Cabbies as Unpaid Crime Detectors Across Cities
Taxicab drivers in major cities act as an informal, unpaid crime watch audience. A congressional resolution urges enlisting drivers and dispatchers in law enforcement. Police officials from Chicago Kansas City Detroit and Dallas say drivers aid investigations and disrupt crime through radio alerts. Some cab bosses note cooperation works well and favor stronger protections for drivers.
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New York
Richard C. White
D- Tex
O.W. Wilson
Chicago
Maj
Forrest Garrison
Kansas City
Police Staff Services Division
Rep. White
Tom Rickhard
Detroit
Frank Dyson
Dallas, Tex
Rex Taylor
Cab Iompany
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
Calif
Wisconsin Staff Attend State IAPES Conference in Milwaukee
Mary Niles Barbara Brese man and Wayne Hotson of the La Crosse District office of the Wisconsin State Employment Service attend a statewide conference of the International Association of Personnel in Employment Security in Milwaukee. Theme is Manpower Center Blue print for the Future. IAPES has over 26 000 members from 73 countries. Donald Huntley Green Bay district manager serves as Wisconsin chapter president.
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Mary Niles
Barbara Breseman
Wayne Hotson
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
International Association of Personnel In Employment Security
Milwaukee
Blueprint For
IAPES
Donald Huntley
Green Bay
The
Employment Service
Wisconsin
Widow Recounts Loan Shark's Death and Threats
Chicago, AP. Dorothy Franchina, 31, widow of Anthony Franchina, 39, testified at a coroner's jury that her epileptic husband shot himself after years of juice loan payments to Chicago crime syndicate members. She described job loss and threats to her family, noting his final plea and suicide amid fear for their lives. The commission had previously used the couple as secret witnesses.
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Chicago
Dorothy Franchina
Anthony Franchina
Franchina
Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
Carpet Brightens Quickly with Blue Lustre Shine
Doerflinger's Housewares offers an electric carpet cleaner for $1 a day to restore color and nap for wall-to-wall carpets. Safe Blue Lustre re-brightens colors and makes carpets look freshly cleaned.
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Doerflinger’s
Crime syndicate penetrated security at hearings says official
Charles Siragusa executive director of the commission said the crime syndicate learned the identity of secret witnesses after hearings. Mrs Franchina testified she begged loan sharks for mercy and was told she must pay or become a prostitute.
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Charles Siragusa
Commission
Franchina
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