Crime Syndicate Curtain Breached by Inside Informers
Washington officials say inside informers have breached the wall of secrecy around the Cosa Nostra, revealing ties to public officials and confirming long standing FBI focus on gambling rackets. Informants describe why they cooperated and reference Joseph Valachi as a turning point.
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Washington
UPI
Cosa Nostra
Joseph Valachi
Valachi
FBI
Congress
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Cow Milking Incident at State Fair Provokes Governor Speech
Springfield reports Gov Otto Kerner tried to milk a cow at the state fair milk contest. The cow resisted after two attempts, prompting the governor to call the scene handled. The incident ended with the governor in control and no further disturbance.
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Springfield
UPI
Otto Kérner
Kerner
Budget Adoption Set For Monday by County Supervisors
The Board of Supervisors plans a 10 a.m. special session Monday to hear public comment and final approval of a 1963-64 budget totaling 16,094,409 dollars. The tax rate will be formally set next week at 1.86 per hundred, up 11 cents from 1962-63, aided by a 1.3 million dollar cash balance.
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Wizard of Supervisors
Public Works Fund
Banking Activity Shows Increase In Tucson Debits
Tucson bank debits for the week ending August 7 totaled 66,932,851 dollars, up 7.9 percent from 61,657,100 dollars a year earlier. The 1953 figure reached 21,530,784 dollars, per Peter F. Kupcik, manager of the Tucson Clearing House Association.
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Tucson Bank
Peter F. Kupcik
Tucson Clearing House Association
Mayor and Chamber Plan Responses to Hughes Layoffs
Mayor Lew Davis travels to Houston to study mass layoff solutions while Tucson leaders, led by Chamber President Frank Drachman, coordinate efforts to absorb 1000 Hughes Aircraft workers. Drachman seeks help from the state and local firms, with talks on using Tucson as a job hub and potential federal aid.
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Steve Emerine
Lew Davis
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Drachman
Hughes Aircraft, Co
Davis
City Hall
Hughes
James L. Kirk
G. Freeman Woods
Thomas Rallis
American Municipal Association
Texas
Lintend
Tucson
Drachman
A. E. Randall
Chamber
Kenneth Dixon
Air Force
Ted Bloodworth
Tucson Home Builders Association
David A. Garber
PAT Homes
Dennis Weaver
Day Says Nixon Best Bet for GOP Presidential Nomination
Former Postmaster General J. Edward Day urged Nixon as the GOP’s strongest candidate to heal party divisions. Day spoke at a Los Angeles Rotary Club luncheon after resigning from Kennedy’s cabinet, planning to lead a Chicago law firm’s Washington office. He predicted Rockefeller could pass the nomination to Nixon if Goldwater’s bid falters.
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Los Angeles
J. Edward Day
Richard M. Nixon
Day
Nixon
Chicago
California
New York City
New York
Dewey
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sen
Barry
Goldwater
Rariz
Drunken Drivers Sent To Jail In Local Courts
James Robert Ford, 49, of 331 E Ft Lowell Rd, jailed 10 days after pleading guilty to a first offense drunk driving in Justice Court 4 with no fine. William Marie Mitchell, 34, of 402 5 Alandale Pl, fined $100 and 10 days after changing plea from innocent to guilty in City Court.
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James Robert Ford
E. Ft. Lowell Road
Justice Court
Willia Marie Mitchell
Alandale Place
Youth Confesses Slaying Priest In New York
New York police say Robert Charles Burger an 18 year old with a troubled record confessed to stabbing to death the Rev. François J. McShane 42 in his sister's Manhattan apartment Burger was arrested in Yonkers and charged with homicide and grand larceny after taking the priest's car and wallet Burger described meeting the priest at a Riverdale pizzeria and said he blacked out before the crime The priest who befriended him was slain while the sister was abroad and police noted Burger's stolen car linkage to the scene
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New York
Robert Charles Burger
Yonkers
N. Y
Francois J. McShane
Elmsford
Upper Manhattan
Burger
Riverdale Pizzeria
Anthony Tocco
Father McShane
Vincent McShane
Manhattan
Drop Drunk Driver Case Dropped in Superior Court
Judge Richard Boylston dismissed a drunken driving charge against Claudis Lee Willis after police officers were unavailable to testify. Willis, 34, of 3846 E. Ft. Lowell Road, had appealed a City Court drunken driving conviction from last August.
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Tucson
Richard Boylston
Claudis Lee Willis
Ft. Lowell Road
Willits
Roylster
Willis
State cuts offset increases in 1963 tax rates
State Tax Commission cut the rate from 1.80 to 1.55 per 100 assessed value, offsetting local hikes as Pima County raises its rate from 1.75 to 1.86 while the city rate stays at 1.75. Special district assessments for Sanitary District irrigation and improvement districts are listed per acre or per district as applicable.
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Pima County Sanitary District
Santa Cruz
C.seeeeeere
Hermosa Hills
Librar
Tucson
South
Edna
Marana
Ae Aeeeee
Sunnyside
Sissesees
c.+s
Tanque Verde Eens
Ajo Paneer A Tree Eee
Enna
Catalina Foothills Ee
Laguna - Pa Eee
Vail Peed Eee
Sahuarita Oe
San Fernando
Bhanne
Bimpirei Cirteaseavs
Indian Oasis
Bre Be Bene
Arizona
Columbus Boulevard
Fort Lowall Road
Christopher City
North
Columbus
Six Navy Fliers Rescued From Seas Near Italy
Six American servicemen were rescued after their U S Navy reconnaissance plane ditched off the Amalfi coast during a thunderstorm. An Italian intercoastal vessel found the crew in a life raft and transferred them to the destroyer Barton in Naples where NATO reported they were in excellent condition with no injuries. The City of Dakota flight had earlier changed crew counts from 12 to six. officers and ratings aboard included Lt Cmdr Harold H Kelly pilot and Lt Wayne M Watson copilot with other crew members named.
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Naples
Italy
Partenope
Amalfi
Barton
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Dakota
Capadichino
Catania
Sicily
Li Galli Islet
Salerno Peninsula
Cmdr
Harold Hamilton Kelly
Pensacola
Fla
Kelly
Signolla
Wayne Milo Watson
Moorhead
Minn
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Crime Syndicate
Inside
By Alvin Bring
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Scott Avenue
Dial
Tucson Daily Citizen
Citizen Publishing Co
North Stone Ave
Ase
Frank H. Suarez
Vincente P. Suarez
W. Alameda St
Army
Ft. Richardson
Anchorage
Alaska
CC Tackle Hughes
McHair & Wool
Robert Burger
Pima County
Robert Delany Ginn
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Ginn
Sigonella Air Base
Clarence Edward Lawton
Augusta
Lawton
James Murry Lentini
Hollywood
William Hilmar Voleman
Single
Rochester
Hillcrest Medical Center
Larse Solarium
3Rd Ave
Ation AL Geriatric
Seven Seas Beauty Salon
Thrift
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