Word: companions
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...companion of Weaver's who was charged with the same offense, has been sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine. An observer at the Law School said last night that an appeal of his sentence would probably be unsuccessful since it would be necessary to contest the accuracy of the court testimony rather than the interpretation...
Weaver and a co-worker, Edward Hollander of Baltimore, were arrested in Canton, Miss., a week ago for allegedly "conspiring to intimidate a family." Mrs. Charlean Smith, of Canton, claimed that Weaver and his companion verbally threatened the safety of her six-year-old child if she continued to patronize a local merchant who allegedly discriminates against Negroes...
They were awakened by "an awful din-stones and clubs began crashing through the windows." Then, recalled 58-year-old Ruth Hege, a Baptist missionary from Ohio, "the men found us. They pulled us through the house, onto the porch." Her companion, Fellow Missionary Irene Ferrel, 42, from Idaho, was killed by an arrow. "I feigned that I was dead," said Missionary Hege. "Young men kicked me or grabbed me by the hair. Once a man came up and put his hand on my chest to see if I was really dead. The Lord calmed...
...good birthday present," said his longtime secretary-companion, Alan Searle. But it was hardly that. After a 21-month fight to disinherit his daughter, Lady John Hope, in favor of Searle, W. Somerset Maugham admitted that "all differences have been settled." They seem to have been settled in her favor. In addition to $280,000 cash for some already-sold paintings, the agreement grants her royalties from some Maugham books as well as majority interest in his $1,000,000 villa on the French Riviera. Estimated value of the package: $1,400,000. Deaf, partially blinded by cataracts, and plagued...
...Democrats, Glenn's chief suitor was a sometime swimming-pool host and water-skiing companion-Attorney General Bobby Kennedy. But Glenn kept hesitating. He was finally persuaded to make the move by Ohio's Representative Wayne Hays, who is feuding with the state's regular Democratic organization and figured that a successful Glenn candidacy would help his own group seize control. Meanwhile, the regular organization had committed itself to incumbent Senator Stephen M. Young, 74, for renomination...