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Beck, David(Dave)
US labor leader
1894 - Born on the 20th of June in Stockton, California.
1952-1957 - President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
1957 - Called to testify before the US Senate Anti-Racketeering Committee and questioned about misappropriation of funds.
He was received a three year sentence in a Washington state court for stealing $1900 from the union.
1959 - Convicted in federal court of income tax evasion.
1962 - He went to prison and was paroled in 1964.
1975 - Pardoned by US President Gerald Ford.
1993 - David Beck died on the 26th of December.
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