Word: lane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...their elation over Furcolo's prospects, Massachusetts Democrats shifted uneasily over another primary result: Congressman Tom Lane, only two weeks out of a federal prison, where he served a four-month term for income-tax evasion (TIME, Sept. 17), easily won renomination over four opponents in the Seventh Congressional District. The Democratic fear: Lane's name on the ticket may drain votes away from an otherwise strong slate...
...hard to believe, folks in Massachusetts' Seventh Congressional District said, that Congressman Tom Lane was really in prison. Ask for a favor at his office in Lawrence, and his staff saw to it that the request got the same prompt, courteous attention it had in the past. Let there be a funeral or a wake in the Lawrence-Lynn area, and one of his aides was sure to attend, delicately dropping the word that he was there as Lane's personal representative. Even though he was serving a four-month term for evading $38,542 in income...
Everything was in apple-pie order for Lane's campaign. His ever-efficient staff had rounded up the signatures for and filed his nominating petitions, even posted, two weeks before he left Danbury, plenty of Lane billboards. The candidate himself was in fine condition for the race: four months of work in the prison power plant had taken off 20 pounds, left him trim and fit at 180. He was as confident as ever. "I have built up a record," he said, "of working assiduously on behalf of my constituents. And I think no one can criticize my record...
...Pittsburgh infielder trying for a double play was the final indignity. After many a loyal but losing season, Redbird fans are fed up. They managed to stomach the trade two years ago of their old favorite, Enos Slaughter. They made only a routine beef when General Manager Frank Lane got rid of such bright hopes as Outfielder Bill Virdon (now batting .311 for Pittsburgh), Pitcher Brooks Lawrence (who has won 16, lost 7 for Cincinnati) and Southpaw Harvey Haddix (who has won 11, lost 5 for Philadelphia). They even managed to sit still for the trading of Infielder Red Schoendienst...
Died. Arthur Bliss Lane, 62, career diplomat (31 years), postwar (1945-47) U.S. Ambassador to Poland, who resigned, wrote / Saw Poland Betrayed after the present Communist regime gained power in the election of January 1947; of acute hepatitis; in Manhattan...