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...Silverman was packing up his records, he received fresh allegations from the Justice Department that Donovan had met in Miami with William Masselli and Albert ("Chink") Facchiano, a convicted loan shark and former captain in the Genovese clan, to set up no-show jobs for mobsters on Schiavone construction sites. In mid-July, Silverman reopened his investigation, determined to dig deeper into the alleged links between the Genovese family and Schiavone. In his first probe, he had questioned the elder Masselli and Buono, who is reputed to be a Genovese captain; Silverman decided to interrogate them again, and also...
Federal investigators have hoped that the Massellis could shed Light on fresh charges that Donovan had met with the elder Masselli and another mobster, Albert ("Chink") Facchiano, in Miami in January 1979 to discuss a complex and illegal financial skimming scheme. Donovan has denied knowing Facchiano and has said he encountered Masselli only a few times at job sites...
...charge that Donovan, then part owner of New Jersey's Schiavone Construction Co., met near Miami in January 1979 with two known mobsters: William Masselli, a member of the Genovese Mafia family and head of an excavation firm that did business with Schiavone; and Albert ("Chink") Facchiano, a convicted loan shark and former capo (captain) in the Genovese clan. The purpose of the Miami get-together was reportedly to set up no-show jobs for Genovese Mob members on Schiavone construction sites. Although Donovan refused to comment on the new inquiry, he has repeatedly denied meeting with any mobsters...
...first probe, Silverman received so many reports about Donovan's alleged conferences with mobsters in Miami that Facchiano, one of several gangsters mentioned in the allegations, escaped any questioning. Almost all the others had denied knowing the Labor Secretary, and Silverman says that summoning Facchiano then seemed pointless. But Facchiano, who is serving time in an Alabama prison for loan sharking, will now be called to testify. Silverman will also attempt to interrogate two men closely connected with Masselli who were not questioned during the first probe: Joseph Verlezza, an associate of Genovese gangsters, and Alfred Ditraglia, who watches...
Checks Preferred. The kind of controversy that really upsets Miss America officials, however, is generated by girls who are outspoken about the unabashed commercialism of it all. "It's a form of prostitution," said Amelita Facchiano, who as Miss Winston-Salem was eliminated in the 1970 Miss North Carolina contest. Maria Fletcher, the girl who won that competition in 1961 and went on to be Miss America, was more philosophical: "The sooner you realize you're a product, the better." Dressed, coiffured and paraded up and down, contestants are like dolls for moms and dads. "Miss America," says...
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