Word: dave
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...result has been that even when Dave Beck made what appears to have been a genuine effort to clean things up when he came in, he ran into such opposition from the locals that, by 1954, he had to abandon the attempt at reform and winning employer's respect through controlling an honest union. But he succeeded, nevertheless in gaining a sort of grudging admiration even from those employers with whom he drove the hardest bargain, admiration which has been increased along the same lines by Hoffa. Admitting that his contracts are so favorable to the unions...
More of a "grudge" team than any of the traditional Harvard rivals, B.U. quickly started swinging sticks and checking extra hard. Marquis was flagged down for high sticking at 3:59 and Andy Guiliotti kept the bench warm by slashing at 7:11. Dave Vietze nearly scored the first goal during the latter penalty when his long slap shot at goalie Ron Tanner's head was blocked in self defense and nearly juggled...
...penalties within 50 seconds. Breaking away from his own blue line after Anderson was detected holding, Vietze forced an interference penalty to stop a solo dash on Tanner, then lured a leg-check infraction from Marquis. Nothing came of the advantage, however, as Larry Creighton, brother of N.H.L. star Dave, killed time beautifully...
...other Crimson victory was registered by Dave Skeels, at 123, with a 6-3 decision over Merrill Lincoln. But Carl Kludt, at 130, lost by 11-4 to Dick Seibel, and 137-pounder John Watkins was pinned for the first time this year by George Seaver...
...Tacoma, Wash., pudgy Dave Beck, 64, onetime president of the Teamsters, was convicted of income tax evasion involving $240,000 owed the Federal Government. A jury of eight men and four women deliberated 23 hours, 59 minutes, finally found Beck guilty on six separate counts, were praised by Judge George H. Boldt "on behalf of myself and 170,000,000 odd of my fellow citizens for a service splendidly performed." During a 59-day trial, prosecutors charged that Beck cheated the Bureau of Internal Revenue by pocketing Teamster expense funds when other people paid his bills. Beck, already appealing...