Beck enters U.S. prison amid defiant statements
Dave Beck, aged 68, began serving concurrent five year terms for tax fraud tied to the Joint Council of Teamsters Building Fund. He defended his innocence, vowed to appeal, and faced potential parole after about 20 months. The ex-union leader will serve at McNeil Island with limited special treatment and awaits state charges for related embezzlement.
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MacArthur
Beck
Joint Council of Teamsters Building Fund
Seattle
Varias
Paul Madigan
Cadillac
A. Pell
U. S. Supreme Court
Dave Jr
McNeil Island
Beck's
Aire
Khrushchev addresses riot-hit plant crowd in Onesti
In Onesti Romania a thunderstorm and a workers stampede nearly disrupted Khrushchev's speech at a big new oil chemical plant under construction. He spoke about disarmament and a nuclear test ban while the crowd of about 2 000 filled the improvised hall. The plant, to be completed late this year or in 1963, will refine oil and produce plastics from all products using Romanian crude and imported refined goods.
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Onesti
Romania
Shel ‘Ter
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Ploesti
Peace Corpsman praised for his Chile work in Scranton
Thomas Scanlon, a 24 year old Peace Corpsman from Dunmore Pa, described his Chile adventures in the Scranton Times. President Kennedy cited Scanlon’s service to about 4,000 government summer workers, noting his commitment to aid campesinos and educate through Rural Institute outreach.
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Thomas J. Scanton
Scranton Times
Chile
Dunmore
Scanlon
Kennedy
Washington
Scanton
Latin America
Hat” Scanlon
Campesino
Peace Corps
United States
Institute of Rural Education
South Carolina Man Is Champion Flower Arranger
John C Dowling Jr. of Gaffney South Carolina became the first man to win a national flower arranging competition in existence, defeating 13 women in the seventh annual Sterling Bowl Tournament at the Newark Rose Festival. Second prize went to Mrs. Raymond P. Wismer of Cranford New Jersey, third to Mrs. Roderick Black of North Hollywood California.
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Newark
N.Y
John C Dowling Jr
Gaffney
S. C
Raymond P. Wismer
Cranford
Roderick Black
North Hollywood
Calif
Second Nuclear High Shot Test Fails Again
The Atomic Energy Commission said the missile and its nuclear warhead were destroyed after a malfunction during the launch away from Johnston Island. Debris fell on Johnston and Sands Islands, with most landing in the sea. No injuries or radiation danger reported.
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Atomic Energy
Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Sands Island
Johnston
AEC
Hsead
Teendley
Silat Jst
Jausch
Sturdy Mansion Among Civil War Era Fortifications Considered for Fallout Shelter
In Lexington Missouri the Joric Anderson house, a Civil War site within Battle of Lexington State Park, may serve as a fallout shelter if a nuclear attack occurs. The Missouri Park Board allows local authorities to use the antebellum brick mansion, whose 14 inch walls rest on an 88 inch limestone foundation.
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Lexington
Uh — His
Joric Anderson
Missouri Park Board
Battle of Lexington
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