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...gimlet-eyed man sitting beneath the bare light bulb behind the bare desk. Charlie was a political big-shot in Jackson County, President Truman's home county. He had 30,000 votes in his pocket. He boasted that he controlled 40 state legislators, that he had elected Governor Forrest Smith. But Charlie Binaggio, who looked deceptively like a mild and prosperous chiropodist, made a mistake which is as fatal in politics as it is in the underworld-he overestimated himself...
Success went to Binaggio's head. He went to bigger men than he in the underworld, promised that if his man Forrest Smith was elected governor, the state would be thrown wide open to gambling, slots and betting. All Charlie wanted was $100,000 or so for the campaign. He got it. Said Jim Pendergast: "My God, how he spent that money. He was paying-as high as $50 for some of the boarding houses we used...
Antisubmarine Warfare. "I personally believe," said Ike, "we are taking chances in the submarine field." For further details, the committee should talk to the Navy's Admiral Forrest Sherman-a "real expert...
VARSITY FENCING--Minor H--Forrest L. Carter '51, Raymond W. Frankmann, Jr. '50, John H. Gay '50, Jay J. Levine '50, Christopher Martin '52, Byron B. Morton, Jr. '52, Winfred Overholser, Jr. '51, Raymond K. Pierce '51, John W. Smith '52, Eric T. Sollce '53, Joseph S. Vera '50, and Robert J. Nicol '52, Manager...
Cavalcade of America (Tues. 8 p.m., NBC). Richard Widmark in General Forrest Rides Again...