Police seize 16 RAM and Black Brotherhood members in NY and Philly
New York and Philadelphia police arrested 16 members of the Revolutionary Action Movement RAM and the Black Brotherhood Improvement Association in dawn raids. They targeted Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young with plans for assassinations and attacks on government and civil rights leaders. Two men were charged with conspiracy to kill Wilkins and Young.
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Kew Gardens
Queens
UPI
New York
Philadelphia
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
Whitney Young
Urban League
New York City
Herman B. Ferguson
South Ozone
P.S. 40
Arthur Harris
Jamaica
Wilkins
Young
Queens Dist. Atty
Thomas J. Mackel
Revolutionary Action Movement
RAM
Black Brotherhood Improvement Association
Buffalo bandits plotted robberies across three states
Six Buffalo area men, including four alleged Cosa Nostra members, were arraigned on conspiracy to violate the anti racketeering and bank robbery statutes. The defendants face up to 20 years on each conspiracy count if convicted. Planned targets included the People's Bank of Weirton and Weirton Savings and Loan Assn in Weirton West Virginia and the Armored Transport Co in Los Angeles. The scheme reportedly covered Buffalo Los Angeles and Weirton and never materialized. The men are Fredrico Randaccio Pasquale Natarielli Salvatore Pieri Steve Cino Nicholas Rizzo and Daniel Domina. The hearing was before U.S. Commissioner Edmund T Maxwell. The preliminary hearing is scheduled for June 30.
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Buffalo
N.Y
UPD
Cosa Nostra Crime Syndicate
U.S
Edmund T. Maxwell
John T. Curtin
Los Angeles
Weirton
Salvatore Pieri
Steve Cino
Nicholas Rizzo
Daniel Domina
Kenmore
Curtin
Randaccio
Natarelli
Rizzo
People’s Bank of
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Philly
Nyc
Conway Boone
George Samuels
Queens District Attorney's Office
Upu Telephoto
Buffalo Bandits
Cino
Armored Transport Co. Inc
Joanne
North St
Middletown
Iddletown
Peggy
East Main St
Tel. DI
Lee
John St