Ed Caputo and sportsmen's club gambling ties exposed
Corry residents and others traveled from Erie International to Freeport Bahamas for gambling, tied to Edward J Caputo who helped found Pittsburgh's Sportsmen's Club a nonprofit arranging junkets. Club HQ rents Caputo home, utilities half paid, club built a $13000 tennis court, and Cabot Tours profits from travel business. Caputo's brother Charles calls him a key member and lawyer.
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Corry
Edward J. Caputo
Erie International
Freeport
Bahamas
Pittsburgh
Sportsmen's Club
Las Vegas
Ed Caputo
Hazel
Caputos
Bethel Park
Regency Drive
Sout Park
Joseph Gabrielis
Caputo
Charles N. Caputo
D-Beechview
Charles
Edward
Cabot Tours
Sportsmen's Club to open bar restaurant at Caputo building
The Sportsmen's Club seeks a retail liquor license from the State Liquor Control Board to operate a bar on the second floor of 245 Fourth Avenue in downtown, with $150000 of $215000 assets slated for remodeling Ed Caputo's building. The plan aims to fund club activities and charity while keeping profits for members.
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Sportsmen’s Club
Edward Caputo
Fourth Avenue
Cabot Tours
State Liquor Control Board
SCB
Sportsmen's Club
Charles Caputo
LCB
Charles
Bethel Park House
Beechview Democrat
Ed Caputo
Bethel Park
Swank Regency Drive
Pension kicker fight highlights broader federal pension woes
Opinion piece notes Congress failed to repeal the kicker that boosts federal pensions. cites CPI linked increases since 1969 and 2.5 million beneficiaries. Warns Social Security deficits dwarf the issue while federal workers face generous retirements and late reforms. Mentions New Republic and Wall Street Journal context.
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House of Representatives
Washington
House
Congress
Congressional Budget Office
Wall Street Journal
Dussia Fights Court-Martial Case to Supreme Court Victory
Lt Col Joseph Dussia battled a Pennsylvania State Police court-martial from 1973, with support from John J. Harrington and Arlen Specter. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the court-martial system unconstitutional, paving his 1976 retirement after 39 years of service. The piece also critiques state employee pensions and their rising costs.
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Joseph Dussia
Pennsylvania State Police
F.0.p
John J. Harrington
Joe Dussia
Dussia
Harrington
James Barger
Brother Dussia
F.C.P
McCluskey-Roynan Lodge
Brother Harrington
Dussin
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Barger
Shapp
Supreme Court
F.O.P
Philadelphia
Arlen Specter
Col. Dussia
State Police
Col
Joseph Dussin
Leisure Lake Resort
DuBois
Pennsylvania pension disaster looms over state workers
The piece argues the Pennsylvania retirement system is swollen by rising payroll costs and near universal unionization, with benefits far exceeding private plans. It notes lawmakers repeatedly extend generous pensions for themselves and allies, leaving thousands of retirees affected and taxpayers facing escalating costs. The article warns the pension time bomb will continue until citizens force action.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ittlo
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Hazel Caputo
The
White House
Milwaukee Journal
LGB
Chartle Capuigh
Senate
Liquor Board
Rep
Owen B. McManus
James Martin
Norman Walker
Walker
Bethel
Stephen A. Joyce
New Republic
Harvey
Greenbelt
Milwaukee
Huntington Beach
Los Angeles
Sandusky
Ohio
Sevai
Mars
Mote
National Lodge of Fraternal Order of Police
DuBois Area
Lawrence Park Barracks
By William Ecenbarger
Philadelphia Inquirer
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