Mafia Help to U S Navy During World War II Revealed
New York report shows Charles Luciano and other underworld leaders aided the government in wartime. Joseph Lanza gathered fishermen for submarine watches. Luciano then involved Meyer Lansky to oversee the effort. The Dewey era inquiry and a forthcoming book detail covert Mafia assistance and Navy demands to withhold the report.
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New York
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
Navy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Joseph
Socks) Lanza
Fulton Fish Market
Lanza
Luciano
Meyer Lansky
Dewey
State Commissioner of Investigation
William B. Herlands
U.S. Navy
Rodney Camp
Herlands
Lansky
Moses Polakoff
Europe
Polakoff
Italy
Murray I. Gurfein
Charles R. Haffenden
Naval
Armed Forces
Estes Kefauver Senate Committee On Crime
Huge U S Deposits in Lance Bank
Newsday reports that the National Bank of Georgia held 1.37 million in federal savings deposits as of March 31, with 1.06 million recorded on June 30, while the state’s other banks held 39 thousand combined. The bank faced loan losses and dividend cuts during this period. Bert Lance, then director designate of the OMB, owned 233000 shares in the bank before resigning amid investigation.
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U.S
the National Bank of Georgia
Lance
Georgia
The
National Bank of Georgia
Newsday
Office of Management and Budget
Senate
Calhoun National Bank
Amana Octoberfest Parade Feature Shows Trick Tow
In Amana during Octoberfest a toy tractor pulled by a large farm tractor appears to tow but the rope is fixed, making it a push effect. Bobby Kruse sits on the small tractor while his dad Robert Kruse watches and Dennis Groesser drives the larger tractor.
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Amana
Bobby
Robert
Dennis Groesser
Carter Signs Deserter Benefit Denial Law Amid Backlash
President Carter signed a bill denying veterans benefits to Vietnam era deserters and those with upgraded discharges under his program. The move drew opposition from civil liberties groups and amnesty advocates who warned the law may be unconstitutional. The measure imposes new review requirements and bars benefits for those absent without leave for 180 days unless compelling reasons are shown.
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Carter
Justice Department
The
American Civil Liberties Union
House of Representatives
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
Armed Services
Vietnam
Cuban Aides to Weather Underground Reported by FBI
A top secret FBI 400 page August 1976 report notes Cuban espionage operatives in the United States and Canada provided limited aid to the Weather Underground in the late 1960s and early 1970s. North Vietnam offered some help, but no evidence ties the Soviet Union China or Eastern Europe to active attempts to spur U S dissidents.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Weather Underground
FBI
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
China
New York Times
Justice Department
Clarence Kelley
Death Penalty Not Solution Says Former Iowa Leader
Des Moines reports Harold Hughes former Iowa governor and U S senator argues the death penalty harms society and fails to deter crime He promotes rational justice and stronger crime enforcement while opposing revenge driven violence and urging reverence for all human life.
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UPS
Harold Hughes
Iowa
U.S
Drake University
Hughes
Omaha man held in double Sioux City slayings
Police arrested Fred Lewis Pletka 22 in Omaha on Saturday in connection with the Friday murder of two Sioux City men. Victims Robert Schmeckpepper 51 and James King 38 were found stabbed in a mobile home in east Sioux City. King worked for a roofing firm and Schmeckpepper taught accounting at Western Iowa Community College.
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Sioux City
Fred Lewis Pletka
Robert F. Schmeckpepper
James E. King
Woodbury County
Thomas Corden
Pletka
Schmeckpepper
Western Iowa Community College
King
Modale
Noted West Coast professor cautions on women crime linked liberation
A University of Iowa professor argues women’s liberation may not increase crime, while a Linn county psychiatrist remains skeptical. The feature appears in Courses by Newspaper on page 1B Trend, with related pieces on space exploration and farm name meanings. Also notes weather forecast and page listings.
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Linn County
James van Allen
University of Iowa
United States
Iowa
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