Word: neff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Paul Joseph Neff, 72, longtime railroader who in 1956 led the sprawling, bankrupt Missouri Pacific Lines out of one of U.S. railroading's longest (23 years) and most prosperous receiverships, resigned as president last month to become board chairman; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in St. Louis...
...Yale team features three powerful midfields, made up for the most part of returning lettermen, and a very good goalie in Bob Neff...
...Swiss Alps, in St. Moritz' Palace Hotel, 1,000 guests washed down a dinner of caviar and filet mignon with vintage champagne, then danced the night away until 7 in the morning. Among the merrymakers were Shipping Tycoon Stavros Niarchos, Cinemastars Linda Christian and Hildegarde Neff, Liechtenstein's Prince Constantine, Irish Beer Heir Loel Guinness. As the evening glowed to a climax, roly-poly Winston Churchill II, 16-year-old grandson of Sir Winston, leaped on a table, grabbed a cane, gaily began popping the balloons...
...Senate investigating committee made appropriate noises about a sweeping investigation, then settled for the finding that the money had been offered to Francis Case by attorneys John Neff and Elmer Patman, on behalf of California's Superior Oil Co. Even so, the Justice Department had enough evidence to take Neff, Patman and Superior Oil to court. Last week U.S. District Judge Joseph C. McGarraghy read off the sentence: Lawyers Patman and Neff were fined $2,500 each, let off with one-year suspended sentences for failing to register as lobbyists; Superior Oil was fined $10,-ooo for aiding...
...this be a short and humble tribute to Hildegarde Neff...