The bankruptcy hearings in Spring 1972 were assisted by Poulson's meticulous record-keeping which detailed his payments and gifts.

Interestingly, one of Poulson's biggest creditors was the Inland Revenue to which he owed around £ 200, 000.

There was some irony in this: the editor of World in Action was Raymond Fitzwalter who earlier, as deputy news editor of the Telegraph & Argus in Bradford, had led an investigation into Poulson's activities, which the newspaper published.

Smith eventually received £ 156, 000 from Poulson for his work, which typically involved signing up local councillors on to the payroll of his companies and getting them to push their councils to accept Poulson's prepackaged redevelopment schemes.

In the post-war years Poulson's business boomed and by the sixties was one of the largest in Europe at the time.

Poulson's generosity drew the comment from Muir Hunter QC during the bankruptcy proceedings that " n fact, Mr Poulson, you were distributing largesse like Henry VIII ".

When Poulson's problems caught up with him in later life, he sold the house to a young couple for just over half the build cost.

This company also had the advantage of reducing Poulson's tax liability considerably.

Some of Poulson's largest residential blocks were built in Cunningham's home town of Felling, County Durham.

Poulson's connections with the National Liberals began to give him political advancement in the early 1960s.

Poulson's business model was initially highly successful and, at its apogee, was making an annual turnover of £ 1 million ; he himself admitted to being a millionaire.

The bankruptcy hearing also revealed Poulson's love for a lavish lifestyle and his penchant for rubbing shoulders with senior figures in the establishment.

Subsequently, Poulson's 1972 bankruptcy hearings disclosed extensive bribery and in October 1973 Smith was again arrested on corruption charges.

Dallas's lone victory in a conference championship or Super Bowl wearing the blue jerseys was in the 1978 NFC Championship game against the Los Angeles Rams.

There had been some speculation that the Padres would be the first team in history to win a division and finish below. 500, but their victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 30 gave them their 81st victory.

Dallas finished the regular season winning the NFC East with a 10-4 record, winning their final five regular season games to overcome the St. Louis Cardinals ( who lost their final three games and fell to third place in the final standings ) and New York Giants ( who lost their finale 31-3 to the Los Angeles Rams ; a Giants victory would have given New York the NFC East title based upon a better division record ).

Buffalo's first opponent was the Los Angeles Raiders, led by quarterback Jeff Hostetler, who had led the New York Giants to victory over the Bills in Super Bowl XXV 3 years earlier.

** Reggie Jackson blasts 3 home runs to lead the New York Yankees to a World Series victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

* October 2 – Los Angeles Dodgers left-handed pitcher Sandy Koufax sets a World Series record by striking out 15 New York Yankees in a 5-2 victory in Game 1 at Yankee Stadium.

In the Orioles ' four-game sweep of the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, Robinson hit two home runs — in Game One, which Baltimore won 5 – 2, and in Game Four, the only run of the game in a 1 – 0 series-clinching victory.

Four days later, the team notched their first-ever victory over the Los Angeles Clippers, 117 – 105.

Kennedy took the crucial California primary on June 4, but was shot after his victory speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles and died soon afterwards.

In 1970, Connors recorded his first significant victory in the first round of the Pacific Southwest Open in Los Angeles, defeating Roy Emerson.

Nearby is the Los Angeles Maritime Museum, the largest maritime museum in California, as is the museum ship SS Lane Victory, a fully operational victory ship of World War II and National Historic Landmark.

The () was inaugurated on 14 December 1947 with a match between Real Madrid and the Portuguese side Os Belenenses, which resulted in a 3 – 1 victory for Los Blancos.

Yallop's personnel changes and deft coaching with the help of assistant coach Dominic Kinnear and goalkeeper coach Tim Hanley, along with the allocation of star forward Landon Donovan on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, quickly turned around the Earthquakes ' on-field fortunes, spurring the biggest regular season turnaround in league history ( from 29 points in 2000 to 45 points in 2001 ) and leading the team to a 2 – 1 MLS Cup 2001 overtime victory over the archrival Los Angeles Galaxy.

Plimpton, along with former decathlete Rafer Johnson, was credited with helping wrestle Sirhan Sirhan to the ground when Kennedy was assassinated following his victory in the 1968 California Democratic primary at the former Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

" The Los Angeles Times reported in 1946 that Chad was " the No. 1 doodle ", noting his appearance on a wall in the Houses of Parliament after the 1945 Labour election victory, with " Wot, no Tories?

The victory, coming after Barry's videotaped crack use and conviction, shocked the nation, carrying front page headlines in newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times and Boston Globe.

Vail scored the game winning goal in a 3 – 2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on April 7, 1977.

