Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pint-measured Jake Arvey, 55, had to take most of the blame for the debacle visited upon Chicago's once-mighty Democratic political machine. Arvey had defaced the Illinois ticket with Police Captain Daniel A. ("Tubbo") Gilbert, a veteran cop with a big bankroll and a psychological block against arresting important gangsters. Gilbert was a major factor in the defeat of Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas; he also cost the Cook County Democrats some important offices...
Back, by Henry Green. A slim but en gaging story of an English war veteran who learns that shell shock, a metal leg and the death of his old flame don't mean the end of life after all (TIME...
Loss of graduated left tackle Gerard Walters also hampered Zitrides, although Gil Borjeson, star hammer-thrower for the track team, has improved greatly over the course of the season. At left guard Brown has John Pietre, a slow moving veteran. Center has proved another trouble spot, where Zitrides has been going along with Ed Sexton, an inexperienced junior...
Senior Don Harshman, veteran of three year's varsity experience, will take over the net-minding duties from Dick Craven, Harshman made four difficult last-period saves against Princeton Saturday...
...Hands. In Manhattan, Theodore Grant, veteran of some 30 years behind bars, was charged at 91 with petty larceny. In Baton Rouge, La., Theodore Landrum, at 98, was recommended for pardon after serving half of a five-year prison stretch for theft...