Word: katcher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spirit, philosophy and thrust have often been credited to Justices Black and Douglas-or to almost anyone but Warren. Little has been said about the Chief Justice's role. Now that Warren, at 76, has begun his 15th term, two new biographies, by former Newspaperman Leo Katcher and Freelance Writer John Weaver, have just been published. Though both are somewhat sprawling and unfocused, they suggest that the Warren court owes much of what it has accomplished to Earl Warren...
Peeled off The Big Bankroll, Leo Katcher's popular biography of Under-worldling Arnold Rothstein (1882-1928). Jo Swerling's script tells the sordid story of a boy who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth and uses it to sup with the Devil. At ten. Arnie is running his own crime syndicate on Manhattan's Lower East Side. At 20, he is running a bucket shop. Soon he sets up a gambling house, and moves in on the horse parlors. But after fingering a little punk (Rooney) who has served him loyally...