Word: mr
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fleeting weeks it seemed that all was serene again. But last week Wayne Morse proved that he had lost none of his awesome capriciousness. Announced he, out of a clear blue sky: "I shall take to the people of Oregon in the 1960 campaign my differences with Mr. Neuberger. I shall not support him for re-election." Wearily, Dick Neuberger searched his mind for possible reasons for the new split. "Maybe he's jealous," he speculated, "of an article I had published in the Reader's Digest...
Bitter Blow. As for his own umbrella-bearing Prime Minister, Sir Ivone confesses, "I was never able to discover what passed through Mr. Chamberlain's mind in this fleeting negotiation, which he conducted entirely alone without, so far as I am aware, warning anyone in advance. One thing is certain. The subsequent [Nazi] seizure of Prague was a bitter blow to Mr. Chamberlain . . . Whenever Hitler's name was mentioned after March 17, the Prime Minister looked as if he had swallowed a bad oyster...
...private. Breaking up the Norris monopoly was relatively easy for the Justice Department. The underworld dominance of Frankie Carbo was something else again. Few figures in the fight game admitted knowing Carbo or dealing with him in any way. But last July the man known as "Mr. Grey" was finally indicted by a New York grand jury for illegal matchmaking and managing fighters under the table. Carbo promptly disappeared, was caught only three weeks ago as he fled from police at his New Jersey hideout. Frankie was the picture of innocence, said he ran because "I thought...
...police searched for Carbo last month, a Los Angeles fight promoter named Jackie Leonard went before the California Athletic Commission, put the finger squarely on Mr. Grey and his managerial sidekick, a Philadelphia hoodlum named Frank ("Blinky") Palermo. Leonard had promoted most of the key fights of Welterweight Champion Don Jordan. He told a shady story. Last year, when Jordan was still only a challenger, Leonard got a phone call from Blinky Palermo. Blinky demanded that "we" be cut in for a piece of Jordan as a condition for getting a title fight with Virgil Akins. Leonard, together with Jordan...
...Douglas, but his previous choices are on his mind too. He has netted more than $10,000 in the two months since his book was published and moans: "I can see the ex-wives closing in now." Says Jack Paar: "I think it would be fair to say that Mr. Douglas does all his writing under the influence of money...