Word: crimed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...feeling of reverence for courts does not exist, and I think it's a sorry day when the feeling does not exist for a [federal] commission." Indignant Charles Wolverton wanted to haul the offending Senators before the House subcommittee, and he introduced a bill to make it a crime for anybody, including members of Congress, to make an improper request of a federal regulatory agency member. Said he: "I'm sure it shocks anyone else who has an idea of morality...
...financial position is so bad that world banks ceased several months ago to honor Saudi letters of credit. Educated Saudis almost to a man are disgusted. Said one: "The King is burning up our wealth, wasting, wasting everywhere-palaces, women, bribes. He is destroying our country. It is a crime that cannot...
...anywhere near broke; the strongman is said to have squirreled away $250 million. Neither has Communist or Fascist ties, nor has either plotted against the succeeding government (the ground for denying Perón a U.S. visa). Neither is technically guilty of moral turpitude, i.e., convicted of a crime. Both reportedly expect to settle in or near Washington...
Quality Court. In Indianapolis, John R. Rettig, 34, explained in court that he had stolen a car in Ohio, then hurried across the Indiana line to make his crime a federal offense, because he understood that the food is better in federal than in state prisons...
Although radio interview's with holdup victims are old hat. Victim Harry Ingersoll, 44, a San Antonio loan company owner, reluctantly set a precedent last week in the annals of crime broadcasting. He was interviewed by San Antonio's KITE while the robber still held a gun on him. KITE's Newsman Harry Van Slycke picked up a police alarm of a holdup at Ingersoll's office, rang up Ingersoll and turned on a tape recorder. At the scene of the crime, the young gunman ordered Ingersoll to answer the call and act natural...