Mafia corruption rethink threatens U S business empire
Special Projects Editor Fred Germain reports that Mafia influence extends beyond violence to politics police and business. FBI wiretaps from 1961 64 reveal discussions of police protection extortion and charity fronts while prosecutors fight tainted evidence in the DeCavalcante case.
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Fred Germain
Senate
Sam
DeCavalcante
New Jersey
FBI
Anthony Santoli
Newark
New York
Santoli
Homemade Joy Kids Swing On Rope Behind Monticello Hall
A Field photo shows Wilson Walker Jr. and Lamont Walker on rope swings made by homemade joy behind the Monticello Jewish War Veterans hall on Liberty Street. The boys are sons of Wilson A. Walker and his wife of Broadway Monticello. The article then shifts to a report about mob connections, union infiltration, loan sharking and the Mafia's influence in legitimate business, noting estimates of a $40 billion yearly Mafia cash intake with only $6 billion from gambling. It previews a segment titled NEXT: The second civil war.
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Justice Department
Will Wilson
New York
Trenton
New Jersey
Queens
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Long Island
Suffolk County
FBI
Newark
Pennsylvania
Wilson Walker Jr
Lamont
Monticello Jewish War Veterans Hall
Liberty Street
Wilson A. Walker
Broadway
Monticello
Ed Townsend
DeCavalcante
Dunn
Joseph
Bayonne
Joe
Zicarelli
Cornelius E. Gallagher
Gallagher
Life Magazine
Tony
Internal Revenue Service
Fire insurance rates rise across New York state
The New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization announced Sunday increases in fire and extended coverage premiums due to higher construction costs and greater property losses. Most dwellings face about 5.2 percent fire rate hikes and 6.5 percent extended coverage increases, with fire resistive homes unaffected. In New York City brick buildings rise 5 percent, frame buildings 8.6 percent. A rating spokesman cited matches smoking faulty wiring and defective heating and cooking units as major fire causes.
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New York
UPI
New York State
New York City
Middletown Man Stabbed Refuses Police Cooperation
A 33 year old Middletown man Roger Smith was stabbed Saturday night and treated with four stitches at Horton Memorial Hospital. He declined to assist police in identifying his attacker. Police report two additional Saturday break ins including Reinhold Motors and Dino's Luncheonette with theft of cash, cigarettes, and items.
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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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Gaetano Vastola
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