Oddfather Gigante found guilty of murder conspiracy
Vincent Gigante, the Genovese crime family boss known as Chin and famed for wandering Greenwich Village in pajamas, was convicted of murder conspiracy and racketeering after a month long trial. He was acquitted on seven murder counts, facing a potential life term.
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Black deckhands on dredge win $1.2 million settlement
In a Memphis area case the Army Corps of Engineers will pay $62,500 to each of 16 black deckhands who faced racial slurs and blocked promotions aboard the dredge Hurley on the Mississippi River. The suit, filed last year, notes 64 years with no full-time dredge jobs for Black workers in the Six-state Memphis district.
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Old Levi’s Could Fetch Big Money at Tokyo Auction
A Tokyo auction houses 650 vintage jeans with estimates topping 300000 as Max Shapiro of Green for Jeans shows off a denim tuxedo jacket made for Bing Crosby and other rare pieces. Pre 1970 Levi’s with red tab variants and WWI era undistinguished stitching are highly prized by Japanese collectors.
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