Word: waivers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Ambassador O'Dwyer was left simmering gently in his own juices. He appeared before a New York grand jury, signed a waiver of immunity, took the oath, and flatly denied that Crane had ever given him any money, let alone $10,000 in a red manila envelope. Despite his denial, his reputation had been badly smudged. Washington hummed with rumors that he would presently be "nudged" into doing the gentlemanly thing-resigning his ambassadorship as gracefully as possible...
...request from a constituent. World War II Marine Corps Ace Joseph Jacob Foss, 35, Congressional Medal of Honor winner credited with shooting down 26 enemy planes over Guadalcanal, now lieutenant colonel and commander of South Dakota's Air National Guard, wanted to fight again. It would take a waiver of a rule prohibiting Medal of Honor winners from combat duty. Said the Senator: "Joe said he'd almost be willing to return the medal, if this would enable him to get combat duty...
This week the D.A. added a little more fuel to the fire. He announced that another $135,000 was missing from the U.F.A.'s funds and pointed an accusing finger at the union's President John P. Crane. When Crane refused to sign an immunity waiver, he was summarily fired from the department. But, said Crane, the loyal firemen would also make up his salary out of the union treasury...
...season, and after a brief stint as a sergeant in the A.E.F. came back to win 123 games for them in seven seasons. But Old Pete and Cub Manager Joe McCarthy were unable to see eye to eye on training regulations, so Alex the Great was sold for the waiver price ($4,000 at the time) to the Cardinals...
...YORK, May 17 (AP--The New York Giants today bought third baseman John (Spider) Jorgenson from Brooklyn, and at the same time sold catcher Ray Mueller to Pittsburgh for more than the waiver price...