European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday jaffary 15, 196? the stars and stripes Page s 3 mafia Bosses sentence of to 100 years new York map three of the mafia s top Bosses were sentenced tuesday to 100 years each in prison by a Federal judge who said he wanted to Jive their would be successors something to think about. The Bosses of the Colombo Genovese and Luochia reorganized crime families received the Century Long terms for membership on a commission that Hod settled disputes divided loot and occasionally ordered murders for the mafia since prohibition . District judge Richad Owen said he had to Send a message to those out there who arc undoubtedly think ing about taking Over the reins of but authorities cautioned that the convictions and sentencing Don t mean the end of the mob in the u United states the worst mistake we can make is to declare a final Victory Thomas l. Sheer head of the Fri s new York office said following the sentencing of the Bosses and five of their underlings at Federal court in Manhattan. Can t say it s the end of the commission . Attorney Rudolph Giuliani said at a news conference in his office after the sentencing. But it makes it much More difficult to operate that kind of an opera Giuliani conceded that All three defendants would be eligible for parole after 10 and under Federal Law would have to be released Afler serving two thirds of la Cir sentence 66 years in the Case of a 100-year sentence. Owen sentenced the defendants who were All in the courtroom one at a Lime and said his comments to theirs. Genovese Boss Anthony fat Tony Salemo 76, applied to All. You sir in my opinion essentially spent All your lifetime terrorizing this comi Unity to your financial gain he told Salerno. The other top hoists sentenced to a Century were Carmine Junior Persico 53, head of the colombos and Anthony Tony ducks Corallo 73, the Boss of the lunch Csc mob. He sentenced four of the five mob underlings convicted Wii i the others last november to 100 years apiece Bonanno crime family Soldier Anthony Bruno indelicate. 38. Was Only charged with two racketeering count but received the mini mum 40years for those crimes. The others sentenced to 100 Yean were Colombo und Cross Gennaro Gerry Lang Lanzelli. 48 Luc Chest unde Boss Salvatore Tom mix Santoro 72 Lucchese consigliere or Counselor Christopher Christy tick Furnari 62 and Ralph scope 58, a Colombo Soldier and former labor Leader they were convicted alter a two month racketeering trial of sitting on or working for the commission established in 1931 by Charles Lucky Luciano Afler a bloody mob War. The commission settled underworld disputes divided loot and territories and occasionally authorized High level Gangland murders including the 1979 killing on Hen Bonanno Boss Carmine Galante. The reputed Bosses of the Gambino and Bonann crime families also were named in the commission indictment but one was later murdered and the other s Case was severed before the trial began last september. Raising minimum wage from $3.35 nyc official in t the answer Brock tells panel Steps Down for 90 Day Washington up labor Secretary William Brock refused tuesday o endorse Calls to increase the minimum wage saying raising the current $3.35 an hour level would not solve the prob lems of he underpaid Brock who this week unveiled an advisory panel recommendation for a $900 million Job retraining program for the permanently unemployed said training is also the key to gel people into higher paying occupations. I Don t think that increasing the minimum wage is a fundamental answer to the problem Brock told the Senate labor and human resources commit tee chaired by sen. Edward Kennedy.d-mass., who supports an increase in the Federal minimum wage called for by Many labor groups. I think the fundamental answer is change the skill base of those who go out looking for jobs said minimum wage was last increased on Jan. I 1980, from s3.10 to $3.3 a hour. Kennedy conducting the first hearing of the 100th Congress on he subject with Good humor said he was far fro done with the Issue. Well have a Chance to revisit ii i m sure he told Rock with a Broad smile William Brock Brock pointed to the creation of 2.2 Mil lion jobs last year to illustrate the Reagan administration s Success in that area. But Kennedy said 60 percent of those jobs provide wages below the poverty level those Are basically poverty jobs Ken Nedy said. Ii s amazing to me Why we get people logo into those poverty jobs when there Are so Many Kennedy noted that thousands of peo ple have applied nationwide for jobs when Only hundreds exist. The american people Are prepared to work he said noting there were "10,000 applications in Buffalo n.y., in March i98fi for 272 jobs at a Gen. Eral electric Plant there. In january 4,000 showed up for 350 jobs in a Hyatt Regency hotel. Thos Earen t the kind of High Lech jobs with All respect to Hyall Regency he said. Brock said that trend Points out the necessity for increasing the skills of workers. Brock said skilled jobs arc the jobs of the future but at the