Cigarette smuggling scheme ends after robbery in Virginia
Two New York City men, Phillip Dimatteo of Staten Island and Salvador Caccagno of Brooklyn, told Stafford County authorities their untaxed cigarette operation fell apart when accomplices robbed them of 3,000 cartons and $8,000 in cash in Fauquier County. They faced charges for purchasing untaxed cigarettes and transporting them through Virginia. A separate camper crash on Va. 709 led to discovery of the abandoned vehicle and cigarettes, with two suspects sought and both men held on false affidavit charges awaiting July 22 hearing. no federal charges expected.
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Warrenton
New York City
North Carolina
Virginia
New York
Stafford County
Phillip Dimatteo
Statten Island
Salvador
Caccagno
Brooklyn
Curtis Correll
Stafford
Richard Ashby
Falmouth
Washington, D. C
Ashby
Dimatteo
Fauquier County
Here
Correll
Marshall
Slain Diplomat Buried in Washington After Kidnapping
John S. Patterson 31 from Philadelphia, U.S. vice consul in Hermosillo, was kidnapped March 22 and slain. His body, found last week, arrived by presidential jetliner and was buried at Rock Creek Cemetery after services at St. Pauls Episcopal Church attended by family and a diplomatic delegation led by Jack Kubisch. Mexican officials cite ransom motive. Bobby Joe Keesee, 40, a California carpenter, is detained in San Diego in connection with the case.
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Washington
John S. Patterson
State Department
Patterson
Philadelphia
Hermosillo
Mexico
U.S
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Andra
Jack Kubisch
Rock Creek Cemetery
California
Bobby Joe Keesee
San Diego
Greenspan Considered as Stein Successor in White House
White House sources indicate Alan Greenspan, New York economist and president of Townsend Greenspan & Co., is favored to replace Herbert Stein as chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Stein plans summer resignation to teach in Virginia. Greenspan's appointment appears firm per multiple White House sources.
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San Clemente
Calif
White House
New York
Alan Greenspan
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Stein
Virginia
Greenspan
Townsend, Greenspan & Co
New York City
Parade Marks Bastille Day In Eastern Paris
More than 13,000 men and women paraded past President Valery Giscard d Estaing to celebrate Bastille Day. The event shifted the salute from the Champs Elysees to Place de la Bastille, symbolizing a new presidency style and honoring the 1789 storming of the fortress.
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Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Bastille
Giscard d’Estaing
Champs Elysees
Place de la Bastille
Anniversary Apollo Crew To Be Reunited
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins reunite in ceremonies marking five years since the moon landing. They will dedicate Cape Canaveral launch pad as a national landmark, hold a Smithsonian news conference, and attend events at the Mall and Washington Cathedral including a moon rock window dedication. Collins now directs the National Air and Space Museum.
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Armstrong
Aldrin
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
National Air and Space Museum
Collins
Columbia
Washington Cathedral
Francis Sayre
Argentine Union Leader Adelino Romero Dies at 51
Adelino Romero, 51, head of the General Labor Confederation, died of a heart attack after a brief illness. Reelected Thursday for a four year term, Romero had succeeded Jose Rucci and was aligned with Peronist power, with the CGT numbering about 3 million members.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Adelino Romero
General Labor Confederation
Romero
Jose Rucci
Rucci
Segundo Palma
Construction Workers Union
Palma
Lorenzo Miguel
Miguel
Juan D. Peron
Isabel Peron
Peron
Richmond Kills Attendance Plan in School Board Action
Richmond Virginia school leaders killed a proposed elementary pupil assignment plan that would have cut cross town busing from about 10,500 to 8,500 pupils and created 20 to 30 percent white representation in black dominated schools. After four public hearings and tense debate, the board announced a thorough reevaluation of attendance patterns with officials noting patrons had been heard and heeded.
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Richmond
Elemen
Fowls
T. Booker
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