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...workday was just an hour old. Nearly 200 employees in the red-tiled colonial building that houses Colombo's central telegraph offices were busy at their posts. Customers had begun to queue up to pay bills, make calls at the public phone booths and send telegrams. Suddenly the morning routine was shattered by an explosion that echoed throughout the downtown area of the capital. Two floors of the three-story structure collapsed. As rescue workers sifted through the wreckage for survivors, police commandeered cars to transport the wounded to hospitals. Twelve people died and more than 100 were injured...
...Furio Colombo, president of Fiat, USA, explains why his parent company, * which builds airplane engines, agricultural equipment and airports as well as automobiles, turns to Kissinger Associates: "He understands not just the external factors but the company's inside way of thinking, the different kinds of products, different cultural needs. He is both flexible and deep, two things that don't come together easily...
...Mafia lawyer worked closely with reputed Colombo Family Lieutenant Gregory Scarpa, tipping off the mobster about clients of his who he thought might be cooperating with federal authorities. The penalty for informing: execution. Said Light of Scarpa: "He could have dinner with you, then when it comes time for dessert, he could kill...
...head of the most powerful of New York's five infamous crime families (followed by the Genovese, Colombo, Lucchese and Bonanno clans), Castellano had some 400 "soldiers" under his command, as well as interests in the construction trades and the garment, meat and poultry industries. His bloody retirement may have been deemed necessary because of a series of indictments brought against him by U.S. Attorney Rudolph Giuliani. At the time of his death, the soft-spoken don was on trial in Manhattan federal court for masterminding an international car-theft ring. The day after his murder, Castellano's co-defendants...
...also prosecuting Paul Castellano, 70, reputed boss of the Gambino family. He is accused with nine other men of running a racket that stole autos and shipped them off for resale with forged registrations. His case will be followed next week by the racketeering trial of New York's Colombo family and its reputed boss, Carmine ("the Snake") Persico. Next month comes the first of two trials for "Matty the Horse" Ianniello and other purported members of the Genovese crime family on charges that include racketeering and extortion...