Feinberg denies Abscam bagman role in Williams case
Alexander Feinberg testifies in Brooklyn that he boasted to undercover agents during Abscam but did not act as a bagman for New Jersey Senator Harrison Williams Jr. He says the bribery talks aimed to secure a $100 million loan for a Virginia titanium mine and that Williams would merely make introductions to facilitate government access. Feinberg cites Mel Weinberg as the source of probe prompts and defends his actions as legitimate and not criminal.
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New York
Abscam
Alexander Feinberg
FBI
New Jersey
Harrison A. Williams Jr
Virginia
U.S. District Court
Brooklyn
Williams
Senate
Feinberg
Cherry Hill
N.J
Mel Weinberg
Ahscam
Joseph Silvestri
Keyport
Silvestri
Frank Thompson Jr
D-Nj
Williams’ Bagman
Wage Reporting Service targets welfare fraud in New York
New York officials predict 9 000 people will be caught between April 1981 and April 1982 for illegally receiving welfare or unemployment benefits while working. The program, a joint effort of Social Services Taxation and Finance and Labor, is projected to save 26.5 million in welfare and 4.6 million in unemployment payments at a cost of 7 million to run. In 1980 81 the service saved about 24.8 million. the prior year about 13 million. It also helped locate about 60 000 absent parents legally required to pay child support.
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Albany
New York
Social Services
Taxation and Finance
Labor
Fed Tax Department
Abbie Hoffman Surrenders for Cocaine Conviction
Abbie Hoffman, ex-Yippie leader, to serve up to three years in prison for selling 36 000 dollars worth of cocaine to undercover agents. He arrived in court joking about a bookmark and hacksaw, protested U.S. policy in El Salvador, and planned an appeal with lawyer Gerald Lefcourt.
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Jane Farrell
New York
UPI
Abbie Hoffman
Hoffman
Johanna Lawrenson
Tran
U.S
Barry
Bis
el Salvador
Pll
Zle Cube
Gerald Lefcourt
Lefcourt
Manhattan
David Cunningham
Two hunted is shootings in New York AP report
Police have issued a nationwide alert for two Black Liberation Army members Anthony La Borde 31 of Queens and James Dixon York 40 of New Jersey suspected in the Queens police shooting. Detectives linked them to the incident via eyewitnesses and 30 fingerprints from a van near the scene. Officer John Scarangella 41 remained brain dead while Richard Rainey 30s was in satisfactory condition after being shot. Mayor Edward Koch called the gunmen mad jogs.
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New York
Black Liberation Army
James Sullivan
Joannie Chessmard
Sullivan
Anthony LaBorde
South Ozone Park
Queens
James Dixon York
Linden
LaBorde
York
Richard Rainey
John Scarangella
St. Albans
Scarangella
Queens General Hospital
Rainey
Edward Koch
Herald Journal postal and subscription notice from Syracuse
Publication details for Herald Journal issued by Herald Co at Syracuse New York include mailing and postage information, subscription rates, and postal zone payment terms. The notice lists publication number and second class status with location and address.
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Herald-Journal
The
Herald Co
Syracuse
N.Y
York State
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