Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jenkins case and its repercussions. At week's end came two new pieces of information. A story in the Chicago Tribune, belatedly confirmed by the FBI, reported that in 1961 Jenkins had "fought like the devil" to reinstate an Air Force officer who had been forced to resign his commission after being accused of making obscene phone calls to the wife of an Air Force enlisted man. The Tribune reported that after tapping the woman's phone and hearing a sampling of the conversations, Government investigators accused the officer of "unnatural sex acts...
Sometime Porter. Big Minh had been the High National Council's choice for chief of state, but because the post was to be occupied by a civilian, Minh would have had to resign from the army. This Minh refused to do at the last moment, so the High Council appointed in his place its own chairman, a fragile elder statesman, Phan Khac Suu, 63, who spent eight years in prison for his opposition first to the French and later to Diem. At least theoretically, Suu was empowered to pick a civilian Premier to replace Khanh, reportedly asked Saigon Mayor...
...first place, and he was merely running out his time; Busch had already lined up Leo Durocher for the job. Now Keane could write his own ticket. He did. Handing Owner Busch an envelope, he said: "Please don't offer me a contract. I have decided to resign...
...bill of particulars against the Culligan management. On Oct. 1 this document, signed by Blair, Kantor and 13 top-ranking editors and advertising officials, was sent to Curtis' board. The letter not only accused Culligan of mismanagement, but served notice of the intent of all 15 signatories to resign unless Culligan was relieved of command...
...four-mile radius around his home in Malindi. Four other rebel ministers have reportedly fled the country. To rally his divided nation behind him, Banda set off on a whistle-stop campaign. In a speech at Lilongwe, 130 miles northwest of Zomba, Banda declared that he would neither resign nor die to please the rebels. "I am a man of God," Banda cried. "The God of the Christians and the Moslems is going to protect me, and I am going to be in Zomba another 20 years...