European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 14.-1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5gotti charged with ordering 4 murders new York a John Gotti whose acquittals gained him the title a the untouchable  was charged wednesday with ordering his c rime Fanti by Boss slain so he could take Over the nation s most powerful mob organization. Gotti 50. Was charged in a Federal rack electing indictment with ordering four murders a including the then reputed Gambino crime family head Paul Castellano a and with conspiring to kill a fifth person. The 11-count indictment also accused Gotti of gambling Loans harking obstruction of Justice and tax evasion. Gotti was arrested tuesday Niju As were three other reputed crime figures including the sop of the late mafia a Boss of Bosses Quot Carlo Gambino. Prosecutors called Gotti a danger to the Community and said they would seek to have him held without Bailif convicted the Man also known As Quot the Dapper Don Quot for his expensive suits would face life in prison without parole. Gotti in Gdisis two top associates s Lin Terboss Frank a Frankie Loc Quot Locascio and adviser Salvatore Quot Sammy Bull Quot Gravano a were arrested at Gotti s Man Hatlan hangout the a venite social club in Little Italy. Thomas Gambino an alleged family Quot Capo or Captain was picked up about the Sarne time As he left the garment District office of his trucking company said James m. Fox head of the of big a new York office a to my knowledge this is the first time that we have taken Down the entire Hierarchy of an organi de crime family a the Boss the unde Boss the consigliere Counselor Quot said Fox. Federal officials believe Castellano was shot by three gunmen a Anthony ramping. John Carniglia and Gotti s younger brother gone  source said on condition of anonymity. They have not been charged in the slaving but Are in jail on unrelated charges. Gotti who allegedly headed a Crew of Gambino a soldiers Quot reportedly had Castellano gunned Down because of Quot big Paul so Rule that any member or associate of the family found involved in narcotics trafficking would be murdered. Law enforcement officials say the farm Lye a sources of income include drug dealing gambling extortion loan sharking Union control Airport rip offs and the Rule of new York City s garment District. Lawyer Bruce Cutler claims Gotti is a Salesman fora plumbing company and for a company that Sells zippers and hangers to the fashion Industry. A this real Job is Boss of the most powerful crime family in this country a said . Attorney Andrew j. Maloney a a he a a murderer he s not a Folk  Maloney told reporters the evidence against Gotti includes eyewitnesses and secretly recorded conversations Between Gotti and his minions. Reputed Gambino family crime Boss John Gotti is led to an Fri ear after his arrest. . Business Chicago up a the recession is on but the Economy should revive by the Middle of next year if there is to prolonged War in the persian Gulf a panel of three leading economists said wednesday. The predictions came at the 29th annual business forecast luncheon sponsored by the University of Chicago a graduate school of business. Walter Fackler professor of business economics Michael. Mussa professor of International business and a former economic adviser to president Reagan and Joel Stern managing partner of new York consulting firm Stern Stewart amp co., presented their assessments of the business Dimate for 1991. Al three agreed the nations Economy is in recession a but said they expect a rebound by the third Quarter of 1991, barring Middle East complications. But for the year they generally agreed the Gnu would be Flat or slightly lower in 1991. They also predicted declines in both business spending and corporate profits and an increase in the 1991 unemployment rate to Between 6.2 percent and 6.6 per cent. A a a. A if Iraq adopts the course of prudence arid reason and withdraws from Kuwait during the next few weeks then relatively vigorous economic growth combined with much lower inflation would resume Early in 1991,�?� Mussa said a a ,. Fackler said soaring Oil prices would a cause serious damage to private investment and durable consumption. S a a m a a a a the Shock would be worsened by an attempt by the Federal Reserve to counteract the Oil  Stern predicted a Strong year for Wall Street a provided there is no prolonged conflict in the persian Gulf. A i see the Dow soaring above 2800 in 1991 and interest rates coming Down one Ful percentage Point on 30-year government Bonds and to Bills to 6 to percent tote prime to 9 percent a he said. Stern pointed to housing starts real estate prices and the financial services sector As a craters of disaster a and noted that Northeast and Southwest regions of the coun try have been particularly hard hit/. Firm to Fly on Houston up a a i Louston area company has signed a multimillion Dollar contract to have one of its employees Fly As a a guest cosmonaut aboard the soviet space station Mir offi Ciais  space Commerce corp. President Art Dula confirmed tuesday that he had negotiated the Deal with the soviet Union the company which Dula declined to identify will pay More than the $12 Rii Ilion the Tokyo broadcasting service was charged by the soviets to put a reporter in space for eight Days. Dula declined to specify the amount the Texas firm will pay or disclose other details such us the purpose of the flight. ,. The employee of the 1 Louston area firm would spend live to seven Days in space near the end of 1992, Dula said. The worker would travel in a soyuz space capsule to and from i he Mir space station a. A a Abush signs pay increase Washington a president Lush signed an executive order wednes Lay raising the pay of top government officials a but not his own a by tens of thousands of dollars a year. The order Iso provides a 4.1 percent across the toward raise for All Federal workers. The order which was expected puts he pay of vice president Dan Quayle Louse speaker Thomas s. Foley d-ivash., and chief Justice William Rehn list at $160,000 a year starting Jan. 1 a i raise of approximately 29 percent. The governments other top executives vill be paid Between $101,300 and i38,900. Top civil servants will make >97,317, an increase of More than 24 per cent and members of the senior executive service will make from $87,000 to $108,300, a similar percentage increase. Bus has own annual salary remains Frozen at $200,000.the 435 members of the House and several non voting delegates will be paid. $125,100 next year while the 100 senators will be paid just $101,900. The House voted itself a 25 percent increase plus a Cost of living adjustment in Exchange for forgoing speech Honor aria. The senators passed up the big pay increase but can still draw speech fees. House members earned $96,600 this year while senators were paid $98,400. Congress has already provided the Money. Sardis of times in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec 14, 1950 a Britain announced that marshal plan Aid from the United states would he suspended effective Jan 1, becoming the first european nation to get Oil us Vosu feet with the help of the plan conceived by. Gen. . Marshall. A 30 years ago today. Dec. 14, i960. A record  cutting winds Ham Percy the Northeast s e 1 forts to Digout Frum its worst blizzard in 13 years. ,. 20 years ago today it. Pec. 14, 197u a hitting 26 cities  Federal  Down on. Illegal sports gambling operations in. What the i so see. Department called the largest coordinated anti gambling raids Ever. A a a a a a. Quot 10 years ago today dec. 14, 1980 Tel Salvador s radio stations said the ruling five Man military Junta had been reorganized with Quot one member assuming the presidency of the nation and another ,