Word: daves
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When it came time to waddle into the closed-door executive board huddle, Dave Beck looked tense and twitchy. Five hours later he bounced out beaming. The General Executive Board had resolved that 1) the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s suspension of Beck as an A.F.L.-C.I.O. vice president was "illegal," and 2) the Teamsters would refuse to appear before the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Ethical Practices Committee "on May 6, 1957 or at any other time" until they got guarantees of a "fair" hearing...
...other Teamster chieftains made it plain that the resolutions were not to be interpreted as a personal victory for Beck. Growled Jimmy Hoffa, Teamster boss in the Central States: "I don't think anybody won a victory." If Dave Beck had been the only top Teamster in trouble, the others might have dumped him overboard. But with Central Conference Chairman Hoffa facing federal charges of conspiracy and bribery and with Western Conference Chairman Frank Brewster thickly splashed with scandal, the Teamsters decided to put up a united front-even if it was only a front...
...Dave Beck affair and its subsidiary scenarios challenge not only the leadership of trade unionism but labor's rank and file to scrutinize their standards anew." The words took a special sting from the newscaster who flung them: Edward P. Morgan, 46, whose nightly 15 minutes on ABC radio (7 p.m., E.S.T.) is sponsored, as his announcer puts it. by "15 million Americans"-the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Along with an outspoken but responsible way of using the freedom given by his sponsor and network, veteran Newsman Morgan combines a pleasant delivery with writing and reporting skill unusual...
...Army gained seven hits off the combined offerings of starter Bob McGinnis and reliever Dave Brigham, while its ace Jack Shepherd limited the hard hitting varsity to only four. However, among them was a bases-empty home run over the left field fence by Bob Hastings, and a run-scoring double by John Simourian...
Later, however, Landau finished the 220-yard low hurdles all alone, as Dave Rosenthal placed second for the varsity, nearly five yards behind...