Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...votes for Tito. Could one of the delegates have abstained? A recheck was hastily made and greeted with sighs of relief: only 535 members were on hand, and all had voted "Tito." This crisis past, Tito was still President and dictator of his country. No one administered the new oath of office; he swore himself in. During the day, the parliamentarians gave him a total of eight standing ovations...
...these names made this news: In Uvalde, Texas, onetime Vice President John Nance Garner, 85, sold his stock in the town's First State Bank and retired from its board of directors. Said "Cactus Jack": "I'm probably vacating the last office I will ever take the oath to administer. I'm just getting lazy. I shun work now more than I ever have...
...After winning back their posts by order of the state supreme court, 22 of the facultymen dismissed for refusing to sign the University of California's now-invalid loyalty oath found that they would probably have to go to court again. Reason: by a vote of 14-6, the Regents refused to pay their salaries for the 2½-year period they were...
...done wrong, he should be punished. But the evidence against him should be produced and evaluated by a proper court in a fair trial Neither torture nor an oath nor the threat of punishment such as imprisonment for contempt should be used to compel him to provide the evidence to accuse or to convict himself...
Other parts of the bills would seek to strengthen the Massachusetts Teacher's Oath Law by increasing the present $1000 fine for violations to a $5000 fine or five years in jail or both. The proposed legislation would also include a denial of Communist Party membership in the Teacher's Oath...