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...Crimson added two more in the seventh, when Bowles singled, Skaff sacrificed him to second and Bauer and Pearce walked, loading the bases. Santos Buch sent a long sacrifice fly to center to score one run and Bauer came across when UMass shortstop Vic Bonnano--three errors--flubbed Bingham's roller...
...chief competitors were the pushy and aggressive Galante, who in 1974 shot his way into control of the criminal clan once run by Joseph ("Joe Bananas") Bonnano, and Aniello Dellacroce, 65, the treacherous head of the Gambino family...
...church during High Mass." Galante spent almost half of his life behind bars, starting at ten when he was sent to reform school as an incorrigible delinquent. At 17 he was sentenced to Sing Sing prison for assault. By 1952 he had become a high-ranking enforcer for Bonnano. Because Galante spoke French, Spanish and several Italian dialects, he often acted as the family's emissary in overseas assignments to arrange multimillion-dollar drug deals. He was also involved in pornography, loan sharking and labor rackets...
...presence of such mobsters as Joe Bonnano Sr. and Peter Licavoli in Tucson reinforced Bolles' impression of how hospitable Arizona had become to organized crime. His exposes made big journalistic splashes, but resulted in few indictments and even fewer attempts to curb organized crime. At length Bolles wearied of what he came to regard as windmill tilting and asked to be taken off the crime beat. But he could not stay away. When Adamson, a disreputable greyhound breeder and former tow truck operator, telephoned him three weeks ago with information purporting to link top Arizona Republicans to land fraud...
...group--and may be able to halt the Crimson. The Lions have a strong line which includes men like Gene Wodeshick, John Casella, and Jerry Hampton, who played 55 minutes a game even under the two-platoon system. Fullback Keith Krebs is a converted line-backer, and end Bonnano is a former defensive guard...