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...rest of the time, their substitute is alcohol. ("What is said about alcohol." begins a prologue, "comes mostly from people who stand in a Platonic relationship to narcotics.") As they pour out their bawdy yarns, their pasts of incest, arson, rape, miscellaneous sadism, the reader grudgingly admits a growing sympathy for the preacher. No scape goat ever had such a gang so unremittingly against...
...Arthur B. Langlie defeated both labor rivals did not help Dave Beck, did not stop the C. I. O. invasion of his domain. Last winter, Dave Beck's Oregon lieutenant, Portland Teamster Al Rosser, and some 100 henchmen were rounded up, indicted for crimes varying from bombing to arson. Last week, Rosser awaited sentence for arson in the burning down of a box factory whose owners refused to sign up with...
Only if the fliers "incite to murder, arson, or treason," can the Young Communists be prosecuted for distributing subversive literature through the mails...
...Mayor Joseph K. Carson Jr. Last week, the indictment of eleven unionists in Portland brought the State total of those charged with "goonery" to more than 50. Most of those held are members of Dave Beck's Brotherhood of Teamsters. The charges range from window-breaking to arson and bombing. To date, 16 have pleaded guilty, seven have been sentenced. When Oregon's Martin announced last week that he would again seek the Democratic nomination for Governor, his chances of getting it had been greatly improved by the drive...
...students who have been excessively nervous because of suspicious looking men lurking around the gates of the Yard recently need have no fears of possible arson, murder, kidnapping, or any other parlous deeds...