Cosa Nostra Jury Probe Targets Lucchese Syndicate
New York reports the government presents evidence this week against the Cosa Nostra as a grand jury investigates rackets in the metropolitan area. Thomas Lucchese, Three-Finger Brown, a garment industry figure, faces subpoenas as underlings invoke the Fifth Amendment.
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Coga Nostra
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Three-Finger Brown
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Lucchese
Fimes
National Crime Syndicate
United States Court of Appeals
Extortion attempt targets TV actor Leon Ames and wife
Veteran actor Leon Ames and his wife faced a $50,000 extortion plot in North Hollywood when a young mechanic held them at gunpoint for hours and fled with Mrs Ames as a hostage. Police surrounded the home, a helicopter watched, and the suspect Lynn Benner surrendered after police intervened. Benner and his wife Patricia were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and robbery.
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North Hollywood
Calif
Ames
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Ralph Williams
Williams
Herbert F. Baumgartener
Bank of America
Baumgarteker
Lynn Wayne Benner
la Mirada
Sus‘picion
Benner
Patricia Louise
Mrs Oswald Seeks CIA Link in Kennedy Case
Marguerite Oswald testified she believes her son Lee Harvey Oswald innocent yet suspects he was framed as a CIA agent. She claimed she thinks he was set up to take the blame and that the assassin remains at large, while Warren noted her remarks add context but yield no new facts.
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F Kennedy
Earl Warren
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Oswald
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Warren
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Card for It Aims at Smoking Cessation with New Line
A Dedham based card maker Rust Craft Greeting Cards Inc announced a new card line designed for people trying to stop smoking cigarettes. The release notes a focus on supportive messages and encouragement for quit attempts.
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Dedham
Mass
Rockefeller Attacks Johnson in New Hampshire Tour
Rocky Aims heavy fire at Johnson as Nelson A Rockefeller campaign stops in eastern New Hampshire denouncing Panama crisis, leadership gaps, and Democratic foreign policy failures. He plans central and western state visits while a private Concord session fuels his charge of administration ineptness. In New Orleans Mardi Gras revelers dressed as Beethoven mock the Beatles.
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Rockefeller
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Concord
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New Orleans
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven
Henry Ford Is Divorced After 23 Years
Henry Ford and Anne Ford were granted an uncontested divorce in Fairfield Idaho after 23 years of marriage. Judge Charles Scoggin awarded custody of their son Edsel Bryant Ford to Mrs Ford with visitation for Mr Ford. Property rights had already been settled. Ford declined comment while attending a Ford Motor Co board meeting in Detroit.
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Charles Scoggin
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Anne McDonnell
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Maria Christina Vettore Austin
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