FBI eavesdrop reveals Patriarca bribes and racetrack deals
Summary of FBI electronic surveillance, prepared for the House Select Crime Committee, quotes Raymond Patriarca discussing a $300,000 loss at a racetrack, bribing a judge, and efforts to extend a Massachusetts track season. It notes Massachusetts officials, including the lieutenant governor and a state senator, in March 1962, and Patriarca denying hiding $216,000 in the track.
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Washington
Wig House
Brothers
FBI
Cosa Nostra
Raymond Patriarca
Brooklyn
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
House Select Crime Committee
Patriarca
New York
Derkshire Downs
Harcock
Mass
Massachusetts
Patiarca
Uniter
Jospeh A. Phillips
Patriarta
Pr Dent
Salvatore
Sam Rigzo
Berkshire Downs
B. A. Dario
Dario
Lincoln Downs
Rhode Island
Gunman fires at salesman in Long Beach insurance office
A holdup man fired a shot at Paul Feiler, 41, of Westminster, in the Farmers Insurance Group office at 2111 Pacific Ave. Long Beach, around 11:30 a.m. The employee shouted for police as the assailants fled north on Pacific, leaving the scene empty handed after Feiler dodged the gunfire during a telephone call.
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L.B
Long Beach
Mursday
Farmers’ Insurance Group
Pacific Ave
Paul Feiler
Westminster
Feiler
Wnt
Occidental gets initial drilling approval in Pacific Palisades
Occidental Petroleum wins Planning Commission support by 3 to 1 for three separate drilling districts spanning 594 acres along the Pacific Palisades coast. The commission limits the permit to two test wells and requires independent geologists to assess seismic risk before final City Council approval.
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Los Angeles City Planning Commission
Occidental Petrolem Company
Pacific Palisades
No Ou, Inc
Planning Commission
Thugs Shoot Robbery Victim in Downtown Long Beach
Five men accosted Mike Taylor on Walnut Avenue and Fourth Street at 9 30 p m. They beat him and stole his wallet containing four dollars. Two motorists honked horns, the suspects fled, but one fired a .22 caliber revolver wounding Taylor in the thigh. He was in good condition at St Marys hospital.
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Long Beach
Mike Taylor
Fourth St
Walnut Avenue
Fourth Street
Weir
Taylor
St. Mary's Hospital
Pistol Reported Stolen From Long Beach Apartment
A semiautomatic ECA pistol valued at 100 dollars was taken from the apartment of Paolin E. Scandalios at 1710 4Ypronado Ave by two burglars. They entered through an unlocked front door and fled. The incident occurred Thursday according to police.
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ECA
Paolin E
Scandalios
Navy sailor wins hearing on conscientious objector case
Samuel Miller, a former Navy petty officer who jumped ship aboard the Oriskany in 1970, was held nine months for missing a movement and given a bad conduct discharge. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a full district court hearing to review his habeas corpus petition and potential reinstatement as a conscientious objector.
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San Francisco
UPI
Sth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mursday
Navy
Portsmouth
N.H
Naval Prison
Samuel Miller
Miller
Vietnam
Oriskany
San Diego
Schwartz
N.E
Eugene A. Wright
District Cour
FBI chief pushes firearms control and 'Saturday night specials' ban
Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray backed gun registration and licensing for private firearms and a ban on weekend handguns known as Saturday night specials. He argued expensive firearms figure in many crimes and emphasized he spoke for himself, not the Nixon administration. He noted constitutional limits but supported regulation, and cited surveillance of radicals, including Jane Fonda, as ongoing concerns.
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New York
UPI
FBI
L. Patrick Gray
Gray
New York Daily News
Washington
J. Edgar Senver
Nixons
Nixon
Daily News
Senator Dymaily backs McGovern amid California split
Los Angeles state senator Mervyn M. Dymaily, a Humphrey delegation cochair, endorsed George McGovern in Sacramento saying he will not bow out. The high profile endorsement comes as California's contest for delegates produced bitter floor tensions and McGovern delegates gained seats at Humphrey’s expense.
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Sacramento
UPT
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Mervyn M. Dymaily
Los Angeles
Dymaily
Cochairman
Humphrey
California
McGovern
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Sen. Dymaily
Gordon's Gin
Gordon's
Bae Ae
Pine Ave
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Hed
Thor
U.S.A
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