Gentlemen gangsters threaten U S business corruption rising
Senate crime hearings and FBI wiretap transcripts reveal Mafia influence expanding beyond violence into white collar crime. Will Wilson cites New York freight dominated by the Mafia while banana imports, charity fronts, police payoffs, and political meddling surface in New Jersey and Queens investigations. A DeCavalcante tape details stool pigeons and police protection as talks touch on a 1964 Elizabeth mayoral race.
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Fred Germain
Senate
Justice Department
Will Wilson
New York
Trenton
New Jersey
Queens
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Fed
Long Island
Sam
DeCavalcante
FBI
Anthony Santoli
Newark
Santoli
Mafia infiltration and rackets creep into business worldwide
A report details mob strategies including political connections, union payoffs, and loan sharking. Interviews recount DeCavalcante and Zicarelli links to Gallagher and others, arguing infiltration funds legitimate ventures, supporting a $40 billion annual Mafia cash flow with only $6 billion from gambling. the piece hints at a looming second civil war.
Fire insurance rates rise statewide in New York
The New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization said Sunday increases stem from higher construction costs and greater property losses. Fire premiums rise about 5.2 percent and extended coverage 6.5 percent for most dwellings, with fire resistive homes unchanged. City brick buildings see a 5 percent rise, frame structures 8.6 percent.
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New York
UPI
New York State
New York City
Middletown Man Stabbed Refuses To Aid Police
A 33 year old Middletown man Roger Smith was stabbed Saturday night and received four stitches at Horton Memorial Hospital. He refused to cooperate with police seeking the attacker. Police also reported a break in at the Newburgh Evening News with $5 and a pair of scissors stolen. Additional Saturday burglaries occurred at Reinhold Motors and Dino's Luncheonette with theft of money, cigarettes, and inspection stickers.
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Middletown
Roger Smith
Summitfield
Horton Memorial Hospital
Newburgh
W. Main Street
Delores Pingotti
Reinhold Motors
Robert MacLauglin
Thomas Grecco
Dino
Monhagen Ave
John Dino
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U.S
Dunn
Joseph
Bayonne
Joe
Zicarelli
Cornelius E. Gallagher
Gallagher
Life Magazine
Tony
Angelo DeCarlo
Gaetano Vastola
Internal Revenue Service
Wilson Walker Jr
Lamont
Monticello Jewish War Veterans Hall
Liberty Street
Wilson A. Walker
Broadway
Monticello
Ed Townsend
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