Word: hecklers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...colorful political figures in the country, the five-foot-five, 215 lb. Toledo butterball is noted for his shrewd political sense and good humor. A son of an Italian immigrant, DiSalle makes no bones about his ancestry. He is introduced as "Toledo's best amateur spaghetti cook." When a heckler asked him if he were a member of the Mafia, he replied...
When police seized the 46-year-old heckler and hustled him out of the Palmer House grand ballroom, he accused them of "gestapo tactics" and of being "fascists." He did not pay to get in to the $50-a-plate dinner...
...been very good when compared with Governor Dever's record when he served as Attorney General. There are less significant but equally disconcerting episodes in Kelly's career: the fixing of each other's traffic violation summonses by Kelly's assistant attorney generals, the slugging of a heckler at a political rally in full view of the audience, and worse, the subsequent but futile examination of the heckler's private life by anonymous agents...
Some Holy Water. Then Father Feeney, a flashing-eyed man of 55, took over the platform. "Archbishop Gushing is a heretic," he began. A heckler interrupted. Shouted Feeney: "I came here to preach the love of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and I found nothing but filthy adulterous faces, who attacked her." He pointed to a newspaperman making notes in the crowd. One of the girl slaves turned, scowling, and sprinkled some holy water in the reporter's direction. "I preach hatred of those who hate Jesus," Father Feeney continued. "Am I a hate-priest when I want...
...clapped wildly. The crowd broke up quickly and traffic began moving again. Nixon and the other Republicans hopped down off the platform and made their way through the crowd. The men and women moved aside respectfully, but one man shouted "How's about some of that $18,000." The heckler was told to shut...