Can Valachi Be Believed A Partisan View Of Valachi Testimony
Debate rages over Joseph Valachi as witnesses from both parties assess his claims on the Mafia. Senators McClellan and McIntyre back Valachi’s core facts, while Rep Wright and others voice skepticism. Police and officials see limited new proof but acknowledge probing detail amid a broader anti crime push.
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Joseph Valachi
John L. McClellin
Valachi
John C. Montana
Apalachin
Velerht
Congress
Dim Wright
D-Tex
Austice Department
Ian
New York
Ishi Nas
la Cosa Nostra
Mafia
Syndicata
Seaving
McClellan
McClellan and Son, Thomas J. McIntyre, D-N.h., Karl E. Munch
RSD
Carl Z. Curtis
Curtis McClellan
McIntyre
Mundt
Connecticut
Dirksen Signals Support for Wheat Sales to Russia
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen said he is inclined to support a wheat sale to Russia if fringe benefits are included. He noted Kennedy may rally GOP backing before any deal with the Soviets, while Russia says it is unlikely to buy U S wheat and has held talks with Ottawa dealers.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M Dirksen
Russia
Kennedy
GOP
Sovets
White House
Kronn
Winnipeg
Leonid Matveey
Soviet Grain Board
Neto Intor
U.S
Matveev
Ottawa
Dirksen Sii
Kremlin
Astronaut Cooper Describes Space Sights From Mercury Flight
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. recounted vivid space experiences from Mercury program, detailing sunsets and atmospheric colors seen during 22 orbits. He described a bright white sunlit arc, orange horizons, and blue sky transitions, noting night views of lightning and bright moons.
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Housion
Tex
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Air Force
America
Negro Charged With Arson In Alabama Blast
A 20 year old Black man, Johnny Lewis Ruffin, was charged with arson after a gas explosion destroyed a Birmingham meat market in a low income NW neighborhood. Police say detectives are probing racial undertones. Ruffin was treated at University Hospital for burns and custody was established within two hours of the blast.
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Birmingham, al
Jerson
Birmingham
J.W. Garrison
Johnny Lewis Ruffin
Garrison
Ruffin
University Hospital
Ingham
River collision spurs search for missing Pittsburgh man
A search continued in the Ohio River for 42 year old Richard A. Pidgeon of Mt. Lebanon missing after a tow boat and ferry collision. Philip McManus of Pleasant Hills was recovered yesterday. Twelve others survived the wreck between Midland and Shippingport in heavy fog.
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Miland
Ohio River
Richard A. Pidgeon
Pittsburgh
Mt. Lebanon
Philip McManus
Pleasant Hills
Pidgeon
McManus
We Crucible Steel Co
Midland
Shippingport
Pa Sales Tax Hikes Aid General Fund Receipts
Harrisburg AP figures show September sales tax receipts totalled 35,626,000, up 6,476,000 from expected and lifting first quarter 1963-64 receipts to 97,788,000, with liquor and cigarette taxes and corporate net income tax noted as major contributors and later April May returns affecting the corporate tax outlook.
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Harrisburg
General Fund
Insylvania
State Budget Office
Budget Office
Peneles Slashes Rates Up To 5 Percent
Peneles argues utility costs rose less than anticipated while the tax bill climbs. He notes that since 1950 the average electricity price has fallen 84 percent over 12 years, and cites last year’s coal purchases wage costs and employee benefits and total taxes totaling 15.9 million, 26.05 million and 13.327 million respectively.
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Peneles
Roildis
Arm Rejoined After Conveyor Mishap in Honesdale
Edgar J Jackson Jr., 30, of Honesdale, Pa., had his right arm rejoined near the shoulder after a conveyor line accident at a cinder block plant. In fair condition at Wayne Memorial Hospital, doctors are adopting a wait and see position following the unsuccessful severance incident.
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Honesdale
Wayne Memorial Hospital
Edgar J Jackson Jr
Erie Fireman Ordered to Move Back Into City
Fire department employee who saved lives outside the city limits was ordered to relocate into Erie. City officials confirmed a residence ordinance requires city workers to reside within limits, with a grace period for those already living outside when the rule was adopted.
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Erie City
TVE
Richard J
Hetico
Umits Heatu
Valachi Bares Drug Crimes Under Senate Inquiry
Valachi, now a government informant, predicts a swift hearing outcome as the Senate subcommittee weighs his testimony on narcotics rackets. McClellan notes timing hinges on the violence Valachi can reveal about illicit drug networks as La Cosa Nostra leadership, including Vito Genovese, sits imprisoned and appealing a narcotics sentence.
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Valachi
McClellan
Oli
Tis
Ilput
la Cosa Nostra
Vito Genovese
Pact Rejected at Erie Forge as Pickets Back Strike
Erie PA API reports workers at Erie Forge and Steel Co rejected a two year contract proposal amid a walkout by Local 15 percent and United Steelworkers union members. About 1,200 idled as the plant, the second largest employer in Brie, faced a dispute over fringe benefits and a cost of living adjustment.
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Erie
API
Ti, Brie
Jail Bound Mother Delivers Baby in Hospital
Less than a day after sentencing to jail for shoplifting, Mrs. Francis Flint, 22, of Youngstown, gave birth to a boy at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown. The event occurred within 24 hours of her Mahoning County jail sentence.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Mahoning County
Francis Flint
St. Eliasbeth Hospital
Kennedy Visits Arkansas for Dam Dedication Amid Integration Tensions
President Kennedy flies to Arkansas to dedicate a new Greers Ferry Dam near Heber Springs and address racial integration amid a crisis of federal versus state power. He also speaks at Little Rock as political and civil rights issues surge, recalling Faubus era use of National Guards and federal intervention.
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Kennedy
Arkansas
New Greers Ferry
Heber Springs
Little Rock
White House
Orvald Faibus
Arkansas National Guard
Dwight D. Eisenhowen
Tentandy Albam
Faubux
Wolcane
Provident
Russians Cite U S Gangsterism in Valachi Hearing
Moscow readers react to Joseph Valachi crime hearing coverage in the government paper Teveskia wave ita. They call the accounts an inevitable companion of Americas Society and criticize the era’s policing and corruption as reflected in the U S. Philadelphia notes Ralph Perkins, once a Chile Mack catcher, who mentored many catchers, died yesterday in a cancer of death. Perkins taught Mickey Cochrane and left behind a hall of fame lineage.
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Teveskia
Ita
Joseph Valachi
Washington
Américas Society
CY Perkins
Philadelphia
Ralphy Perkins
Chile
Mack
Sears
Coube
Perkins
Mickey Cochrane
Hawes
Frente
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