Loan Shark Probe Witness Reveals Horror Tale
Washington AP witness Dorothy Franchina, widow of Tony Franchina, testified before the Senate Small Business Committee about her husband’s loan shark debt and the sharks’ demand she become a prostitute. She described his beating, suicide, and the criminals' brutal methods used on another Chicago victim, including a man forced on a meat hook and burned with an acetylene torch.
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Senate Committee
Senate
Small Business Committee
Mary Smith
Beare A. Smathers
D-Fra
Chicago
Dorothy Franchina
Tony
Chicago Sun-Times
Charles Siragusa
Illinois ‘Crime Investigating Commission
Joseph Grieco
Siragusa
William
Jackson
Doctor’s Column on flat feet and bunions explained
Questions cover heredity and causes of flat feet, exercises to strengthen arches, and use of orthotics. Advice notes that most children with flat feet have no handicap, while footwear and shoe supports help those with symptoms. Bunions are treated with arch supports, bunion shoes, injections, or surgery if needed, with emphasis on correcting causes to prevent recurrence.
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Wayne G. Brandstadt
Unusual Delivery Stuns Tacoma Auto Shop
Petter Wallerich, president of an auto company, reported an unusual delivery when a 1968 model was being inspected on a hoist and a cow and calf appeared in the back of the truck. Wallerich joked it may be a first in auto servicing as he passed out cigars.
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Tacoma, Wash
Petter Wallerich
Lauto Company
Wallerich
Norman Mailer Fined for Speeding on Cape Cod
Author Norman Mailer, 45, was fined $25 in Wellfleet district court for speeding on April 27. He pleaded innocent and police wanted to release him after a warning, but Mailer insisted on a citation.
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Provincetown
Mass
Norman Mailer
Wellfleet
Cape Cod
Mailer
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