“Tony Pro” Sentenced to 7 Years in Jail
July 12, 1963 - New Jersey Teamsters’ Union boss Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano (pictured), 46, was sentenced to 7 years in jail and fined...
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Jun 4, 2023
Hoffa Indicted in Chicago
June 4, 1963 - A Federal grand jury in Chicago indicted James R. Hoffa and seven other persons today on charges of having fraudulently...
May 9, 2023
Hoffa Charged with Jury Tampering
May 9, 1963 - James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters union, was charged today with trying to corruptly influence a jury that tried...
Feb 13, 2023
Hoffa Accuses Attorney General of “Personal Vendetta”
Feb. 12, 1963 - James R. Hoffa, President of the Teamsters Union, accused Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today of carrying on a...
Jan 29, 2023
Hoffa Calls for Labor March on Washington
Jan. 29, 1963 - James R. Hoffa (pictured last month), president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, called today for a labor...
Jul 25, 2022
Hoffa Scored by Senate Investigators
July 25, 1962 - James R. Hoffa, Teamsters president, was described by Senate investigators today as a man with a callous disregard of...
Jul 9, 2022
Hoffa Will Not Be Prosecuted on Assault Charge
July 9, 1962 - The Government today decided not to prosecute James R. Hoffa, Teamster’s president, on assault charges pressed against him...
May 18, 2022
Hoffa Indicted by Federal Grand Jury
May 18, 1962 - James R. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, was indicted today by a Federal grand jury. It...
May 18, 2022
Hoffa Pleads Not Guilty to Assault Charge
May 18, 1962 - James R. Hoffa pleaded not guilty today to charges that he had assaulted Samuel Baron, a 59-year-old aide who talked back...
May 17, 2022
Jimmy Hoffa Arrested for Assaulting Subordinate
May 17, 1962 - James R. Hoffa was arrested tonight and charged with assaulting Samuel Baron, a 59-year-old Teamsters Union subordinate,...
Oct 21, 2021
Barbara Hoffa, Daughter of Union Chief, Weds in Detroit
Oct. 21, 1961 - Miss Barbara Hoffa was married today. Her father, James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, gave her away. About...
Jul 19, 2021
Hoffa Setback in Chicago
July 19, 1961 - Drivers for Chicago's two major taxicab fleets have elected a reform local as their bargaining agent over a local backed...
Jul 7, 2021
Hoffa Re-Elected to Five-Year Term as Teamsters President
July 7, 1961 - James R. Hoffa was re-elected by acclamation today to a new five-year term as president of the International Brotherhood...
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