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Bingo inventor*gets term for tax evasion*BOSTON (AP) - The man y( who invented Bingo has been p given a suspended jail term for hi income tax evasion amid ac- lo cusations by the judge that a in federal prosecutor’s remarks on the case were “reckless.” i] Edwin S. Lowe, 68, a New a York toy manufacturer, p; pleaded guilty to un- ft derreporting his 1970 income p and paying $22,000 less in-taxe than he o\yed, but Asst, U.S. is Atty. Wayne B- Hollingsworth said in court Lowe actually nrowedmorp than-$8, million.....—: trHollingsworth said Lowe cj fraudulently charged to his p corporation silch personal a expenses as a wedding, Monet nlt; paintings maintenance of his summer home*inQuogue, N.Y., Si the cost of a boat slip and maid b:service. . aiU.S. District Court Judge W. ci Arthur Garrity Jr. denied the prosecution's request Wed- lu nesday fpr an 18-month jail ci term and instead fined Lowe ,Pi $10,000, gav; him a, six-month ct suspended jail terni and put se
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Greenfield Recorder

Greenfield, Massachusetts, US

Sat, Sep 11, 1976

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