Wednesday, March 4, 1964: Jimmy Hoffa

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee -- James R. Hoffa, president of the Teamsters Union, was convicted today on two charges of seeking to fix the jury which tried him on a conspiracy charge in 1962.

     -- Associated Press (link: @)

     -- Photo from Hoffa's sentencing on March 12; from Corbis Images

* "Hoffa Found Guilty of Jury Tampering" (Milwaukee Journal, March 4): @

* "Hoffa in Defeat: We'll Appeal" (Associated Press, March 5): @

* "Jimmy Hoffa Sentenced for Jury Tampering" (from Finding Dulcinea): @

* "Hoffa: How They Nailed Him" (Life magazine, March 13): @

* Biography (from www.biography.com): @

* "The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa" (from www.crimelibrary.com): @

* "The Hoffa Wars: The Rise and Fall of Jimmy Hoffa" (Dan E. Moldea, 1993): @ 

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