Word: prisonment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Then came an embarrassing discovery. The Birmingham Post, a vigorous supporter of the inquiry, dug into the histories of the 18 new grand jurors and splashed its findings across Page One. One juror had been a Ku Kluxer himself. Another had served two years in prison for a felony, lost his citizenship rights. Five others, including the foreman, had police records for drunkenness or disorderly conduct. The only Negro on the grand jury could neither read nor write. Circuit Judge George Lewis Bailes decided there was only one "reasonable, humane and practical" way out: he fired the ex-convict from...
...after serving 9½ years in prison, Lucky was deported to Italy. There, except for one abortive attempt.to reenter the U.S. by way of Cuba, he lived according to his idea of a model citizen. In one of Rome's fashionable quarters, he shared a penthouse with his blonde, toothsome, 28-year-old mistress, Igea Lissoni, a former dancer and nightclub worker. Igea attributes her good fortune to the prophecy of a Milan fortuneteller, who two years ago told her she would meet the man of her dreams in Capri. Igea hastened forthwith to Capri, and there met Lucky...
...that the city editor kept a bucket on his desk in wet weather. Publisher Nicholson spent $350,000 in a new plant and equipment, boosted salaries, hired as editor Reporter Clayton Fritchey, who had won a Pulitzer citation for the Cleveland Press by sending six grafting police officers to prison. Under Editor Fritchey, the Item became the best-dressed newspaper in New Orleans with its short, snappy stories and eye-catching pictures. Circulation climbed from 67,000 to 97,000. This week 45-year-old Editor Fritchey got-and accepted-an invitation from Tommy Stern to stay on and keep...
Convicted traitor Mildred ("Axis Sally") Gillars asked a U.S. court why she couldn't get out of prison on bail now that the Government was letting convicted spy Judith Coplon "roam the streets unmolested." In Phoenix, Ariz., ex-Publisher John Boettiger filed a divorce complaint against the former Anna Roosevelt, charging extreme mental cruelty. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Boettiger announced that she would file one against him, charging desertion...
...biblical legend, the neglected brothers eventually sell the favorite down the river. When the law catches up with Papa Monetti's free-wheeling banking practices, the oldest brother (well played by Luther Adler) fixes it so that Conte gets a seven-year stretch in prison for trying to bribe the jury. The rest of the plot, including Conte's sultry romance with a rich play girl (Susan Hayward), is routine...