Beck Tax Case: Former Union Leader Gets Five Years
Former Teamster Union President Dave Beck is sentenced to five years in prison and a 60000 dollar fine for income tax evasion. Judge George Boldt denounces Beck's greed and calls the case a shocking tale of plunging from high to low. Beck posts bond and plans appeal as government cites over half a million in potential additional claims.
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Tacoma
Wash
Teamster Union
Dave Beck
Beck
U.S
George Boldt
Boldt
Horatio Alger
Democrats Choose Los Angeles for 1960 Convention
The Democratic National Committee voted 11-35 to hold the 1960 nominating convention in Los Angeles. Gov. Edmund G. Brown could become a kingmaker as a favorite son with influence over California’s delegation on the first ballot. The gathering opens July 11 at the Los Angeles Arena, a 22,400-seat venue under construction, with two Texans slated as main speakers.
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Washington
Democratic Party
Los Angeles
California
Edmund G. Brown
Chicago
Philadelphia
Brown
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
Lyndon Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Council
John S. Gibson
Camille F. Gravel Jr
Louisian
Roof Collapse Kills Eight at Listowel Arena
The roof of Listowel Arena collapsed during a minor hockey league practice. Seven youths and one adult were killed. at least nine children were injured.
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Listowel, Ont
Listowel
Younsters
Rocky Rockefeller budget faces GOP demand to cut 40 million
Albany AP report says Gov Rockefeller’s 2.01 billion budget draws GOP revolt as leaders seek at least 40 million in cuts. Republican assemblymen balk at the plan and seek a 271 million tax increase, leaving 71 possible aye votes. Majorities loom fragile in both houses with Democrats oppose.
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Albany
Rockefeler
Rockefeller
Associated Press
Senate
Assembly
Oswald D. Heck
Lenaie
Walter J. Mahoney
Heck
Mahoney
Leislature
GOP
Soviet Ship Involved In Cable Breaking Says U S Navy Man
Lt Donald Sheeley said a Soviet trawler likely took part in breaking transatlantic cables near Grand Banks while denying hostile intent. The area saw about 20 trawlers, mostly Soviet, and weather hindered repairs as Soviet officials called the boarding illegal.
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Argentia
Mid
U.S
Novorossisk
Donald Sheeley
Falls Church
Grand Banks
Sydney
N.S
Eastern Telegraph and Telephone Co
Communist Party
Pravda
Tass
Lopen Sea
Newfoundland
Moscow Radio
Adm
Jerauld Wright
U.S. Atlantic
Ernest J. Korte
Roy O. Hale
Cape Bonavista
Khrushchev to Attend Leipzig Fair and Berlin Talks
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will travel to East Germany to attend the Leipzig Trade Fair opening Sunday. He is expected to use the visit to hold on the spot discussions with East German officials on Berlin and a potential separate peace treaty with East Germany amid Western doubt about German reunification. The move follows Moscow’s hints at ending four power occupancy in Berlin and increasing East German control over Allied traffic, prompting protests from France, Britain, and the United States.
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Nikita Khushchev
Germany
Leipzig
ADN
Khrushchev
Moscow
Tass
Soviet Union
East Germany
Est
France
Britain
United States
Not Too Bad For Weekend
Light snow or a touch of rain may occur tonight and tomorrow in Syracuse with fog and mild temperatures. Tomorrow’s high around 35 degrees and tonight’s low near 25, with southwest winds 10 to 20 mph and little weekend change.
Wild West style bus robbery in Rutherford New Jersey
Two bandits posing as passengers robbed a New York to Rutherford commuter bus, stealing 655 dollars from 62 riders at gunpoint. The holdup lasted about 10 minutes after which the men left near Wheaton Ave and walked away.
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Rutherford
New York
Lincoln Tunnel
Hudson River
Julius Nagy
Rt 3
Nagy
Wheaton Ave
de Camp Bus Co
Clifton
Moon race continues with Juno II on pad at Cape Canaveral
AP reports the U S prepares a weekend launch program to test a Jupiter missile stack and Polaris, with an Army Juno II carrying a satellite past the moon to orbit the sun. Thor Able and Titan based tests proceed as recovery flights track nose cones and rocket stages.
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Fila
United States
Army
Navy
Earth
Moon
Air Force
Ascen Sion Island
Today’s Chuckle Teases Social Nuance in Jokes
In a light hearted column a quip warns it is fine to tell a woman you knew her as a child but not to claim you knew her as a boy. The joke plays on gendered memory and social perception with playful tone.
Jailing Banda Won't Stop Nyasaland Unrest Says Agitator
Dr Hastings Banda, Nyasaland nationalist leader, warned British authorities that arresting him would not quell unrest. He said Nyasaland is awake whether he lives or dies, as demonstrations and tensions rise across the federation and in Northern Rhodesia.
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Nyasaland
Central African Federation
Hastings Banda
Protectorate
Southern Rhodesia
Federation
Northern Rhodesia
John Stonehouse
Ndola
John Roberts
United Federal Party
Rhodesia
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Stonehouse Stonehouse
Arthur Benson
All African Peoples Center
China
Banda
Accra
Wilke
Liberal Party
South Africa
Accrai
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