Italy cracks down on Mafia leaders in Sicily raid
Police across Italy arrested Frank "Three Fingers" Coppola and nine other Mafia figures, linking Sicily's Cosa Nostra to U S rackets. The operation targeted leaders like Giuseppe Genco Russo and numerous associates, with warrants for several in both Sicily and the United States. Coppola was found at a farmhouse near Pomezia and did not resist.
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Sicily
UPI
New York
Frank
Three Fingers
Coppola
Italy
Cosa Nostra
United States
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Giuseppe Genco Russo
Mafia
Bologna
Palermo
Fran
Cisco Inturrisi
Apalachin
N.Y
Russo
Frank Garofalo
Garofalo
Filippo Gioe Imperiale
Rosario Vitaliti
Ita
Lian
Gaetano
Tom) Russo
Luciano
Joseph Cerrito
U.S
California
Santo Sorge
Gaspare Maggadino
Pomezia
Rome
Frank Costello
Vito Genovese
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
FBI
Carafalo
Manhattan
Carlo Tresca
Tresca
Fifth Avenue
15Th Street
Greenwich Village
Senate to vote on reapportionment amend ment showdown
Senate agrees to start preliminary voting on Dirksen reapportionment amendment amid filibuster threats. Javits offers a similar plan, Mansfield coordinates, and opponents warn they will demand full understanding of changes before any final vote on Dirksen’s proposal.
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Dirksen
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Douglas
Supreme Court
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Mike Mansfield
Momnt
Javits
Will Dirksen
American Legion
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Art Heist Targets Collector Ingrao Morandi Paintings
In Rome two men posing as gallery clerks overpowered art collector Francesco Ingrao at his apartment and stole 23 Giorgio Morandi paintings valued at about 192000 dollars.
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Rome
UPI
Francesco Ingrao
Giorgio Morandi
Swiss seaman shoots at officer in Brooklyn street melee
Rene Schiferli, 33, a Swiss seaman, fired at Patrolman Edward Herlihy after stepping ashore in Brooklyn. Herlihy shot Schiferli in the left hand. Schiferli was arrested and hospitalized before booking on assault and weapons charges. He said he carried a pistol after watching American Westerns and wanted to imitate them.
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UPI
Rene Schiferli
Brooklyn
Schiferli
Edward Herlihy
Herlihy
Texas
Schilerli
Horton plays Indian medicine man in TV series F Troop
Hollywood reports Ed ward Everett Horton takes a regular role as an Indian medicine man in the new television series F Troop. The casting adds a familiar face to the ensemble as filming progresses.
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Hollywood
UPI
Edward Everett Horton
Senator Long Attacks FDA in Dictatorial Terms
New York UPI Senator Edward V. Long labels the FDA dictatorial and Nazi-like for secret recordings and overreaching consumer protections. He vows subcommittee hearings to craft legislation curbing agency powers and protecting rights such as free search and speech.
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UPI
Edward V. Long
Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Congress
Missouri
Senate
National Dietary Foods Association
Pblie
Whistling Debut for Mister Buddwing by James Garner
James Garner provides the whistling theme for Mister Buddwing marking his debut as a film musician. He calls the whistling easy and natural as he enters moviemaking in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
UPI
James Garner
Evacuation by ship mirrors Dunkirk at Toulon Riviera fires
An armada of pleasure craft and four navy mine sweepers evacuated thousands of vacationers from Riviera beaches near Toulon as 60 mph winds drove forest fires. About 10,000 were displaced, with two dead and ten injured. fires scorched about 50,000 acres, and 2,000 troops and civilians battled to control them while police warned of continuing outbreaks.
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Toulon
France
Moon Shot Delay Delays Atlas Centaur Test
The UPI report says the Atlas Centaur moonshot rehearsal for a Surveyor lunar lander is postponed about a week due to a faulty Atlas guidance programmer. A new date isn’t set yet, with the test still aiming to simulate a 2100 pound Surveyor toward an artificial moon 240,000 miles away.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
Federal Space Agency
Surveyor
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