Beck Begins Five Year Prison Term For Tax False Returns
Dave Beck, 68, former Teamsters president, reports to Tacoma to board a boat to McNeil Island for a five year sentence. He was convicted on filing fraudulent returns for Seattle Joint Council 28 Building Association. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction on false union returns. Beck faces two concurrent five year terms and a $20,000 fine.
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Seattle
Dave Beck
Teamsters’ Union
Beck
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Tacoma
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Puget Sound
McNeil Island
Joint
Council 28 Building Association
U.S. Supreme Court
Outstanding Official Is Selected In North Carolina
Jennings H. Bryson, longtime Jackson County chairman, was chosen outstanding county official of 1962 by the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners. Henry Milgrom became association president, with Harry P. Mitchell and James R. Braswell as first and second vice presidents. The convention urged local boards' voice in two year community college control and called for a welfare advisory committee to address local welfare issues. Congress was urged to broaden state and local discretion in welfare administration.
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Morehead City
N.C
Jennings H. Bryson
Jackson County
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
Bryson
Henry Milgrom
Nash County
R. B. Jordan
Montgomery County
Harry P. Mitchell
Buncombe County
James R. Braswell
Union County
Congress
Ozone Gas Creates Fresh Smell After Thunderstorms
The distinctive fresh smell after storms comes from ozone in the air. Ozone forms when lightning splits oxygen molecules, allowing atoms to recombine into three-atom ozone.
Four Pilots Die In Four-Plane F104 Collision Near Cologne
Four supersonic F104 Starfighters collide during a low level rehearsal near Cologne Germany. An American instructor Captain Jon G Speer 29 from Los Angeles and three West German air force pilots are killed. The crash cancels the air show.
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Cologne
Germany
Jon G. Speer
Los Angeles
U.S. Air Force
Speer
20 Shots Fired By East Germans
Berlin police report at least 20 shots fired by East German guards along the West Berlin border during the night. Around midnight, scattered gunfire near the Teltow Canal prompted three Western squad cars to respond, then an hourlong search yielded no refugee caught.
Southern Rail-Highway Service Expands For Shippers
Southern announces a grown-up piggyback service with 646 aluminum containers including 40 insulated units with climate control and 391 trailer chassis. Containers can be rail moved on or off chassis, or moved as trailer units. Service targets expanding city network along lines and major off-line cities.
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Southern
South
Tax collections rise on state pay increases in 1962
North Carolina's income tax receipts are projected to top 95 million dollars by June 30, up 12 percent from last year and 15 percent from 1961 estimates. Wage gains from teacher and textile worker raises drive the surge, with half the increase attributed to higher education payroll added in early 1962.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. A. Johnson
State Revenue Department
Johnson
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