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Last week Columnist Drew Pearson kept clear his astonishing record of never losing a libel suit. But for a few days in a Washington court, it was touch & go whether he would. On trial was the suit of California's ex-Attorney General Frederick Napoleon Howser. He wanted $350,000 damages for Pearson's broadcast in 1948 that Howser had accepted $1,200 to protect gamblers...
Baby Sitter. With cops ratting on each other so fast, it was hard for an honest hood to decide which law to work with. A grand jury went to work. Mickey knew things were out of hand when State Attorney General Fred Howser sent a special agent to be his bodyguard...
...need no baby sitter," growled Mickey. Mickey never carries a gun himself, but he has confidence in the carload of heavily armed helpers who follow his Cadillac. Howser's Special Agent Cooper told Mickey's torpedoes to take in a ball game, or something. Mickey was in no position to argue...
...lugubrious little man for whom life has suddenly become unbearably complex, Mickey sat up in his hospital room in powder-blue pajamas, his arm strapped up in a sling. Snapped Mickey: "I set myself up four nights in a row as a clay pigeon. [Attorney General] Howser must have had a hell of a tip." He was sure it was not a local bookie ("Every bookie in this town is a very close personal friend of mine," said Mickey firmly), nor imported Eastern gunmen. "I call New York, Chicago and Cleveland regular," said Mickey. "I'm a well-informed...
...summary: HARVARD 1936 ARLINGTON Dewey, (Duffey, Roberts, Mortimer), l.w. r.w., Norberg, (Greco, Collins) Monseley, (McDonnell, Emmous), c. c., Gardella, (Sullivan) Callaway, (Halloweil, Hovenanian), r.w. l.w., Mee, (Howser) Lane, (Perry, Clement), l.d. r.d., Bullock Claflin, (Cutler, do Rosset, Brown, Rawson), r.d. l.d., Lane, (Cannell...