Word: dan
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...background, the 50,000-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters selected as its first president a 295-lb. cutthroat named Cornelius Shea, who eventually was packed off to Sing Sing for stabbing his mistress 27 times (Shea bungled the job -the girl lived). Next, in 1907, came Irish-born Dan Tobin, who was to hold office for 45 astonishing years. Fond of boasting that he ran the union with only two staffers, Tobin came to rule over an empire that had 1,000,000 members, claimed a net worth of $25 million, and had enormous economic and political power...
...veteran. "He'd put his neck on the line any time to sign up a new member, while Dave was making speeches at union meetings." But in 1925, when the Teamsters held their national convention in Seattle, it was Speechmaker Beck who caught the favor of International President Dan Tobin. Says another old Teamster: "Dan thought he could control a nice, clean-cut lad like Dave Beck." Result: Brewster was bypassed, and Beck got the promotion-promising job as I.B.T. organizer in Seattle...
Former (1951-53) Secretary of the Navy Dan Kimball, 61, now a California aircraft-products maker, and his wife Dorothy, after 32 years of marriage, allowed that they have separated, but denied any divorce intentions. Explained Dorothy Kimball: "He is a man who is away from home for extended periods. This has been our problem...
...SPEEDY "DAN'L WEBSTER," New Haven Railroad's $1,500,000 new light train, which broke down on a trial run (TIME, Jan. 21), is back on the tracks, will make three one-way trips daily between New York and Boston...
...Elis' Dan Cornwell (52.2) finished fourth, while Harvard's Pete Macky, who had edged Roger Clifton in a swim-off to get into the final, finished a surprise fifth in 53 seconds flat. Anders Anderson (53.3) of Navy took the final position...