Bradley gave Philly fans a glimpse of his potential in a contest against the Los Angeles Clippers in November, posting career highs of 28 points and 22 rebounds in a 97-83 victory.

After his victory, Tisdall was invited to a dinner in Los Angeles where he was seated next to Amelia Earhart on one side and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. on the other.

Following that victory, she was inactive for a year before returning to the ring on April 24, 2004 for a rematch against Holewyne in Los Angeles.

Executives Jim Toomey of the St. Louis Cardinals, Alan Roth of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Irv Kaze of the Pittsburgh Pirates awarded saves to pitchers that finished winning games but were not credited with the win, regardless of the margin of victory.

Bill Singer is credited with recording the first official save when he pitched three shutout innings in relief of Don Drysdale in the Los Angeles Dodgers ' 3 – 2 Opening Day victory over the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field on April 7 of that year.

She also reached the semifinals of Los Angeles, losing to Chanda Rubin, and Montreal, grasping a 6 – 4, 6 – 3 victory over Martina Hingis before retiring hurt against Capriati.

His mayoral victory came in the wake of the Great Depression and the deep resentment many Chicagoans had of Prohibition and the increasing violence resulting from organized crime's control of Chicago, typified by the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

Non-Kuomintang politician Wu San-lian ( 2L ) celebrated his landslide victory ( 65. 5 %) in the first Taipei city mayoral election in January 1951.

Non-partisan Taiwanese politician Wu San-lian ( 2L ) celebrated his landslide victory ( 65. 5 %) in the first-time Taipei city mayoral election in January 1951 with his supporters.

Peckham had 2 very close challenges in his last 2001 and in 2005 one of the closest mayoral elections in the Village's history, Peckham survived with only a 43 vote victory against Trustee David Hanks.

It controlled Democratic Party nominations and political patronage in Manhattan from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of John P. O ' Brien in 1932.

It played a major role in New York City politics into the 1960s, and was a dominant player from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the era of Fiorello La Guardia ( 1934 – 1945 ).

After Peoples Temple participation proved instrumental in the mayoral election victory of George Moscone in 1975, Moscone appointed Jones as the Chairman of the San Francisco Housing Authority Commission.

After the Temple served an important role in the mayoral election victory of George Moscone in 1975, Moscone appointed Jones as the Chairman of the San Francisco Housing Authority Commission.

Tangwai ( Independent ) Taiwanese-born politician Wu San-lian ( 2L ) celebrated his landslide victory ( 65. 5 %) in Taipei City's first mayoral election in January 1951 with supporters.

Despite his earlier statements to the contrary, observers of Barry's council victory expressed beliefs that he was laying ground for a mayoral run in 1994.

Another oft-repeated Barry quote came in the aftermath of his electoral victory, in which he counseled those voters who opposed his mayoral campaign to " get over it.

That community, which remembered Hahn's father with affinity as a supporter of civil rights, had helped to propel Hahn to victory in the 2001 mayoral election.

Despite ongoing controversy, locals continued to support the plan: in the 1997 mayoral election, the pro-airport coalition won a narrow victory over the anti-airport coalition.

Some suggested that Rob Ford's mayoral victory in November 2010 had paved the way for the federal Conservatives ' successes in Toronto, with right-of-centre politicians garnering significant support from immigrants that traditionally supported the Liberals.

Non-Kuomintang Taiwanese politician Wu San-lian ( 2L ) celebrated his landslide victory ( 65. 5 %) in the first-time Taipei city mayoral election in January 1951 with his supporters.

In 2001, the Independence Party had a major impact on the NYC mayoral campaign, with the Independence line providing a quantity of votes which exceed the victory margin of billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a newly-minted Republican.

This was the fourth straight mayoral victory by a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic city.

Tammany Hall was the name given to the Democratic political machine that dominated New York City politics from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1933.

He defeated controversial incumbent Linda Jackson, the former mayor who was still facing charges from election finance irregularities stemming from her 2006 mayoral victory.

The Liberal-sympathetic organ announces victory of the Liberal Party in the Salt Lake City mayoral race.

In the San Francisco mayoral race of 1999, Ammiano mounted a successful write-in campaign in the November election, preventing the incumbent Willie Brown from achieving a victory without a run-off.

A tough stance on this matter greatly helped Rudolph Giuliani win two terms as mayor of New York City in the 1990s, and was also widely cited as propelling Gavin Newsom to victory over a more liberal opponent in San Francisco's mayoral election of 2003.

The electoral victory was largely due to the charismatic leadership of the mayoral candidate, Julio Anguita.

McCrory reportedly commissioned a poll to test the waters for a run for Governor in November 2007, shortly after his seventh mayoral re-election victory, but well after other Republican gubernatorial candidates began campaigning.