Eight Men Rule U S Organized Crime Says Valachi
Joe Valachi, a former Cosa Nostra member, testifies before a guarded Ft. Monmouth inquiry that an eight-man commission runs U S organized crime. Names listed include Vito Genovese, Sam Giancana, Joseph Zerilli, Sebastian LaRocca, Angelo Bruno, Stefano Magaddino, Raymond Patriarca, and John Scalish with Genovese as head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Cosa Nostra
Commission
United States
Justice Department
Joe Valachi
Valachi
Joe
Abe Reles
Brooklyn
Murder, Inc
Reles
Coney Island
Ft. Monmouth
N. J. Reles
Underworld
Sicily
Italy
Vito Genovese
New York
Leavenworth
Sam Giancana
Chicago
Joseph Zerilli
Detroit
Sebastian LaRocca
Pittsburgh
Angelo Bruno
Philadelphia
Stefano Magaddino
Buffalo
Raymond Patriarca
New England
John T. Scalish
Cleveland
Travel to Japan Via Trans Siberian Route Is Off Limits
A UPI report notes that a Siberia to Japan journey via the Trans Siberian route is no longer feasible this year. Thomas Cook & Son says travelers must spend two nights in Moscow and proceed by train and ship to Nakhodka, with Khabarovsk as a transit point before reaching Japan.
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New York
UPI
Japan
Soviet Siberia
Russia
Thomas Cook & Son
United States
West Coast
Nippon
Moscow
Europe
Asia
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Amur
Far East
Nakhodka
Sea of Japan
Cook’s
American Automobile Association
Tokyo
Osaka
Nagoya
Senate Aide Resigns as Inquiry Opens on Loaned Influence
The FBI and Justice Department probe the business ties of Robert G. Baker, ex secretary to the Senate majority, amid a $300,000 civil suit claiming he used his office to secure contracts with Serv-U and Melpar. Baker, a Johnson protege, resigned his $19,600 post. Francis Valeo to act as secretary. Baker and his wife hold substantial notes from Serv-U. the suit alleges he helped North American Aviation subcontractors win vending contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National ‘‘Commission
Justice Department
Chicago
Anthony Accardo
Sam
Giancana
Oak Park
Ill
Europe
Phyllis McGuire
FBI
Washington
Robert G. Baker
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Baker
Pickens
S.C
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Internal Security
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Francis R. Valeo
Mansfield
Valeo
U.S. District
Capitol Vending Inc
Serv-A Corp
Bakers
North American Aviation Corp
Melpar, Inc
Melpar
Serv-U
California
Wa K
Angelo Bruno
Penn-Jersey Vending, Inc
Philadelphia
Sue
Howard R. Leary
Pennsylvania
Special Investigation Squad
Knife fight at New York tavern injures man
Glen R. Sheldon, 26, of 144 BenMont Ave, suffered severe head and back cuts in a knife brawl in the parking lot of a North Petersburg tavern. Eight people were involved. Sheldon says he went to his car for cigarettes when attacked. The incident remains under investigation.
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Glen R. Sheldon
BenMont Ave
North Petersburg
N.Y
Sheldon
Putnam Memorial Hospital
New York Bureau of Criminal Investigation
New York
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U.S
H. D. Quigg
Songbird
Genovese
Apalachin
America
Frank Costello
Frank
Costello
Frank Scalise
Bronx
Scalise
Lucky Luciano
Albert Anastasia
Manhattan
Jersey Shore
Atlantic Highlands
Ferdinand Boccia
Vito
Chicago Crime Commission
Salvatore Momo Giancana
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Benhi Pta
Frederick B. Wolf
Charlemont
Mass
Bendi
Marie Bergquist
Robert Minke
Wilford Pratt
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Zerilli
Grosse Pointe Park
Oakland Ymha
John Sebastian
Big John) LaRocca
LaRocca
Asesault
Big John
N. Y
Magaddino
Peter
Niagara Falls
Stefano
Arcangela
Nick Longo
Willie Morcetti
Longo
Lewistown
Lake Erie
Tillie
Cleveland Press
Mati
Scalish
Acc
Buckeye Cigaret Service
Scalis
Raymond L. S. Patriarca
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Massachusetts
Keefauver
Patriarca
Providence
R. 1
Race Information Service
Rhode Iseland
Costello Outfit
Boston
Daniel H. Coakeley
Executive Council
Charles F. Hurley
Coakley
Hurley
Rere Salem
Heyesicie
Loafer
Black, Cordovan
Bennington Shopping Plaza
Bennington Road
Dial
Woolworth
Ayes Mountain Farm
Arlington, VT
First National Stores
North Bennington Rd
Bennington, Vt
Rosasco
Bennington
Main ST
North Adams, Mass
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