Probers to Check Taxes of Gamblers
Washington AP Senate racket probes examine how gamblers dodge taxes and cheat at race tracks with rigged equipment and crooked officials. Testimony from IRS Commissioner Caplin and sports wire operator Rosetti reveals how bookies seek early race results to steer bets, with an estimated 80 billion in play yearly and potential abuse of law enforcement. John Scarne cites marked cards and widespread cheating. Karnov from Chicago contributes to the hearings.
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Washington
Senate
John J. McClellan
Internal Revenue
Mortimer E. Caplin
Angelo Rosetti
Boston Tace
Rosetti
Sports Day
John Scarne
Paul P. Karnov
Chicago
Kennedy nominates Gerald Sale as Piggott postmaster
President Kennedy nominated Gerald Sale to be postmaster at Piggott Arkansas, a Senate-confirmation matter. The same report cites a manufacturer testifying about products for gambling, including located dice, marked cards, rose colored lenses, and trick mirrors, and identifies him as president of the H. B. Mason Co. aka the KC Card Co.
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Washington
Kennedy
Gerald Sale
Piggott, Ark
Senate
Final Atlas Fired in Pacific Ended Golden Ram Program
A Titan Atlas intercontinental missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB California. The Air Force described the operational training launch as the completion of the Golden Ram program with improvements to ballistic weapon systems.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
API
Air Force
First Pony Express run covers 2000 miles in 19 days
The inaugural Pony Express voyage from St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California took nineteen days to traverse nearly two thousand miles marking a historic mail delivery milestone.
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St. Joseph
Sacramento
Calif
Nuclear Seminar Opens at Spa Hot Springs
The Southwest Seminar on Nuclear Energy opens its exhibits to the public Saturday with high school science students from Arkansas Mississippi Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas expected to view them. The exhibit runs through Sept 4 and State Education Commissioner Arch Ford urges superintendents to use school buses. Ford chairs the seminar's education committee.
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Hot Springs
Arkansas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Arch Ford
Ford
One Bid for Dam Road Paving at Greers Ferry Reservoir
The Little Rock District Army Engineers received a single bid of 25 983 by ID L Johnson of Heber Springs for surfacing roads atop two earthen dams at Greers Ferry Reservoir. The engineer's estimate stood at 23 569. A separate note reports Local 270 of the United Furniture Workers faces a June injunction with a $750 part of a 1 000 fine if violence and mass assembly during a Fort Smith Chair Co strike persist.
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Little Rock
Greers Ferry Reservoir
ID. L. Johnson
Heber Springs
Fort Smith, Ark
United Furniture Workers of America
Hugh Bland
Fort Smith Chair Co
School Aid Split Into Bills in House Plan
House Democratic leadership decided to split the administration’s federal school program into two bills. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell said all four Ribicoff package elements would be kept in one of the bills or the other, with construction aid and impacted-area aid in one bill, higher education aid in another, and the defense education act to be appended after further talks.
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House
Tnday
Sam Rayburn
Adam Clayton Powell
D. N.Y
House Education Committee
Secretary of Welfare
Abraham Ribicoff
Powell
Ribicoff
Tdith Green
D-Ore
Bids Ordered for Paris High School Project
Apparent low bid of 366 175 by Cone Stowers Inc of Searcy for Paris High School construction followed by seven alternates that could change the final amount. Paris residents approved a 429 600 bond issue to finance the project.
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Paris
Ark
Cone — Stowers, Inc
Searcy
Hal Kennamer
High Court to Rule on Tax Dispute in Murphy Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court will decide if Murphy Corp of El Dorado owes 14829 dollars in back income taxes after claiming a prior loss carryover exempted income. The Revenue Department says Murphy owes 14823 dollars and cites a 1957 tax credit act as rationale.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Murphy Corp
el Dorado
Murphy
Revenue Department
Promotion of NLR Police Hit By FOP Suit
A Pulaski Chancery Court suit challenges a top to sergeant promotion in North Little Rock police. Twenty FOP members allege officers with more experience and qualifications were bypassed in the latest promotion list.
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Nuria LI
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