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...start of two concurrent five-year federal prison terms for tax fraud. But there was still a touch of the old bravado in the onetime boss of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. As he boarded an 84-ft. launch near Tacoma that took him four miles across Puget Sound to McNeil Island Penitentiary, he called: "Remember MacArthur, boys! I'll be back." When the turnipy teamster does return, he will face 15 more years for embezzlement of his union's funds...
...reluctance to waste its assets. When it closes on Oct. 21, most of its best features will remain to form a permanent $50 million civic center. Says Fair President Joseph E. Gandy, a former auto dealer who has promoted the fair over some 1,000,000 miles from Puget Sound to Tokyo to Paris: "Eighty-five percent of every construction dollar has been permanently invested here. We felt it was economically immoral to spend the taxpayers' money and not have something of lasting value come...
...within a wall of buildings that shuts out the unpleasant surroundings. Space Needle visitors get an enchanting view of the city's lights at night, and by day a panorama ranging from America's Fuji-Mount Rainier-to the snow-capped Olympics rising beyond white-capped Puget Sound. Forty-eight governments have exhibits in the fair, ranging from France's $1,000,000 exhibit (a bargain by world's-fair standards) to tiny San Marino's stamp and pottery show...
...steel legs and topped by a four-story disk and a 40-ft. natural-gas torch. Within the slowly turning disk (one revolution an hour) will be a restaurant, an observation deck and a lounge where fairgoers will see a panorama of Mount Rainier, the Cascade Mountains, Puget Sound, the Olympic mountains and the city...
...prison terms. The chief of staff, General Paul Ely, resigned last year in open disagreement with De Gaulle, and his successor, General Jean Olié, resigned last month, pleading ill health. For his new chief, De Gaulle for the first time picked an air force officer, General André Puget, promoted him over half a dozen ranking officers, and prudently trimmed his powers...