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Until 1967, Itkin was an FBI and Justice Department informer, operating among Mafia families. He surfaced two years ago to testify in the successful prosecution of a graft case in New York. Since then, he has helped convict or indict more than 20 other mobsters. According to federal authorities, Itkin's intelligence could produce another 30 separate racketeering cases against about 50 defendants. But since May, Itkin has refused to testify-for bizarre reasons that oddly illuminate the worlds of both crime and law enforcement...
...biggest cyclamate producer, was quick to agree. At a press conference last week, an Abbott official declared that "cyclamate is safe for human consumption as presently used in the diet." Finch, too, had his doubts about the chick tests. "We ought to have more than two species before we indict an agent," he chided. "We can push too hard, too fast, and make statements that may or may not be true and create all kinds of problems...
...TURNED OUT, the Joint Committee decisions did not conclude the University's proceedings against Corporation appointees. The names of four teaching fellows not arrested in the occupation were brought before the Freund Committee, but the Committee found no reason to "indict" the four fellows and recommend them for further prosecution...
...strengths later turned out to be exasperating quirks. The man who refused to grandstand from his temporary quarters at the Elysée also refused to get out and campaign. The man most responsible for rousing France to vote no on De Gaulle's referendum seemed unwilling to indict the Gaullist era with facts and figures. The man who gave the presidency its first informality in eleven years also showed up on television peering at notes and occasionally flubbing a line. "Poher is a good man," remarked Deauville Mayor Michel d'Ornano, "but he still thinks...
Promoted. Nevertheless, the state refused to investigate the incident, and Governor Robert McNair backed the police. Five of the nine defendants subsequently won promotions, and a federal grand jury refused to indict. Finally, the Justice Department brought misdemeanor charges against the nine. The state provided the cops' defense lawyers, including Assistant Attorney General Joseph C. Coleman...