Word: melba
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Melba Hamilton, CAWC member from South Boston, said her community has not yet considered the impact of reconstructing the Central Artery, but is "dead set against a third harbor crossing...
...Melba Hamilton, president of the South Boston Residents' Group, said the coalition opposes the reorganization because it believes a new Massport would implement plans for longer runways, compounding the noise problems Boston residents already face...
Soon bankers learned that they could improve their chances of getting the state as a customer if they made personal loans to Melba Allen...
...Melba Allen's investments went sour. As cracks appeared in her financial empire, she obtained more loans to cover overdue debts. "Out of desperation she was trying to keep her corporate house of horrors from falling," said District Attorney Jimmy Evans. Toward the end, her debts rose to $1.7 million. Finally, after an anonymous letter to the state ethics commission last September, the Allen get-rich scheme collapsed. A grand jury conducted a three-month investigation, subpoenaing 270 bankers, and indicted her on charges of misusing her office for personal gain...
Throughout the testimony, Melba Allen, immaculately coiffed in spit curls and a Grecian wiglet, sat impassively, toying with a ballpoint pen and whispering occasionally to her four lawyers. Only once did she break down, during a parade of 24 character witnesses, including old friends, her preacher and Governor George Wallace, who attested to her "good" reputation. Nonetheless, the jury needed only 45 minutes to find her guilty as charged. When sentenced next week, she faces up to 20 years in prison and $20,000 in fines...