Crooked Cop Says All New York Plainclothesmen Took Payoffs
Knapp Commission hearings opened with William Phillips, a plainclothes patrolman, testifying that every city plainclothesman was on the take and Harlem assignments paid at least $1000 a month in payoff money to numbers racketeers. He described how payoffs financed Harlem rackets and named gamblers while noting his own role as a bagman. The NYPD pledged immediate investigation and reassignment of involved officers.
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Harlem
Knapp Commission
William Phillips
Phillips
Knapp
Wall Street
Whitman Knapp
John V. Lindsay
Payofis
Larry
East Side
Xaviera Hollander
Teddy Ratnoff
Mr. T
Commission
Ratnoff
Unv
Kennedy charges U.S. abdicated Indian obligations
Peggy Simpson reports Kennedy accusing the United States of failing in its duties as trustee and protector of Indian nations. She notes Lummi leader Angelo Butterfield recalling WW II era Army pressure to allow base construction on a reservation without congressional consent and promises of returned, enhanced land.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Edward [. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Subcommittee
United States
Agua
Angelo Butterfield
Idaho
Duck wears second set of dentures after turtle bite
Dental surgeon Dr. Edward Soares of Fairhaven Massachusetts treats a three month old duck as his unusual patient. The duck now sports a plastic top bill fashioned from molds of its lower bill and that of other ducks. The top bill was lost when a snapping turtle tipped it off.
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Fairhaven
Mass
Edward Soares
Soares
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