Word: drew
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Three-Time Loser. Beefy Alfred Dugan was a thug, and he had a long and varied police record. In 1941, already a veteran of two prison terms for narcotics-dealing and armed robbery, he drew a 12-to-15 year sentence for robbing a bank messenger of $108,000 in Asbury Park, N.J. Paroled after five years, a three-time loser, he joined the drift of strong-armed ex-cons into labor racketeering, made enough money to buy a $40,000 house in Mountainside, N.J. for his wife and two small daughters. A month ago Tough Guy Dugan, 52, turned...
...Ignored the political rule that candidates traveling and handshaking separately get more crowd exposure, sent Freeman and/or Humphrey handshaking in tandem with quick-to-learn Gene McCarthy. ¶ Refined a technique of farmers' socials, got local D.F.L. farm contacts to invite neighbors for coffee and ice cream, drew 100-or-so hard-to-reach farmers at a time to shake friendly Humphrey-Freeman- McCarthy hands and hear out criticisms of Republican Ezra Benson (but rarely of respected Ed Thye) in one sitting. ¶ Put on new-style women's tours in which the wives-Muriel Humphrey, Jane Freeman...
...Drew Pearson will probably speak here next term on behalf of the Drive to Rebuild Clinton High School, Roger C. Algase '59, president of the Harvard Liberal Union, which sponsors the Drive, announced yesterday...
Harris said that his "College Education on the Cuff" plan, which drew criticism from the financial aid office last week, was discussed extensively, but no decisions were made...
...sacrificed on the alter of prejudice?'' By this time Australians were increasingly suspicious that Leavitt's antics were chiefly designed to publicize another Western Promotions venture-the tour of "Goose" Tatum's basketball team, the Harlem Trotters. But the first Trotter game drew only 1,200 fans to Sydney's White City Stadium (capacity: 7,000). Leo bawled into the microphone: "If what I've done is a crime, then hang me!" Fans hooted back: "Take your checkbook and go home to America!" Western Promotions forthwith announced that they had had enough...