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...with the Teamsters Union. The purpose behind the largesse had nothing to do with Watergate. Instead, according to a secret FBI report, the $1 million was intended as a payoff for the Administration's cooperation in preventing Jimmy Hoffa from wresting the union presidency from Frank Fitzsimmons, a staunch Nixon supporter. Nixon had commuted Hoffa's 13-year prison sentence for jury tampering and mail fraud in December 1971, with the proviso that he have nothing to do with running the union until March 1980, when his sentence would have expired. But Hoffa persisted in trying to regain...
...that Tom would remain with us." Indeed, Seaver left the dugout the night before he was traded to confer by telephone with Mrs. De Roulet. An agreement was apparently worked out. But next day, Seaver heard about a story by New York News Sports Columnist Dick Young, a staunch backer of Grant (Young's son-in-law is a Mets employee). The piece contained a belittling reference to Seaver and his wife Nancy. Seaver promptly called the Mets front office and announced: "Everything is off. I want out." That evening, to the unbounded joy of Cincinnati fans...
...House are very much in doubt. Coming to the bill's defense last week, Carter argued that it would cost only $15 million a year, v. $10.4 million for the 13 existing consumer offices. Said he: "It is a tiny amount, but very, very important." Yet even as staunch a supporter of the proposal as New York Democrat Benjamin Rosenthal has challenged the President's arithmetic. The first year's costs could be $25 million, and could rise in succeeding years. The consumer protection agency looks very much like an idea whose time has passed...
...lanky 6-ft. 4-in. plastics manufacturer, Cunningham scored his upset in a traditionally liberal Democratic district that had been represented for twelve years by Brock Adams, Carter's Secretary of Transportation. Among its 243,000 voters are heavy concentrations of minorities and blue collar workers. Though a staunch conservative, Cunningham made unemployment his top issue. He labeled his opponent an "environmental extremist" whose no-growth policies would cost the state jobs. He argued that, by proposing to cut defense spending, Durning would eliminate still more employment...
...congressional action embittered the Turks, who felt that it was an insult to a staunch anti-Communist ally. The rebuff on the Phantoms was particularly galling since Congress last month approved the sale of 18 F-4s to Greece-on credit terms. Meanwhile, the embargo reduced the effectiveness of the Turkish air force by 50%; planes earmarked for NATO service were grounded for lack of spare parts...