Mafia Bugging Records Highlight NJ Mob Ties and Officials
Federal filings in Newark reveal 13 volumes of recorded conversations among alleged mob figures detailing killings and extortion schemes. Names mentioned include Elizabeth Mayor Dunn and U S Representative Gallagher, with hints of judicial influence and contacts for influence in Hudson County.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
U.S
Samuel
Sam
Thomas Dunn
Elizabeth
Cornelius Gallagher
DNJ
Ee Dunn
Gallagher
Fee
de Cavalcante
Joseph
Bayonne
Joe” Zicarelli
Emanuel Riggi
Cosa Nostra
Zicarelli
Riggi
Erie County Eyes Regional Jail Site Near Hospital Area
Erie County commissioners discussed locating a state regional jail in the area to serve Erie Mercer or Crawford counties with a preferred site near the Erie County Hospital in Girard. Judge Edward Carney urged the move and letters to the governor and attorney general will be written. The panel also reviewed a Union City Dam recreation area involving up to 2 million dollars in county participation.
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Erie County
Union City
Erie
Mercer
Crawford Counties
Crawford
Leo Weir
Edward Carney
Commission
Weir
Erie County Hospital
Girard
Corry
Judge Carney
Union City Dam
Wage Rule Won’t Affect Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP reports a state Justice Department spokesman says the Supreme Court ruling granting a hearing before wage attachment will have little impact in Pennsylvania. The Wisconsin ruling allowed partial pay garnishment on debt declarations, but Pennsylvania bans wage garnishment by lenders while local governments may attach wages of tax delinquents under the municipal code.
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Harrisburg
State
Justice Department
U.S. Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Municipal Corporation
House Okays Safe Driver Credits
Harrisburg AP The Pennsylvania House approved a plan to award safe driving credits that cancel points after each year without violations. The bill passed 113 to 79 after a previous defeat and now goes to the Senate. A separate measure to credit wounded Vietnam veterans with hospital time for state bonuses also moved forward.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
House
Herbert Fineman
Philadelphia
Senate
Corry Area High School 96th Commencement
Two hundred twenty CAHS seniors will receive diplomas at the 96th annual commencement in the school auditorium. The program begins with a processional by Marlene Wells, a National Anthem and Flag salute. Salutatorian Marlene M. Zajac speaks on Universal Law, followed by Valedictorian Debora J. Gilliland on Individual Order.
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Corry Area High School
Marlene Wells
Marlene M. Zajac
Debora J. Gilliland
Corry
Hakan (Hokey) Sandslat
Walter Pobegen
Leroy G. Peck
Ray E. Elsen
Darwin Wolcott
Board of Education
Dennis M. Harrison
Miss Wells
Mishap Kills Area Man On I 79 Job
George Davis of Cochran ton R D 3 died at 3 05 p m after a I 79 bridge site accident in Meadville Grove Construction Co pile driving foreman was struck by a beam hammer and block device The 3 year old died of a broken spinal column at Spencer Hospital He is survived by his wife and three children.
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Meadville
Cochranton
George Davis
R.D. 3
Spencer Hospital
Davis
The
Grove Construction Co
Pranksters May Get Full-Time Jobs After Sandblast Stunt
A Madison East High School smokestack lettering reading Class of 1969 We're Number One was removed by sandblasting at a cost of 445 dollars. Earl Powers, superintendent of building maintenance, said he would hire the painters who did the work if they can be found.
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Madison, Wis
Madison East High School
Earl Powers
Nixon surtax extension faces vote amid inflation fears
President Nixon proposes a six month extension of the 10 percent income surtax with a plan to cut to 5 percent later as inflation concerns rise. The House Ways and Means Committee debates a modified version with party divisions and Republican support. Treasury Secretary Kennedy warns inflation could accelerate as food costs surge and bank lending rates climb.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
White House
Met
Treasury
Petition on Columbus Zoning Plan Seeks Change
Consubus Township supervisors study a residents petition calling for revisions to the Warren County Planning Commission zoning ordinance. Signature validity and total assessed valuation must reach 51 percent to take effect. An attorney is reviewing the petition. A July meeting is slated for discussion and action.
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Consubus
Lawrence Miller
Journal
Miller
Warren County Planning Commission
North Center Street Paving Set To Begin This Summer
City engineer David Johnson announced that paving will start on North Center Street from Columbus Avenue to the city line with widening and curb work. The state will pave and widen, while the city installs asphalt curbs, with no property assessments. The railroad delay may push work. crews plan to resurface to Smith Street and remove and repave asphalt, aiming for summer start.
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Johnson
Center Street
Columbus Avenue
Smith Street
Americans Face Heavy Losses In Coastal Viet Nam Assault
North Vietnamese forces attacked three U S bases near Da Nang with sappers flame throwers and mortars wounding many and killing dozen US troops. A second clash south of the artillery base left eight enemy dead and one American casualty as U S B 32 bombers pounded Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia border areas.
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Saigon
da Nang
U.S
U.S Ighth Light Infantry
Tam Ky
Igé6th Brigade
Dak
Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Welfare costs drive Shafer budget to 2.52 billion
Gov. Shafer warns welfare costs will require a 7 million deficiency appropriation by June and push the 1969 70 budget up by 35.7 million. He proposes cuts including lowering medical assistance eligibility from 4000 to 3400 and delaying health decency standard increases. Caseload rose from 428,182 to about 518,000 since July.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Copper Firms Settle In Price Fixing Case
A $22 million settlement was reached in U S District Court Philadelphia in a price fixing suit against top copper tubing manufacturers. Judge John Fulsam declared the case a class action allowing a damages formula to be set. Defendants include Anaconda American Brass Calumet and Hecla Erro Chase Brass Mueller National Distillers Lighting Reading Seavill Triangle and United States Smelting Refining and Mining.
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Philadelphia
U.S
David Berger
John Fulsam
Berger
Anaconda American Brass Co
Calumet and Hecla, Inc
Erro Corp
Chase Brass and Downer Co
Mueller Brass Co. I Nc
National Distillers and Chemical Corp
Lighting Corporation of America
Reading Tube Corp
Seavill Manufacturing Co
Triangle Conduit and Cable Co., Inc
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co
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UC Dam Rec
Goodby
CAHS
Yeoman
M. L. Reiter
Patricia
Frank E. Evans
Long Beach
Calif
Reiter
Melbourne
Evans
Columbus
North Center
Juggles
New York City
Lisbon
Portugal
Pope Paul VI
Palace of Nations
Geneva
Switzerland
International Labor Organization
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