Word: dave
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Tracking down hogshead-shaped ex-Teamster Tycoon Dave Beck, 64, at the $163,000 lair in Seattle built for him by his onetime subjects, Television and New York Post Quizician Mike Wallace found Big Dave waiting out an appeal of his Dec. 14 conviction for larceny. Beck was perplexed about his fat, foolish youngster Dave Jr., 38, convicted of filching $4,650 from a Teamster till. "I think I made some mistakes with young Dave," said Big Dave. "But on the other hand, Dave Beck Jr. has never given me one moment of trouble. Dave Beck Jr. never drank...
...biggest Newport (R.I.) Jazz Festival. The Duke was back for a Tribute-to-Ellington night; Benny Goodman was there for nostalgia. Trumpeter Miles Davis had declined this year's invitation: "What, me dig that crazy scene? Never!" But he too was there last week-along with Gerry Mulligan, Dave Brubeck, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins and a clutch of others-because the "crazy scene" was just too big to be ignored...
...stock to the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co. Landa proceeded to raid the raider, made himself a cool $1,000,000 on Fruehauf stock during the fight. Landa welcomes allies from any quarter. During the Fruehauf fight, he negotiated a $1,500,000 loan from the then Teamster President Dave Beck to finance Fruehauf stock purchases...
Sinker. In Burnet, Texas, Dave Hawk took a commanding lead in the state bass-fishing tournament, reached shore, was given a summons by a game warden for catching too many fish...
Earlier, the Crimson had taken a second-inning lead when Mo Balboni hit a hard line drive down the left field line and past the reach of fielder Dave Olson for a home run. Just before the hit, a small group of '33 zealots prophetically launched a cluster of helium-filled red balloons which soared proudly over the field as Balboni scored...