Word: plea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...your Dec. 7 article on the rescue of William Buie, fireman third class, after falling overboard from his ship, U.S.S. Arnold J. Isbell, by the U.S.S. Frank Knox: I feel strongly that more credit should be given to the sailor directly responsible by hearing William Buie's yelling plea. You should have printed his picture and given his name. This boy deserves plaudits for being aware of his surroundings and using his ears not merely for hearing but for listening. L.R. Seyfried St. Louis...
...most nerve-shattering scenes ever acted on Broadway. Ordering the Kellers out of the room, Annie flails into the heroic task of teaching wild young Helen the rudiments of table manners. Food and silverware explode across the room. Little Helen rushes to the door to pound out a plea for freedom. Annie promptly wrestles her back to her seat. Again and again and again, the child escapes and is captured. Again and again, Annie meets the near-demented girl on her own level, exchanging wild slaps and pokes. Still Helen breaks away, feinting her tormentor out of position, crawling under...
...precedent. He ordered four officials of hand implement manufacturing companies to serve 90 days in the federal penitentiary at Milan, Mich. On the way to surrender, Defendant John T. Mains, 56, former mayor of Greenfield, Ohio, put a bullet through his head. Last week Judge Underwood rejected a plea to commute the remainder of the terms of the other three businessmen...
...first, the defendants pleaded not guilty. Since, in case of conviction, the fact could be cited in any civil suits for triple damages, they changed their pleas to nolo contendere and threw themselves on the mercy of the court. While this is equivalent to a guilty plea, the fact could not be used in civil suits, thus lessening the risk that they would be filed. The defendants were also persuaded by the fact that 1) no one had ever received a prison sentence on a nolo contendere plea in antitrust cases, and 2) the Justice Department agreed to recommend only...
...suggestion as "just one more attempt" by union leaders "to avoid their own great responsibilities by seeking to have a settlement decreed by Government action." So obstinately opposed were the parties to the dispute that Chief U.S. Mediator Joseph F. Finnegan, without hope of meeting the President's plea for nonstop negotiations, said he would "schedule meetings as they seem most productive...