The Murderers-7 Squealing on Rivals Helps Luciano Reach Top
A portrait of Frank Lucky Luciano's criminal rise through narcotics and racketeering. From first arrest in 1918 to ties with Frank Costello, Operation Underworld, and postwar exile, Anslinger and Oursler outline how cooperation with authorities shifted power and enabled Luciano to dominate international narcotics networks.
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Luciano
Lucky
Dewey
United States
George White
Church Street
August del Gracio
Augie
Eliopoulos
Frank Costello
Frank
Little Augie
White
America
San Francisco
Navy
New York City
Lucky Luciano
New York State Board of Parole
Italy
Capp
Havana
Caribbean
Isle of Pines
Cuba
Monte Carlo
Naples
Il Capo
Turkey
Near East
Atlantic
Austria
United Nations
Interpol
Captured Swedish Soldiers Return Home From Congo
Swedish soldiers held for 44 days in Katanga arrive in Stockholm at Bromma Airport. Wives parents and children greet them with kisses and tears as they come home after the United Nations Congo fighting ordeal.
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Stockhoolm
United Nations
Katanga
Congo
Stockholm
Bromma
Bland County Reassured on School Funds
Bland County faces possible early school closure but lawmakers and officials voiced optimism that the State Department of Education will provide funds to extend the term. The board seeks 45000 more dollars. supervisors plan a 15000 loan and a 10 dollar auto license tax to recover the funding.
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Richmond
Bland County
State Department of Education
Education Department
D. Woodrow Bird
Del
Charles B. Andrews
Bland County School Board
Bland County Board of Supervisors
Nichols plays 64th New Year golf round in Muskogee
Bill Nichols, 79, continued his New Year golf ritual in Muskogee Oklahoma marking his 64th consecutive year. He began the custom in his native Scotland and carried it on after relocating.
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Muskogee
Okla
Bill Nichols
Nichols
Scotland
VALC Urges Uniform Insurance for Virginia State Structures
The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council calls for uniformity in insurance for 5470 state buildings valued over 255 million dollars with contents at 55 million and an average annual premium of 286 557 dollars. It recommends an independent insurance advisory board and an insurance reserve fund to back self insurance, with final coverage responsibility held by the bureau of property records and insurance.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
VALC
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
General Assembly
Insurance Reserve Trust Fund
Virginia
Bureau of Property Records and Insurance
WALC
Hat Costs Life in Florida River Tragedy
Percy Fisher died after a hat blown into a creek from a car on a bridge led him to dive in and drown. The incident occurred in Jacksonville Florida.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Percy Fisher
Fisher
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SWANK
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Loudoun St
Las Vegas
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Shenvas Music CO
James Wood
Handley High School
Shenandoah College
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