blood") last week was digging deeper into the story that he has followed for 25 months. Over at the Times, Tom Murphy was banging away with new editorials on an issue that he spotted and tackled more than three years...
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