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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday, January 22, 1986 A3 Alleged Mobsters Convicted Of Skimming From Casinos - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPI) Five reputed mobsters were found guilty Tuesday of a casino skimming conspiracy in what authorities are calling one of the most significant organized crime cases in a decade. Convicted on eight counts each were reputed Cleveland underworld figure Milton J. Rockman, 73, of Beachwood, Ohio; and reputed Chicago mobsters Joseph J. Aiuppa, 77; John Cerone, 71; Angelo LaPietra, 60, and Joseph Lombardo, 57. Each count carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a Each man was charged with one count of conspiracy and seven other counts that gave specific examples of each defendant allegedly traveling to engage in unlawful activity. The men are accused of taking hidd den control of Argent Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s. Prose-- ' cutors allege the defendants used their union influence to get San Diego businessman Allen R. Glick loans from the Teamsters Unions Central States Pension Fund. Corp.-owne- The federal jury of six men and six women deliberated about 30 hours over a period before telling the judge at 9 a m. Tuesday that a verdict was ready. U.S. District Judge Joseph E. Stevens Jr. read the guilty verdicts, closing the trial that began Sept. 23. The five men were among 15 named in a September 1983 indictment alleging the conspiracy. Two have been acquitted by a judge, one was dismissed from the case, six pleaded guilty and another awns trial. Shoot for the Moon BOSTON Despite appearances, this jetliner isnt head- for a rendezvous with the moon. The plane will give the ing Sent lo Cover Strike Copter Carrying News Crew Guardsmen Don Riot Gear, Close Strikebound Plant National Guardsmen with billy clubs and riot gear closed a strikebound meatpacking plant Tuesday to guard against violence, hours after the company asked workers not to cross picket lines formed by hundreds of jeering strikers. The guardsmen lined up shoulder to shoulder in front of the gates at the closed Geo. A. Hormel & Co. plant, which opened eight days earlier for the first time since the strike began in AUSTIN, Crashes; 3 Die ELLENDALE, chartered Minn. (AP) A helicopter carrying an ABC News crew to cover a strike in Austin crashed in a field and burned before dawn Tuesday, killing the reporter, producer and pilot aboard, officials said. There were no survivors, said Roger Ledding, chief of the State Patrol. meat-packe- Aboard the aircraft, which had departed a Minneapolis-St- . Paul suburb, were correspondent Joe Spencer, 31, and producer Mark McDonough, 30, said Tom Goodman, an ABC News spokesman in New York. The victims, both based in Chicago, were on their way to cover the strike at the Geo. A Hormel & Co. plant in Austin, about 25 miles southeast of this southern Minnesota community. The pilot was Curtis Mark Haugen, said Lon Wojtowicz, president of Odyssey Helicopter Service Inc. of White Bear Lake, Minn., from which ABC had chartered the helicopter. 35, Wojtowicz declined to give Haugens hometown. The helicopter was found just off Interstate 35 about two miles southeast of Ellendale, authorities said. The helicopter crashed in an open field, Ledding said. It did not strike any trees or wires prior to striking the ground. It did bum on contact, not completely but substantially. The helicopter left the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, about 65 miles north of here, at 3:35 a m. and went off radar about 30 minutes later, said Bill Henke, a State Patrol dispatcher. heavenly satellite a flyby as it shuttles passengers from Logan International Airport to an earthbound destination. Minn. (AP) August. Im not going to have people enter theres a good chance of people when being injured, said police Chief Donald Hoffman, who made the decision to close the plant after discussions with guard commanders and county sheriffs officers. Hoffmans decision was cheered by Dt-im- i tin- - 'Iciuht y Hank kt li liain This is significant, said David B.B. Helfrey, head of the Department of Justices Organized Crime Strike Force in Kansas City and lead prosecutor in the Argent case. Vou know the thi.i:1' that youve hear ! about -the mob controlled the Teamsters - iu casinos has been proven beyond a doubt. Female Marines Match Marksmanship of Men WASHINGTON (AP) To its suprise and elation, the, Marine Corps is finding for the most part that its female recruits comprise a gang that shoots straight. Based on the initial results of a new program to teach, , female recruits how to handle a rifle, the women are. matching, and even exceeding, the sharpshooting record, of their male counterparts. This conclusion is based on the results of tests tabulate t ed at the Parris Island, S.C., boot camp. Maj. Don Kappel, a Marine Corps spokesman at thfe7 Pentagon, said Tuesday that 97.8 percent of the 372 fe- - J male recruits who have completed training at Parris Island since the new program began won their marks-- . ' manship qualification. By comparison, male recruits during the same peribd -have been qualifying at a rate ranging from 96.6 percent to 99.5 percent, depending on their unit and class. Moreover, a female private who graduated last month e has established a new range record for recruits at Parris Island. . ' all-tim- non-viole- The new policy governing military combat training for women was established last May by Gen. Paul X. Kelley . GAO Directs Reagan to Cut Just passed through the lower Mississippi flood district again. First time since last May. Congress has taken up the tariff, farm relief, armament, Nicaragua and Mexican oil, but nothing has been said about building the dikes higher. I guess they will wait till the night before they adjourn and then pass a resolution Jan. against another flood. 