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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1969
Page
8
UPI reports a county judge arrested and a municipal judge suspended as federal and state probes widen into Mafia control of gambling in New Jersey. Attorney General Sills warned of indictments possibly numbering 20 to 30, with public officials potentially involved.
A masked paid police informer testified before the joint legislative crime committee that organized criminals, aided by an insider, stole over $1 million in securities from Merrill Lynch. He said an employee helped after pressure, destroyed microfilm records, and that six to seven full-time informers worked for the Mafia with several killed when exposed. Many witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment 102 times.
Sen. Frank Moss leads a five man filibuster effort to block the antismoking bill unless the FTC may restrict printed cigarette advertising. He allies with Mansfield to push debate on the Commerce Committee measure and opposes delaying FTC action beyond July 1, 1972.
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