Word: lawyer
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Complains a top Washington lawyer: "The Carter people have played a game from the start. Bell has been the choice all along, yet they have dangled the office in front of a lot of people they were never serious about. More serious and certain to leave a residue of resentment, is the fact that they teased so many capable blacks...
...native parts, Bell is esteemed as a good lawyer and an even better organizer with a quiet, can-do style. Born in Americus, Ga., a mere ten miles from Plains, Bell is a Baptist, like his new boss. Also like Carter, he isa country boy who made good. After attending Georgia Southwestern College and Mercer University Law School, he eventually joined a prestigious Atlanta firm. In 1960, he served as co-chairman of John Kennedy's Georgia campaign. After the election, he was appointed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals...
Apparently the defense summations crystallized the uncertainties of the jurors. The lawyer for Byrne hit hard on the contention that Bronfman had plenty of opportunities to escape. Lynch's attorney, Walter J. Higgins Jr., argued that Sam Bronfman did not want to wait until he was 40 to get his hands on his immense trust fund. Also, the lawyer contended, neither the 63 witnesses nor the state's evidence clearly supported the kidnap charge. Summed up Higgins: "The facts reek of reasonable doubt...
...proceedings became the most drawn-out in postwar Dutch history. Menten had influential friends. His chief defense lawyer was the speaker of the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament. When the controversial trial ended in 1949, Menten got off with serving only an eight-month term for having worked in uniform as a Nazi interpreter. Later, Dutch prosecutors ignored allegations by an Israeli journalist that Menten had taken part in the East Galician atrocities. Two years later, in 1951, the Dutch government also brushed aside a Polish request for Menten's extradition...
Died. Joao ("Jango") Goulart, 58, Brazil's last civilian President (1961-64); of a heart attack; in the Argentine province of Corrientes, where he lived in exile. A prosperous cattle rancher and lawyer, Goulart first gained prominence as Brazil's Labor Minister, a post he lost in 1954 after unsuccessfully promoting a 100% increase in the minimum wage. His presidential term was marked by controversy and disorder as he tried to lead his country on a leftist course amid economic crisis. The conservative armed forces, actively supported by business leaders, ousted Jango...