Word: owen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only does Winthrop plan to have more House guests," said Owen, "but, unlike last year, we are inviting them to stay with us for longer than merely overnight...
Winthrop House is shifting the emphasis in its Ford grant program this year, Master David E. Owen announced yesterday. The House will invite an increased number of outstanding men in a variety of fields to be its guests...
...Owens, by the way, have known Labaree virtually all his life. Professor Owen and Leonard Labaree were colleagues at the Yale grad school, and later on the history faculty at New Haven. "We saw more of the Labarees than any other couple, in New Haven or down at Nantucket; and in a way I was worried about having someone so close to me on my staff. Then, too, he's an historian, which makes four housemasters and four senior tutors in the field. But I certainly am happy we have...
...under such vague categories as '"collections." Testified he: "My business associate in Detroit has some horses and he places some bets, and we are fortunate to win some money." Asked whether he had any records of the racehorse winnings, Hoffa said that his betting partner, Teamster Vice President Owen B. Brennan, kept the records. Called to the witness chair, Brennan avoided Hoffa's testimony, refusing to testify for fear of selfincrimination. Growled Chairman McClellan: "Is the taking of the Fifth Amendment one of the prerequisite qualifications for advancement [in the Teamsters]?" On his lawyer's signal, Brennan...
...heavyweight prizefighter managed by Hoffa's pal Owen Brennan drew $75 a week for two years as a Teamster welfare-fund claims investigator but did no investigating at all, instead he did odd jobs on Brennan's horse farm. The prizefighter's straightforward testimony about his Teamster days (now ended) flatly contradicted what Hoffa told the committee a year ago, and Chairman McClellan said he would ask the Justice Department to investigate the conflict...