Word: hoffa
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there were laughs. The Senator from Massachusetts complained about Jimmy Hoffa's "still being free." The Vice-President emphasized that he was sincere. The Senator spoke of 1960 as 1932 and someone snorted. The Vice-President said he knew what it was to be poor, and a 'Cliffie got up and walked...
...never been embraced by extreme liberals or extreme conservatives." Ethel got an admiring gasp when she was introduced as the mother of seven children. Eunice drew sober attention with a summary of her brother's war record, his qualifications for the presidency ("It would take more than Jimmy Hoffa to scare my brother"), and took on the job of outlining Sister-in-Law Jackie's qualifications for First Lady: "She's 31, speaks five languages, is very much interested in children. She would make the White House a gay and pleasant place. There would be life...
...Kennedy-hating James Riddle Hoffa announced in Washington that he gave $1,000 to the opponent of one of his two most detested Congressmen: Georgia Democrat Phil Landrum, who, with Michigan's Republican Robert P. Griffin, authored last session's Teamster-haltering labor bill. In Lawrenceville, Ga., Landrum's primary opponent, F. Quill Sammon Jr., denied knowledge of Hoffa's grand offer. Wailed Sammon, trying to wipe off the kiss of death: "If Hoffa does want to help me, that's a heck of a way for him to do it, by saying...
...school ('51). He managed Jack's Senate campaign in 1952, then joined Senator Joe McCarthy's investigations subcommittee and feuded constantly with equally quick-tempered Chief Counsel Roy Cohn. Appointed counsel of the Senate rackets committee in 1957, he flayed Teamster hoods and faced down Jimmy Hoffa, added color to Brother Jack's campaign as a cocky crusader and bestselling author (The Enemy Within}. Father of seven, he got home to his wooded northern Virginia estate infrequently during far-flung primary battles, plans to be back in action this week as Jack's campaign...
...logic took a back seat as Jack's friends came forward. Joe Louis, a well-wisher at Teamster Boss Jimmy Hoffa's bribery trial in 1957, turned up amid popping flashbulbs to say a showy hello. Mayor Robert F. Wagner, appearing under subpoena, marched to the defense table, pumped Jack's hand and lauded Jack as "a conscientious public servant." His Honor was echoed by such Democratic bigwigs as Comptroller Lawrence E. Gerosa, Brooklyn Borough President John Cashmore, City Council President Abe Stark and Queens Borough President John T. Clancy, who boomed "Hi, kid," as he grabbed...