Word: newsman
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...qualities that St. Paul voters obviously like a lot: he conveys an impression of deep sincerity, and he works very hard at his job. "I saw the man turn up at meetings I never dreamed the mayor even knew about," says a St. Paul newsman. "He may have been a bit tiresome, but he was tireless...
...Owen and Chidester had two of the tenderest tummies. A pre-law student at the University of Texas, Owen, 23, organized and addressed meetings of unhappy reservists at Fort Polk that drew as many as 700 men. When the meetings were banned by his commanding general, Owen told a newsman that the order was "a hilarious climax to a chain of injustices." For such disrespect to a superior officer, Owen got a court-martial sentence of a $300 fine and six months at hard labor...
...ringing telephone shattered the silence in the bedroom of a two-story brick duplex in Philadelphia's Burholme Park section one morning last week. Associated Press Newsman Lee L. Linder, 38, looked at his watch. It was 3 a.m. Groggy with sleep, he lifted the receiver off the hook. "Who is it?" demanded his wife Thelma. "The FBI," Linder said. "They've got their nerve," said his wife. "Hang up on them." Linder did. But within the hour, two FBI agents were knocking at the Linders' door, and Linder let them in. As he talked...
...lines as the apparatus." All in all, it was a shoddy and confused display of name-calling without evidence. Senators of all persuasions, saddened by the performance, forbore to question him hard. Upon leaving the hearing room. Walker paused long enough to throw a right jab at a questioning newsman- Tom Kelly of the Scripps-Howard Washington Daily News. Then he headed back to Texas, where he is a candidate for Governor-and seems likely to finish low among six Democratic primary contenders...
...Where is the commander of the guard?" asked the scout, submachine gun at the ready. "There is no commander of the guard," said the newsman. "Where are the soldiers?" asked the scout. "There are no soldiers," came the answer. "Everybody cleared out." Anticipating attack, the palace staff threw open the doors...