Tucson Mobster Licavoli Denies Organized Crime Ties
The 1970 inquiry by Rep. Sam Steiger examined Licavoli amid accusations of gangland links with Emprise Corp and the FBI. FBI and Customs files cite Licavoli’s Tucson moves since 1945, with visitors including Bonanno and Battaglia, while he defends himself as a law‑abiding businessman and condemns drug peddlers as the real menace. His son Ted is in Arizona State Prison for armed robbery and forgery.
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Sam. Steiger
R.ariz
Steiger
Criies
Emprise Corp
Buffalo
N.Y
Licavoli
Ted
Arizona State
FBI
Tucson
Grace Ranch
Joseph Bonanno
New York
Don Taw
Charles Battaglia
Licavoli rails against bankers and mobs in Tucson
Licavoli defends himself against alleged crimes and bombings, blaming banks, FBI actions, and out of state developers for ruin of his 65 acre ranch near Tucson. He asserts his innocence, vows to stay, and calls locals hostile while claiming persecution by society.
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Licavoli
New York
Joe Bonanno
E. Elm Sr
Licavoli Mention Echoes in Desert Hideaway Confession
Leaning forward, Shayell tears into the pressure from society as he recounts how media lies and hatred ruined his life and endangered his children. He asserts that the public wants him and his family homeless, insisting his statements be told to Licavoli for credibility.
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Shayell
Devil's Island a brutal penology of exile and myth
Cayenne report recalls Devil's Island once a brutal French penal colony where Dreyfus and Henri Charriere endured harsh life in striped uniforms. From 1852 to 1945 prisoners toiled felling hard wood, many died or failed to escape. Dreyfus, sent in chains in 1944, won a retrial and release in 1899, with full exoneration in 1906.
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Los Angeles Times
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French Guiana
Devil's Island
France
Alfred Dreyfus
Henri Charriere
Papilion
Dreyfus
Atlantic
Dryfus
Guiana
Paris
Emile Zola
Devil’s Island
Legion of Honaw
North Korea accuses Billy Graham of wild exorcisms
North Korea charged evangelist Billy Graham with staging wild exorcisms during his South Korean crusade in Seoul Orient Press reported citing an official North Korean radio broadcast. The preacher drew over 300000 nightly in Seoul as he condemned state restrictions on religion and urged God's love. Graham is set to wind up the crusade in Seoul tomorrow.
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UPI
North Korea
Billy Graham
Orient Press
Graham
Court uproar at San Quentin Six pretrial rise
In Marin County Superior Court Judge Henry Broderick moved the defendants to a holding cell after they shouted when a guard confiscated a pen. The San Quentin Six Hugo Pinel Fleeta Drumgo Willie Tate David Johnson Johnny Lee Spain and Louis Talamantes face five killings tied to a 1971 escape attempt during which militant George Jackson was killed.
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Calif
UPI
San Quentin
Marine County — Superior Court
Henry Broderick
Broderick
Hugo Pinel
Fleeta Drumgo
Willie Tate
David Johnson
Johnny Lee Spain
Louis Talamantes
George Jackson
Kennedy leads Connally in Gallup 1976 poll
PRINETON N J AP The latest Gallup Poll shows Sen Edward Kennedy would beat John Connally by 14 points if the 1976 presidential election were held today In a May survey Kennedy 50 percent Connally 36 percent Kennedy topped Connally among most major demographic groups with nonwhites 2 to 1 and young voters about 3 to 1 Kennedy drew more Democratic support than Connally drew from Republicans An April Gallup poll had Kennedy defeating Spiro Agnew 51 to 38 percent.
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Princeton
N. J
Edward M. Kennedy
John B. Connally
Massachusetts
Connally
Texas
Kennedy
Subway strike vote tests end of Newark New York tie up
Rail Way workers will vote tomorrow on ending a six day old subway tie up between New Jersey and New York. If the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen ratifies the agreement, trains will resume service at 12:01 a.m. Sunday.
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New York
New Jersey
Brotherhood of Railway Car Mien
Federal job seeker name checks narrowed to college entrants
Washington report details the Civil Service Commission narrowing security and loyalty checks since 1968 to college applicants and grade 12 positions, trimming back House committee file probes due to backlogs. It covers checks, FBI finger prints, military records, and field investigations, with strong emphasis on liberal groups and anti war activity.
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Washington
Civil Service Comission
Mouse Internal Security Committee
House Committee
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Jerome R. Waldie
Dcalif
Waldie
Sam Ervin
Dn.c
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FBI
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House UnAmerican Activities Commission
Committee On Internal Security
Congress
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