Word: glints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Wild Glint. Tony Boyle scoffed at the idea of any U.M.W. involvement, and offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the murderers. He received some support from West Virginia Congressman Kenneth Hechler, a friend of Yablonski's, who said: "I'm sure that officials of the union had nothing to do with this." Hechler speculated, however, that the murders were prompted by "the venom that was generated during this campaign...
Yablonski was no stranger to venom. Reports TIME Correspondent Mark Sullivan: "Joseph A. Yablonski was a rasp-voiced man with bushy eyebrows and a kind of wild glint in his eye. He did not by his presence establish an air of calm and reasonableness. He was a man haunted by many demons. It is not surprising that he died violently, reaching for his gun. He was in and around violence much of his life...