Word: poszywak
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Tennessee firm named Test Fleet. The new outfit leased trucks to Commercial Carriers. All the Test Fleet stock was transferred to Mrs. Hoffa and the wife of Owen ("Bert") Brennan, a Teamster vice president who died in 1961; the two women discreetly used their maiden names of Josephine Poszywak and Alice Johnson...
...Teamster Local 299 (president: Jimmy Hoffa). Under the scheme, Commercial Carriers set up a company named Test Fleet in Nashville, Tenn., then transferred all of its stock in the firm to the wives of Hoffa and Brennan, taking care to muddle the trail by using their maiden names, Josephine Poszywak (Mrs. Hoffa) and Alice Johnson (Mrs. Brennan). Commercial Carriers then agreed to lease Test Fleet's ten trucks for an unlimited time. What is more, Commercial Carriers obligingly agreed to pay the bills for all the operations of Test Fleet, which meant that every cent the firm took...
...nuptial marathon that blended Hamtramck zest with Grosse Pointe catering, Barbara Hoffa, 23, green-eyed daughter of Teamster Boss Jimmy, married Robert Crancer, 24, son of St. Louis' Valley Steel Products Co. President Lester A. Crancer. After a Methodist ceremony, Mother Josephine Poszywak Hoffa called the shots according to the traditions of her Polish ancestors. Beginning with a 2 p.m. wedding breakfast-filet mignon and champagne for 300 at Detroit's Latin Quarter-the festivities continued with a 6 p.m. reception at which 750 guests danced to the music of a polka band and gorged on such delicacies...
...Slight, grey-blonde Josephine Poszywak Hoffa, 43, served coffee, led a conga line, captivated Teamster wives. "She's a doll,".said one, "with no airs." Mrs. Hoffa also revealed her formula for 24 years of happy marriage: "Don't nag him. If he's good to you, has a good job, and is doing what he wants to do, just be grateful...