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...million-a-year school building program, the smell of skulduggery was unmistakable. The former chief of the construction program said that he had accepted cameras, rare wines, steaks and cash ("in the spirit of Christmas giving"), but insisted that no one had ever tried to bribe him. An assistant supervisor was accused of charging a 5% "commission" to contractors to speed up profitable contract revisions. Two high Board of Education officials testified that they were asked to solicit political campaign contributions for District Attorney Frank Hogan (unknown to Hogan) from architects doing business with the board. The chairman...
...mouse demand for "indemnification" rather than the "exchange" he originally proposed revolted Latin Americans, who believe strongly in human dignity. His loud threats of "revolutionary tribunals" for the prisoners if his demands were not met only increased the horror. Cooler minds, one of them most likely Moscow's supervisor Che Guevara, apparently got through to Castro, for Castro piped down after a few days. By then great damage had been done...
...Carom Shot." Aboard the big flattop -christened in October by Mrs. Christian Herter and scheduled to go to sea in May -were some 3,500 civilian workers, fitting out the newest queen of the seas. On the hangar deck Navy Lieut. Vito Milano, supervisor of hull construction, was getting things ready for a pep rally to celebrate progress (85% complete) and ask for more. A fork lift truck started to pick up a big steel trash bin; apparently the bin nudged a heavy steel plate, which sheared off the valve of a 500-gallon tank of diesel fuel, used...
...Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction
World War II, when it flung up flimsy barracks for Southern Negro defense workers. Today nearly half the population is on relief. Narcotics, robbery and corruption are common. Last winter Police Chief William Ware stole a Christ mas fund for underprivileged children. Township Supervisor Elwood Dickens' saloon, the dirtiest in town, is a hangout for minors. Royal Oak Township's rapes, burglaries and arson cases go uninvestigated. The township treasury has an unexplained shortage...