Mafia Stranglehold Grows as White Collar Crime Surges
Special Projects Editor Fred Germain outlines how the Mafia dominates freight in New York. banana imports in the metro area. alleged campaigns against A and P. charity fronts on Long Island. and FBI transcripts from 1961 to 1964 reveal police payoffs, stool pigeons, and political influence in Elizabeth New Jersey.
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Fred Germain
Senate
Justice Department
Will Wilson
New York
Trenton
New Jersey
Queens
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Long Island
Suffolk County
FBI
Newark
Pennsylvania
Sam
DeCavalcante
Santoli
Thomas Dunn
Elizabeth
N.J
Mafia influence and payoffs loom in New Jersey case
The transcripts reveal DeCavalcante and Dunn political dealings, with Duggan’s reelection and mentions of Mafia ties to judges and a congressman. Reports describe union infiltration, loan sharking, and mob control of legitimate business, claiming about 40 billion dollars yearly in Mafia revenue with only six billion from gambling. Next: The second civil war.
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DeCavalcante
Dunn
Joseph
Bayonne
Joe
Zicarelli
New Jersey
Cornelius E. Gallagher
Gallagher
Life Magazine
Tony
Internal Revenue Service
Fire Insurance Rates Raised Across New York State
The New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization said fire and extended coverage premiums rise due to higher construction costs and greater losses. Homeowner package policies are exempt, while fire rates on most dwellings climb about 5.2 percent and extended coverage about 6.5 percent. fire resistive homes face no change. In New York City brick buildings up 5 percent and frame buildings 8.6 percent, with main causes cited as matches smoking faulty wiring and defective heating and cooking units.
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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 treated at Horton Memorial Hospital with four stitches. He refused to cooperate with police investigating the incident. Earlier, the Newburgh Evening News reported a break in at its W Main Street office, with $5 and a pair of scissors taken. Additionally two Saturday night burglaries were logged at Reinhold Motors and Dino's Luncheonette involving a backdoor break in, stolen state inspection stickers, cash, cigarettes, and a brick thrown through a window.
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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
Angelo DeCarlo
Gaetano Vastola
Wilson Walker Jr
Lamont
Monticello Jewish War Veterans Hall
Liberty Street
Wilson A. Walker
Broadway
Monticello
Ed Townsend
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