23, 1928. Selected and edited bv Bryan Sterreserved for the Will Rogers Memorial. ling. All rights By Tom Raum AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON Comptroller General Charles A. Bowsher, carryg ing out part of a law the administration says is unconstitutional, directed President Reagan on Tuesday to slash government spending by almost $12 billion. Under the Gramm-Rudma- n law, Reagan has no choice but to order the cuts by March 1. Congress could pass its own alternate package of cuts or could act to block them entirely, as some members have advocated. But as Congress returned from its winter recess, leaders said such action was unlikely. Bowsher, who directs the General Accounting Office, said that additional cuts in the military of $44.6 million and in domestic programs of $3.3 million must be made above those outlined last week by congressional and White House budget offices. - budget-balancin- Under the Gramm-Rudma- n act, the GAO is required to tell the president how much must be cut from n each federal account to meet targets, using figures supplied by the two budget offices. The law is named for its sponsors, Sens. Phil Gramm, and Warren Rudman, . The GAO is an auditing and investigative arm of Congress. In a legal brief filed before a specourt here, the Juscial three-judg- e tice Department claims that the part law giving of the Gramm-Rudma- n executive-typ- e powers to the comptroller general is unconstitutional, infringing on the presidents powers as chief executive. Social Security benefits are exempted from the cuts, as are military personnel and a number of programs e Americans. for Ted Weiss, urged Con- Rep. gress to repeal Gramm-RudmaIt will force us to dismantle the federal government, step by step, un deficit-reductio- What Is a Reporter? Newspaper Trial to Explore Issue Associated Press Writer Are newspaper reCONCORD, N.H. (AP) creative, porters imaginative professionals? Or are they diligent sloggers, collectors of facts whose craft relies more on accuracy than talent? The question is at the heart of an unusual trial that begins here Wednesday in federal court, pitting a newspaper against the U.S. Department of Labor and offering outsiders a detailed view of the workings of the newsroom. The Concord Monitor, an award-winninn newspaper, is challenging a Labor Department ruling that it owes $45,893 in overtime pay to 54 present and former staff 21,500-circulatio- Rock Star Denies Music Drove Teen to Suicide - LOS ANGELES (UPI) Heavy metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne rejected claims Tuesday that his music to suicide. drove a troubled teen-age- r said. Osbourne Im very sorry," "But I think the young man was obviously ill before it happened. "I know what the lyrics mean. I wrote them. You can twist anything around. You can hear what you want to hear. Sporting a glimmering blue suit and dark sunglasses during a news conference, Osbourne answered quesover the objections of his attions about a lawsuit filed torney against him, CBS Records and others last October by Jack McCollum, the father of the dead boy. The lawsuit claims the "satanic' influence of Osbourne's music drove John McCollum over the brink of depression to suicide the previous October. He killed himself with one shot from his fathers pistol after listening to several of Osbourne's albums. The young man was still wearing stereo headphones when his body was discovered. 1980s. The government argues in court briefs that management deliberately sought to capitalize on the work product resulting from long, long hours of work of ambitious young reporters, edi tors and photographers without paying overtime. The Labor Department has not revealetl what inspired its investigation that led to the claim. Wilson said the newspaper paid $31,000 in overtime to employees during the period, relying on staff members to keep track of their own overtime. What we tried to do in the newsroom was maintain a working relationship between staff and management that respects an atmosphere of freedom, he said. Fair Labor Standards Act, covermillion U.S. workers, requires em- The federal ing some 60 ployers to pay overtime to employees who work more than 40 hours a week. . Demo Chief Says Wounds Were - NEW YORK (UPI) A top New York City Democratic official admi- tted Tuesday he tried to commit sui- cide two weeks ago by slashing his wrist and ankle and concocted a story about being kidnapped because he was "embarrassed. Queens Borough President Donald Manes, 52, whose father Edward committed suicide in 1955, declined to say why he tried to kill himself. He said the reasons were personal. Police spokesman Officer Vincent Jones said there were no plans to charge the top executive of a borough of 1.9 million people wiln a crime for lying to police about how he was slashed. Manes attorney Michael Armstrong said, however, the suicide attempt was not prompted by politics or a brewing Parking Violations Bureau scandal involving a friend of the borough president. borArmstrong said the four-terough president had not discussed the possibility of resigning, but was concerned about the effect the suicide attempt would have on his political career. 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