Mafia May Enter Baby Selling Trade Amid Rising Black Market
Law enforcement warns the Mafia may join the growing black market in newborns as demand for specific babies outstrips supply. Estimates suggest some infants fetch thousands to nearly a million dollars, with adoption agencies noting 400,000 children in the US and HEW listing about 180,000 as suitable for adoption though many are unsuitable due to age race or health.
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Hoger Jensen
United States
Dist
Atty
Richard
Waller Mal
Charlotte DeArmond
California Children's Home Society
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Baby selling boom raises fears in California wake
A Corry Evening Journal report outlines a rising black market for newborns, driven by lax adoption laws and eager brokers in California. It cites payments up to 10000 to 19000, mothers paid off, intermediaries profiting, and legal avenues undercut by unscrupulous buyers and sellers amid a culture of permissive attitudes toward unwed mothers.
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DeArmond
Child Welfare League of America
Ageny
Moss
California
Suc
Los Angeles County
Ronald Silverton
Silverton
Corry Evening Journal
Corry
Pennsylvania
Iris
Three Balk At Offers For Renewal Parcels
Only three properties in the docktown renewal area remain uncaptured by the Corry Redevelopment Authority. Federal funds total 285,000 have been paid for 10 properties already bought, including parcels owned by Dr. Kiena Gacanl and Kyan Hammond Jr, plus Ritz Restaurant and Leeds owned by Eugene Stoddard. The three holdouts rejected offers and the Authority plans to seize the parcels. One business, Barstow's Shoe Store, will not close due to action by the owners. Staff note limited friction with shifts inside existing tenants and minimal disclosed purchase prices for acquired properties.
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Docktown
Corry
Rite Restaurant
Murphy's
William Peiffer
Maple Avenue
Maxine Teeter
Stahl Jewelry
No Clues To Jewelry Robbery In Palm Beach
Police and FBI say no solid lead in a luxury condominium robbery that yielded an estimated 3 to 4 million dollars. The only physical clue was part of an unidentified tool used to pry open boxes. Tenants with valuables faced varied insurance coverage and witnesses described three bandana masked men inside the locked building.
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Palm Beach
Fla
FBI
Earald Hey
Pais
IRS grants two month tax return extension
Washington AP reports the IRS offers an automatic two month filing extension for taxpayers who file Form 4968 and mail payment on time. Complete Form 1040 can wait until June 15, and refunds are not penalized for missing tonight’s deadline. If an underpayment occurs there is a 5 percent late payment penalty per month and a 10 percent accuracy threshold.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Nab Pot Pusher Charged in Nickel Bag Case
Corry police arrested Aloysius R. Lindenberger, 18, of 315 Warren Street, for selling marijuana in a nickel bag. He was arraigned before District Justice Pat sy Nichols, released on a $1,000 bond, with no hearing date set.
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Kenneth Nichols
Patsy Nichols
Aloysius R. Lindenberger
Warren Street
Lindenberger
DJ Nichols
Loch Ness Monster Sighting Reported By Police Officers
Fort Augustus Scotland AP two police officers Sgt Donald Nicolson and Constable Hamish Gray reported seeing two dark fins about 20 feet apart moving rapidly in Loch Ness They doubted a monster but said the water between the fins looked boiling The fins submerged resurfaced then a wave splashed shore The driver and passengers found only water upon arrival.
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Fort Augustus
Scotland
Loch Ness
Donald Nicolson
Hamish Gray
Nicolson
Gray
PennDOT chief tours four counties in northwest region
Secretary William H. Sherlock tours Venango Crawford Warren and McKean counties highways meeting with local officials and inspecting routes and bridges while Erie County officials question plans for a Erie route. Corry seeks local resurfacing on East Columbus Avenue and wonders if PennDOT will cover the bill. The itinerary includes Franklin, Route 8 in Titusville, Route 27 and the Warren Bypass with a PennDOT garage stop.
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Warren
Crawford
Venango
Mclean
Erie County
William H. Sherlock
Vincent Kennerknecht
Sherlock
Corry
Columbus Avenue
Wayne Street
Benjamin Calderone
Columbus
Kennerknecht
Penndot
Warren County
McKean
Richard C. Frame
Robert J. Kusse
Kusse
Dismiss Charges On KKK Trio
Alabama prosecutors ask judge to reconsider dismissal of murder indictments against three white men linked to a 1960s Ku Klux Klan killing of Willie Edwards Jr. and forced river jump. Judge Embry threw out the indictments for faulty language. new indictments may be sought after a rehearing.
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Montgomery, Aln
Circuit Court
Frank Embry
Willie Edwards Jr
Bill Baxley
Alabama
Edwards
Wedne
Eny
Atty
Charles Price
Montgomery Een Grand Jury
Areca
Weaigh
Embry
Attor Fer
William
Sonny" Kyle Livingston
Livingston
Seven Teacher Moves Approved In Corry District
Corry Area School District board approved multiple staff changes including resignations from Cornelia Anderson Miriam Lloyd and William E Miller. A sabbatical Leave for Jerry Funkin maternity leave for Pamela Millspay one medical leave for Eileen Simmons plus a substitute special education teacher Patricia Li. Nichols terms indicate replacement for Betty Pate and yearbook advisor duties for 550 dollars.
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Board of Education
Corry Area School
Cornelia Anderson
Wright School
Corry
Miriam 8. Lloyd
Patricia Li
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Mafia
Dean Wilder
Arlington
Library of Congress
District of Columbia
14Th Street Bridge
Corry Area High School
Nickel’ Bay
Philippines Air Lines
Rone
Italy
Libya
Manila
KKK
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