Hitman details mass executions by underworld figure
Gary Bowdach a 35 year old Miami loan shark and hit man testified as the star witness at a Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee hearing on organized crime. He described a paranoid smuggler who ordered mass executions of his own henchmen. The first phase of the hearings concluded Thursday.
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Bowdach details Cravero gang purge and disappearances
Bowdach testified about Cravero ordering killings of lieutenants amid a cocaine fueled purge that saw many gang members vanish or die in 1974. He linked Cravero’s paranoia to murder orders and noted uncertainty over the exact number swept from the Smuggling gang, while security was heightened by marshal briefings.
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Cincinnati housewife wins 25000 in Ohio lottery
Mary Pack of Cincinnati wins 25000 on the weekly Ohio Lottery show after doubting her ticket. She plans to save part and perhaps take a vacation with husband Forrest Pack, a pharmacist. Other winners include Ed Borowy 6900 Jim Waaland 7200 and Paul Huszarik 7900. Additional prizes include a color TV and a new car.
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Findlay
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Parma
Lottery results and Lorain high school equivalency testing
The report lists weekly lottery numbers from several states including Connecticut Illinois Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Jersey Rhode Island and Vermont. It also notes Lorain High School will offer high school equivalency testing at 6 45 p m August 21 23 with applications available at Ohio State Employment Services offices.
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White House aide shifted to Tip ONeill's dog house
Washington notes a clash between President Carter and Speaker O'Neill as White House aide Frank Moore is banished from O'Neill's Capitol office. The dispute centers on Robert Griffin's $50,000-a-year post with trade negotiator Robert Strauss after Griffin was ousted from the General Services Administration, worsening a tense election-year Congress.
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Milliken vetoes Medicaid budget over welfare abortion ban
Gov. William G. Milliken vetoed the 1978-79 Medicaid budget in Lansing, citing the measure would have banned state paid welfare abortions. He said political considerations did not affect his decision and emphasized he did what he believed was right. The Legislature had authorized only one dollar for non therapeutic abortions for welfare women after September as it drafted the social services budget.
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UPI
William G. Millken
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