Reforming Tax Laws Ties to Underworld Gambling Rings
Kefauver hearings reveal open bookmaking in Tijuana with figures Gargotta and Binaggio eyed for $34.5 million annual gambling operations. Bompensiero and Dragna connections emerge alongside calls to loosen gag rules on tax reporting to local authorities. Utley links Bridge-Bingo in California to recall politics, while Cohen and Siegel figures surface in testimony about organized crime.
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Tijuana
Kefauver
Kansas City
Gargotta
Binaggio
Underworld
Bompensiero
San Diego
Gold Rail
Frank
Louie Dragna
Jack Dragna
Bompensiera
Senators
Jack
Dragna
Mickey Cohen
Furlher
Donald C. Bircher
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Bircher
Bugsy Siegel
Jeader
Beverly Fills
Tony Cornero Straita
California
Strike Talks Continue With Major TV Nets
The strike, under negotiation with three networks and WOR TV, hinges on performers' rates for original and rebroadcast programs, pay scales, and rehearsal lengths. The four companies say TVA proposals would impose harsh penalties on an industry still developing, risking fewer new and rerun programs on air.
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Wor-Tv
U S Rejects Russ Demands on Peace in UN
The United States rebuffs Soviet led demands on a peace plan tied to an expanded UN role and an atomic energy program. Delegates clash over admission of Red China, armed UN forces, and periodic high level conferences as nine nations back a proposed agenda for future General Assembly action. The assembly adjourned without voting and schedules a Monday session.
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United Nations
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Lie
Stalin
Moscow
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Assembly
United States
U. N
Carlos P. Romulo
Romulo
U.N
General Assembly
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Haiti
Lebanon
Pakistan
Philippines
Sweden
Yugoslavia
Cohen Pot Arrested as Bookie Suspect
Los Angeles police arrested James R. Tannone 36 an associate of Mickey Cohen on suspicion of bookmaking. He was seized with Eugene Larkin 40 in a southside building described as a bookmaking center for numerous race bets. Officers Patrolmen said the office rang constantly with would be bettors and Larkin the building owner was also booked on bookmaking suspicion.
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Cohen Pot
Los Angeles
James R. Tannone
Mickey Cohen
Tannone
Eugene Larkin
Anaid
L. M. Schlacker
L. F Kublak
J. M. Scherrer
Larkin
Yanks Seize Key Red Town on China Border Push
The Seventh Division faces severe winter conditions as its main supply route from the east coast of Korea is blocked by snow and 10 to 12 foot drifts. General Barr orders possible airdrops while Marines consolidate positions along Changjin Reservoir and report ongoing Chinese activity in the mountains west of the reservoir. Intelligence suggests Reds aim to shift forces toward a northwest line between the Yalu River power plant and the Changchon River bridgehead.
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Korea
Mountain Pass
Barr
U. S. Marinnes
Changjin
Red
Yalu River
Changchon River
Slides and High Water Close Roads in North Aubur n
High water closed routes from Auburn to Donner Gate and blocked U S Highways 40 and 50 by flood. Rockslides and overflows halted State Route 89 at Emerald Bay and Route 140 near Yosemite. Downpours shattered rainfall records in Redwood City and San Mateo while Cisco Grove faced possible evacuation.
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Auburn
State Highway Department
F. T. Buell
Ighway
Californa State Highway Patrol
Hway
Donner
Highway Patrol
Cisco Grove
Nner
Yuba
Sierra
Yuba River
Downieville
Sierra County
California State Automobile Association
Sacramento
Nevada
Placerville
Pilot Hill
Colma
San Francisco
Blue Canyon
Oakland
Santa Rosa
Oroville
Sonora
Challenge
White Rock
Healdsburg
Napa
Knights Landing
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Lambskin
St. FL
French Fold
International Silver Plate
Pius Tex
Cohen
Utley
Venice
San Mateo
Stockton
Calif
Fletcher Bowron
Bowron
Nets
U. S
Ack
Capehart Television
Capehart
O'Keefe
Merritt
Thor Spinner
Thor Agitator
Walker
Gluck's
Atlantic
China
North
Eek Ag
Monee Pal
A Wenger's Health Offices
Rit Ee
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