same time we have the insane tragedy of 700,000 kid graduating from High school who can t read the Damn sen. Tom Harkin a Lowa sparked the Only acrimonious Exchange when he asked Brock if he believes americans have a right to a you have a right to seek those things Brock replied. I Don t think you have a right to be provided them. Idon t recall the Constitution establishing the right to a Job. We As a society have a responsibility to provide the maximum Opportunity we super bowl scorn nets 67 suspects Denver a an offer of free tickets to super bowl xxi lured 67 crime suspects to a downtown exhibition Hall where wailing police arrested them tuesday. Authorities sent 1,800 letters from the fictitious Rocky Mountain sports federation to the lust known addresses of suspects in a wide variety of felonies and misdemeanours. The tellers offered two free tickets tothe super bowl 10 be played Between the Denver Broncos and the new Vork giants in Pasadena calif., on Jan. 25, and free travel to the game. Those who showed up at Currigan exhibition Hall were met by greeters in Tux Edos and entertained by a band while they waited to present their identification. The greeters and the musician were undercover police officers. There were no football tickets. People came in and were greeted by undercover police officers then taken to a counter where they had to produce positive identification As to who they were said Michael Phelan a supervisor at the Denver police department. The id was checked off against Liston the warrants which was typed up to look like a Page of winners Chelan were taken Down a hallway into another room where we had uniformed officers Phelan said Only two of the suspect arrived armed one carrying a gun and another carrying a knife and there Wasno trouble with any of the arrests. They walked in and you had one Guyana a group of uniformed officers wait ing for him he said. Of the 67 arrested 65 were sought on felony charges including robbery Bur Glary and sexual assault and two we rearrested on Misdemeanour charges. Felon gets democrats1 nod As county sheriff Mccormick. . A a pardoned Felon won the democratic Pri Mary for sheriff of Mccormick count tuesday narrowly defeating a Coroner who had been charged with trying to fix the election. Virginia Edmunds of the county Audi Tor s office said George Reid a process server in the sheriffs department polled1,228 votes or 52 percent against 1,120 votes for Coroner Jack known in the . Fiend will replace Jimmy Gable who is serving six months in prison for embezzling two . Treasury checks. There is no Republican opponent in the feb. 17 general percent of the 3,439 registered voters in Mccormick count voted in the primary Edmunds said Reid 33, acknowledges that he do snot read Well and recently was pardoned for a 1974 grand larceny conviction. He has twice ailed to Complete the state criminal Justice Academy s Basic train ing course and because of that was not permitted to make arrests As a Law will allow him to make arrests As , 46, was working As acting sheriff in november when he was arrested on charges of offering Reid $1,000 to drop out of the election. New York a Bess Myerson will step Down from her Job As cultural affairs commissioner for 90 Days White the City investigates her refusal to testify before a Federal grand jury she a a noun a at a news conference tuesday. Myerson denied any wrongdoing but said she wanted the cultural affairs department to be unimpeded by the con slant and intensive Media attention on me caused by the recent disclosure of my assertion of the fifth amendment privilege before a Federal grand the grand jury is looking into whether Myerson s companion contractor Carl a. Capasso paid kickbacks to win a Cit contract to build a $53.6 million sewer Plant in Brooklyn. Myerson 62, won the miss americ pageant in 1945 and went on o become a popular television commentator con Sumer consultant and newspaper columnist. She served As consumer affair commissioner since 1969 and has been a close adviser of mayor Edward i. Koch since he first ran for office in 1977. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. Is 1947 the Deputy foreign ministers of the big four nations met in their inaugural session in London to Laytner groundwork for peace treaties for Germany and Austria. The British for eign Secretary called for a treaty that would prevent the military resurgence of Germany and save the world for hundreds of years to 30 years ago foe a. Jan. 15, 1957 film Star Humphrey Logart 57, died of cancer. Bogie had undergone surgery in March 1956 for cancer of the oesophagus. 20 years ago today. Jan. 1.5, 1967 new picture of the Moon so Clear they showed the path of s rolling Boulder gave fresh evidence that there might be Many Safe Landing Sites for manned spacecraft. 7 0 years ago today. Jan. Is 1977 former British prime minister Anthony Eden 79, died in his sleep in his Alvediston England Home. Eden As Britain s foreign minister in the 30s, advocated a Strong anti fas cism stance but failed As prime minister in the abortive Suez invasion of 1956,
