Word: oswald
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the perjury conviction of Alger Hiss survived despite claims that earlier congressional hearings had prejudiced the case. (Congressman Richard Nixon, of course, felt that the hearings were both necessary and nonprejudicial.) Since Sam Sheppard, defendants as celebrated as Jimmy Hoffa or Jack Ruby, whose murder of Lee Harvey Oswald was committed on television, have been convicted without any appeals court finding that the trial was unfair...
...Monday luncheon klatsch by a small group of Tory bluebloods who were upset by the changes they felt were sweeping through Harold Macmillan's government. Today the group is chaired by Merchant Banker Jonathan Guinness, 43, member of the famed brewing family and a stepson of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of Britain's fascists in the 1930s. Monday Clubbers in 30 chapters throughout Britain are now actively engaged in trying to beat back all sorts of permissive schemes and to return the land to the old ways of imperial certitude...
...Preus has been fighting the "historical-critical" approach to the Bible that casts doubt, he says, on the literal accuracy of such biblical tales as Adam and Eve and Jonah and the Whale. Less literal Lutherans have hoped to defeat Preus by nominating a popular moderate candidate, Oswald C.J. Hoffmann, the stem-winding radio preacher of The Lutheran Hour. But these hopes were threatened when it turned out that denomination bylaws require all presidential candidates to swear in advance that they will accept the office if elected. Hoffmann recently announced that such a vow would violate Lutheran theology...
...become the newest enthusiasm of the Bored-and-Beautiful, and its star-pointed game board has moved from the exclusive gaming rooms of Europe to the casinos of Las Vegas and the crowded parties in Hugh Hefner's Los Angeles mansion. Hefner and his friend Barbi, Bridge Star Oswald Jacoby, Ari and Christina Onassis, Prince Radziwill, Polly Bergen and Jill St. John have all discovered the social charms of backgammon: it is easy to learn, fast and exciting to play, and an enjoyable way to win, or lose, a lot of money...
...prize money in the tournament staged four weeks ago in Las Vegas was an impressive $98,000. But the prizes paled in comparison to the enormous amounts-as much as $100,000 per game-changing hands in side wagers. Winner Oswald Jacoby walked away with $4,000 in prize money. Another $20,000 was taken home by sideline bettors, who "bought" Jacoby (top players are auctioned off before the tournament) for $2,000.* Englishman Phillip Martyn, a high-ranked contender who lost, sold for the day's top price...