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...Connally relaxed and in most crucial particulars he handled himself reasonably well. Was it true or false, asked Williams, that Jacobsen gave him $5,000 on May 14,1971? "That is false, Mr. Williams. That is absolutely false," came the firm reply. A denial of the alleged Sept. 24 payoff followed. Then Williams asked if Connally ever passed Jacobsen $10,000 in a cigar box and a few weeks later, gave him another $10,000 in an automobile. Said Connally: "I did no such thing...
...paying $600,000 for the rights to broadcast live this second "Heavyweight Championship of Tennis." Caesars Palace is adding a purse of $250,000 plus $50,000 for expenses. The sale of foreign broadcast rights should yield another $100,000. The approximate payoff: the winner $400,000, the loser $250,000 and the promoter (Connors' manager Bill Riordan...
...crossexamination. The target of Williams' searching volley of questions was Attorney Jake Jacobsen, principal accuser of Williams' distinguished client: John B. Connally, 58, three times Governor of Texas and former Secretary of the Treasury. Connally stands charged with accepting a $10,000 gratuity from Jacobsen as a payoff for influencing President Nixon to increase federal milk price supports...
...Cagney look-alike and former estate and gift-tax lawyer from Cincinnati - has immersed himself in technical details of tax administration during twelve-hour working days. Says he: "No amount of soft soap by me or anyone else will persuade the people we are doing a good job. The payoff is what...
...rich oil deposits that lie more than three miles off the U.S. Atlantic seaboard-the coastal states or the Federal Government? Last week the Supreme Court with Justice Douglas still absent ruled unanimously that the rights to the seabed and subsoil belong to the U.S. Despite the huge potential payoff involved, the Justices deliberated swiftly and reached their decision three weeks after oral argument...