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Even without Licavoli, Rhodes has troubles. LIFE says that while Rhodes reported $21,024.29 on his federal income tax forms as "gifts and gratuities" in 1958 and 1959, the Internal Revenue Service collected more than $85,000 in deficient taxes and interest because of income—supposedly political campaign funds—which Rhodes had entirely failed to report.
"In summary," concludes LIFE'S Denny Walsh, "over the past ten years Rhodes has settled tax claims against him by paying in excess of $100,000 in taxes, interest and penalties on income he did not report. For purposes of comparison, the amount he has been forced by IRS to pay in deficiencies is nearly equal to the total amount of income on which Senator Tom Dodd of Connecticut has been accused of evading taxes in his celebrated case."