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Protest & Veto. To succeed O'Donoghue, Judge Letts appointed former FBI Agent Terence F. McShane. 33. Naturally, Hoffa protested. Reason: trim, handsome Terry McShane had investigated Hoffa for the FBI in 1957, twice testified against him in the wiretap case. Fortnight ago. splitting 2 to 1 in favor of Hoffa, the U.S. Appeals Court in Washington bounced McShane, ruled that either the Teamsters or the insurgents could block any appointee for the chairmanship on "reasonable grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Hoffa Drives On | 11/14/1960 | See Source »

Delaware (3): Anti-Catholicism looms large in southern part of state, but Kennedy's brief visit a fortnight ago narrowed small G.O.P. lead. NIXON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: KENNEDY LEADS NIXON | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

...Until a fortnight ago, when the island's three Roman Catholic bishops issued a pastoral letter forbidding Catholics to vote for Governor Luis Muñoz Marin and his Popular Democratic Party, Puerto Rico's gubernatorial campaign was a race without an issue. Muñoz' opponent, Luis Ferré, candidate of the Statehood Republican Party and a partner in the island's largest private enterprise (Ferré Industries), had demanded a plebiscite on statehood, but foxy old Muñoz sidetracked that issue. His party slipped a rule through the legislature that no statehood plebiscite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PUERTO RICO: Church & Commonwealth | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

...game for his three years as a forward at the University of Cincinnati. But at 6 ft. 5 in. and 205 Ibs., Robertson was too small to play forward with the pros, would have to be moved back to the strange position of guard. This week, after only a fortnight of play, the Big O's doubters are quietly swallowing their predictions: playing for the Cincinnati Royals, Rookie Guard Robertson is the new sensation of the N.B.A...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Big O: Big Pro | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

...FINANCING hit another obstacle. TWA's eccentric owner, Howard Hughes, who cleared the way for a $300 million loan a fortnight ago by agreeing to relinquish control of the line, backed out of the agreement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Nov. 7, 1960 | 11/7/1960 | See Source »

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