Word: thompson
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because of the obvious dissimiliarity, Rep. John F. Thompson (D) of Ludlow, Speaker of the House, sent the bill back to the Committee and chairman, Rep. John J. Toomey (D) of Cambridge. Although passage of the "study" bill might precipitate sale of the yards, it is actually not necessary for the transaction...
...Court came after a weekend of political juggling in which Volpe succeeded in winning away from Sen. President John E. Powers (D) a number of the votes which had helped Powers defeat the plan late last week. Perhaps most decisive to Volpe was sudden support from Rep. John F. Thompson (D) of Ludlow, Speaker of the House...
...position as specialists to set up an "underground business combine" that rigged markets in certain stocks, made the Res an estimated profit of $3,000,000 between 1954 and 1960. The Res would first arrange to buy stock at bargain prices from hard-pressed insiders in such companies as Thompson-Starrett, Skiatron Electronics. Silver Creek Precision Corp. and United Pacific Aluminum Corp. To avoid the SEC regulations that any company that wishes to sell stock publicly must register with the commission, the Res then funneled the stock into dummy accounts, some of them set up abroad. To spur demand...
...third singles, the Crimson's Doug Walter, an unbeaten sophomore, will play Dick Baldwin, while captain Pete Smith meets Tiger junior Dick Williams at number four. Keith Martin and Gary Adelman will oppose Princeton's Tony Thompson and Harold German at fifth and sixth singles, respectively...
...President Kennedy had originally picked to run for the Democrats was his close friend, Congressman Frank Thompson Jr. But Thompson wanted to stay on Capitol Hill, and eventually the choice went to Trenton Lawyer Richard J. Hughes, 51, who last week won his primary easily. Father of six (and three stepchildren) and, like Mitchell, a Roman Catholic, Hughes has capably held two Jersey judgeships. But his political views seem vague, and the charge that he carries water on both political shoulders has won him a nickname: "Two Buckets...