Word: nine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pudgy, blustering man who managed and mismanaged millions of Teamster Union dollars during his career as the union's international president was finally hung up last week by $1,900. In a Seattle courtroom a jury of seven men and five women, after deliberating almost nine hours, found Neighbor Dave Beck, 63, guilty of stealing the $1,900 he banked in his own account after the sale of a union-owned Cadillac (maximum sentence: 15 years). Licking his lips as he brushed past newsmen, Millionaire Beck, trapped by his traffic in peanuts, hurried out of court on bond...
John Hammond thrashed through the 100-yard butterfly in his fastest time of the season, 56.4, crushing the old mark by nine seconds. The 400-yard medley relay team of Bill Murray, Jim Stanley, Hammond, and Ron Mischner swam the distance in 4:01.8 to break the pool record by seven seconds. Doug McCartney swam the 200-yard breastroke...
...Christmas tree. But that was a long time ago. For now the Salvation Army seems a depressing crew and the snow flakes seem to make the world a muddy mess rather than a winter wonderland. And it seems all too apparent, nowadays, that reindeer have foul breath and that nine out of ten Santas are phony while the other guy isn't a member of the union...
...Crimson bench was especially impressive in the victory. Sophomore guard Mike Donohue tallied ten markers in the nine minutes he played, scoring mostly on steals and resulting fast breaks. Donohue handled the ball well on offense, and on defense his ball-hawking set up several driving layups in the last few minutes...
...boosts. The Boston & Maine, claiming a $13.6 million passenger deficit last year, told Massachusetts authorities that it will soon go broke if it cannot cut commuter service to save a minimum of $3,000,000 a year. And in the face of the "grave situation" confronting the entire industry, nine top U.S. trainmen went to the White House to beg for help to get a complete overhaul in rail regulations and rates...