Multimillion dollar gambling ring linked to officials in Allegheny County
In McKeesport Clairton and Elizabeth areas Allegheny County authorities charged or indicted 13 men on gambling law violations. Among defendants were a former mayor a former police chief a district justice and a figure tied to organized crime. Officials say arrests reveal broad corruption linking elected officials and police and warn of dangers of organized crime influencing elections and policy. A public reaction section notes citizen disbelief at officials on the take.
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McKeesport
Clairton
Elizabeth
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Connelsville
United States Attorney
Western Pennsylvania
Corry Journal Examines Oil Decontrol Debate and Washington Notes
A study warns decontrol of domestic oil could raise prices, drain funds from other sectors, and widen oil industry power while potentially boosting foreign cartel influence. The piece surveys economic effects, profits, and political brinkmanship, with brief shots of FDA and Senate activities and Capitol Hill anecdotes.
FCC holds payola probe in limbo amid DOJ shift
New York AP report notes the Federal Communications Commission has not pursued payola allegations for two years, sending all complaints to the Justice Department to avoid tainting federal investigations. William Ray of the FCC says the pause follows a DOJ request to pass along every tip, with potential actions limited to warnings or hearings once a clear case emerges.
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EW York
Federal Communications Commission
Justice Department
Department
William Ray
FCC
Payola
Ray
The Horseplayer's Prayer and Other Horse Racing Tales
An aging horseplayer reflects on betting, history, and quirky anecdotes from tracks in Scotland India and England. He recalls a Philadelphia style foreword with gamblers, a chief with a flapping shoe, and a Connecticut lady who yearly bets on a single horse.
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B.C
Property rights on marriage and divorce explained
A husband’s real estate remains his unless the wife is named on the deed or the couple signs a pre or postnuptial agreement. On marriage she gains no automatic ownership of his preexisting property. She may gain an interest if the title is placed in both names or upon his death if the marriage endures. If later divorced and the title stays in the husband’s name, the property remains his unless a prior agreement grants her an interest.
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Sterling Drugs Corp
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Miller
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Monmouth Park
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India
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Kelly
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Thiman
Jet Thay
Ashoka
Theey
Achney
Lady In Red
Connecticut
Big John
Police
United States Senate
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Washington, D.C
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